Ann Green

MARCH 23, 2022

Here are a few Casablanca quotes that can apply to nonprofit organizations. One of the most important words in nonprofit communication is you. Hats off to them because most annual reports go heavy on organization-centered language. As fundraising expert Tom Ahern says, “You is glue.” Here’s looking at you, kid.”.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Despite the importance of raising money well, the majority of small to midsize nonprofits use suboptimal strategies—methods that are expensive, time-consuming, and yield only minimal returns on a lot of hard work. These are the kinds of revenue strategies that keep nonprofits just surviving instead of scaling. Fundraising mistake #2.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 10, 2022

Fundraising events are often necessary for nonprofit organizations for several reasons. First, such events bring in much-needed funding to help carry out the organization's mission.

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Ann Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

If your organization doesn’t have a monthly/recurring giving program or it’s fairly small, now is a great time to start or grow your monthly giving. In this post, I’ll tell you why monthly giving is important for your nonprofit, how to start or grow your program, and how to nurture it going forward. Keep it up throughout the year.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 24, 2023

Text-to-donate, also known as text-to-give, has risen in popularity among nonprofits—and for good reason. As one of the easiest ways to boost revenue and connect with your supporters, text-to-donate can support your fundraising goals by simplifying the entire donation experience.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fundraising isnt always about money. According to Lynn Margherio, founder and CEO of Cradles to Crayons, volunteerism is the backbone of many successful nonprofits, even though attracting and retaining volunteers can be challenging. Sometimes people want to support a local nonprofit, but they dont know where to start.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 20, 2021

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic with business closures and sheltering in place across the country, nonprofit organizations scrambled to deal with their new reality, which included the uncertainty of fundraising, budget cuts and laid-off employees.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 2, 2023

Endaoment and The Giving Block announced a partnership to connect thousands of nonprofit organizations across the globe with crypto donors. The partnership will create new fundraising opportunities for nonprofits and simplify the process for crypto holders to support organizations in need.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 26, 2022

In May of 2020, Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group published an article highlighting enormous budget disparities between Black and white-led nonprofit organizations seeking institutional funding in the early stages of their development. The numbers were staggering.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If you’re a frontline fundraiser who wants to resign or has already quit, your nonprofit organization does not care about you. If it did, you either wouldn’t be thinking of leaving right now, or it would have retained you instead of losing you to greener pastures. Unfortunately, those greener pastures are an illusion.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Most nonprofits rely on a few annual fundraising events to bring in much-needed donations and to raise awareness for their cause. There are so many forms of fundraising events, from charity runs to fundraising festivals. These goals will help you plan your event with a specific objective and fundraising target in mind.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Launching a new nonprofit is an exhilarating feeling. And that means you have to figure out how to fundraise for your new venture. Should you start a GoFundMe or turn to a Facebook fundraiser? Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. But big goals cost big money.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 5, 2022

There are three categories of technology that nonprofit organizations need to focus on in 2022 if they want to improve their fundraising in this new digital age. Here is an outline of what your fundraising tech stack should look like.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2025

By Shannon Whitehead , Content Strategist at Neon One a software that connects nonprofits with the technology and resources that empower them to build a community of generosity. Launching a peer-to-peer campaign begins with recruiting some of your most fervent supporters to organize personal campaigns on your organizations behalf.

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Explore three technology tools that can level up your grant fundraising efforts. By Carl Diesing Alongside moves management and capital campaigns, grant fundraising is one of the most intricate fundraising activities that a nonprofit organization will undertake.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 7, 2023

In today's rapidly changing philanthropic landscape, nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in securing sustainable funding for their missions. While traditional fundraising methods remain important, nonprofits must adapt to new strategies to stay ahead.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 30, 2023

Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit organization that runs the.org domain, launched.giving — a brand new top-level domain that will streamline online fundraising and donating.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Fundraising is the biggest challenge nonprofit organizations face. One of the most effective methods of marketing for nonprofits is direct mail. . There are, however, tried-and-true methods that are essential to the success of a campaign.

