Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 115

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. These new questions demand not only our attention but also our renewed commitment to publicly advocating for the values that underpin our work.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Ethics Foundations 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. After all, social justice is by nature utopian. Public awareness: to change the perception of a group at a societal or cultural level.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 116

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 22, 2023

Image Credit: Anders Norrback Bornholm on unsplash.com In a report published last year for Just Futures , an investment advisory firm that seeks to encourage “values-based investing,” Anand Jahi indicates that the amount of money invested on Wall Street totals $71.4 But first: what is meant by “impact investing” anyway?

Nonprofit governance and management 88

Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 88

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Starting a Nonprofit: Basic FAQs What is a nonprofit?

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 85

Fundraising Leadership

JUNE 7, 2024

These unpaid volunteers contribute $200 billion in value to U.S. vigorously supports organizations including City of Hope, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy and Innovation, Susan G. communities, according to Team Stage.

Volunteerism 73

Volunteerism Volunteerism Philanthropy Public and Social Policy 73

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

America’s homeless response system has been called “the emergency room of society,” conjuring images of a space where the focus is on urgent intervention—finding shelter or managing encampments—rather than trying to prevent crises from happening in the first place. Housing is the solution to homelessness.

Homelessness 108

Homelessness Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 108

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning can help your organization meet challenges effectively and take advantage of new opportunities. Despite the many benefits that strategic planning can bring, 49 percent of nonprofits lack a strategic plan. Nonprofit strategic planning FAQs What is strategic planning for nonprofits?

Nonprofit governance and management 122

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 122

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 11, 2016

At Nonprofit Marketing Guide, we are always asking you to share your experiences with our community so we can all learn from one another – mistakes and all. In addition, many of us spend our time managing the direct relationships that we have painstakingly built up on email, web, and social media platforms with our own direct audiences.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Foundations Poverty 101

Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The best gift a nonprofit organization can receive is unrestricted cash, but an inkind donation of something your organization needs and would have otherwise purchased is also a high-value gift. Basically, it’s a non-cash donation made to a nonprofit organization. But, it’s yours! And it’s called an inkind gift.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Values Food 116

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

We are living through a syndemic—a time of multiple crises causing seismic economic, political, environmental, technological, and social shifts, which are long from being settled. In 2016, six women of color in the Colorado organizing and social justice movement ecosystem came together and formed Transformative Leadership for Change.

Leadership 99

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 99

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion. 67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. However, many nonprofits operate with tight budgets. However, many nonprofits operate with tight budgets.

Public and Nonprofit Management 90

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Public and Social Policy Management 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Decades of discriminatory housing, transportation, and land-use policy combined with economic disinvestment have resulted in communities that are residentially segregated by income, race, ethnicity, language, and immigration status. When housing is unaffordable, it leaves little money left over to buy healthy foods and critical medicines.

Health 103

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 103

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Alliance Management Institute (AMI).

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Finance 105

EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Across America, Hispanic and Latino organizations are leading the way in every realm, including advocacy, education, healthcare, and social services. Hispanic Heritage Foundation The. The Hispanic Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides an effective education forum for an informed and empowered Hispanic America.

Non-Profits 86

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Health Leadership 86

EveryAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Alliance Management Institute (AMI).

Nonprofit governance and management 77

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Associations 77

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It means some part of one’s identity – one’s people, values, or story – will continue on after death. But to be meaningful, the impact must support one’s people, values, or story. For example, death reminders make people more protective of their social group – and more resistant to outside groups.[5] Why is this true?

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 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? These are things that were purposely taken from us through colonial policies and forced assimilation—that sort of thing. CS: Thank you.

Nonprofit governance and management 88

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 88

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

4] The field of large sales is called Key or Strategic Account Management. One researcher states bluntly, “The objectives of salespeople are the opposite of the objectives of Strategic Account Managers.”[5]. Focusing on short-term financial numbers rather than customer need and value creation. A job explanation: Big sales v.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52

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.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 101

iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

This then permits questions that: Connect the donor’s identity (history, people, and values) with the cause, the charity, or the project [ Original Identity → Challenge ] Define a personally meaningful victory [ Victory → Enhanced Identity ], and Make a challenge that promises the victory [Challenge → Victory ]. What does this look like?

