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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
From her early experience with AmeriCorps NCCC to her impactful work with the American Cancer Society, Hayley’s journey highlights the power of nonprofit work. In 2017, Hayley earned her Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential, a step that cemented her commitment to the nonprofit sector.
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Blue Avocado
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Board members are a vital resource for nonprofits: In addition to their responsibility for governance, they each bring unique perspectives and experiences to enrich the growth of nonprofit organizations and partnerships. After college, she began a job as a Dean of Scholar Support at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them
The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis
What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!
NonProfit Leadership Center
JANUARY 26, 2024
The Nonprofit Leadership Center is pleased to welcome four new board members to our dynamic board of directors : Lisa L. Brody is the chief strategy officer for the Foundation for a Healthy St. As a career nonprofit leader and current member of the philanthropic sector, I am honored to serve on the NLC Board. Brody, Esq.,
Stanford Social Innovation Review
APRIL 7, 2025
If they can engage in institutional philanthropy as deeply as they have impacted high tech, finance, hotel management, medicine, and academia, they could radically increase the resources and talent available for philanthropic ventures in India and the United States while also serving as a model for other diaspora groups around the world.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
MARCH 1, 2022
Libni Sanjurjo, Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Community Foundation). Here is the latest submission for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator series. For me, Communications are important for nonprofit organizations because help them to execute their mission. Thanks for sharing your day, Libni!
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
APRIL 3, 2025
By Sara Horowitz You can feel it when you walk into a mutualist space for the first timewhether its a worker cooperative in North Carolina , a community garden , a labor-housing cooperative , a cohousing group in New York City, a nonprofit building in Portland, Oregon , or a social cooperative in the Italian Alps.
NonProfit Leadership Center
AUGUST 6, 2024
That’s about how many nonprofits have no members of color on their boards (BoardSource). Yet, diverse boards are essential to strengthen nonprofits and communities. So, what can be done to solve for such a significant gap between what is and what should be in the nonprofit sector?
NonProfit Leadership Center
AUGUST 7, 2023
Tina James Senior Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility, Florida Blue Tina James, the senior manager of corporate social responsibility at Florida Blue, is one of 20 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Image Credit: Karl Solano on Pexels Nonprofit boards often uphold outdated power structures, prioritizing elite control over true community accountability. By shifting from power-hoarding to power-sharing, nonprofits can create governance structures that truly align with their missions. But this doesnt have to be the norm.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
While governments, foundations, educators, and unions typically focus on job placements as key to improving people’s economic stability, they often overlook individuals who cannot commit to traditional employment schedules. Other surveys used tighter definitions and produced smaller percentages; there is no universally accepted number.)
NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 8, 2025
Walter Hoadley, former chief economist at Bank of America Did you know that a recent federal report found that in a year nonprofits benefited from nearly five billion hours of work by volunteers? Volunteerswhether measured in numbers of hours or by their labor value, represent 16 percent of the national nonprofit workforce.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Interest in early-stage nonprofits within Korea’s social impact ecosystem has increased in recent years, and more and more are garnering financial and organizational support. As one example, in early 2023, Brian Impact Foundation , which focuses on big-bet philanthropy , donated a total of 12.6 billion won (about $9.7
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
JULY 2, 2024
Established nonprofit organizations play a vital role in addressing social issues, driving positive change, and enriching communities. In this article, we explore the seven stages of development that established nonprofits often navigate as they strive for excellence in advancing their mission and serving their constituents.
The Charity CFO
DECEMBER 30, 2024
In a recent episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Greg Miller, President and CEO of Penn-Mar Human Services, to discuss the critical issues of recruitment, retention, and strategic partnerships in the nonprofit sector. Look beyond government funding and explore community support.
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NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 17, 2025
Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? 7 The lack of robust data systems to track and manage the allocation and utilization of funds across healthcare centers led to inefficiencies and poor accountability.
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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!
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
First and foremost, food systems leadership offers opportunities for new relationships, connecting groups as diverse as farmers, emergency food providers, food waste management companies, and environmental justice advocates. About 20 percent are seated within government. Understand that trust is the foundation of progress.
