NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 2, 2022
Nonprofit funding is evolving rapidly, with new players and technologies emerging almost daily. To keep up with the latest trends, let’s take a look at how fintech is shaping the future of nonprofits from small-dollar donors and what steps you can take to adopt these practices at your organization.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
DECEMBER 12, 2022
By Maria Di Mento. Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Fred Smith’s gift to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation will increase the number of scholarships the charity provides to the children of those who served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy. Plus, four universities and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County landed big gifts.
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NonProfit Leadership Center
DECEMBER 5, 2022
True or false? If you follow your passion, you will never work a day in your life. According to best-selling author and speaker Nataly Kogan , this is a myth. That’s because loving what you do doesn’t beat burnout; it often increases it. Nataly Kogan looked like a ray of sunshine as she stood in a bright yellow jacket on the ballroom stage at the 2022 Nonprofit Leadership Conference.
Ann Green
DECEMBER 6, 2022
I like to emphasize the importance of keeping in touch with your donors throughout the year. I hope that’s a priority for you, too. Your donors want to hear from you and don’t just want to be blasted with fundraising appeals. The good news is that better donor communication (thank yous and updates) can help you raise more money. Ideally, you should communicate with your donors at least once or twice a month throughout the year.
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
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Amy Eisenstein
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Great tips, Amy. Thank you. Donors are excellent sources of information on how we’re doing and how we can do better.
Allison Fine
MARCH 18, 2022
Automation can free us up to focus on the parts of our jobs we find most meaningful.
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NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
This article is the third installment of NPQ’s series on Community-Driven Philanthropy. In this series, movement leaders explore what’s possible if philanthropy adopts a reparative model—one in which it supports the leadership of BIPOC communities, not just by writing grants, but by shifting assets and control over resources to frontline communities.
The Fundraising Authority
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
This is a two part article on how to create fundraising systems for your nonprofit. In Part 1, we will talk about what fundraising systems are and why they are important for development. In Part 2, we will show you how to create systems at your organization. One Seriously Stressed Out Nonprofit. Let me tell you a story. It’s about a nonprofit I once worked with.
Clairification
DECEMBER 1, 2022
As we enter the season of light, and you move into full-steam-ahead year-end fundraising mode, there’s something I want to remind you about your messaging. “Oh, by the way, it’s not about you. The biggest mistake you can make is thinking your organization is the story. People aren’t buying your organization. When someone asks: “What do you do?
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 4, 2022
Nonprofit fundraising had been due an upgrade to catapult it into the modern era for a while. When the pandemic hit, that event finally came. Most charities had used the same tried-and-tested methods for decades (namely, galas and sponsored endeavors), but with new health and safety guidelines to contend with, this was no longer possible. Innovation was a “need right now” rather than a “maybe later,” and nonprofits were forced to join the twenty-first century — breeding all kinds of virtual solu
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.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Mastercard announced the recurring donation regulations that took effect Sept. 22 — and were going to kick in March 21, 2023, for nonprofits — will now be deemed best practices and not required for for-profit or nonprofit merchants, as long as they aren’t cited with excessive chargebacks. .
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
By Andy Posner. By choosing the nonprofit route, Musk could burnish his legacy, improve societal discourse, and provide a powerful model for other wealthy innovators to follow.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
By Jaclyn Foroughi. If you find yourself using the terms ESG and impact investing interchangeably, you’re not alone. Some of the smartest and most sophisticated educators and investors in the world have trouble distinguishing between the two. And these are people overseeing billions, if not trillions of dollars, collectively. Coined in 2004, ESG emerged as a joint effort by the UN, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Swiss Government to support the financial industry’
Ann Green
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Many donors have gone above and beyond to help nonprofit organizations over the last two years. This means you need to go above and beyond when you thank them. Are you doing that? Most likely, you’re not. I know running your organization is hard right now, but you need to prioritize donor appreciation. Thanking your donors is not just something you do after you receive a donation and then do nothing for a while.
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Get Fully Funded
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! And you don’t need to be a professional writer to craft them. . Once you understand the basic elements of a good story and a few different ways to tell them, the rest is just practice, practice, practice.
Candid
DECEMBER 8, 2022
As the senior director of Insights at Candid, I often joke that half of my job is asking people to define their terms. The social sector is full of jargon, buzzwords, and abbreviations. It’s equally full of seemingly straightforward words that can mean many different things; for example, the term “year” can mean five different things when talking about nonprofit data i Defining “BIPOC-led” is a perfect example of these issues (BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color ii ).
