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On Dobbs Anniversary, Donors Must Take the Long View in Response to Abortion-Access Crisis

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Jonathan Wittenberg and Wendy Sealey Stefani Reynolds , AFP, Getty Images As more states peel back abortion rights or ban the procedure entirely, philanthropy needs to maintain a crisis response while also planning for a fight that could go on for years.

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How to Cultivate Event Attendees Into Major Gift Donors

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits should use events for stewardship, moving donors up the pipeline. After all, events are a great entry point where you can make a donor want to be part of the community your nonprofit is building around your cause or mission. Here’s a look at how to cultivate event attendees into major donors.

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Nonprofits Are Stable Despite Burnout, Inflation, and Rising Expenses

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Alex Daniels But many will face challenges ahead of hiring and keeping employees, a new study has found.

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Giveffect Launches Innovative AI Writer Feature to Help Nonprofits Maximize Impact

NonProfit PRO

Giveffect announced the launch of its latest innovative feature: AI Writer. This cutting-edge tool built within the connected Giveffect software helps nonprofits write the most sought-after types of content quickly, easily, and without leaving the platform.

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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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Mellon Foundation Awards $25 Million to 9 Cities Through Its Monuments Project

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Courtesy of the San Francisco Arts Commission The San Francisco Art Commission is getting support from the Mellon Foundation to conduct a racial-equity audit of publicly accessible works. Here, the “Continuous Thread: Celebrating Our Interwoven Histories, Identities and Contributions.” Plus, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $50 million over five years to continue the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute, and the National Trust for Historic P

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A Rewarding Nonprofit Internship: Lesly Fuentes

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Written by: Lesly Fuentes Reading Time: 3 minutes Researchers estimate that up to 1 million American’s work as unpaid interns each year. Without wages to shoulder the cost of living, an unpaid internship deepens the existing social divide. The road to making unpaid internships a thing of the past isn’t a smooth one. In some cases, particularly nonprofit organizations, simply don’t have the financial means to pay their interns.

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Newsletter: Is it the End of Amateurism in Cause Marketing? ; Nut Company Partners with Nut Nonprofit ; Nonprofit Newsjacks Mermaid Movie to Defend Oceans, Trans Youth ???

Selfish Giving

An article in AdAge last week reports that one negative outcome of the Bud Light/Dylan Mulvaney drama is that personal attacks are a new risk for brand leaders. ** There are three good lessons for causes. First, it's a good reminder to companies AND causes that they must be clear on brand purpose. It's too risky not to be. Now is not the time to be dabbling in gray areas.

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Ketut Subiyanto on pixels.com The need for childcare is well known. So too are the costs of not having childcare. Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. Shortages in childcare not only limit family income but in some cases, keep parents out of the workforce altogether.

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The most misused phrase in fundraising

Jeff Brooks

Your gift will. This might be the most common phrase in fundraising. And the most misused. Your fundraising message should contain some version of Your gift will. pretty much every time. It's a key statement that lets the donor know what their donation makes possible. Without that, you've left out one of the most important reasons donors will give: to make something good happen.

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Turn Your Dedicated Volunteers into Repeat Donors

Bloomerang

Have you ever wondered where you can find a group of passionate donors who share your vision? The answer lies right within your very own volunteer base. These incredible individuals, who are already committed to your cause, hold the key to unlocking the donations your nonprofit needs to thrive. Finding and engaging new donors is one of the toughest challenges nonprofits face today.

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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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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

Why LGBTQ+ advocacy is always-on from here on It’s more important than ever for LGBTQ+ organizations to effectively advocate on behalf of LGBTQ+ people. While there’s often increased attention on issues affecting the community during Pride month, meaningful and lasting change happens when advocacy happens year-round. To illustrate, by the time 2023 Pride began on June 1, there were already over 500 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation proposed or passed in state legislatures across the country.

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How to Use Data Management to Forecast Fundraising Revenue

Top Nonprofits

Before renting an apartment or purchasing a car, you would first decide whether you can afford the purchase. For major everyday purchases like these, affordability is determined by comparing your income to the cost, and the same is true for nonprofit budgets. Since nonprofits depend on charitable donations, their income may seem unpredictable. However, your nonprofit can use its data to predict the results of your future fundraisers.

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Are Your Asking Amounts Soul-Sucking?

Veritus Group

Every time you avoid asking for an increase in giving, you are withholding an opportunity for your donors to increase their joy and impact. The post Are Your Asking Amounts Soul-Sucking? appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Automate and Empower Your E-commerce Marketing with Stunning Material from Campaign Monitor

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Automate and Empower Your E-commerce Marketing with Stunning Material from Campaign Monitor Want to sell more online? Check out how you can automate your e-commerce marketing. Get the best out of Campaign Monitor and start selling. Tips by Pete Campbell. The software helps you send smarter, better emails that enhance your brand. It also boosts your sales.

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How to Build A Strong Brand with Taylor Shanklin

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

Are you looking to engage your donors more effectively and create deeper relationships with them? You’re in luck. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Instil , a holistic donor relationship management platform on a mission to revolutionize nonprofit technology. We are hosting a free webinar to show you how to manage donor communications in the digital age, using technology and social media.

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Four Trauma-Informed Facilitation and Engagement Resources for Nonprofit Professionals

Prosper Strategies

Your nonprofit likely works with many individuals who have experienced trauma, or who are experiencing traumatizing circumstances currently. As you move toward a Shared Power Strategy™ approach in which you begin to share more decision making power with the people your organization serves, one unintended consequence can be retraumatization. When you ask the people you […] The post Four Trauma-Informed Facilitation and Engagement Resources for Nonprofit Professionals appeared first on Prosp

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Approaching Gender Equity Through Indigenous Knowledge and Customs

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Vurayayi Pugeni , Caroline Pugeni & Dan Maxson International community development has changed significantly over its history, shifting from primarily responding to disaster events to improving communities using a sectoral approach to issues like health, agriculture, and water and sanitation. Then came an awareness that many of these responses heavily benefitted men and were neglecting women and girls and so an emphasis on women and girls developed to directly deliver various benefits und

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How to start a nonprofit legacy giving program

Care2

Nonprofits rely on engaging their donors and asking them to make gifts, whether one-time or recurring, in order to help them fulfill their goals. An often overlooked form of giving is planned giving, where donors commit to making a gift in the future, often as a part of their estate plans after they pass. Planned gifts are extremely valuable for nonprofits, but nonprofit professionals often face challenges when it comes to devoting time to them.

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Can a New Social Contract Advance in Minnesota?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: The Humantra on pexels It seems long ago, but in early 2021, after the passage of the American Recovery Plan Act , President Joe Biden was widely being heralded as a transformational president. This moniker always said less about Biden the individual than it did about the zeitgeist of a country shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic. A new social contract —that is, a structural change in the relationship of the public to the government, the 1930s New Deal being the quintessential US exam