The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

University-based reporters are critical to reversing the decline in local news, but budget cuts and political battles increasingly threaten their work, demanding greater donor support. By Meg Little Reilly University-based reporters are critical to reversing the decline in local news, but budget cuts and political battles increasingly threaten their work, demanding greater donor support.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Desperation is never a good look. It is especially ill-advised when fundraising to support a nonprofit mission. Here are several good reasons why nonprofits should ditch appeals that employ a piteous or apologetic tone and focus instead on storytelling and making a solid case for a mission-focused need.

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Ann Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Year-end fundraising coincides with the gratitude season, which includes Thanksgiving in the U.S. and the December holidays. This is appropriate since thanking your donors is part of the fundraising equation, even though many nonprofits don’t seem to realize this. Now is a great opportunity to show some gratitude to your donors. You could hold a thankathon , especially if you haven’t launched your appeal yet.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Meet Erika Manuel, CNP , a Navy and Coast Guard veteran who earned her CNP ( Certified Nonprofit Professional ) in 2012 from Tennessee State University. In a recent interview, Erika shared her incredible story, highlighting the importance of personal passion, dedication to mission-driven work, and the power of education in the social impact and nonprofit sector s.

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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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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

To be successful, groups need to encourage interaction among workers and help managers learn how to supervise employees they don't see everyday. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images To be successful, groups need to encourage interaction among workers and help managers learn how to supervise employees they don't see everyday.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Even if you’re behind on planning your year-end fundraising campaign, you can keep your efforts on track and raise critical funds when it counts the most. Here's a checklist to help you achieve your year-end goals.

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Joan Garry

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Here are 5 important lessons that apply to both fundraising and dating. A team member actually tried them out! Did she get a second date? The post Love At First Pitch: Dating Advice For the Fervent Fundraiser appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It's hard for donors to win a lawsuit against their church — or any other charity — when they demand a refund for their donations. By Samuel Brunson AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac The Mormon Temple is the centerpiece of Temple Square in Salt Lake City. It's hard for donors to win a lawsuit against their church — or any other charity — when they demand a refund for their donations.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Although the U.S. is a generous nation, Americans are skeptical about charities. Some major donors are shifting away from donating to nonprofits because, in their minds, nonprofits always ask for money, and the problems are never solved. Here are two critical ways that the sector can pivot to address this.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A blog should be an important component of any nonprofit content strategy even in today’s media environment. But creating a successful nonprofit blog requires planning and strategy. But it’s worth it… Why? Blogging gives you more freedom than other social networks like Facebook, Instagram, and X while also giving you a potentially bigger audience than email.

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

How do you go about qualifying your donor? For example do you inquire if finance decisions are made jointly with a spouse, in which case the invitation for the meeting should include the spouse as well.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Despite the clear and growing threat, climate giving remained a tiny portion of all global philanthropy. By Jim Rendon Despite the clear and growing threat, climate giving remained a tiny portion of all global charitable giving.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Many nonprofits think about annual reports as something that they have to do. With digitization, you can shift the lens of your annual report from something that you have to do to something that you want to do that’s valuable to your board, major donors, corporate supporters, and your team.

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I'm at Georgetown University this week teaching in the New Strategies Program in the business school. Teaching at Georgetown is a regular gig, but this session is slightly different. It's called the New Strategies "Rising" Program , focused on small nonprofits with budgets under one million, and many operate on much less. My goal is to show them how to recruit event sponsors and cause marketing partners.

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Amy Eisenstein

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It’s rare that I read something that aligns perfectly with my views on The Conflict. Thanks for sharing this, Amy. Stuff like this is badly needed.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

GivingTuesday hopes it will help put nonprofits' questions and concerns on tech leaders' radar. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images GivingTuesday hopes the new platform will help put nonprofits' questions and concerns on tech leaders' radar.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Telling your donors that you’ve made progress toward achieving your mission is one thing, but showing how you’ve accomplished this with data does a better job of painting that picture. Here are three tips for collecting impact data.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash If one of the great myths of slavery in the United States is that it occurred only in the South, then New Jersey serves as a telling counternarrative to that falsehood. New Jersey was the last Northern state to abolish slavery, in 1866—many months after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which did not free slaves in Northern states, but only in the Southern “rebellious states” that had seceded from the Union.

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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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Non Profit AF

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

[Image description: A yellow and white cat standing on an open book, with a quizzical expression. The book is on a wooden table, and behind the cat are more books.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Organizations are offering more time off, flexible scheduling, and other benefits to employees who need to work in-person. By Rasheeda Childress iMentor Many of iMentor’s employees work from home three days a week. The nonprofit gives employees who work primarily in-person in schools, like Stefan Halstead, three weeks off in the summer instead. Organizations are offering more time off, flexible scheduling, and other benefits to employees who need to work in-person.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As a nonprofit leader, you might wonder what trends are emerging with strategic plans. Whether you're a seasoned nonprofit professional or just embarking on this journey, here is an exploration of the latest trends that can help guide your strategic planning efforts.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Image credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Across the United States, public libraries are under attack. They’re caught in the middle as books are banned in record numbers, with parents and others objecting to fiction and nonfiction that include queer characters or storylines, characters of color, experiences of racism, or an acknowledgment of human-caused climate change.

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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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Amy Eisenstein

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

My biggest mistake: Making an outrageous ask at the first and only meeting of a potential donor because he lived across the country and I knew I would never meet him again. Obviously, I had no relationship nor context for my inappropriate solicitation. I would add to Amy’s advice: Be prepared with numbers. In 2 cases, the donor asked, “Is that really what you NEED?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The university had launched an inquiry into the group’s financials in September, after acknowledging the organization was laying off about half of its staff and changing its operating model. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Steven Senne/AP The university hired Ibram X. Kendi in 2020 to found the Center for Antiracist Research and join the faculty as a history professor after his 2019 memoir How to Be an Antiracist, catapulted him to national prominence, Boston University said Tuesday that its i

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Nonprofits are at a pivotal transformation point and are focusing on their long-term strategic resilience following a few years of readily available federal funding, according to BDO’s seventh annual "Nonprofit Standards" benchmarking survey.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

By Narges Baniasadi , Michelle de Haaff & Pedram Afshar In a community just a few miles from the headquarters of Google, Apple, and Tesla, a young woman, we will call her Elisa, lives with her kids in a small apartment. Each day, Elisa takes two buses and 70 minutes to get to work. Her kids walk to and from school, down the street from their home.

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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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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation. In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Researchers and students will delve into the challenges, opportunities, and ethical implications the technology presents. By Maria Di Mento University of Virginia Darden School of Business Kathleen and David LaCross Plus, University of Kansas athletics received $25 million, and Cornell landed $10 million for research on precision nutrition.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

After record giving in 2021, philanthropic funding to slow climate change was stagnant from 2021 and 2022, according to the 2023 Funding Trends Report. The report tracks philanthropic giving across sectors and geographies and highlights funding gaps for climate action.

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Veritus Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Major gifts and planned giving teams unite! Approach this year-end as a unified team to drive your mission forward and bring your donors joy. The post The Power of Dual Asks in Year-End Giving appeared first on Veritus Group.

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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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