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Inflation Is Easing, but Nonprofits Still Feel a Crunch

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sara Herschander Nonprofits are still struggling to recruit workers and are being hit with higher-than-normal prices, despite signs that inflation is easing and the labor market is cooling down.

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How to Find Direct Mail Savings After Postal Rate Hike

NonProfit PRO

With the cost of postage increasing July 9 — for the second time this year, it is imperative that nonprofits find a way to save on their direct mail campaigns. Here are some tips on how to save.

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How To Attract Top Talent and Retain Top Performers

Joan Garry

Nonprofit talent management is a challenge. Here's how to attract, retain, and develop the best people to help your org achieve its mission. The post How To Attract Top Talent and Retain Top Performers appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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Oops! 36 Subject Lines and Phrases to Help You Fix Email Mistakes 

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Shame. Embarrassment. TERROR! These are just three of the frightening emotions that email marketers have experienced after sending a mass email with a mistake. Sometimes the mistake is harmless, like a small typo. Sometimes it’s a DOOZY, like misidentifying a donor, sending to the wrong list, or using inappropriate phrases as placeholder text (stupid headline here!).

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

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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4 Essential Shifts Foundations Can Make to Advance Social Movements

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Deepak Bhargava and Barbara Picower Central Florida Jobs With Justice Organizations like JPB grantee Jobs with Justice have fostered intersectional visions and are trying to build a mass base and power. Philanthropy can do much to help them change oppressive systems through community and worker organizing. Outdated strategies and lack of money for the infrastructure of community-organizing groups are limiting their effectiveness just at a moment when we need to fight profound threats – especi

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4 Ways to Quickly Grow Your Nonprofit’s Text Messaging List

NonProfit PRO

With email deliverability hurdles and cluttered inboxes, text messaging provides an alternate way to quickly reach donors and constituents. Here are four ways to quickly grow your nonprofit’s text messaging list.

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Beyond Dollars and Cents: Creating a Winning Nonprofit Marketing Budget

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Creating a nonprofit marketing budget is much like growing and tending plants – though kind of in reverse. You have to ensure you have all the right ingredients and components necessary to help your activities grow and flourish. And as you go through the process, you have to diligently monitor to ensure everything is moving as it should. Regularly checking for pesky surprise guests or deviations is essential because, without proper attention, things can dry up quickly and, in the worst cas

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George Soros's Open Society Foundations to Lay Off 40 Percent of Staff Under Son's New Leadership

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press NEW YORK George Soros’s Open Society Foundations is undergoing changes as his son, Alex, takes over the leadership. The organization employs about 800 staff members and maintains offices in more than 20 countries.

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New Techniques for Donor Profiling and Audience Modeling

NonProfit PRO

We know that more targeted and relevant marketing drives higher response rates and engagement, and to get more targeted and relevant, you need great data. Here are some techniques to help any organization use data to create new models, audiences, and pools of targeted prospects that look just like their best donors.

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Comment on Exercise at Work? Walking Your Way to Raising Major Gifts by Alyson Molloy Hussey

Amy Eisenstein

I love all your posts, but this is the best one yet! I have a client who walks during our coaching meetings every week. Thank you for pointing out that “work” can be good and good for you!

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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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Mixed Links: News and Tips for Nonprofit Marketers – July 14, 2023

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Yak and Yeti. Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Happy Friday! I’m back with the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers. This week we have Threads insights, AI myths and warnings, how to attract better employees, bizarro productivity tips, and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… Julia Campbell started a series Much Ado About Threads Part 1 – What The Heck Is Threads?

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Philanthropy Could Learn a Lot About Diversity by Studying What Sports Teams Are Doing Right

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Eboo Patel Ken Ruinard, USA TODAY NETWORK In the 2019-20 academic year, Black students made up less than 6 percent of the population of colleges in the richest and most prominent conferences in college football. However, they made up 48 percent of the student athletes on women’s basketball teams. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s affirmative-action ruling, foundation and nonprofit leaders need to take a hard look at alternative ways to achieve diversity.

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How to Use Primary Research to Bring Your Donors’ Voices Into Your Fundraising Strategy

NonProfit PRO

AI is set to become increasingly helpful, but when it comes to fundraising, there is no substitute for the voice of your donors. Here is how to connect on a heart level with donors using primary research.

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Comment on Exercise at Work? Walking Your Way to Raising Major Gifts by Tere Gade

Amy Eisenstein

Finally, someone gets me! Thanks for reaffirming the benefits of using physical activity to unlock thinking and engage in more meaningful conversations. People will say the most amazing things while thinking about a walk or hike. Love this!

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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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Time for a Mid-Year Check In

Ann Green

It’s hard to believe we’re halfway through 2023, isn’t it? The midpoint of the year is always a good time to see if you’re meeting your fundraising and communications goals. For this post, I’m assuming your fiscal year is the same as the calendar year. If you’re on a different fiscal cycle, you can make the appropriate time adjustments. In this continuous time of uncertainty, your fundraising may be down.

