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National Funding Partners Invest in Diverse Leadership Initiative for Art Museums

NonProfit PRO

Four national funding partners have announced the Leadership in Art Museums (LAM) initiative. Over the next five years, the LAM funders will commit over $11M in funding to museums to increase racial equity in leadership roles.

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Los Angeles Couple Give $50 Million for Environmental Programs at USC

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Plus, the founder of Politico is giving $20 million to start a new journalism institute, and five universities landed big gifts.

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Evolving Top Nonprofit Storytelling Practices

Clairification

Everyone knows storytelling = good. Humans wired for stories. We want to enter into them … become part of them… see ourselves, in some way, expressively reflected in the characters, plot and struggle. Everyone responds, all ears, to “Shall I tell you a story?” Yet there’s been a brouhaha of late around so-called “donor-as-hero” stories. I’ve long been a proponent of encouraging donors to jump right into the narrative to give it a happy ending.

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Make Moves That Count: The 2023 Catalyst Awards Winners

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Our 2023 Catalyst Award Winners, Mike Mosby and Playback Memphis With over 5,000 registered nonprofit organizations, Memphis is filled with passionate people working to create positive change. If the average Memphian was asked to name five great nonprofits, chances are many of the larger, well-known organizations would come up repeatedly. Memphis is fortunate to have well-established organizations doing extraordinary work.

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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.

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4 Text Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Take from Big Brands

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Shay Lessman , Content Writer and Editor for Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. When the first text message was sent on December 3 rd , 1992, no one could have conceived how important this mode of communication would become for people worldwide. Now, text messaging is ingrained into our everyday lives.

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2 of the magic words of fundraising

Jeff Brooks

Here’s an easy formula for making your fundraising more relevant to donors. It’s just two words: So That , from the Linked in newsletter, Fundraising Friday. Here’s an example from the article: Before We serve orphaned children in southern Malawi by providing education, residential care, family reunification, and vocational training. It’s a listing of program activities.

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Groups: Strengthen your donor community with actionable data.

Bloomerang

Understand how your donors give to unlock their generosity. Donor segmentation is essential to every nonprofit’s toolkit. It involves the process of categorizing supporters into groups based on shared qualities and characteristics. This allows nonprofits to efficiently personalize interactions and communications to develop relationships with a large number of supporters at once.

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How Nonprofits Can Benefit from Embracing ESG Practices

Blue Avocado

By expanding ESG efforts and communicating them effectively, nonprofits can engage new audiences and achieve greater impact. This article discusses how nonprofits can document and communicate their ESG impact and provides five steps to get started. The post How Nonprofits Can Benefit from Embracing ESG Practices appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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It’s Not Rocket Science. It’s Just Hard Work!

Veritus Group

Building relationships with donors takes time. If you want to succeed in mid-level or major gifts, you need to take a long-term view. The post It’s Not Rocket Science. It’s Just Hard Work! appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Make Moves That Count: The 2023 Catalyst Awards Winners

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Our 2023 Catalyst Award Winners, Mike Mosby and Playback Memphis With over 5,000 registered nonprofit organizations, Memphis is filled with passionate people working to create positive change. If the average Memphian was asked to name five great nonprofits, chances are many of the larger, well-known organizations would come up repeatedly. Memphis is fortunate to have well-established organizations doing extraordinary work.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

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.

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How Nonprofits Can Benefit from Embracing ESG Practices

Blue Avocado

By expanding ESG efforts and communicating them effectively, nonprofits can engage new audiences and achieve greater impact. This article discusses how nonprofits can document and communicate their ESG impact and provides five steps to get started. The post How Nonprofits Can Benefit from Embracing ESG Practices appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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How to Find More Donors for Your Non-Profit

Joe Garecht

Every non-profit needs to find more donors. New donors are the lifeblood of your fundraising efforts. You need a steady stream of donors to grow your fundraising and your revenue. Is your non-profit struggling to find new donors? Do you want to build a steady stream of new prospects for your fundraising program? If so, I have great news for you: There's a system for finding new donors.

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From Stress to Success: How Coaching Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Its Fundraising Goals

Bloomerang

Nonprofits are constantly striving to achieve their missions while being resourceful with their budgets. The workload can become overwhelming, especially with the average nonprofit having only 1-2 full-time employees dedicated to fundraising. You are not alone in facing challenges as a nonprofit. Limited resources are a common challenge, and getting the support you need might seem out of reach.

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Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies to Consider

The Charity CFO

What nonprofit fundraising strategies are you using to keep your organization healthy? As nonprofit organizations rely heavily on donations to support their operations, programs and missions, fundraising is an essential component to their continued success. Organizations must be strategic and thoughtful in their fundraising efforts. Here we’ll explore some nonprofit fundraising strategies to effectively raise money for your organization.

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How transactional donor relationships kill generosity

iMarketSmart

In nature, giving to unrelated others can be sustainable. But it requires some form of reciprocity. This need not be immediate. It need not be proportional. It can be a different size or type. It can occur much later. But it starts by answering a question: Who is able and willing to return a favor? Answering this simple question can get complex. Able and willing As seen in the last article , predicting who is able involves many factors: Who is likely to have a shared future with me?

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How to Grow Your Nonprofit When You’re a Team of One

Get Fully Funded

When you’re just starting out, your goal is to make a difference in the world. But to do that, you need to figure out how to grow your nonprofit. You’ve got so much to do as you launch your nonprofit. There are things like: An office to set up. Systems to put in place. A website to build. Money to raise. Social media to manage. And about a hundred other things necessary to get your fledgling nonprofit up and running.

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3 Ways to Improve Your Fundraising Appeals

NonProfit PRO

If you’re in charge of the fundraising for your nonprofit, the single best thing you can do to improve your fundraising is to come to terms with a hard truth. You are not your donors. Overcome the disparities in age and point of view of donors with these three strategies.

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Will Your Future as a Leader Be Determined by ChatGPT?

Fundraising Leadership

Issue 228 — May 8, 2023 We got a cool tutorial in ChatGPT and Open AI from Marisa Hambleton , a participant in Take The Lead’s Intentioning Leadership Mastermind Series last week. I love learning about new technologies that are being employed to work better, faster, and more creatively. The big question is, will the new applications of AI and in particular, ChatGPT, enable us to be faster, more creative problem solvers?