Ann Green
MAY 28, 2024
Partnerships with organizations that share your values can yield much-needed support for your nonprofit. By Casey Dorma n In 2022, 360MatchPro reports that companies donated $21 billion to nonprofits, and 88% of all public companies have Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Access to more resources.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
By James Anderson Here’s a new axiom fit for the 21st century: The greater the global challenge, the more likely it is to fall to local governments to fix. Local governments are left bearing the brunt and have, understandably, so far struggled. Or take the ongoing global migration wave.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Image: “ In Communion with Dorian” by Renée Laprise/ [link] Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” It provides a comprehensive platform for capturing, managing, analyzing, and visualizing geographic data from diverse sources.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
“Braver New World” by DALL-E/OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? This continuity of care is critical in managing chronic diseases and improving long-term health outcomes.10
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NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 18, 2024
Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Moreover, a significant proportion of utility governing boards comprises utility workers and frontline community members.
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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.
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.
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. Making more robust use of open 990 data requires that nonprofits, foundations, researchers, and the IRS and federal government alike commit to sustained action.
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Ability to manage and prioritize many projects of varying size, scale, and importance with competing deadlines.” Ability to manage and prioritize many projects of varying size, scale, and importance with competing deadlines.” “Inspiring go-getter with experience in events, annual appeals, and peer-to-peer fundraising.”
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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.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. The integration of these values has led to transformative changes in many nafda schools.
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Selfish Giving
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
About the same time last week I was speaking at the New Strategies Program at Georgetown University about audience-centric fundraising , Mark Hrywna at The Nonprofit Times was preparing to release an article that highlights just how much nonprofits need to focus on audience-building and raising more money from individuals.
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Getting to Know Dorian Hines, Our New Partner Benefits Manager We are excited to welcome Dorian Hines to Momentum Nonprofit Partners! Dorian serves as the Partner Service Manager and is a native of North Carolina. He has volunteered with a great number of nonprofit organizations throughout his career.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different?
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 14, 2024
Image: “Death Caught From A Plane Window” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” And even if there isn’t, why do you think that nonprofits have been so ineffective at preventing the growth of inequality?
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Get Fully Funded
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Just about every nonprofit made major changes in 2020. Like a balloon that you inflate and let the air escape from, your nonprofit isn’t going to look the same after. Marketing, facilities, budgeting, management, and everything else has changed, too—if not how you did them, then who accomplished the tasks, and where.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Walton…and individual family foundations have directed tens of millions of dollars to support journalists, newsrooms, and journalism organizations. Thirteen years ago, fewer than a dozen digital news nonprofits led the charge to shift news to a nonprofit model. The foundation board is legally independent of Walmart.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
A new report from nonprofit climate research firm First Street Foundation reveals how homeowners in multiple states, from California to Florida, will see dramatic increases in their insurance premiums in the coming years due to the worsening impacts of climate change, including wildfires. Insurers have underestimated climate change.
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NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 20, 2023
My whole trajectory through the nonprofit sector and analysis of race and power comes from working with those organizations and having the reality of that work hit up against the visions for liberation that I had. That when the foundation called, people took my call. Why was the nonprofit sector doing this? CS : I know Geeta!
Getting Attention
JUNE 22, 2015
Post YOUR comms job here —nonprofits, grantmakers, B Corps & vendors serving nonprofits. Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Twin Cities, MN). Communications Director Center for Effective Government (Washington, DC). Washington, DC). Bloomfield Hills, MI).
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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. As US SIF puts it , “the US SIF Foundation decided to modify its methodology for the 2022 report. trillion of the then-$51.4
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
MAY 9, 2024
Image credit: Yermine Richardson/ www.popcaribe.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s spring 2024 issue, “‘Stop Drowning Us, and Stop Making Us Disappear’: A Critical Report on the State of Black Woman Leadership.” 4 The largest relative turnover and promotion gap was between White women and Black women.
Getting Attention
MARCH 9, 2015
Please post YOUR nonprofit marketing job here: Featuring jobs with nonprofit organizations, grantmakers, B Corps, and agencies and other vendors serving nonprofits. Assistant Director Kilts Center for Marketing: University of Chicago Booth School for Business (Chicago, IL). Tacoma, WA).
NonProfit Quarterly
JULY 26, 2023
Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” At the height of the pandemic, I was swept up in a titanic battle being waged over the right to a city. 1 That city was New Haven, Connecticut.
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Bloomerang
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on the best fundraising strategy for new nonprofits. . Dear Charity Clairity, What’s the best strategy for new nonprofits who haven’t started to fundraise and are trying to reach new donors? Running a nonprofit is a team effort. Management.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
DECEMBER 14, 2023
By Akilah Watkins The Supreme Court’s June decision on affirmative action at US colleges and universities has raised profound concerns for the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit leadership and boards are growing more diverse. While trust in nonprofits has declined, more than half of Americans still trust us to do what’s right.
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