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The 3 types of capital nonprofits need to succeed in 2025

Candid

For example, a 2021 report from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation found that 89% of funders turn to trusted external peers or internal colleagues for knowledge about philanthropic practice. While psychological capital is easy to dismiss, perhaps because its a bit more nebulous, its just as critical for navigating uncertainty or crisis.

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The Secret to Stopping Overwhelm in the Workplace

NonProfit Leadership Center

Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Addressing overwhelm and chaos in the workplace requires a leadership paradigm shift that replaces the traditional, top-down leadership model with one that emphasizes empathy, understanding and inclusiveness.

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[VIDEO] The Science of Philanthropic Psychology

Bloomerang

Jen Shang, PhD will take you through a series of real-world examples to demonstrate how philanthropic psychology can be applied to nurture, develop donor identities, and achieve sustainable increases in giving (up to 218% increases using multiple channels and campaigns) as a result of sharing genuine love. So thanks for being here.

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Parents Are in Crisis: A Developmental Framework Can Offer Support

NonProfit Quarterly

That is, we must increase awareness about the various biological and psychological changes parents are undergoing, and extend that understanding into the broader ecological systems in which they are embedded.

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Keeping the Dream Team: Unleashing the Power of Employee Retention in Nonprofits

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

So, What is the Solution to Employee Retention? Psychological contracts are the unwritten expectations and obligations between employers and employees. Nonprofits can create strong psychological contracts by aligning organizational values with staff passions. Celebrate achievements publicly to foster a culture of appreciation.

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Are Women Donors the Key to Unlocking More Giving?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

There are also real psychological barriers to giving as recently uncovered in a report by our colleagues at NCFP and Arabella. Compounding this, philanthropy has become more complicated: todays donors aspire to be strategic , leverage multiple vehicles (DAFs, LLCs, foundations, C4s, PACs, etc.),

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Why Funders Should Go Meta

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Let’s take an example: psychology. If you were a funder in 2012 who believed strongly in academic psychology, you could have put your money into, say, 100 psychology experiments. You’d be able to impact tens of thousands of subsequent psychology papers (as well as many papers in other disciplines!)