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'It's Hard to Hate Up Close': Philanthropy, Polarization, and the Art of Conversation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A StoryCorps program is one of hundreds that promote one-on-one dialogue to bridge divides. Philanthropy is all in, but the evidence is mixed. By Eden Stiffman Getty Images Keep up with everything happening in The Commons by signing up for our Philanthropy Today newsletter and joining our Commons LinkedIn group.

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U.S. Postal Service Recommends New Prices for July 2024

NonProfit PRO

The U.S. Postal Service proposed mailing services price changes, including a five-cent bump in the cost of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp.

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The Israel-Hamas War Is Tearing Nonprofits Apart. But Some Are Bridging Staff Divides

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Many nonprofit leaders will not speak publicly — or to staff — about the war for fear of reprisal or institutional meltdown. But some are learning how to navigate employee disagreements. By Sara Herschander Getty Images Many nonprofit leaders will not speak publicly — or to staff — about the war for fear of reprisal or institutional meltdown. But some are learning how to navigate employee disagreements.

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Reevaluate Your Brand to Appeal to Next-Gen Donors

NonProfit PRO

Gen Zers are drawn to authentic, visually appealing brands. Here's how to refresh your look to hook the next generation of donors.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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How to Hedge Against the Influence of Big Donors? Increase Your Pool of Supporters

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Other hot topics at the AFP ICON Conference: A.I.'s impact on fundraising and building strong ties with donors By Rasheeda Childress TORONTO Getty Images Other hot topics at the AFP ICON Conference: A.I.

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2023-2024 Giving Outlook

NonProfit PRO

Free Trend Report to 2023-2024 Giving Outlook.

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It’s Not Your Strategic Plan — Your Meetings Are Derailing Your Efforts

NonProfit PRO

Your strategic plan could be thought-out and have buy-in across the board, but it will still fail if you’re doing this one key thing.

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The Strategic Imperative of Well-Being: A Guide for Organizational Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

The relationship between well-being and performance in the workplace has emerged as a critical factor in driving organizational success. A groundbreaking study by Dr. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and his team from the University of Oxford and Harvard reveals a compelling association between employee well-being and profitability. As a result, workplace well-being has become a focal point in the global competition for talent and a key ingredient for business prosperity.

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A Nonprofit’s Guide to Fundraising Metrics

NonProfit PRO

Free White Paper to A Nonprofit's Guide to Fundraising Metrics AI and Data Analytics

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WATCH: Essential Technology Updates for Non-Technical Nonprofit Leaders

NonProfit Leadership Center

Technology is critical to every nonprofit’s success, yet many of today’s leaders represent non-technical functions, like marketing, programs, fundraising, and operations. Keeping up with emerging trends across the digital landscape and discerning what’s imperative from what may be a distraction, can be a challenge. During this free, on-demand webinar, Kelley Hecht, principal executive advisor for the global health and nonprofit team at Amazon Web Services (AWS), shares essential tech updates to

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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The Need-to-Know on Donor Advised Funds (DAFs)

NonProfit PRO

Free Guide to The Need-to-Know on Donor Advised Funds (DAFs).

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Donor Management Software for Small Nonprofits | Affnetz

Affnetz

Donor Management Software for Small Nonprofits | Affnetz / By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: Donor management is the cornerstone of success for any nonprofit organization, and for small nonprofits, efficient management of donor relationships can make all the difference in achieving their missions. In this guide, we’ll dive into the world of nonprofit donor management software tailored specifically for small nonprofits.

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30 Silent Auction Ideas that Don’t Cost a Dime

NonProfit PRO

Free Guide to 30 Silent Auction Ideas that Don't Cost a Dime.

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What Kind of Home Have Your Created for Your Donor? (#1 of 6)

Veritus Group

We're on a mission to help non-profits improve the donor journey by looking at how donors are treated at every stage of the pipeline. The post What Kind of Home Have Your Created for Your Donor? (#1 of 6) appeared first on Veritus Group.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Golf Tournament Fundraiser Guide

NonProfit PRO

Free Guide to Golf Tournament Fundraiser Guide.

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Fundraising Ethics In Higher Education

Bloomerang

Every profession likes to claim ethics are essential to its success. But you can make an especially robust case that this is indeed the case in fundraising. What does it take to be successful in fundraising? Strengths like persuasion, problem solving, and persistence come to mind quickly. But integrity is squarely at the top. Fundraising is a profession directed at nurturing friendships that culminate in gifts of time, talent, and treasure.

