Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

“What should I post on social media?” is one of the top questions nonprofit marketers ask. To help answer that question and to see if it lines up with best practices, we asked nonprofit communicators to tell us how often you share different types of content on social media. Here are the results found in our 2024 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report : 2024 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report Highlights: 46% of survey takers said they share news or upcoming events most of the time with the sa

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I made the impact roadmap framework to help build strategic plans that help your organization address challenges. Here's how to make yours.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leveraging data and making tweaks to donor-facing forms helps your nonprofit build stronger relationships. Learn how digital waivers improve donor experiences. By Logan Lewis In 2023, donor retention was down significantly from the previous year. The number of new retained donors, or those who gave the previous year but never before, dropped by 18.7%.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Overflow announced the successful closure of its $20 million Series B funding round, which was led by the Wesleyan Investment Foundation.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Image credit: LinkedIn Sales Solutions on Unsplash In the wake of the 2023 US Supreme Court decision to strike down affirmative action and amid rising discrimination against Black academics at predominately White institutions (PWIs), renewed attention is being paid to the importance of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Recent events have also drawn attention to the fact that HBCUs are chronically underfunded even as they play a critical role in shaping democracy.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Join our expert panel featuring two seasoned fundraising experts as they cover the state of portfolio management and share best practices for when to move up or move out. Key topics include the keys to seamless donor relationship continuity and how to build internal processes to support smooth gift officer transitions.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While there are challenges AI must overcome to be trusted by nonprofits, there are four ways it may help their finance departments.

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Donorbox Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For decades, many nonprofit organizations have relied on events to bring in critical donations as well as spread awareness about their missions. But planning and hosting impactful events can take a lot of time and a big budget. So, you might be wondering how to actually raise money with events. The good news? There are […] The post How to Raise Money with Events appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Nonprofit PRO can work with your non-profit to develop an impressive Impact Report. We have the ability to leverage original and third-party non-profit industry research, a team of non-profit Analysts to analyze your non-profit’s performance and highlight key performance indicators, and a professional Art team to strengthen and enhance your Impact Report.

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Donorbox Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When was the last time you asked your donors for input? If the answer is never, it’s time to consider sending a donor survey to get valuable feedback from those who support your organization. Surveying your donors allows you to gain insight into their experience with your nonprofit, while also making them feel like an […] The post Surveying Your Donors: Why You Should Do It & How to Do It Well appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Good (February holiday) news department, and couldn’t we use some! The groundhog predicted an early spring. The Year of the Dragon means good fortune. Valentine’s Day reminds us to come from a place of love President’s Day gives a long weekend (in the U.S.) to relax But one of my favorites, on February 17th, is little known, and perfect for the social benefit sector.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A rundown of the proposed budget for tennessee Nonprofits shouldn't miss the state's proposed budget unveiling. Why? It's a roadmap to their future. Funding streams can dry up or new opportunities bloom depending on where the money flows. It's policy in action, revealing priorities that might impact their work. Budgets whisper hidden grant possibilities, waiting to be discovered.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” The city was dead and empty, yet the promise of life simmered beneath the surface. Mikala avoided the cracks in the roads, where eager roots and grasses grew.

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Does the idea of a financial audit on your nonprofit leave you feeling nervous? For many nonprofits, a full financial audit can help ensure the accuracy of their financial recordkeeping. However, it can also feel invasive and overwhelming. Just the word itself can sound scary. Luckily, not all financial situations require an audit. A reduced scope of attestation (or reduced scope of work) could be a better option for your organization.

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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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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com When Amir rose in early evening, the desert sun still roasted the sky. Inside the crumbling remains of the abandoned kibbutz’s guesthouse, the solar cooling system struggled and wheezed. Amir cracked the door a few centimeters. Wincing at the heat—forty-two Celsius, even this late—he spat on the rocky ground.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If your nonprofit is looking for a way to get the word out about your cause and grow your community of loyal supporters, look no further than an awareness campaign. Also known as an advocacy campaign , an awareness campaign is aimed primarily at increasing public visibility of your cause.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

By Jason Wendle Migration is often framed as a crisis : When the issue makes headlines, it’s portrayed as a burden, threat, or tragedy, and almost always politically intractable. In reality, migration represents an opportunity and a solution, and it needs to be disentangled from electoral politics. Indeed, we are at the beginning of a multi-decade, global trend of human movement, a trend which can be harnessed to unlock tremendous good for the world.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Image credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com This article was co-produced and co-published with Proximate. Who gets to make the decisions about where philanthropic dollars go? For a long time, the conventional wisdom was that grantmaking should rely on professional staff to make expert decisions, reflecting philanthropy’s move from a values-based tradition to a more technocratic bent.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As border legislation stalls in Congress, grant makers should invest in local groups that are winning victories for migrants and strengthening democratic institutions. By Rini Chakraborty As border legislation stalls in Congress, grant makers should invest in local groups that are winning victories for migrants and strengthening democratic institutions.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Image credit: Suad Kamardeen on Unsplash On February 12, the fourth annual Black Girl Freedom Week begins. The week of virtual events hosted by the #1Billion4BlackGirls campaign and the Black Girl Freedom Fund are all part of efforts to address the underinvestment in Black girls and gender-expansive youth by intentionally mobilizing a $1 billion investment in these groups by 2030.

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