Wed.Aug 16, 2023

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Does Your Non-Profit Need to Grow?

NonProfit PRO

Sometimes you need help. Whatever the reason - bandwidth, expertise, mental stagnation – the Turnkey community has the person who can help. We’ll help you understand what you need, and whether your organization is ready to move forward. If the answer is no, then we’ll help you figure that out. And when the answer is “yes,” we’ll put the right people with you, over the right time period.

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Philanthropy Must Stop Ignoring the World’s Hardest Hit Climate Victims

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Tamar Kosky Lazarus Lameck Ododo The worst drought in 40 years is wreaking havoc on remote communities in Kenya like the Kakuma Refugee Camp, which rarely make front-page news or capture the attention of philanthropy program officers. Donors who are serious about addressing the climate crisis need to pay attention to places like Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp and other nearly invisible communities across the globe.

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The Meta Pixel: Is Your Nonprofit’s Data Vulnerable?

NonProfit PRO

The Meta Pixel is an invisible piece of code that tracks people’s behavior on a website and allows you to retarget them on Meta properties, such as Facebook and Instagram. A significant concern is the potential for outside digital firms, contractors or software providers to use Meta Pixels across clients.

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Foundation Giving May Rise Slightly in 2023 as Assets Overcome Last Year's Slump

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Grant makers' assets are estimated to have increased almost 8 percent during the first half of 2023 as global stock markets recovered from a tough 2022, according to a new report. By Yesica Balderrama Spencer Platt, Getty Images Grant makers' assets are estimated to have increased almost 8 percent during the first half of 2023 as global stock markets recovered from a tough 2022, according to a new report.

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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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Blackbaud’s End-of-Year Fundraising Toolkit

NonProfit PRO

At Blackbaud, we know that the last six weeks of the year are crucial for fundraising—and successful planning starts now. We’ve been helping fundraising teams maximize year-end funds for over four decades, and we’ve packaged our expert insights into our new End-of-Year Fundraising Toolkit. It’s packed with proven templates, checklists, and expert advice to help fundraisers tackle end-of-year planning from GivingTuesday to New Year's Eve.

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A Nonprofit’s Expensive Road to Inexpensive Birth Control

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sono Motoyama Medicines360 developed a low-cost hormonal IUD but encountered challenges from the tax code, FDA regulations, and Medicare and Medicaid programs. It also spent $82 million.

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Arkansas Children's Northwest Receives $25 Million for Endowment and Expansion

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Also, the T. Boone Pickens Foundation has given $20 million to Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Wilmer Eye Institute, and the NBA Foundation awarded $13.5 million to 40 organizations to advance equity in historically marginalized communities.

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Blackbaud Launches Refreshed Partner Program to Drive Innovation and Customer Impact

NonProfit PRO

Blackbaud announced its refreshed Blackbaud Partner Network, which will deliver shared value for partners, customers, and the company. Updates to the partner network will enable more partners to begin integrating their solutions with Blackbaud, with less time and effort required.

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WATCH: The Economic Impact of Tampa Bay Nonprofits

NonProfit Leadership Center

Nonprofits are not just nice to have; they’re vital to the economic health of our communities. But do you know just how much the sector contributes to employment, annual revenue and assets held? During this free webinar, you’ll hear research highlights from the Florida Nonprofit Alliance’s 2023 Nonprofit Economic Impact Report , including the sector’s size, scope and importance to the state and local economies.

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You Did a Wealth Screen — Now What?

NonProfit PRO

You took a donor list, performed a wealth screen, and are now staring at a spreadsheet full of data and wondering how to make sense of it all. Here are five methods I use to help organizations maximize the benefits of wealth screening.

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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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Prioritize Gratitude by Creating a Thank You Plan

Ann Green

Thanking your donors is just as important, if not more important than fundraising. Yet many organizations spend a lot of time putting together a fundraising campaign and treat thanking their donors as an afterthought. Donor retention continues to be a problem. Prioritizing gratitude and donor relations will help. If you don’t do a good job of thanking your donors, as well as building relationships throughout the year, you’ll have a hard time getting people to people to donate again.

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5 Qualities That Make Someone A Successful Nonprofit Board Member

Bloomerang

Nonprofit organizations depend on dedicated and effective board members to fulfill their mission and drive positive change in their communities. Success in board membership requires a combination of personal qualities, commitment to the organization, and fulfillment of legal responsibilities. In this discussion, we will explore the essential qualities and responsibilities that make someone a successful nonprofit board member.

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Are you ready for another election year?

Jeff Brooks

Sigh. Next year is another presidential election year in the US. All that noise, bluster, and distraction. It’s tiring. But is it bad for fundraising? Analytical Ones isn’t worried. See the post Election Year Giving. Let’s just go straight to the chart: This shows September through December giving for a large and varied group of organizations for ten years, starting in 2013.

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Waiting for the “best time” to do something?

Concord Leadership

Many leaders wait for “the right time” to focus on their professional development. They don’t mean like waiting until a specific date like the end of a quarter or a holiday on the calendar. Their “right time” is more vague: “when things quiet down” “when I hire this other person” The reality? That time rarely […] The post Waiting for the “best time” to do something?

