Wed.Dec 20, 2023

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Education Cannot Wait Commits $500 Million to Serve Refugee Students and Teachers

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Save the Children Bangladesh The Education Cannot Wait grant aims to continue the education of up to 5 million school-age refugee children worldwide, including Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Also, the Lilly Endowment gave almost $146 million to six colleges and universities in Indiana for community-development projects, and the U. of Massachusetts at Boston received $10 million to establish the New Balance Institute for Innovative Leadership in Sport.

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How the Year-End Craze Can Kickstart Your Mid-Level Program

NonProfit PRO

Year end is great time to connect with donors when they are most engaged — and to fast-track relationships with your mid-level donors.

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What Do Universities Owe Their Big Donors? Less Than You Might Think, Explain 2 Nonprofit Law Experts

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Ellen P. Aprill and Jill Horwitz AP Photo, Andrew Harnik Billionaire investor and Harvard alum Bill Ackman has voiced his objections to the school’s current president. Donors shouldn’t try to control a charity through their gifts after the fact, and charities should reject gifts that are offered with strings attached that they aren’t happy about.

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3 Takeaways From GivingTuesday’s New GivingPulse Report

NonProfit PRO

GivingTuesday's GivingPulse Report revealed what affected giving in the third quarter of 2023. Here are three takeaways from the research.

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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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A Post-Affirmative Action World Demands More — Not Less — Funding for Black Leaders

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

In 2024, let’s resolve to double down support for leaders of color and stand up against perceived legal threats. By Cora Daniels Alyssa Schukar, Redux In 2024, let’s resolve to double down support for leaders of color and stand up against perceived legal threats.

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3 Ways In-Kind Donations Can Support Your Nonprofit’s Cause

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

With a thoughtful donor prospecting strategy and well-crafted appeals, you’re already well on your way to generating the support your nonprofit needs for its beneficiaries. However, not all your supporters will be open to your fundraising asks. And that’s alright—there are many reasons why an individual might not want to donate money to your nonprofit.

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Manage Your Giving with the Donorbox Donor Portal

Donorbox Nonprofit

You’ve just donated to an organization that uses Donorbox to fundraise. Thank you for being generous and supporting an important mission! Now you have the power to log in to your Donorbox account to access your donation information, give again, and make changes to your profile. Read on to learn how! Are you a Donorbox […] The post Manage Your Giving with the Donorbox Donor Portal appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Building a nonprofit budget: 4 steps to get started

Candid

Once you’ve established a new nonprofit , one of your first considerations will likely be fundraising. After all, the only way you can fulfill your organization’s mission is if you can bring in the funding you need to support your programs and initiatives. You should also have a plan for how to effectively manage your funding, which is where your financial strategy comes into play.

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Following the Road Beyond Borders (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Alonzo Plough From Bhutan to Bogotá, drawing on learning from around the globe can illuminate the path to health equity and advance our collective well-being.

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The Role Of Tax Summaries In Nonprofit Donor Stewardship

Bloomerang

Tax Season doesn’t have to be stressful for nonprofits. While delivering year-end donation tax summaries to donors before January 31st is a crucial part of your role, it’s not just a compliance step—it’s a golden opportunity to reconnect and thank your donors for their contributions and remind them of their incredible impact through your mission. It might seem daunting, but tools like Bloomerang can simplify this process.

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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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Amidst Mass Layoffs, Media Workers Tell a Different Story about Economic Decline

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Rithika Ramamurthy “Everybody’s a labor reporter today!” cried Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) union, to hundreds of workers crowded outside the Washington Post office. On December 7, union members at the Post walked off the job for 24 hours. The walkout was the biggest labor action by Post workers in almost 50 years, protesting layoffs, salary floors, and stalled contract negotiations.

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Why and how are nonprofits diversifying their donors?

Big Duck

Shift your understanding of what philanthropy and how nonprofits can meaningfully engage donors of color through communications.

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Feeling Low? Try Gratitude

Veritus Group

Expressing gratitude can change your attitude and bring you joy. If you're feeling low, tell someone in your life what you appreciate about them. The post Feeling Low? Try Gratitude appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Reconnecting Economics Education with Today’s Global Realities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash In a world of worsening climate disruptions and growing economic inequities, what is the economics education that people need? Last spring, Michael Higgins, the president of Ireland, called out the dangers of how economics is taught in most mainstream economics programs, which often assume there is no limit to the extraction of physical materials.

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DEI Work Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jonathan Njus What organizations can do to persevere through resistance.

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Climate Justice: Best of 2023, Editors’ Selections

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s the end of 2023 as we know it. Below is a selection of articles from NPQ climate justice senior editor Alison Stine that were chosen as some of their favorites this past year. The stories range from the role of public libraries in climate justice to how the climate crisis is changing mental healthcare—and that’s to name a few. We hope you enjoy reading these incredible stories and that they inspire you.

