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Gates Foundation Commits $180 Million to Eliminate Cervical Cancer

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Also, Cancer Grand Challenges has awarded $125 million to five international research teams, and the OneOhio Recovery Foundation will deliver $51 million to efforts to prevent and treat opioid addiction in Ohio.

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5 Fundraising Measurement Mistakes to Avoid in 2024

NonProfit PRO

Here are five things not to do when measuring the performance of your online fundraising and marketing programs.

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Comment on How to Fire Utterly Toxic Nonprofit Board Members by Kimberly Wright

Amy Eisenstein

In reply to Concerned Mom. Most boards have a code of conduct in place. They often contain language that speaks to honorable and/or respectful behavior while serving as a representative of the organization. Gossiip and slander of a student, especially a minor should NEVER be tolerated. If you or others have been a witness to such behavior by any board member, pleaes consider filing a complaint.

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Three Ways to Get Promoted from Coordinator to Director

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Through our All-Access Pass training program and our Communications Director Mentoring Program, I meet many nonprofit communicators in coordinator or assistant positions who want to be promoted to the manager or director level. We also work with communications directors who are working toward VP or C-Suite (“Chief of”) jobs. While many factors determine who gets those jobs, here are three tips that anyone interested in being promoted to a higher-level nonprofit communications job should consi

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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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Nonprofit CFOs Are in High Demand and Short Supply

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The hiring crunch is taking place as fewer students choose to major in accounting and pursue finance careers. Nonprofit CFO work has also become more complex and demanding. By Eden Stiffman The hiring crunch is taking place as fewer students choose to major in accounting and pursue finance careers. Nonprofit CFO work has also become more complex and demanding.

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4 Tactics to Strengthen Your Nonprofit Email Calls to Action

NonProfit PRO

A lot goes into a successful email campaign. Here are four ways to create an email call-to-action strategy that hooks your supporters.

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Moving Staff from Unseen Audience to Internal Champions

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

In the nonprofit sector, our conversations often revolve around reaching and engaging our external audience – the people we serve and our donors. This focus is undeniably important; it’s the lifeline of our work. But, there’s a critical audience we sometimes overlook: our internal staff. I recently had a chat about the return on investment (ROI) on publicity spending with a senior marketing team member.

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How Transparent Philanthropy Can Liberate Billions of Dollars — and Do More Good

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By sharing knowledge and data, grant makers can make their giving more accessible, equitable, and — crucially — effective. By Kevin McPherson, Pooja Wagh, Peter B. Kaufman, and Jeff Ubois Getty Images By sharing knowledge and data, grant makers can make their giving more accessible, equitable, and — crucially — effective.

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Smart Recruitment Strategies for Smart Development Hires

NonProfit PRO

Hiring a new member of your development team is exciting. Here's how to recruit and retain fundraisers — the smart way.

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Salesforce CRM Alternative for Nonprofits – Affnetz

Affnetz

Introduction: In today’s fast-paced world, nonprofits are constantly seeking innovative solutions to streamline their operations and amplify their impact. Among the myriad of challenges they face, managing donor relationships, coordinating fundraising efforts, and optimizing volunteer engagement stand out as critical components in achieving their missions.

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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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Comment on Fame and Fortune Await! Take the NEW Major Gifts Challenge by Kathleen

Amy Eisenstein

The Major Gifts Challenge is back and new and improved. Commit just a few hours each week and you'll be raising major gifts in no time! Watch this video.

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Midlevel Donors Offer Fundraisers a Huge Opportunity Amid Declines in Giving

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A new report found that 31 percent of such donors have made a bequest and 23 percent are considering it. By Rasheeda Childress A new report found that 31 percent of such donors have made a bequest and 23 percent are considering it.

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How to Keep Every Member of Your Organization Connected to the Strategic Plan

NonProfit PRO

Each member of your organization must be connected to the strategic plan in a way that affects their work everyday. Here's how to do this.

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What Makes a Good Leader? Competence in the Field, Say Employees

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: fizkes on istock.com Good leaders demonstrate knowledge of and expertise in the work they oversee. This is one of the main conclusions of a recent study , published last year in the academic publication Journalism , of leadership in journalistic organizations around the United States. The study, written by Gregory P. Perreault of the University of South Florida and Samuel M.

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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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Comment on How to Calculate the Amount of a Major Gift and 3 Reasons Why Size Matters by Kathleen

Amy Eisenstein

How big is a major gift for your nonprofit? Learn 3 reasons it's important to determine the right size, and discover exactly how to calculate that amount.

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The Push for Payback: Robert Wood Johnson and 80 Other Foundations Make a Case for Reparations

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A philanthropic movement to redefine reparations aims to advance policy changes in public health, education, criminal justice, and business development. By Alex Daniels NJISJ Ryan P. Haygood, president and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, speaks at the launch event of the New Jersey Reparations Council in June 2023. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and its grantees haven't abandoned the push for cash-based reparations.

