Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 14, 2014

Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. Nichols is the senior director of marketing and communications for GuideStar , a nonprofit that powers philanthropy and is widely considered the leading source of nonprofit information.

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Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Feldt says, “Starting any new organization is challenging, whether nonprofit, like Take The Lead, or entrepreneurial business. These transformative programs have produced remarkable outcomes for cohorts in journalism, finance, law, media & entertainment, entrepreneurship, and healthcare. We’ve had rough patches.

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Affnetz

JULY 10, 2023

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? Let’s unpack!

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 22, 2025

In a recent episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Quilen Blackwell, president and co-founder of Chicago Eco House , to discuss his journey in scaling a nonprofit organization. Read more about scaling a nonprofit here. Having legal counsel on retainer became essential.

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

There are many strategies for discovering new donors for your nonprofit. However, there is power in embracing entrepreneurship and taking a risk on innovative strategies to find new supporters online. However, there is power in embracing entrepreneurship and taking a risk on innovative strategies to find new supporters online.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 18, 2019

Jessica Wuensch Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators! Jessica Wuensch is the Marketing and Communications Manager at GivingPoint, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that teaches high schoolers about social entrepreneurship. Want to be featured in this series?

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Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Panels on wealth, health, policy, career pivots, collaboration, and entrepreneurship were part of the day, including awards for Changemaker, Leading Company Award, Leading Advocate Award, and Leading Man Award. Learn more from Kathleen Turner at Power Up Conference 2024. Watch a round up of the Power Up Conference 2023.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2023

By Jeni Putalavage-Ross , SVP of Operations at Ribbon – a platform helps nonprofits and charitable individuals start nonprofits quicker while saving time, money, and effort. Lean startup”, “bootstrapped startup”, “pre-seed startup”… Silicon Valley uses these terms all the time, but what is the nonprofit equivalent?

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Ann Green

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Similarly, nonprofits can feature testimonials from beneficiaries, explaining how your organization has made a difference in their lives. Olivia Mode-Cater is an industry leader in dance education and dance entrepreneurship, having presented on these topics on a national and international level. Let’s dig into the essentials.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A Call for Entrepreneurship Many entrepreneurs choose health care as a venue for innovation because it is one of the sectors where one can do well by doing good. However, the majority of entrepreneurship in the health sector has focused on downstream interventions such as therapeutics and health delivery solutions.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 27, 2024

As a dedicated nonprofit professional, you understand the critical role of continuous learning in the field. The nonprofit sector is dynamic, shaped by technological advancements, ever-evolving trends, and shifts in marketing and public relations strategies. This is where nonprofit professional development comes in.

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Fundraising Coach

JUNE 28, 2011

Debra Askanase is the founder and engagement strategist at Community Organizer 2.0 , which works with nonprofits and businesses to create engagement strategies that move people to action. She has impressed me with her ability to help nonprofits do competitive analyses of their social media usage. What’s your best Linkedin tip?

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2023

Image Credit: Amir Geshani on unsplash.com As nonprofit organizations become more racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse, are nonprofit boards lagging behind? In order to meet their missions, nonprofits must create diverse, equitable, and inclusive boards that align with the lived experiences of the people they serve.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Writing a nonprofit mission statement can feel like an intimidating task. A nonprofit mission statement isn’t supposed to include everything you do. Unfortunately, most nonprofits have long, verbose mission statements that pack in every single thing they do, using lots of long words and jargon. Well, good news!

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Image credit:Rayson Tan on Unsplash Below is a transcript, edited for length and clarity, of “Escaping Corporate Capture: Nonprofit Survival in a For-Profit World,” hosted by Opus 40 in Saugerties, NY, on July 26, 2024. Moderating the conversation are Caroline Crumpacker of Ultra Advising and Steve Dubb of Nonprofit Quarterly.

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Bloomerang

MAY 27, 2021

A recent study by Fidelity Charitable – the USA’s biggest grantmaking public charity – reported that two out of three volunteers had reduced or halted their participation at a nonprofit which before COVID-19 , they’d previously offered their time to. A typical example comes from Calnonprofits , the association for Californian nonprofits. .

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Fundraising Leadership

JUNE 23, 2023

To address these challenges, Take The Lead will launch two cohorts of 50 Women Can Change The World in Entrepreneurship in September 2023. Read more in Take The Lead on social justice entrepreneurship In her own production company, Union says, “We can take big swings and we are not bound by someone else’s imagination.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2024

Nonprofits are stuck in a vicious cycle, jeopardizing their ability to generate the resources they need to succeed. The donating public is obsessed with restrictions—nonprofits shouldn’t pay executives too much, or spend a lot on overhead or take risks with donated dollars. Or what I like to call a love-train culture.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Joe's experience sent me down the rabbit hole on other ways nonprofits could raise money at the pump. Executive Director, Entrepreneurship Award Corp , NYC or Washington, D.C. ($90k I think too many people in the nonprofit space discount partnership positions and think "anyone can do the job." Never seen that one!