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Hosting a Creative Nonprofit Event: 4 Top Tips and Tricks

Top Nonprofits

Every year, nonprofit professionals must fill their fundraising calendar with events that help them generate the revenue they need to fund their mission. But when hosting so many events, how can you make sure that each one is creative, engaging, and attractive to your supporters? It’s easy to fall into the trap of hosting the same tried-and-true event year after year.

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How To Respectfully Engage Your Stakeholders in Nonprofit Storytelling

Prosper Strategies

For most nonprofit organizations, storytelling plays a vital role in raising awareness, connecting with supporters, and inspiring action. Effective storytelling can humanize the impact of your work, contradict stereotypes, and create a lasting emotional connection with your stakeholders. However, it is crucial to approach storytelling with respect and sensitivity towards the individuals whose stories you are […] The post How To Respectfully Engage Your Stakeholders in Nonprofit Storytellin

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Are YOU Afraid to Ask?

Veritus Group

If you're nervous about asking for a gift, you're not alone. Permission-Based Asking gives you the tools you need to approach the ask in a way that honors your donor. The post Are YOU Afraid to Ask? appeared first on Veritus Group.

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How Affiliate Marketing Can Be the Key to an Additional or Primary Income

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How Affiliate Marketing Can Be the Key to an Additional or Primary Income In today’s digital universe, promoting products on the internet has become an incredibly viable source of income. People from all corners of the world have the opportunity to make money online, and one of the most effective strategies is through affiliate marketing. Make money with affiliate programs and see how your financial life can transform.

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6 Reasons Why Donor Surveys Work at Engaging Wealthy Supporters and Prospects

iMarketSmart

Getting that initial engagement from a major donor prospect is a big hurdle. Yes, we all want to meet with donors, have great conversations, build relationships, and win big gifts. But getting started with new prospects isn’t easy. How do you get your foot in the door? As you’re about to see, donor surveys are about the best, smartest, and most effective tool at engaging new and not-yet-qualified major donor prospects.

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Provide a ‘WOW’ Experience in your Nonprofit Marketing

The Charity CFO

About David Welcome everyone to A Modern Nonprofit Podcast. Today, we explored the importance of websites, nonprofit marketing, and how to bridge the gaps between departments to achieve digital success. When we think marketing, we think of getting the word out and expressing the mission behind the help non-profit organizations (NPOs) provide. In 2023, this goes much deeper than we could imagine.

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How can you manage change?

Big Duck

Learn how to support people in adopting new behaviors, beliefs, mindsets, and ways of working with change management.

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Newsletter: Case Study Redux ; Hawaiian BBQ Chains Raise Money for Maui? Fire Victims ; 10 Ways to Get Partnership Leads on Instagram

Selfish Giving

Back in April, after using my newsletter to plug my presentation on case studies at the Engage for Good Conference in Atlanta, so many people pre-registered for my session that we ran out of room! EFG head honcho and New Yorker David Hessekiel asked me (on his hands and knees with a Red Sox hat on, no less) if I would consider doing an encore presentation via Zoom in August.

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“Everybody Needs Air”: Kim Kelly on Coal Miners and Just Transition

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Peter Burdon on unsplash.com Kim Kelly is a writer on culture, labor, politics, working class resistance, and antifascism, among other topics, and a labor activist based in Philadelphia. A third-generation union thug, her work has appeared in the New Republic, the Washington Post, the Baffler, and Esquire. Her first book— FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor —is out now on One Signal/Simon & Schuster.

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Health and Climate Solutions From Cities Around the World

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Mehrnaz Ghojeh In July, the world saw the hottest day on record , and cities and towns around the world stepped up to the task of keeping their residents safe. While a single record-setting day is caused by many factors, including climate change and the El Niño phenomenon in the Pacific, it reflects the very real challenges cities are facing.

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Public Land for Public Good: Preserving Miami’s Dominican Neighborhood

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Corey Agopian on unsplash.com This article concludes NPQ’s series Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Coproduced with the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders , a national network of Latinx community development groups, this series highlights community preservation, land ownership, and business development efforts in Latinx and immigrant communities across the country.

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Exclusive Fireside Chat with Liz Elting

Fundraising Leadership

Do you have the entrepreneurial itch, but need inspiration from successful businesspeople to boost your untapped potential and lead YOUR intention? Are you an entrepreneur who can use some inspiration and practical advice? Do you have a vision of making enough money to become a philanthropist? This chat is a unique opportunity to hear from a visionary leader who not only established her own successful enterprises but also champions other women’s achievements and their ventures.

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Data Privacy Means Reaching Your Audience Online Is About To Get Even Harder with Elyse Wallnutt

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

This episode is sponsored by Qgiv , a comprehensive fundraising platform trusted by over 20,000 fundraisers. The Qgiv team understands that fundraising isn’t always an easy job. To help, they recently surveyed fundraising professionals and donors to create a soon to be released report, Building a Sustainable Future: A Guide to Healthy Fundraising.

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Building a Green, Equitable Economy: A Conversation with Steve Dubb, Rithika Ramamurthy, Johanna Bozuwa, and Daniel Aldana Cohen

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” Steve Dubb: Could you talk a little bit about the background of the current state of Green New Deal advocacy in the US, and how the Climate and Community Project emerged from this political moment?