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Make A Difference with Great Entertainment

NonProfit PRO

DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS understands the drive of nonprofits. We’ve tailored an exclusive TV offer for you, ensuring you have access to the best in news, sports and entertainment. As you navigate your mission, let us elevate your experience. With DIRECTV, it’s more than entertainment—it’s about making a difference.

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The Transformative Potential of Sabbaticals: What Field Research Reveals

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Christopher Jolly on Unsplash With publisher permission, this article was adapted from a more extensive journal article, “ Recover, Explore, Practice: The Transformative Potential of Sabbaticals , ” published in December 2023 by the Academy of Management Discoveries. Our research explored…the questions, “How do people spend their sabbaticals?

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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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4 Keys to Raise Money in Today’s Attention-Sucking Nonprofit Jungle

Clairification

Wondering where fundraising is heading in our highly networked, overly saturated, noisy-as-all-get-out post-digital revolution world? A world that’s really a jungle, with so much competition for attention — for-profits, other nonprofits, socially conscious businesses, political campaigns, friends, and family? Your mantra can no longer simply be about “creating awareness.

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A Hidden Burden on Low-Income Communities That Philanthropy Can Help Fix

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Matched-fund requirements make accessing federal infrastructure and climate dollars all but impossible for the very communities grant makers seek to help. By Louise Lief Matched-fund requirements make accessing federal infrastructure and climate dollars all but impossible for the very communities grant makers seek to help.

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Address the Future with Clean Data

NonProfit PRO

Successful fundraising starts with clean data. Melissa’s new solutions catalog is packed with essential tips, tools and free trials to help you address donor engagement, improve outreach, and ensure accuracy for meaningful impact and a sustainable future. From address, email and phone verification to data enrichment and donor profiling, this valuable resource has everything you need to elevate your fundraising game!

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Should the media be an audience for your brand?

Big Duck

Get tips on how to identify if the media is an audience for your nonprofit, engage journalists, and achieve your communications goals for your brand.

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

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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Why Would a Donor Give to Your Charity?

Clairification

What gets donors going? The heart, not the head. “ People do not give to the most urgent needs, but rather they support causes that mean something to them.” This is the finding from a report done by the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy at the University of Kent: “ How Donor Choose Charities.” They begin their study from the widely-accepted premise that charities exist primarily to help needy people and the desire to meet needs is a key criterion in the selection of charitable benef

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Where Billionaires, Celebrities, and the NFL Go When They Want to Support Vets

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Bob Woodruff Foundation has drawn praise — and millions in funding — from Craig Newmark, MacKenzie Scott, and Bruce Springsteen. By Sara Herschander The Bob Woodruff Foundation has drawn praise — and millions in funding — from Craig Newmark, MacKenzie Scott, and Bruce Springsteen.

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Ministry Brands Report Reveals Digital Giving Increased Automatic, Recurring Giving

NonProfit PRO

Ministry Brands' 2024 report showed that churches offering online giving saw an increase in donations, among other findings.

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What your AI Assistant Hears: How Confidential Is Your Conversation?

Veritus Group

Before applying AI to fundraising strategies, non-profits need to carefully consider their policies to protect sensitive data. The post What your AI Assistant Hears: How Confidential Is Your Conversation? appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Engage, Empower, Excel: Transforming Performance in the New Era of Work

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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Closing Care Gaps: Physician Shortages, Medical Deserts, and Health Disparities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: dragana991 on istock.com Physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare providers are integral to the functioning of the healthcare system. However, in the United States, the number of physicians and surgeons—including specific medical and surgical specialties that are vital for vulnerable populations—is in decline. According to projections from the American Medical Association (AMA), the demand for doctors will outpace supply by 2033, leading to a shortage of between 54,100 and 139,

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After Pandemic Bump, Walk Fundraising Events Simmer; UK Charities Expected to Band Together to Battle ‘Cost of Giving Crisis’

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Rasheeda Childress Nonprofits that hold fundraising events should do more to get participants raising money, according to a new report from the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum.

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The Generative AI Playbook: Innovative Ways to Transform Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

Generative AI is transforming nonprofit fundraising by helping professionals work smarter and faster, while producing even better results. In this webinar, we will have an in-depth discussion on how your team can collaborate with Generative AI and apply it effectively within your nonprofit programs.

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Your Mission Is More Than You Think It Is

Veritus Group

It must be central to your non-profit's mission to dedicate energy, resources, and passion into caring for staff and donors. The post Your Mission Is More Than You Think It Is appeared first on Veritus Group.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

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!