The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 8, 2024

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service rebranded as Global Refuge to put the spotlight on its mission — and boost fundraising. By Ben Gose Julian Spath for Global Refuge Global Refuge staff celebrate the organization’s new name, which the group hopes will help it win more support from private foundations and corporations. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service rebranded as Global Refuge to put the spotlight on its mission — and boost fundraising.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 8, 2024

Successful organizations start with strong leaders, but what defines a good leader? What traits do good leaders possess? We recently interviewed more than 20 nonprofit CEOs and funders to understand what they believe makes a leader most impactful. They shared seven qualities that are necessary to be a good leader in today’s ever-changing workplace.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 8, 2024

In the run-up to the Oscars, grant makers should consider how supporting film and TV stories can counter fossil fuel industry narratives — and amplify other causes. By Anna Jane Joyner Netflix, Photofest Good Energy’s Climate Reality Check determines whether TV shows and movies depict the climate crisis. “Nyad,” above, was one of three films that met its criteria this year.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 8, 2024

Unlock Your Nonprofit's Full Potential! View the Board Fundraising & Engagement Guide: 10 Essentials for Success - your roadmap to building a powerful team of fundraisers and changemakers. Maximize your impact and create lasting change in your community with proven strategies to increase fundraising and engagement from your board. Download now to ignite the spark of transformation!

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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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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 8, 2024

By M.J. Prest Tara Pixley The conservation group WildEarth Guardians has tapped Hop Hopkins as its next executive director. Most recently he was national director of organizational transformation at the Sierra Club. Also, the newly installed leader of Studio Theatre is returning to the Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Michael Lee will become president of the Museum of Chinese in America on April 1.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 8, 2024

Many nonprofits are considering new constituent relationship management software. Here's how to navigate the ever-evolving CRM landscape.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 8, 2024

DonorDrive for Salesforce now enables nonprofits to provide personalized donor experiences and to use data to inform fundraising.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 8, 2024

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether they can credit a donation in 2023 if the check was dated 2024: Dear Charity Clairity, A donor advised in early December a $20,000 check was mailed to us.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 8, 2024

DonorDrive for Salesforce now enables nonprofits to provide personalized donor experiences and to use data to inform fundraising.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 8, 2024

Image credit: Jurgute on istock.com As a kid, maybe you wore your pajamas inside out the night before or slept with a spoon under your pillow. These are a few of the time-honored superstitions meant to make the weather turn worse: all for the chance at a day off from school due to snow. The next morning, you’d wake up early and watch the running ticker of school names along the bottom of the TV screen, desperate to see your school listed.

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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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Fundraising Leadership

MARCH 8, 2024

Women voters will play a key role in the 2024 election. As the 2024 presidential election in November nears, the importance of voting is heightened and the efforts to increase voter turnout become crucial. Voters identifying as women are key to the election, as more women than men turn out to vote. Efforts to get more women elected and also for more women to vote in the 2024 election are in full swing. “ Voters identifying as women are key to the election, as more women than men turn out to

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Donorbox Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2024

There are 22,920 nonprofits in Connecticut. The largest nonprofit organization in the state is Yale University, but thousands of other nonprofits across multiple sectors like medical, social welfare, and more have made it their mission to support the people of the Constitution State. Starting a nonprofit in Connecticut is a mix of filing legal documents, […] The post How to Start a Nonprofit in Connecticut appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 8, 2024

Gone are the days – or so they should be: Of imagining in splendid isolation what donors should do for us then foisting our brain children on the unsuspecting Of polishing the pitch to wow them into philanthropic submission rather than listen our way into alignments of interest Of cultivating rather than collaborating from the outset Of stroking egos rather than stoking philanthropic fires Of executing moves rather comparing notes Of putting on shows rather than fostering “insider-sh

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

By Abby Jarvise , writer, marketer, and speaker at Neon One – software built for small and midsize nonprofits to help them manage fundraising, communications, events, volunteers, and more. Donor retention is important. If you’ve been in the nonprofit space for more than a week or two, you’ve probably read all about it—how retaining donors is more cost-effective than acquiring new ones, how it’s an important part of building a sustainable fundraising program, and how focusing on retaining your do

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