The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MAY 2, 2024
Groups are feeding supporters a steady stream of petitions to sign and checks to write. They should be helping them become effective citizen-advocates. By Sam Daley-Harris Nonprofits are feeding supporters a steady stream of petitions to sign and checks to write. They should be helping them become effective citizen-advocates.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 3, 2024
Strengthening your organization's capacity turbocharges your ability to create tangible change. Here's how to kickstart your growth.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
APRIL 30, 2024
San Francisco's Tipping Point Community pooled big private money to halve chronic homelessness in five years. A new study finds the effort failed to reach that goal, but lessons for philanthropy-government collaborations are rich. By Maria Di Mento Jeff Chiu, AP Photo Tipping Point spent nearly $100.7 million on 32 programs between 2017 and 2022 aimed at halving chronic homelessness.
Affnetz
APRIL 30, 2024
How to Calculate Donor Retention Rate? / By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: When it comes to nonprofit fundraising, it’s not just about getting new donors. It’s also crucial to maintain and build relationships with existing supporters. One important question in this process is: How do we calculate donor retention rate? This metric holds the key to sustainable growth and impact for nonprofits.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
This session will dive into how to create rich generosity experiences that foster long-lasting relationships. You’ll walk away with actionable insights to redefine how you engage with your supporters—emphasizing trust, engagement, and community over transactional giving models. 🤝 Industry expert Tim Sarrantonio will explore data-backed strategies to engage supporters as active participants in a community that values their contributions and shared ideals.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 1, 2024
Viral challenges can help nonprofits raise awareness and donations. Here's how to successfully leverage them in your digital marketing.
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
APRIL 28, 2024
As a nonprofit professional, you understand that investing in your staff is the best way to develop your organization. These changemakers are on the ground floor pushing initiatives forward, so you want your work environment to support their growth. While some skills are innate, many nonprofit management skills can be taught. It’s up to you to provide your staff with the right development opportunities so they can become stronger leaders for your cause.
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Veritus Group
MAY 1, 2024
Shifting your attitude about your work shifts how you feel about it, which opens up space for more flow and creativity. The post Do You Need an Attitude Adjustment? appeared first on Veritus Group.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 1, 2024
SPARK your passion for change at the 2024 DonorPerfect Community Conference, led by celebrated nonprofit leaders and fundraising experts. Explore innovative solutions to engage your community and grow your impact. Mark your calendar now for two half-days of free, virtual sessions on June 4th and 5th.
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
MAY 1, 2024
The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (NLA) is proud to announce the appointment of Everette Pearsall to the organization’s board of directors. But who is Everette Pearsall, and why is his appointment so noteworthy? In this article, we’ll take the opportunity to spotlight Everette and the invaluable contributions he brings to our cherished organization and the rest of the nonprofit sector.
NonProfit Quarterly
MAY 2, 2024
The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: A Policy Vision from the Movement for Black Lives.” View the full webinar here. When it comes to even repair and what Black people need, people have so many different definitions on what reparations is for Black people. But there are key elements that must happen.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio
The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MAY 1, 2024
As colleges prep for commencement and reunion season, rank-and-file supporters issue ultimatums, pledge to withhold donations, and boycott events. By Drew Lindsay Sipa via AP Images A student at New York University wears a graduation cap and gown marked with messages of solidarity with Palestine, at a student encampment at the university. As colleges prep for commencement and reunion season, rank-and-file supporters issue ultimatums, pledge to withhold donations, and boycott events.
Clairification
MAY 2, 2024
It’s not always easy to find all the good stuff across the web. That’s why I do the work for you! Thanks again to my Clairity Click-it sponsor, Bloomerang , for making it possible for me to spend the time hunting and gathering. You’ll find this is another robust issue. Find a topic that interests you, and… click away! Whatever type of learner you are, there’s something here for you.
Fundraising Leadership
MAY 3, 2024
While there has been progress, motherhood and the workplace need improvements. Just ahead of Mother’s Day, it’s prime time to examine the changing M Factor influencing the role motherhood plays in the workplace. Some say it is changing for the better. Some say it is the same. Others say mothering in this culture—often referred to as the Motherhood Penalty—is worse, thanks to COVID and economic factors forcing women to take on traditional roles. “ Just ahead of #MothersDay, it’s prime time t
NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 29, 2024
Image credit: Sonia Lowman, author For several weeks after I returned from Ukraine, I noticed it in my body: the pervasive sense of dissociation and disorientation. As a filmmaker who absorbs the emotions of my subjects, I could feel myself torn between extremes, struggling to reconcile extraordinary strength and staggering vulnerability. I had traveled to Ukraine with the same fear that anyone would feel when looking at the news headlines, and with the frightening knowledge that at any moment I
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
APRIL 29, 2024
In 2018, Michael Bloomberg gave $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins to enable academically qualified low- and middle-income students to attend his alma mater. The impact of this and other tuition-related gifts is becoming clear. By Stephanie Beasley Abaca Press/Sipa USA via AP Before Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion gift to Johns Hopkins, the norm for a big higher education donation was about $100 million.
Candid
MAY 1, 2024
As you may have heard, we’re building new Candid tools to help those working in the social sector to do good even more efficiently and effectively in a fast-changing world. To understand how Candid products can best serve our users, we need to know what problems those users are trying to solve. With the combined resources of Foundation Center and GuideStar, we at Candid have a unique opportunity to build the most effective solution for providing information for and about nonprofits and funders.