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Donors Are Expressing Concern About the Economy, Say Chief Fundraisers

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Emily Haynes Confidence among fundraisers has declined, though most expect to reach their goals, and more than half of organization say staffing shortages will be their biggest challenge ahead, a survey has found.

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Report: People With Lower Incomes Donate Less, Say Wealthier People Should Donate Instead

NonProfit PRO

A new survey from the BBB Wise Giving Alliance showed that younger people and people with lower household incomes decreased their donations over the past five years. The survey also highlighted other giving trends and offers insight for nonprofits on what will make donors contribute in the future.

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Newsletter: How to Use ChatGPT to Write Partnership Outreach Emails ; Albertsons Launches First Private Label Cause Product ; Should We Give People Money Before Disaster Strikes?

Selfish Giving

Here's something to try this week. Head over to ChatGPT and either signup or, if you already have an account, log in. BTW, signing up is easy and free, so don't sweat it! Here's the prompt I want you to use: Write a [type (e.g., informal, professional, with a Boston accent)] sales email for a corporate partnership with [nonprofit], which is the perfect partner for a company that wants to give back and reach a valuable target audience.

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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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Are You Missing These Community Conversations?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Today, Dawn Crawford and I had a great chat about feedback styles based on her book, Kindly Review. This occurred not on Zoom or Facebook Live but inside our private, free community. Are you missing out on great info like this? Then you need to join us! Do it now , and you can join the conversation on Wednesday (tomorrow!) with Anysa Holder. She and Kristina will be talking about nonprofit budgeting.

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Philanthropy, Please Stop Ignoring One of the World’s Greatest Abuses Against Women — Female Genital Mutilation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Nimco Ali U.S. foundations need to join efforts to eradicate a practice that harms millions of women physically and emotionally, preventing them from becoming productive members of their communities, says a victim of the procedure.

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CURE International to Develop a Free Open-Source Electronic Medical Record System

NonProfit PRO

CURE International is building an open-source electronic medical record system that will be available to other hospitals in developing countries. The system will allow hospitals to safely and reliably digitize, store, and easily access patient data in one centralized system.

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How do Nonprofits make money

Affnetz

How do Nonprofits make money By mikecrum Here’s a question that is often asked in many contexts – as a Development Director frustrated with the lack of revenue coming into a Nonprofit, as a new board member to a nonprofit, or perhaps you just posed it as a Google search phrase: How Do Nonprofits Make Money? Nonprofits making money – surely this must be an oxymoron, but it’s a real thing.

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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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3 Questions with the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s New CEO, Charlie Imbergamo

NonProfit Leadership Center

On July 1, 2023, Charlie Imbergamo, MA, CFRE , became the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s new CEO. As a lifelong learner with 30 years of nonprofit experience, Charlie enters the role after serving as the organization’s senior director of strategic programs and impact since September 2019. We recently sat down with Charlie to hear more about his vision for the Nonprofit Leadership Center (NLC), what he plans to accomplish during his first year, and how you can engage with him and NLC.

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Walton Family Foundation Picks Stephanie Cornell as Executive Director

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Walton Family Foundation Stephanie Cornell will be the new executive director of Walton Family Foundation. Plus, Points of Light will install its new leader in September, and the March of Dimes has named its first physician CEO.

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Data-Driven Innovations for Maximum Year-End Engagement: Insights from Nonprofit Trailblazers

NonProfit PRO

Join our panel of industry experts that will guide you through a transformative journey, showcasing real-world examples of how data, innovative techniques, and strategic thinking can drive maximum engagement during the year-end giving season. They will inspire you to reimagine your approach and achieve unparalleled success in connecting with your audience.

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How do Nonprofits make money

Affnetz

How do Nonprofits make money By mikecrum Here’s a question that is often asked in many contexts – as a Development Director frustrated with the lack of revenue coming into a Nonprofit, as a new board member to a nonprofit, or perhaps you just posed it as a Google search phrase: How Do Nonprofits Make Money? Free Trial The post How do Nonprofits make money appeared first on Affnetz.

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

Amy Eisenstein

Thanks for continuing to make this available to our community. Due to workload, I’ve never been able to complete the challenge but I always find the information valuable. Hoping to complete it this season – third time’s the charm!

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Hiring for Diversity? 10 Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Affirmative-Action Ruling

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Drew Lindsay Getty Images Some worry that ripple effects from the landmark higher-education decision could blunt the momentum of diversity hiring and workplace programs for all nonprofits.

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New CSR and ESG Survey Shows Profession Under Intense Pressure to Perform With Fewer Resources

NonProfit PRO

A new CSR and ESG survey released by the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals offers insights into the real-world impact a polarized political environment and increasing demands are having on the ability of corporations to carry out social impact work in communities across the country.

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How AI Makes Social Media Marketing Easier For Your Business

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How AI Makes Social Media Marketing Easier For Your Business AI has revolutionized social media marketing, making it easier and more effective for businesses to engage with their target audience. With billions of active users on platforms like Facebook, Instagram , Twitter, and LinkedIn , businesses have unparalleled opportunities to connect with their target audience.

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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!