The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 25, 2024

In an exclusive guest essay, CEO Mark Suzman calls on megadonors to change and deepen their giving to preserve hard-fought gains in health and prosperity. By Mark Suzman In an exclusive guest essay, CEO Mark Suzman calls on megadonors to change and deepen their giving to preserve hard-fought gains in health and prosperity. Plus: An ode to Chuck Feeney sets the tone for the billion-dollar grant maker.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 10, 2024

Supercharge your peer-to-peer fundraising this year by joining hundreds of nonprofit progressional at P2PForum24 in Philadelphia from February 21 23. Whether you’re a senior leader or staff member, this is the place to learn from experts and your colleagues at other organizations. Join us for a gathering that will help you improve your program’s performance in this critical year.

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Ann Green

JANUARY 11, 2024

Donor stories and testimonials help show appreciation for supporters and encourage others to get involved. Use these tips to write better donor stories. By Anne Stefanyk Donors want to know that their contributions matter to your nonprofit. According to Double the Donation’s donor retention guide , not receiving a proper thank-you is one of the top reasons donors stop giving.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Nonprofit Leadership Center is pleased to welcome four new board members to our dynamic board of directors : Lisa L. Brody, Esq., Julie Perrelli, CFRE, Katie Schultz, Ed.D., and Jennifer Yeagley. Meet Lisa L. Brody, Esq. Lisa L. Brody is the chief strategy officer for the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. She serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for strategy development and deployment and directly oversees the Foundation’s grant making, strategic initia

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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Joan Garry

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Nonprofit Leadership Lab welcomes Glennda Testone as the new CEO in February 2024! In this article, she explains how she knew that it was time to move forward and offers advice to leaders considering fresh opportunities. The post Why I Became CEO Of Nonprofit Leadership Lab appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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Amy Eisenstein

JANUARY 26, 2024

Amy! Well done. I will. NEVER EVER get why a boards cannot understand the importance of paying a competitive salary. We live in a free marketplace of jobs. How can they expect to attract talent without an investment? Well done Amy!

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 16, 2024

Supercharge your peer-to-peer fundraising this year by joining hundreds of nonprofit professionals at P2PForum24 in Philadelphia from February 21-23. Whether you’re a senior leader or staff member, this is the place to learn from experts and your colleagues at other organizations. Join us for a gathering that will help you improve your program’s performance in this critical year.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 11, 2024

If you haven’t led a nonprofit website redesign process, your time is coming! In the corporate world, website redesigns every 18-36 months are not unusual. In the nonprofit sector, we often stretch that out to more like every 3-5 years. But many organizations also include rebrands or refreshes when doing a nonprofit website redesign. Those decisions can make the process last well over a year.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 3, 2024

In the world of nonprofit professionals, there are those whose stories inspire, uplift, and ignite a passion for positive change. Ashley Baker, CNP ( Certified Nonprofit Professional ), is one of these individuals. In an exclusive interview, Ashley shares her experiences, insights, and valuable advice for aspiring professionals seeking to make a meaningful impact in their careers.

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Joan Garry

JANUARY 17, 2024

There is a thin line between doing and leading. Here are 10 causes of ineffective delegation as a nonprofit leader. What are they? And what is the solution? The post How Nonprofit Leaders Can Delegate Successfully appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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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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Amy Eisenstein

JANUARY 18, 2024

Does a President who has already served 4 years as mandated by current bylaws get to automatically extend their term to another 2 years because bylaws were amended?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 16, 2024

By Drew Lindsay DAFs are turning up everywhere — in grant-maker collaboratives, impact investing, workplace giving, and even wedding-gift registries. Will 2024 see new regulation? This story is a sneak peak into Trends 2024, an in-depth look at the forces that will shape philanthropy and the nonprofit world. The special report goes live tomorrow.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 18, 2024

The first obstacle in any quest for clean data is knowing what’s in it. Download this ebook to learn how data profiling can help you find, fix & monitor the bad data in your system to boost donor engagement, optimize fundraising efforts, and improve decision-making. Plus, learn how to overcome other common data obstacles to achieve a complete 360-degree customer view.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 16, 2024

Laurel Dykema Guest Post by Laurel Dykema When I started my nonprofit writing career, I was a new college graduate with a lot to learn about nonprofit communications. During those first years, I had a great mentor who taught me the ropes of nonprofit communications, but not everyone is so lucky—so I decided to compile some of the best insights I’ve gained over the course of my career for you.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 31, 2024

By Libby Blanchard , William R.L. Anderegg & Barbara K. Haya Over a billion dollars have been spent on forest and land use carbon credits to “offset” emissions. These offsets have been heralded as a means of protecting and growing the world’s remaining forests, and of addressing climate change. But offsets aren’t delivering. Recent high-profile studies estimated that only six percent of tropical forest carbon credits represent real emission reductions, adding to the drumbeat of scientific ar