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 30, 2024
M+R's annual “Benchmarks” report revealed five key takeaways on nonprofits' digital fundraising strategies.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
APRIL 29, 2024
By Julie Battilana , Anne-Claire Pache & Chloe Lemmel-Hay OpenAI’s governance saga might give leaders pause about alternative ways of organizing, but research shows hybrid governance models can be successful—with effective boards to lead them.
The NonProfit Times
APRIL 29, 2024
Nonprofit leaders need to commit to a mindset of continuous learning and professional development to remain relevant and effective in their current roles. This requires embracing opportunities for skill development, whether through reading books and articles, attending conferences and workshops, or participating in online courses and webinars. According to Jackie Sue Griffin, founder of JSG & Associates in Tampa, Florida, by prioritizing continuous learning, you gradually adapt to evolving c
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MAY 2, 2024
Employees increasingly find that robust workplace volunteer programs meet their desires for in-person connections, professional growth and altruistically inclined employers. By James Pollard, Associated Press Charles Krupa, AP Photo Ron Waddell, Founder and Executive Director of Legendary Legacies, second from left, says Blue Cross Blue Shield volunteers provided help in the short term, while also staying engaged over the long term.
Fundraising Coach
MAY 1, 2024
Nonprofits depend on loyal donors to receive sustainable support for their work. This means your organization must provide a positive donor experience , not just in one event or campaign, but over the course of their involvement with your nonprofit. While communication metrics and donor feedback are good places to start stewarding donors, your nonprofit may overlook a valuable resource for enhancing donor stewardship: your bookkeeping data.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 2, 2024
RKD Group acquired Heller Consulting, which will operate as a subsidiary of RKD Group to help nonprofits find technology solutions.
Jeff Brooks
MAY 1, 2024
What your colleagues are reading: the 5 most-read Future Fundraising Now blog posts in the last month: What you need to know about midlevel donors How to write faster: 6.5 tips How to design your fundraising so it can actually be read 10 bogus reasons for keeping your writing hard to read How (and why) to give donors permission not to donate Looking for some really good (and specific) advice for your fundraising?
The Storytelling Nonprofit
APRIL 30, 2024
When non-profits undertake fundraising campaigns, segmentation is often involved for the gift array in the ask. But further customizations based on the segmentation are often little to none. It made me curious about whether we could help a client see a lift in giving by segmenting storytelling content in email appeals. In most cases, non-profits approach storytelling as a one-size-fits-all approach.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MAY 2, 2024
Privately, anti-polarization nonprofits and practitioners say philanthropy is part of the problem. By Kristen Cambell Privately, anti-polarization nonprofits and practitioners say philanthropy is part of the problem. Three essays offer a critique.
Clairification
APRIL 29, 2024
Radiance is meant-to-be. Radiance means: To have the light within us lit To send out light To reflect back light To bounce light back and forth, in simultaneous service to ourselves and others. What if you were to view your work as allowing your own and others’ meant-to-be radiance to come forth and shine? I’m reminded of a children’s gospel song , which also became a civil rights anthem: This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 3, 2024
Givebutter closed a $50 million strategic growth investment led by BVP Forge, Bessemer Venture Partners' dedicated investment fund.
Donorbox Nonprofit
MAY 3, 2024
Over one billion people worldwide embrace volunteerism, and 64 million are American. 25% of the national adult population – one in four people – willingly contributes their time, skills, and resources to support organizations that align with their personal beliefs. Whether lending a hand in local community-led organizations or participating in global humanitarian efforts, volunteers […] The post A Guide to Volunteerism: Roles, Significance, and Impact appeared first on Nonprofi
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
MAY 3, 2024
Innovative Technology: Why Your Salon Needs Specialized Management Tools It is not news to everyone that we are in a very fast-paced world of business, where innovative technology is a messiah when it comes to handling tasks that have been known to be complex problems and shaping the future. Across various sectors, technology has revolutionized and changed the way we operate.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MAY 1, 2024
By M.J. Prest Google.org A digital-skills training session for job seekers held by Goodwill Industries, a Google.org grantee. Also, four big foundations give $36.5 million to eliminate the blinding disease trachoma in 16 African countries, and Cigna Group Foundation promises $27 million to bolster mental health and wellness for young people and veterans.
iMarketSmart
MAY 3, 2024
Fundraising’s worst oversimplification is: “People give because they’re asked.” That’s like saying those who agree to marry do so simply “because they were asked.” Yes, a proposal may produce an affirmative response but how many people get married and stay married simply because the other person asked repeatedly, relentlessly, persuasively, aggressively, or cleverly?
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 30, 2024
March of Dimes created its innovation fund to support companies that are poised to further its mission. Here's how it works.
Donorbox Nonprofit
MAY 3, 2024
The 129,164 arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in the United States have a unique advantage – they can leverage their creativity and cultural significance to drive impactful art fundraising initiatives. Finding fresh ways to incorporate art in fundraising, however, can be a challenge. But we’ve got you covered with several art fundraiser ideas for nonprofits […] The post Inspiring Art Fundraiser Ideas to Make an Impact appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.
Jeff Brooks
APRIL 30, 2024
Type & Layout , by Colin Wheildon, is one of those books that helped change the way a lot of people thought about design. I discovered it not long after it was first published in 1995. I worked at The Domain Group , and the book used a print ad we had created as an example — fortunately, a mostly good example. We all read the book, and we quickly realized there was something in it more important than that ego-stroking advertisement: A whole section about reading-comprehension and print
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MAY 3, 2024
By M.J. Prest Courtesy of Pulitzer Center Lisa Gibbs will be the next CEO of the Pulitzer Center. Also, the Ms. Foundation for Women promoted its chief advancement officer to deputy CEO, and Anne Vasquez will be the next executive director of the Television Academy Foundation.
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