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The Fundraiser’s Field Guide to Donor Optimization

NonProfit PRO

Learn how to elevate every aspect of your fundraising programs—from acquisition to reactivation, digital co-targeting to housefile optimization. Packed with practical advice and proven best practices, the Field Guide will help you boost the performance of your direct mail and digital fundraising, and serve as a collaborative checklist of tactics for you team.

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Do you wish you had a dime for…

Clairification

Awareness alone is passive. Do you wish you had a dime for every time a nonprofit board or staff member told you “ We’re the best kept secret in town; if people knew what we do, they’d give to support us.” Nonprofits tell me this all the time! If I had all those dimes, I could make a nice contribution to your cause. And I would , if… You endeavored to learn a little bit about me, You engaged me personally, You discovered my values match yours, You offered me opportunities to connect with

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

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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22 Powerful Questions that Reveal Your Donors’ Case for Support

NonProfit PRO

Free White Paper to 22 Powerful Questions that Reveal Your Donors' Case for Support.

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Grants prospecting strategy 101 

Candid

Whether for expanding programs, launching new initiatives, or sustaining current projects, securing institutional funding is crucial to your organization’s ability to deliver on your mission. Institutional funders are typically organizations with large budgets and long grant cycles, such as government agencies, corporations, and foundations. Here, I’ll share some of the funder prospecting strategies that have helped me as I’ve learned to navigate this landscape.

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$19M In Grants Available To Train Older Workers

The NonProfit Times

The U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of roughly $19 million in grants for current national recipients in the Senior Community Service Employment Program to apply for additional funding in a demonstration of sector-based training for older workers. The department’s Employment and Training Administration will award up to six demonstration grants, ranging from $2 to $5 million each, to current grantees operating programs awarded under the 2020 SCSEP national grant competition.

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Mastering Personalization: Elevating Your Brand with Embroidered Customization

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Mastering Personalization: Elevating Your Brand with Embroidered Customization In the dynamic landscape of modern business, connecting with your target audience on a personal level is paramount. One effective strategy to achieve this is through product personalization. By tailoring products to align with the unique tastes and preferences of your customers, you can create meaningful connections and cultivate brand loyalty.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

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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India’s Philanthropy Spending Grows, Development Goals Elusive

The NonProfit Times

Philanthropy expenditures in India have grown by an average annual rate of 13% during the past five years, reaching the equivalent of $280 billion. That amount constituted 8.3% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) during fiscal year 2023. Despite the robust annual increases, however, the current total falls short of the 13% of GDP analysts at NITI Aayog, an Indian government public policy think tank, believe is necessary for the country to meet its commitment to achieving 17 United Nat

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How Can Using a Customer Journey Tool Change Your Company

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How Can Using a Customer Journey Tool Change Your Company There are two main missions in running every business: creating a great product or service and selling it to the customers. While there’s not a lot of sympathy for companies with marketing running as clockwork that are underdelivering on the product/service side, it’s always sad to see a company with a great offering that’s struggling to sell it and thus not realizing its full potential.

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ICANN Grants Cycle Opens, CEO Search Continues

The NonProfit Times

The inaugural cycle of the ICANN Grant Program is now open for applications from eligible organizations. Applications can be submitted via the online application platform until 8 p.m., May 24. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a global multistakeholder group and nonprofit organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces and numerical spaces of the Internet.

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The Other Maternal Health Crisis: Black Birthing People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Isabella Angélica on unsplash.com The dismal statistics on maternal health outcomes in the United States are well-known in health justice, health equity, and health philanthropy circles. Among developed nations, the United States has the worst maternal death rate. The maternal mortality rate is 2.5 times higher for Black women than their White counterparts, with Black women and birthing people being three to four times more likely to die during childbirth than their White counterp

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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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Know Your God

Women's Non Profit Alliance

The names of God reveal so much about His character and person. You have probably heard many of them mentioned, including El Shaddai, Elohim, Jehovah Jireh and Jehovah Rapha. But you may not be as familiar with Jehovah Tsaba, which means the Lord God our Warrior. Throughout the Bible, references to this name give us a glimpse of this Mighty Warrior who fights for His NAME, for His GLORY, and for US!