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
FEBRUARY 12, 2022
Digital Nonprofit Marketing Strategy Guide [Templates and Tools Included]. In this Ultimate Guide, we walk you through what it takes to be effective with Nonprofit Marketing in the Digital World. We give away all our knowledge, templates and tools for free. Nonprofit Marketing has changed a lot over the years. Especially when Covid-19 hit, many Nonprofits were forced to jump into the digital world since hosting events and such in the physical world was no longer an option.
Fundraising Coach
OCTOBER 18, 2022
One of the hard truths about fundraising is that: fundraising isn’t always fun. Good fundraising is. tedious, meticulous, regular, pleasant persistence. (Even when you don’t feel like being pleasant.). If you’re not getting the results you want, look at your own activity. For example, if “no one” is getting back to you, are you really attempting to connect with people?
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.
The Fundraising Authority
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Storytelling has become a hot topic in non-profit fundraising. It went from something that you almost never heard about just a few years ago, to the topic of numerous books , websites and conferences today. There’s a reason for this change: storytelling is extremely important to good fundraising. As fundraisers, we need to be carrying on a constant conversation with our donors.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
“WE ARE POWERFUL” BY CHIP THOMAS/ JETSONORAMA.NET. Editors’ note: This article is from the fall 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly , “The Face of Climate Change,” and was first published on May 1, 2022. Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. The climate crisis is not only a product of greenhouse gas emissions… but also of an ideological shift that was imposed by colonization and capitalism to justify violation of sacred land-, water-, and
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 2, 2022
Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. January. 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 9, 2022
So, you’ve created a strategy for your peer-to-peer email communications. You’ve segmented your audience, built compelling content and prepared to design emails that will grab your readers’ attention. Now there’s one thing left to do: Start executing on your plan (and find ways to improve it).
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!
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
DECEMBER 19, 2022
By Alex Daniels. Guy Tucker, Gates Foundation Bill Gates says that when his foundation eventually shuts down, its greatest contribution will not be the billions of dollars it will have made in grants but the “strategies, innovations, and partnerships” forged by its teams of experts. He says his hands-on approach is working, as he laments inaction on climate change and the way the pandemic upended progress on fighting disease.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 5, 2022
By Jordan Kassalow. Leadership is a renewable resource—but only if approached with a spirit of self-renewal. That often requires individuals to detach from the work they are most attached to, to see their work objectively, to question their own tactics, to be open to change, and to embrace opportunities that require them to reinvent themselves.
Ann Green
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
What’s the difference between Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday? Unfortunately, it seems like not a whole lot. According to the Giving Tuesday website, “Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” In theory, that sounds nice, but in reality, it’s a day when nonprofit organizations unleash an onslaught of transactional fundraising appeals by email and social media.
Get Fully Funded
MAY 24, 2022
To fully fund your nonprofit, you need a diversified fundraising stream. In other words, you need to get your money from many different sources, not just one awesome foundation, one government grant, or one generous donor. Diversified fundraising revenue creates stability and keeps you from being dependent on one source of funding. If you get all your money from a single, wonderful donor, what happens when that donor turns their attention—and their dollars—elsewhere?
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.
Bloomerang
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Have you ever worried about offending a donor? If so, you’re not alone. Most fundraisers I know have done their share of mental gymnastics worrying about this possibility. Maybe you’re afraid you’ll offend them by sending too many emails. Perhaps you’re worried about the response to a photo or language you used in your appeals. The important thing is to be prepared to respond to your donors’ feelings.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Email Marketing Tools every Nonprofit Needs. What do you do with the 99% of your website visitors that leave your website? With Email Marketing, you can capture valuable traffic. Check our these Email Marketing tools and tips by Lilian Sue. After covering content curation tools and fundraising ideas , I thought it was time to provide some tools and tips covering the basics of email marketing for nonprofits , ensuring that your content is shared with a dedicated audience of enthusiastic supporter
Candid
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Does a nonprofit’s mission statement influence its fundraising efforts? New research conducted using data from Candid suggests that understanding this relationship can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising success. An effective nonprofit mission statement draws supporters and donors to an organization. It gets them excited about helping to achieve that mission.
The Fundraising Authority
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
Do you ever find yourself, your team, or your board of directors saying things like: “If we could just get this one big grant, we’d be set for the year!”. Or, “I think we should hold a huge gala event. If we raise everything we need now, we can focus on programs later.”. Or, “I keep trying to set up a meeting with that big donor. Why won’t he meet with me?
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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