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What is the Secret to Successful Grant Writing?

Blue Avocado

Know what they fund and what matters most to them and know who you are as a nonprofit and what your funding priorities are. Alice Rossignol, Nonprofit Consultant Avoid AI Shortcuts and Put Yourself in the Donor’s Shoes Some suggest grant writing can be done by AI. Know your prospective funder in depth!

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Strengthening Democracy by Practicing It

NonProfit Quarterly

The same goes for skills related to group decision-making, managing internal conflict, or holding one another accountable—the most basic democratic practices. Development economist Albert Hirschman described democratic governance as offering voice in return for loyalty. But not all social movements strengthen democracy.

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Beyond Karen: White Woman Archetypes in the Third Sector

NonProfit Quarterly

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.” 7 One study respondent said, “[Black women] are not doing well.”

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Safety First: CEO Grows Organization, Leads Communities By Doing The Right Thing

Fundraising Leadership

While she did later return to earn a bachelors in sociology from College of New Rochelle and a masters in nonprofit and organizational management from Maris College School of Management, Chan Shue joined the NYPD in 1993. I take care of everyone,” Chan Shue says. They call me Mother Teresa.” Bureau of Justice Statistics.”

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What the US’ Mass Incarceration Regime Costs Black Women

NonProfit Quarterly

Qualitative research suggests that female family members provide extensive case management, mental health care, housing, job searches, and transportation assistance on behalf of their incarcerated and reentering loved ones, as well as laboring to keep them out of trouble with police and parole officers. 2 (2012): 216–43. Gordon Parker et al.,

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Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

NonProfit Quarterly

They were erased by government-backed campaigns to move birth out of the hands of Black midwives and into the hands of white male obstetricians. The spirit of care and leadership matter. The values that guide one’s speech, care, and leadership are essential elements of how healthcare and health systems leadership are experienced.

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[VIDEO] Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

New giving methods for your nonprofit. And something we’re really known for here, but if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, Bloomerang is also a provider of donor management software. Sorry, and understand how your nonprofit can accept crypto in these safe, simple, insecure environments.