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Defying the Odds: The Case for Investing in Organizing Workers in the South

NonProfit Quarterly

There is no question that the regions history of union busting and so-called right-to-work laws makes worker organizing difficult. In Louisiana, for example, workers are holding dollar store chains accountable for paying poverty wages and creating unsafe work environments. In the Southa new wave of organizing is underway.

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Learning That Changes Lives: Local Leader Shares Journey to Nonprofit Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

when she thinks about the Certificate in Nonprofit Management graduate program at the University of Tampa. It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change (or Be the Change) “I took a very untraditional path to get into the nonprofit sector,” Erin says. I felt like I was being called into the nonprofit sector.” Empowering.

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3 Nonprofit Email Unsubscribe Pages That Might Inspire You

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Here are three examples of nonprofit email unsubscribe pages that I think do a great job. Southern Poverty Law Center. The post 3 Nonprofit Email Unsubscribe Pages That Might Inspire You appeared first on Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog. Nothing hard to wade through belongs on this page!

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No Wonder Retention of Online Donors is So Bad

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

In yesterday’s post, I told you that I suspect that the reason online givers seem to be one-hit-wonders has less to do with online givers being fickle and more with nonprofits not yet figuring out how to do online donor retention well. Responses to Gifts Made on Nonprofit Websites. Let me back up just a tad. One direct mail ask.

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The Importance of Segmenting Your Donors

Ann Green

I get appeals from nonprofit organizations I don’t already support and many of these are generic and impersonal. One of the biggest hurdles nonprofits face is ensuring first-time donors give a second time. If you’re sending an appeal to someone who’s never donated to your nonprofit before, what is your connection to them?

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How to Help People of Color Become Homeowners: Data from Philadelphia

NonProfit Quarterly

Addressing this requires intervention both by policymakers and nonprofit organizations. These neighborhoods still have above average poverty rates and remain majority Black and/or Latinx. The most crucial asset that nonprofits can bring to the table is trust. CDFIs can help finance these efforts.

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How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level

NonProfit Quarterly

None of those funds will flow to power local government and public services for 23 years (or longer, as Illinois law permits a 12-year extension ). As the nonprofit Good Jobs First reports , TIFs are legal in every state of the country, except Arizona. TIFs divert revenue from where the money is needed to where it is not.