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Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here — FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (New York, NY). nonprofit provider of climate solutions (Telecommute). Nonprofit Marketing Jobs — January 27, 2012. NEW OPPORTUNITIES. The Michael J.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2013

Millennials are often the target demographic for many nonprofits, as they are known to be the most technologically-savvy with high adoption rates of smart phones, their value of entrepreneurship, and the belief that they can make a local difference, according to the Telefonica Survey.

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Fundraising Leadership

JANUARY 26, 2024

Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead at the recent 50 Women in Entrepreneurship graduation and pitch competition. The 11 women leaders who pitched their new ventures at the recent 50 Women Can Change The World in Entrepreneurship graduation event to a panel of judges kept it short and sweet. million monthly payroll.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Leaders in many places facing economic decline—be they post-industrial cities in the Rust Belt or depleted communities in former coal mining towns—are increasingly looking to entrepreneurship as a means of revitalization. Different sources of funding come with different expectations for how ventures grow.

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The Charity CFO

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

On today’s episode of a Modern Nonprofit Podcast, we welcome Kristina McKean, creator of The Elephant Project. This brings forth important variables when it comes to nonprofit vs for profit organizations. In some scenarios starting a nonprofit goes much deeper than entrepreneurs credit it. Get the free guide!

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The Agitator

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Wonderfully eclectic giving — arts, social services, a rock music museum, Native Americans entrepreneurship, a science fiction museum, and neuroscience. Twenty-nine donors gave $50 million or more. My favorite is Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder. He’s the guy on this list I’d most want to have dinner with.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the recently released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. These basic LinkedIn Profile tips for nonprofit professionals serve as a foundation for when and if your nonprofit is ready to utilize LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The standard nonprofit process of building a digital strategy — or a standalone campaign — can often be a shot in the dark. Eric Ries adapted this philosophy to entrepreneurship in his 2011 book, The Lean Startup. Nonprofit organizations don’t always love to admit it, but we’re selling products, too.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

That, alongside the fact that the increasingly important millennial market is heavily engaged with video marketing, is reason enough for your nonprofit to consider creating more videos. So, here are a few tips to bear in mind when putting together a marketing video for your nonprofit. Firstly, why are you making it? Be Genuine.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Jack Karako is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. Jack has been a major gifts fundraiser and senior organizational executive working with or consulting to nonprofit and advocacy organizations. __. As a nonprofit professional, it is in your best interest to take advantage of all of the resources at your disposal. Bike rides.

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Care2

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Smith, also added that Boomers not only drive the economy with their purchasing power, recent studies show that Baby Boomers now boast the highest growth rate of entrepreneurship in America. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Boomer and older generations now represent a $2.6 trillion annual market!

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Fundraising Report Card

OCTOBER 13, 2021

As the CEO and a Founder of Boardable – a board management software provider for mission-driven boards – Jeb is passionate about community nonprofits, entrepreneurship, and more. Thanks goes to Jeb Banner, for today’s post.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2018

, Randy and Kathleen Janus talk about social entrepreneurship and how it can be used to tackle some of society’s grandest problems. Kathleen “Kelly” Janus is a social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University’s Program on Social Entrepreneurship. with Kathleen Janus appeared first on Nonprofit Hub.

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

APRIL 9, 2012

Control : frugality, effective money management, black and white answers that come from scientific pursuits, own business/entrepreneurship, self reliance (especially younger Millennials). Most leaders - whether from governments, companies and nonprofits - are seen as falling short. then follow.” Here are my thoughts.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 9, 2024

During today’s conversation on a Modern Nonprofit Podcast, Tosha welcomes Dr. Krystal White. The latter is key for today’s conversion as Tosha and Krystal discuss what it takes to start a nonprofit from the ground up. So the question is, many people seek to start a business, but why specifically a nonprofit organization?

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Fundraising Coach

MARCH 24, 2009

My grad school, Regent University’s School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship invited me to do the latest in their Leadership Talks series. Share and Enjoy: Other Possibly Related posts: Tips for Fundraising in a Recession New Author Gives Three Ways to Recession-Proof Your Nonprofit Recession proof your fundraising.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Although she began as a volunteer, Stephans decided to take the leap and make her passion for social entrepreneurship a full-time job. So why is there such a thirst for social entrepreneurship in this day and age? The post One Organization’s Quest for Good appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. Stephans has a theory.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll share funding and grant resources for nonprofits involved in the education sector. First Book is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides new books and educational resources—for free and at low cost—to schools and programs serving children in need. Areas served: Worldwide. Cornell Douglas Foundation. First Book.

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