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NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Image credit: Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels Eighty-two percent of nonprofits say they’re using artificial intelligence (AI), with financial tasks being the most commonly reported use. The next most common use of AI, cited by 36 percent of nonprofits, was for program optimization and impact assessment.
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Deciding to start a new nonprofit is the beginning of an incredible journey. But once you see your nonprofit’s impact, the hard work will all be worth it. In this guide, we’ll help you make sure you’re on the right track in getting your new nonprofit up and running. Take steps to incorporate your nonprofit.
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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them
The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JULY 28, 2015
As much as we wish our nonprofits would be looked at for impact as opposed to overhead, how much nonprofits spend (or lose) is a story the media love to tell. In this month’s post Peter Panepento tells you how to be prepared when your nonprofit’s salaries make the news. Peter Panepento.
Bloomerang
MAY 17, 2021
If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . Because you are the one person, or one department, actually charged with living and breathing philanthropy on a daily basis. You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You’re part of the problem.
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The NonProfit Times
DECEMBER 23, 2024
By Woodrow Rosebaum Tech for nonprofits has been overlooked for decades, lagging while governments and businesses found ways to streamline, coordinate and scale. With outdated systems and siloed data, nonprofits are not keeping up with the basic demands of modern digital infrastructure. The technology exists.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 25, 2023
Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.
Candid
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. The University of San Francisco was the first school to offer a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration less than 40 years ago, and the first School of Philanthropy was created just nine years ago at Indiana University.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 18, 2023
There are specific funding strategies that philanthropy can employ to shield artists from the capitalist market. Troutman insists, “Historic Clayborn Temple, and others like us, can teach philanthropy a few things.…Artists Anasa is right: Artists can indeed help philanthropy rethink its pace and purpose.
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NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Now, they’re expanding their philanthropy to news organizations that report on food, agriculture, and the environment and, in turn, amplifying the family’s other efforts. Journalism is welcoming the new infusion of philanthropy. Notably, Walton family journalism philanthropy is focused in overlapping areas.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Founded in 2008 with backing from the Ford Foundation, NeighborWorks America, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Capital Impact Partners, and Prosperity Now, ROC USA and its affiliates have assisted 22,000 residents in over 300 communities in 21 states to collectively purchase and manage their ROCs.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, which points to dozens of breakthroughs where open Form 990 data enabled new insights and practices.
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. The challenge of human resources: volunteer re-engagement.
NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 14, 2023
At the same time, many community development nonprofits face challenges in securing the capital needed to carry out their core missions and, importantly, to test new ideas and strategies. There is, however, a way for nonprofits to gain greater access to “flexible” capital and for foundations to generate a financial return.
Nonprofit Fixer
AUGUST 26, 2024
Nonprofit CEO or Executive Director? Should the top role of a nonprofit be called an “executive director” or “chief executive officer (CEO)?” The nonprofit CEO vs. executive director question is surprisingly common, especially for those looking to become or hire a top leader at their organization.
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Candid
JULY 18, 2023
To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity. That’s potentially a lot of philanthropy. They are not the only pledgers with the capacity to set public priorities.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 10, 2024
Image credit: Christian Ouellet on istock.com Financing challenges often stymie nonprofits. This reality became starkly evident in the journey of the Center for Habitat Reconstruction (CRH) seeking supplemental funding to keep a large public contract it had won. Yet even after having been awarded an $11.2
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NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Exhaustion and exasperation often lead to a sense of: “Not another thing to manage.” The needs and aspirations of local rural communities should always be at the forefront, but those of us engaged in place-based rural development know that we cannot load additional responsibilities onto civic infrastructures that already struggle to keep pace.
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NonProfit Hub
JULY 22, 2020
“The way we run nonprofits is actually undermining the causes we love and our profound yearning to change the world.”. These words belong to Dan Pallotta, an American entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian activist, who, in his Ted Talk, reiterates that a nonprofit should be run like a business. First, Cover the Basics.
The NonProfit Times
MAY 22, 2024
MacArthur Foundation’s $100 million 100&Change competition has launched with roughly 1,000 nonprofits expected to vie for the winner take all award. MacArthur’s nonprofit affiliate, Lever For Change , is managing 100&Change. The process also provides public exposure to applicants. The $640 million was nearly 2.56
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
MARCH 29, 2023
Showing Up In the United States, the public murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in 2020 sparked a national moment of reckoning with institutional racism, income inequality, and related failures inherent in US social and economic systems. In its wake, momentum for change seemed to build.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin. Our reasoning was straightforward: We didn’t want to be seen as competing for funding with the nonprofits using our software. We decided early on to incorporate NeedsList as a for-profit, purpose-driven company. The Investment Mirage.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
AUGUST 4, 2016
These services offer nonprofits with a chance to get daily queries from writers who are working on assigned stories. Other options include: ProfNet — A service of PR Newswire, ProfNet is built for public relations professionals who want to find opportunities to pitch their organizations to journalists.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 6, 2024
Or: “My management company only cares about raising rents, charging more fees, and evicting my neighbors.” Cities with more robust TOPA/COPA programs also provide financing and technical assistance to help support tenant and community purchases, making tenant-community ownership more viable. My heat hasn’t been fixed in months.”