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A Modern Nonprofit Podcast: Turning Things Around with 180 Management Group

The Charity CFO

180 Management Group is an operations consulting firm that specializes in operational strategy and design, specifically for nonprofit organizations. Led by Miriam Dicks and our guest on today’s show, 180 Management Group believes that people are their biggest asset. After all, typically the highest expense on an income statement is the salary and benefits component, so employees are certainly the key to an organization’s success. 180 MG believes that how they serve their people ultimately tran

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Economic Justice: Best of 2023, Editors’ Selections

NonProfit Quarterly

As 2023 comes to a close, the economic justice editors Steve Dubb and Rithika Ramamurthy highlight 15 of the best articles from the year—including articles from this year’s magazine issue, Movement Economies , which investigated the question of how movement organizations might more effectively advance economic justice and systemic change. We also published articles on a host of issues—ranging from narrative power to advancing housing justice and childcare, deepening community organizing, to cha

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How to Help Your Wealthiest Supporters Solicit Themselves

iMarketSmart

What results in a bigger gift? A) Being convinced to give B)Deciding to give on your own? Your job as a fundraising gift officer isn’t to ask for gifts. It is to plant the idea to give in the minds of your prospects so they decide to give on their own. We call this approach appreciative inquiry. This involves asking questions ( socratic fundraising ) and listening carefully in ways that help someone make ‘an idea’ (or ‘your idea’) become ‘their idea.

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Common Misconceptions about the Nonprofit Sector: Debunking Myths and Revealing Reality

Prosper Strategies

The nonprofit sector plays a vital role in addressing societal challenges, promoting wellbeing of people and communities, and driving positive change. Yet, it is often subject to various misconceptions that can obscure its true value and impact. In my 10+ years working with nonprofits, I’ve often been frustrated by these misconceptions and misunderstandings.

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Comment on 4 Strategies to Better Manage Your Nonprofit Board in 2024 by Robin

Amy Eisenstein

These four strategies will help you better manage your nonprofit board in 2024 and beyond, and prevent your board from controlling you.

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Newsletter: Despite Bad Press, Businesses Flock to This Veterans Nonprofit ; Resto Chain Raises $1M for Future Farmers of America ? ; 16 Lessons From Studying the $700M Brand Liquid Death

Selfish Giving

Two things this week.✌️ 1️⃣ With the holiday on Monday, I won't be publishing a newsletter on Wednesday, December 27th. I'll be back in your inbox on Wednesday, January 3rd. 2️⃣ Over 2% of my newsletter subscribers have taken MY YEAR-END NEWSLETTER SURVEY ! Thank you! However, I want to get to 5% of my subscribers. Can you please - pretty please with holiday sugar cookies on top - help me by completing it?

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6 Retro Digital Marketing & Fundraising Trends for Nonprofits for 2024

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good AI, Shorts-Reels-and-TikToks, Threads, and more AI are the top emerging trends for nonprofits in 2024, but an overfocus on what’s new and next can sometimes be at the expense of utilizing digital marketing and fundraising trends that are easier to implement and have a more immediate return on investment – especially for small nonprofits.

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Building the Solidarity Economy by Boosting Black-Owned Co-ops

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Repaired Nations. Composition by Gabby Henrie. This is the fifth article in NPQ ’s series Solidarity Economies: Building Community Power. Coproduced with the New Economy Coalition —a coalition of over 100 organizations building the solidarity economy in the United States—this series highlights case studies of solidarity economy ecosystems that are returning wealth and building grassroots power in cities across the country.

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A Step-By-Step Guide To Getting Started With Fundraising

Bloomerang

Are you a “small” nonprofit just getting started with fundraising? If so, you’re not alone. As of 2021, nearly one million nonprofit organizations in the U.S. reported receiving under $50,000 U.S. dollars in revenue, approximately 70 percent of all nonprofits registered in the United States. When I served in my first executive director position for a small community-based healthcare nonprofit that served the homeless, I still remember the first fundraising conference that I attended.

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Building the Spokes in the Wheel of a Solidarity Economy: A DC Story

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Francisco Benavides. Composition by Gabby Henrie. With this article, we conclude NPQ ’s series Solidarity Economies: Building Community Power. Coproduced with the New Economy Coalition —a coalition of over 100 organizations building the solidarity economy in the United States—this series highlights case studies of solidarity economy ecosystems that are returning wealth and building grassroots power in cities across the country.

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End of Year Message | 2023

Non Profitvote

Dear Partners and Stakeholders, As we approach the end of another year, let me take a moment to thank you for the steadfast support you have given Nonprofit VOTE and the mission we share with you to ensure that everyone has a voice in our democracy. I deeply appreciate your dedication to the critical work of your own organization, and our shared work to build a more fair and equitable society.