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Social Policy Environmental Participation and motivation 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 25, 2023

Image Credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com When your nonprofit’s mission is to ensure that the internet remains a public resource open and accessible to all, and most of your work takes place online, you might think the recent rise of remote work would make management and operations less complicated.

Management 83

Management Race and Ethnicity Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 83

iMarketSmart

JANUARY 30, 2023

Start social then follow up. Start social then follow up Starting with simple, social language often works best. Social, emotional language encourages sharing. 11] Social phrasing also tends to elicit more information.[12] 11] Social phrasing also tends to elicit more information.[12] These show we care.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Psychology Insurance Ethics 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 18, 2024

A sense of urgency to address large social problems—and frustration with the fragmentation of philanthropic giving broadly—has pushed many of these funders to explore new ways of validating and amplifying their giving strategy. Building, growing, and sustaining a proven program.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 98

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Creating a nonprofit business plan is an important step for any organization whether you’re about to launch or are well established in your community. . A nonprofit business plan is slightly different to the commercial sector. It’s like taking your nonprofit into the mechanic to get a check up. .

Nonprofit governance and management 96

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Collaborations 96

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 12, 2015

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. . Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. I worked with the PR manager to brainstorm ideas on garnering media coverage. timeframe.

Public and Social Policy 241

Public and Social Policy Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Social Enterprise 241

Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

Nonprofit funding comes from various sources—regular and major gifts , grants, in-kind donations, corporate sponsorships , planned gifts, and eCommerce sales are a few of the most common. In addition, some nonprofits also rely partly or entirely on memberships to support their missions. What is membership software for nonprofits?

Public and Nonprofit Management 83

Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Management Nonprofits 83

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinar series, we are also a provider of donor management software. That’s awesome, really involved in their nonprofit leadership program, which is really cool. As nonprofits, we have the missions of our organizations. That’s what Bloomerang is.

Leadership 64

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Philanthropy 64

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Instead, there is a growing understanding that the gap is a result of a pattern of race-based policies , fueled and sustained by anti-Black narratives, that have systematically demolished the wealth and humanity of Black people while reinforcing inequities across generations. The existence of the $11.2 As Ibram X.

Philanthropy 144

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Culture Foundations 144

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Independent Sector is a broad cross-sectoral national membership organization that includes nonprofits, private foundations, and corporate giving programs with a mission to strengthen civil society. SD: What does the Nonprofit Stakeholders Engaging and Advancing Together (Nonprofit SEAT) Act do? percent of annual GDP.

Civil Society 84

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 84

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

I remember this [ NPQ elevating the voices of social change leaders of color] was a vision of yours. And so, I knew, Okay, there are some ways in which we can help people acknowledge what they’ve been through, derive any value from the experience, then release it. And the nonprofit sector has a critical leadership role in this.’”

Construction 81

Construction Leadership Philanthropy Culture 81

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 20, 2023

By Phil Buchanan , Alyse d’Amico & Leaha Wynn Organizational performance depends on thoughtful policies and practices with respect to employees and culture. We publicize our salaries in job listings, of course. Yet this, too, remains a common practice at nonprofits, foundations, and companies.

Culture 107

Culture Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation 107

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Kresge Foundation is just one of the funders to get on board. The Right to Be Free from Environmental Harm The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) works toward equity and justice in environmental, energy, and climate policies. Founded in 1992 by Dr. Beverly L.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Environmental Energy Health 100

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 7, 2021

How to build an engaged nonprofit board . The CEO or executive director (ED) is the visionary and the public “face” of the organization. By giving their time, talents, and resources, they demonstrate in a public way that the organization is vital to the community and deserves support. This is where board members come into play.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Recruitment Nonprofits Philanthropy 123

EveryAction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S. Nonprofit Management.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

In the past year, thousands of nonprofit pros took advantage of our definitive Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar, and we're so excited to share our brand new 2016 list! Nonprofit technology, and more! 2015 - 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar. Alliance Management Institute. Alliance Management Institute.

Nonprofit governance and management 71

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Philanthropy 71

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. But first what I want to do is just ask Steven to launch a poll to gauge where you are right now with regard to feelings about promoting legacy giving in your nonprofit. And is just all over the place.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Insurance Values Psychology 132