Get Fully Funded
JUNE 18, 2023
Growing a nonprofit takes more than just passion: you also need creativity, persistence, and a handful of nonprofit leadership skills to guide your organization through the growth years and fulfill your mission. Without leadership, a small nonprofit may never reach its full potential.
The Agitator
JUNE 13, 2013
As Craver points out, not only do the organizations topping CIR’s worst list engage in misleading fundraising, they do so by piggybacking the brands of ethical nonprofits. Fortunately, nonprofits and the for-profit professionals who support them are very good at this. Name confusion causes lasting harm to honest organizations.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
APRIL 27, 2023
In contrast, a 2017 report found that only 5 percent of nonprofits were using artificial intelligence, and only 28 percent of nonprofits were using data for predictive or prescriptive purposes. The public sector isn’t much different. In the private sector, market forces drive investment in data to stay competitive.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
While these solutions are important and advance every year, public health is increasingly challenged by factors that are outside what we traditionally define as the health care sector. For example, a solution to help Elisa manage her diabetes might not work in her community because of the cultural or economic barriers that are present.
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NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Image credit: AndreyPopov on istock.com How can frontline communities access public funding for climate solutions? The same elements [needed for] BIPOC communities to benefit from public funding are also the most promising approaches to address…climate change. The answers are, well, complex.
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Bloomerang
MAY 15, 2024
Few things are more critical to your nonprofit’s success than your board of directors. A strong and effective board can help provide strategic direction, keep your finances in check, and uphold a high standard of governance. Conversely, a toxic, dysfunctional, or low-performing board can destroy your nonprofit.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
We looked at spending across the social impact sector; including government , global and domestic philanthropy, and S-themed ESG assets under management; and found that globally we are spending an extraordinary amount of money—roughly $72 trillion annually—making social spending the world’s largest financial market.
NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 5, 2023
The complex is modest, but it houses an estimated 27 primarily immigrant-led small businesses and nonprofits. A nonprofit, the East Portland Community Investment Trust , serves as the owner and lead manager and developer of the property, and for a monthly subscription fee of $10 to $100, nearby residents can become owners themselves.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Image credit: Brandon on Unsplash The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police three and a half years ago ignited a months-long period of mass social mobilization and intense public engagement. Philanthropy and impact investors can make a difference.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 28, 2013
The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years.
MNA Association
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Mission and Values Montana Nonprofit Association provides leadership for Montana’s nonprofit sector and partners with Montana’s charitable nonprofits to promote a sustainable, networked, and influential sector. MNA’s staff team is engaged, collaborative, committed to growth, and passionate about MNA’s unique mission.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 22, 2023
In his report, Jahi aims to sets forth a clear definition of what a social justice investment ecosystem could look like and challenges nonprofits and philanthropy to shift their investment strategy. On the other hand, plenty of “public equity” (stock-based) funds also have “impact” in their name. trillion of the then-$51.4
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 8, 2013
The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.
The Agitator
OCTOBER 1, 2012
Public confidence in charitable organisations … continues to stagnate and shows no signs of recovering [from a 2001 decline], according to … the Brookings Institution,’ the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported in September 2004. We call ourselves ‘nonprofits’. There’s more bad news. Go ahead, check right now.
Candid
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Climate finance partnership to fund community-led forest conservation. A partnership aimed at addressing the climate financing gap for Indigenous communities has been launched with the goal of mobilizing $20 billion a year by 2030. A weekly update with the latest news from PND. November 11, 2021. November 10, 2021. November 9, 2021.
Bloomerang
AUGUST 21, 2023
1,071 fundraising professionals were surveyed at small and medium-sized nonprofits supporting a variety of causes. This step provides a golden opportunity to include the finance director in your work and create an important ally. See my book, Fundraising 401 , Chapter 10, “Finance & Fundraising Are Not in Opposition.”)
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
JUNE 8, 2023
They often combine “hard” skills with “softer” (or “ more durable ”) skills, like how to apply for a job, manage finances, and communicate well with colleagues. Pell grants, WIOA, and many other public and private dollars could be commingled to support more seamless enrollment.
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The NonProfit Times
AUGUST 13, 2024
Page 35 in Overcoming Psychological Barriers to Giving , a new report from National Center For Family Philanthropy, offers fundraisers key strategies for helping donors move past mental obstacles to making donations. Large public gifts from a funder might impact how friends and family of that funder view their fortunes.
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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
JANUARY 22, 2021
How Exemplary Governance Can Keep Nonprofits Operational. While nonprofits can’t control donor behavior, they can optimize their appeal by demonstrating competence, value, and transparency at every level. For nonprofits looking to maximize their outreach potential, exemplary governance is the answer. By Alan Tyson, DATABASICS.
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iMarketSmart
APRIL 18, 2022
It works with finances.[18] Journal of Public Economics, 148, 32-42. [4] Origin of endowments in public good games: The impact of effort on contributions. Journal of Public Economics, 94(3-4), 279-297 ; Li, H., Management Science, 53, 1659-1674 ; Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. So, what’s going on? Joyner, C.
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Lets Talk Nonprofit
JULY 6, 2016
And that's good news for the nonprofit sector. The report was researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and it's published by. They also believe the increases are a sign that household income and personal finances are stabilizing. Image credit: Nonprofit Quarterly. Giving USA.
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