Fri.Nov 08, 2024

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Service After Serving: Why Veterans Are So Well-Suited for Nonprofit Roles

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

This Veteran's Day and beyond, organizations should recognize and tap the unique skills that those who served bring to the table. By Debbie Manzanares Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images Veterans, including Jacqueline Clayton, center, paint a mural during a day of service at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School in Washington, D.C.

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The Resilient Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

Dive into all the research to learn how successful nonprofits weather any challenge. You will gain insights into how development professionals increased their new donor acquisition​, leveraged early tech adoption for higher revenue,​ and enjoyed income growth in giving days and awareness months. Read the full (and free!) report to see why fundraisers are so optimistic about the future, and how your nonprofit stacks up.

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W.K. Kellogg Foundation Appoints Four New Vice Presidents

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Chronicle illustration; W.K. Kellogg Foundation The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is creating four new roles in the organization and hiring, from left, Sarah Takatani, vice president for technology and integrated services; Felicia DeHaney Russell, vice president for strategy; Roshell Rinkins, vice president for transformation and organizational effectiveness; and Miriam Calderón, vice president for impact.

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Your Guide To Preventing Fraud & Driving Donations

NonProfit PRO

Are you getting ready for a successful 2025? Make sure you’re aware of the unique threats that fraud brings to non-profit organizations and how you can protect your organization against them. This guide will help you understand how clean donor data and ID verification stop bad actors looking to take advantage of your trust and goodwill, prevent donor churn, and drive revenue so you can have a successful year!

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are The Pros And Cons Of Combining An Appeal Mailing With An Impact Report?

Bloomerang

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s a good strategy to include your impact report with your appeal mailing: Dear Charity Clairity, We have started mailing quarterly impact reports to those midlevel and major donors who aren’t emailable, and emailing otherwise.

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3 Lessons Learned After Receiving That Big Grant

NonProfit PRO

To set your organization up for success in the competitive world of grant applications, here are some tips to help secure that grant award.

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Insurance Protection Done Easy

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Are You Reluctant to Ask for a Year-End Gift?

Veritus Group

You are the bridge between the need and your donor’s desire to change the world. Bring them together today with an ask. The post Are You Reluctant to Ask for a Year-End Gift? appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Walmart Business Works With Fiserv to Bring Clover to Nonprofit Customers

NonProfit PRO

Walmart worked with Fiserv to offer Clover, a business management platform for payments processing, to nonprofits.

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Why You Need a CRM in Your Giving Season Toolkit

Donorbox Nonprofit

Starting in November, Giving Season refers to the year-end period when hearts are full, holiday lights are sparkling, and donors want to spread good cheer through donations. It’s also their last chance to give before the end of the year – meaning their last chance to enjoy the tax benefits of giving to a 501(c)(3). […] The post Why You Need a CRM in Your Giving Season Toolkit appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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New and Improved Fundraising Metrics

iMarketSmart

The metrics that will actually lead to improved fundraising performance will not be about tasking fundraisers but about creating the conditions that allow fundraisers to be successful. The usual fundraising metrics have not: Reversed the public’s mistrust in institutions Stemmed the loss of giving households Slowed the rate of donor attrition Helped donors better understand the impact of their giving Substituted for the lack of major gift-worthy content Addressed donors’ declining in

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Donorbox vs. Givebutter: Which Option is Right for Your Nonprofit?

Donorbox Nonprofit

Online giving is a huge priority in the nonprofit world these days. And with good reason – 63% of donors prefer to give online over other methods. It’s easy for nonprofits to fall into the trap of “free” fundraising platforms when they search for an online giving solution. Free sounds fantastic! But ultimately, “free” platforms […] The post Donorbox vs.

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Read Up: Top 10 Books in 2024 On Women, Power, Justice, Equity, History, Culture & More

Fundraising Leadership

A sample of Take the Lead’s book recommendations for 2024 giving and receiving. Every year Take The Lead dives into selected and recommended nonfiction books that further the mission of Take The Lead for its 10 years of driving gender and racial equity. As this is the season of reading, giving, and swapping books, here are 10 titles published in Fall 2024 (in alphabetical order by author last name) we suggest and why we suggest them.

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Queer and Fighting for Climate Justice in Southeast Asia

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Bùi Hoàng Long on Pexels In September 2023, Aidil Iman Aidid, a Malaysian youth activist, was invited by a group of students at a university in Kuala Lumpur to give a speech on his climate justice advocacy. But just a few days before the event, Aidid’s invitation was revoked. The students who initially invited him explained that the rejection was due to his parallel activism in queer rights.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Nature Is a Right, Not a Privilege: Environmental Education as a Catalyst for Youth-Led Climate Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: “She will be Your Teacher” by Renée Laprise Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” For someone interested in the environment, I have killed more plants than I care to tell. Since high school, I have rooted myself (pun intended) in a curiosity of nature.