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Image credit: hay s on Unsplash Several overlapping crises are wreaking havoc in the United States and across the globe. From climate catastrophe and forced migration to economic inequality to the erosion of democracy and the rise of political violence—these deep problems are also opportunities for major advances in progressive narratives and policies. 1 Yet too often, those of us committed to racial equity, economic inclusion, and multiracial democracy must fight rearguard battles against aut

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Amy Eisenstein

JANUARY 17, 2024

If you are paying your nonprofit staff under market rate, the long-term damage to your organization could be much greater than you think.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 11, 2024

Too often, diversity initiatives encourage an us-vs-them mentality. Philanthropy should invest in efforts that unify rather than divide. By Eboo Patel Too often, diversity initiatives encourage an us-vs-them mentality. Philanthropy should invest in efforts that unify not divide.

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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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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 16, 2024

Nonprofit text messaging now operates similar to an email program. Here are four reasons this channel has evolved beyond text-to-give.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 18, 2024

In last year’s 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , we saw that Twitter (now X) was the social media platform nonprofits most said they would drop if they could. Nonprofits are leaving Twitter for a long list of reasons. This year, when we release the 2024 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report next week, you’ll see that for many of those nonprofits, this wish has been granted.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

By Claire Dunning In early 1926, Cafritz Construction placed an advertisement in The Washington Post celebrating the speed with which their “Life-time Homes” were selling in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC. Regular readers of the newspaper were likely already familiar with the development thanks to news articles that praised Morris Cafritz’s “vision and courage” and a constant stream of advertisements bringing his over 3,000 new units to market.

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Non Profit AF

JANUARY 8, 2024

[Image description: A duck, photoshopped onto a background that looks like they’re stepping out from behind a sheet of wrinkled purple paper, kind of like how someone would step onto the stag…

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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Donorbox Nonprofit

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you’re raising funds as part of a political campaign in the United States, you may be required to file with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). FEC filing can feel overwhelming, with several requirements in place to ensure the integrity of the federal campaign finance process. In this article, we’ll cover the basics of FEC […] The post Your FEC Filing Checklist appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 26, 2024

A new study finds that aspiring leaders, especially those of color, aren’t being pulled into leadership through support and positive role models but are more often pushed into top positions to escape difficult work circumstances. By Frances Kunreuther and Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Getty Images A new study finds that aspiring leaders, especially those of color, aren’t being pulled into leadership through support and positive role models but are more often pushed into top positions to escape difficult

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 18, 2024

Register Now and join us on Wednesday, January 24th, 2024, for, "Innovate to Elevate: Breakthroughs in Donor Acquisition with Matching Gifts, Personalized Touchpoints, and Advanced Fundraising Strategies." Explore easy strategies for implementing a successful matching gift program. Discover how matching gifts can be a key tool for acquiring new donors.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 10, 2024

I often think back to the first adult book I ever bought, a 400+ pager titled ‘How the Mind Works’ by Steven Pinker. I’ve always been fascinated by the complexities of the mind and its influence on our behaviors. My college journey went on to start with a major in sociology – the study of human social behavior, a natural fit for someone intrigued by the mind and social society.

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Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

By Kristen Grimm , Claire de Leon , Michael Crawford & Diana Chun Trust for institutions across society is declining. This is not a theory but a fact, affirmed by leading experts like the Edelman Trust Barometer , Gallup , and General Social Survey by NORC at the University of Chicago. This growing trust deficit is a serious problem. It erodes a high-functioning pluralistic democracy , compromises public health, and makes it impossible to solve collective problems like climate change.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2024

Image credit: “Oxygen” by Martine Mooijenkind / www.knutselfabriek.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s winter 2023 issue, “Love as Social Order: How Do We Build a World Based in Love?” How do we build a world based in love? This is a critical question for social change agents. If we do not consider what drives our work, we may inadvertently be driven by fear or rage. bell hooks may have been the first theorist to popularize the concept of a love ethic.

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Clairification

JANUARY 4, 2024

Let’s begin with a question: What do you spend more time on? Asking or thanking? You’ve probably just completed a quarter hyper-focused on asking. I’ll bet you devoted a lot of time to this endeavor. Now… you should be devoting at least as much time to thanking the donors who responded to your appeals, with the goal of retaining and upgrading them over time.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 8, 2024

A study of the billions in gifts by the maverick philanthropist reveals a little about which organizations she favors. By Drew Lindsay Harvard researchers mined information about the maverick philanthropist's nearly 2,000 grants to offer the best window yet into the types of organizations she favors.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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