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Ann Green

MAY 13, 2021

Believe it or not, strength training has a lot in common with fundraising and when I say fundraising, I’m including the all-important stewardship and relationship-building components. What a wonderful world we’d live in if people just donated money to nonprofit organizations without us have to do anything.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 3, 2022

Whether internal issues, external challenges or both are affecting your ability to maintain and advance your mission, searching for and securing strong fundraising leadership and investing more resources in your development team can help you build a more resilient nonprofit organization.

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Allison Fine

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Automation and AI can free up staff in fundraising, communications, finance, and service delivery efforts.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 23, 2023

Armanino announces the launch of its Strategic Development Outsourcing service, providing a resource for nonprofit organizations. This new service brings a development approach powered by data and analytics to help organizations focus internal resources effectively.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The addition will allow any of the 300 million daily Zoom meeting participants to instantly become a fundraiser for any one of the two million verified charitable and nonprofit organizations in its worldwide network. Pledge introduced a donate button for Zoom through its Donations by Pledge app.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 14, 2021

For nonprofit organizations, perhaps the biggest and most important challenge was understanding how to move the mission forward. It’s been over a year since the pandemic changed all of our lives. 2020 really tested us all in a multitude of ways.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Nonprofit boards play a critical role in guiding the organizations they serve, helping steer decisions, ensuring fiscal health, and offering strategic oversight. However, one glaring issue that’s often swept under the rug is the lack of prompt responses to communications from executive directors and nonprofit staff.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 7, 2022

DipJar, a giving technology platform, announced the Early Access release of DipJar Online, which will enable nonprofit organizations to create goal-driven, campaign-based fundraising initiatives that facilitate multi-channel donor engagement.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

When the platform created fundraising tools, it was an exciting new innovation for nonprofit organizations. Here's why your nonprofit should continue using Facebook despite these criticisms. Facebook seems to always make controversial headlines. However, this too was eventually regarded in a controversial manner.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 31, 2023

Bonterra announced key data insights and takeaways from a recent study conducted by Jumpstart, its nonprofit capacity building program, which shed light on the challenges faced by the nonprofit community. The report finds fundraising is a major hurdle for nonprofit organizations.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

There are actually way better, sustainable fundraising success strategies to really smile about, whether or not your nonprofit organization participated in the program. Should you be worried about the shutdown of Amazon Smile?

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 1, 2023

There are actually way better, sustainable fundraising success strategies to really smile about, whether or not your nonprofit organization participated in the program. No need to worry about the shutdown of Amazon Smile?

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Affnetz

APRIL 23, 2024

Nonprofit Donor Management Software | Top 10 Premium Solutions / By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: Buying nonprofit donor management software can be tough, but this blog helps you understand the criteria and sort through the top players in the market.

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Candid

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The Latinx community is often missing from philanthropic discussionsboth about donors and about nonprofit organizations. population, but from every measurement in philanthropy including grants to Latinx-focused nonprofit organizations to representation among board members and staff, you wouldnt know there were 62 million of us.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Image Credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Broad segments of the nonprofit sector are concerned about the new presidential administration and the threats it poses to nonprofit organizations. No matter whether the approach is to go on defense or offense, shoring up the organizations compliance is critical.

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Ann Green

JUNE 23, 2021

I want to revisit a topic I’ve written about in the past and that’s the 5 C’s of good nonprofit communication. It’s important to keep these 5 C’s in mind when you’re writing a fundraising appeal, thank you letter, update, or any type of donor communication. Plain and simple, your fundraising appeal should entice someone to donate.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

At Candid, we get a lot of questions about nonprofit boardsfrom how to recruit members, to what their obligations are, to how executives can best work with them to advance their organizations missions and growth. Heres a curated collection of articles and resources covering a wide range of topics on nonprofit boards.

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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. On a daily basis, nonprofit organizations strengthen the fabric of our community and play a vital role in building healthy communities by providing critical services that contribute to economic stability and mobility.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 26, 2023

iWave has acquired Nonprofit Operating System. This acquisition will make iWave's fundraising insights more actionable so nonprofit organizations can expand their reach, more actively engage donors, and ultimately have a greater impact on the causes they care about.

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