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4 Keys to Grow Your Corporate Giving Program

NonProfit PRO

Corporate partnerships can have a big impact on a nonprofit organization’s fundraising efforts, In fact, NonProfit PRO found in a recent survey that 22% of nonprofits cited their top priority for 2023 as engaging in more corporate partnerships. Here are four keys to develop and grow your corporate giving program.

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How Nonprofits Can Avoid A.I. Ethical and Legal Pitfalls

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Rasheeda Childress One big risk: feeding private information about donors into A.I. tools. If fundraisers want to write a thank-you note using A.I., experts advise stripping all identifying information from the samples they provide.

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Donor-Advised Fund Spotlight Report Examines Grantmaking Trends Through 15 Years of Economic Fluctuations

NonProfit PRO

A new spotlight report from National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), found that DAF grantmaking growth rates have consistently surpassed growth rates of individual giving and other forms of giving for the past 15 years.

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Is your nonprofit thinking about using ChatGPT? Your first step is to do no harm

Candid

In this article, we unpack the lessons learned from a nonprofit’s chatbot project to dispense mental health advice that went wrong, and how nonprofits can reduce the risks when adopting ChatGPT and other generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. Over the past five years of researching and writing about AI adoption for the nonprofit sector, we have argued for nonprofits to use AI ethically and responsibly—which means taking a human-centered, strategic, and reflective approach.

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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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Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ Comprehensive Guide to Insurance for Non-Profit Organizations

NonProfit PRO

PHLY Is Committed to Supporting the Non-Profit Sector. Figuring out how to get the right insurance policy can be complicated—especially in the non-profit sector. To help you find the perfect policy for your organization, Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) created a comprehensive guide to insurance for non-profit organizations. Download Your eBook.

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How Indigenous and Environmental Coalitions Pushed for Beaver Restoration in California’s Budget

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Tim Umphreys on unsplash.com It’s taken years of drought and intense wildfires for California officials to recognize that the state’s current water management system is underprepared to meet the needs of its changing climate. For many wetland conservationists, water managers, and especially California Indigenous water protectors, one solution has always been at hand—bring in the beavers.

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Comment on 5 Ways to Follow Up with Your Donors When They are Unresponsive by Charles Olupot

Amy Eisenstein

In reply to Mark Branch. Hi Mark, That’s a very terrible, Shockingly and disappointing to hear for all the financial sacrifices you have made. That organization may not be genuine. We at SHARE, have been working and sharing all our reports and documents with our donor’s directly or through our fundraising platform organization Global Giving.

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11 Easy Ways to Repurpose Your Content

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

If you aren’t repurposing content, you can be wasting valuable time. How many different channels do you need to create content for right now? Newsletter Email Blog Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Direct Mail That doesn’t even include the different types of content you need for each channel – text, images, video, etc. It’s a lot!

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Who’s Your Fairy Godmother

NonProfit Quarterly

Meet Saphia, a young bell hooks fanatic trying desperately to build a good life in New York City. Constantly immersed in the latest idea she has discovered while reading hooks, Saphia is determined to figure out how to apply these liberatory ideals to her own life. But the one thing she doesn’t account for is a little surprise encouragement from the legend herself.

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7 Top Insights Nonprofits Can Borrow from Management Guru Peter Drucker

Clairification

If you’ve never read management and marketing guru Peter Drucker , you must. I fell in love with him early on in my nonprofit career, and still regularly draw upon his wisdom. It hasn’t aged; he was ahead of his time, and remains a worthy sage for ours. 1. Goals Perhaps the most important thing I learned from Drucker was you must begin with the “why” question.

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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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Parcel 36: The Fight for Neighborhood Green Space in San Francisco

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com A fight for a space in San Francisco is not uncommon. This time a small plot of land is in legal limbo within the city’s Mission District—a fast-changing neighborhood with Latinx roots. Ownership of the small plot came into contention when an activist group, Mission Greenway, took over the plot of land to create a community garden in 2022.

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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! If your nonprofit does advocacy, you know that with this work, there are almost always consistent patterns of crisis management leading to later periods of denouement and down time.

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How to Host & Raise More Money with a Wine Tasting Fundraiser

Donorbox Nonprofit

Did you know that wine is the go-to alcoholic beverage for 31% of Americans? As a popular alcoholic beverage with many interesting features to study, wine tasting makes an excellent fundraiser for nonprofits and charities. If you want to learn more about how to host a wine tasting fundraiser – and how to raise money […] The post How to Host & Raise More Money with a Wine Tasting Fundraiser appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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[Book review] The one thing you need to know about fundraising (and every other kind of writing)

Jeff Brooks

Book review: Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: And Other Tough-Love Truths to Make You a Better Writer by Steven Pressfield The title of this book is some of the advice you'll ever get as a fundraiser. Once you know and internalize this truth, you can stop wasting your (and your donors') time. And get on with fundraising that just might work. According to Pressfield, this is the deal between every writer and reader: The reader donates his time and attention, which are supremely valuable commoditie

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Nonprofit HR to Deliver Inclusive Social Sector Programming at SHRM23

NonProfit HR

For Immediate Release Thursday, June 8, 2023 Media Contact Atokatha Ashmond Brew abrew@nonprofithr.com Nonprofit HR to Deliver Inclusive Social Sector Programming at SHRM23 For the second consecutive year, Nonprofit HR will be exhibiting and delivering curated content for mission-driven organizations Washington, D.C., June 8, 2023 — Nonprofit HR, the country’s leading and oldest consulting firm Read more The post Nonprofit HR to Deliver Inclusive Social Sector Programming at SHRM23 appeared firs

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Your Ultimate Guide to Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships

Donorbox Nonprofit

There are a lot of legendary partnerships out there. Peanut butter and jelly, Bonnie and Clyde, and…corporations and nonprofits? That’s right! Corporate-nonprofit partnerships are fantastic ways for both corporations and nonprofits to grow – and do some good along the way. In this article, we’ll look at the ins and outs of these legendary partnerships. […] The post Your Ultimate Guide to Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Closing the Middle Skills Gap in Postsecondary Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Roger Low In 2023, what education and training do Americans need, beyond high school? A four-year liberal arts program culminating in a bachelor's degree will likely continue to play a central role. At the same time, to salvage the American middle class, suck toxic resentment out of our politics, and build a more equitable economy, we must reimagine higher education, workforce training, and how taxpayers fund both.

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A Call to Funders to Defend Democracy: Why the Movement to Stop Cop City Must Continue

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Roman Koester on unsplash.com Over the past six years, there has been a rapid increase in the political repression and prosecutions of protesters and movement organizers advocating for their safety and bodily autonomy. This is currently playing out in Atlanta as the Stop Cop City protests are underway. The Stop Cop City movement was formed in reaction to a proposal to destroy Weelaunee forest to build a privately operated law enforcement training facility.

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Nonprofits and political influence: it's not about golf

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Screenshot from Candid.org You know that the PGA Tour is a nonprofit, don't you?* I'm also sure you've heard the news that the Saudi government (via its public investment fund, with $600+ billion in assets) launched a new tour (called LIV) which has announced a merger with the PGA Tour. Details are being worked out (and investigated.) Why does this deal stink so much?

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Civil Society Undermined by Conflict, Disinformation, and Repression of Protest

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Jorm Sangsorn on istock.com Worldwide, civil society—from NGOs to grassroots activist groups to social movements to unions—is being undermined by global conflict, suppressive governments, the erosion of democratic institutions, and the spread of disinformation. Far from being exempt from these trends, the US has, in some cases, exacerbated them.