Mon.May 15, 2023

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Ethical Storytelling: A Guide for Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofit organizations rely on the support of others to help them tackle some of the world's most challenging problems. One of the most powerful ways of reaching supporters is through storytelling. Here are tips to help your organization become a more honest and ethical storyteller.

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How the Ford Foundation Helped Grantees With an Unusual Problem: a Surge of Cash

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sono Motoyama Conrado Muluc In four years, MediaJustice’s budget grew from $2.5 million to $4.5 million and its staff from 10 to 22 people, requiring some rethinking about team building. Staff burnout, lack of clarity about an organization's values, and the pace of hiring are among the challenges that prompted nonprofit leaders inundated with surprise gifts to turn to consultants — and one another.

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Major Fundraising Campaign: What essentials do you need, and when?

NonProfit PRO

During this webinar we’ll cover how to craft a successful communication strategy for major giving campaigns. Chad Paris of ParisLeaf and Ben Miller, SVP of Data Science & Analytics at Bonterra, will provide insights into messaging, materials, partners, and tools needed during each phase of the campaign.

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital Lands $100 Million for New Immunology and Inflammation Center

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Courtesy of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital Biotech innovator Gene Lay Plus, race-car driver and health care finance expert Ted Giovanis gave Johns Hopkins Medicine $35 million, and Dallas oil mogul Kelcy Warren gave his alma mater, University of Texas at Arlington, $12 million.

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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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4 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Needs a Planned Giving Program

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Planned gifts initiated by donors are excellent opportunities for your nonprofit. Perhaps a longtime donor who’s particularly interested in estate planning reaches out to tell you they’ve created a modest bequest for your nonprofit, or maybe a major donor asks to discuss setting up a charitable gift annuity as part of an updated financial plan. Great news!

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4 Key Aspects of the Nonprofit SEAT Act

NonProfit PRO

Last week, the Nonprofit Stakeholders Engaging and Advancing Together Act (SEAT) was introduced as a means to strengthen the nonprofit sector’s relationship with the federal government to achieve common goals. If passed, here is how the bill would better the nonprofit sector.

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Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health Opens Award Application

NonProfit PRO

Morgan Stanley announced the third call for applications for the Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health Innovation Awards, a philanthropic initiative which aims to identify and fund mental healthcare solutions for children and young adults.

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Do You Know How to Use AI for Your Nonprofit?

Clairification

Have you been struggling with whether – and how – to incorporate generative artificial intelligence (AI; ChatGPT) into your work? Or perhaps you’ve been worrying your job will soon be obsolete? You’re not alone. Honestly, the whole AI thing scares the you-know-what out of me on most days. But, let’s consider the encouraging present rather than worry so much about the possibility of a bleak future (as in destruction of humanity?!).

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The Case for Mental Health in Our Social Change Worlds

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Daisy Rosales & Kelly Davis Mental health has become a central topic of discussion as reports of depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions continue to increase in the United States and globally. Government, media, corporations, academic institutions, and nonprofits have all made large, though insufficient, commitments to address alarming rates of mental health distress and deaths of despair like drug overdoses and suicides.

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3 Best Ways to Use Your Nonprofit’s Valuable CRM Data

Bloomerang

Is the secret to growing your fundraising hiding in your CRM? It just might be! Your nonprofit CRM is much more than a storage space for addresses and phone numbers. It’s a powerful tool for managing and growing relationships with your supporters. The data in your CRM can help you raise more money, improve your donor retention, and even attract new supporters to your cause.

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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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A beginner’s guide to filing a Form 990 for your nonprofit organization

Blue Avocado

Filing a 990-series return is an essential aspect of running a nonprofit. Of course, this is primarily due to IRS mandates, but the form is also important for a few other reasons. In this article, we will discuss everything you need to know about filing a Form 990, from choosing the form to transmitting it […] The post A beginner’s guide to filing a Form 990 for your nonprofit organization appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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Join the movement to end Crappy Funding Practices!

Non Profit AF

Hi everyone, before we get started, next week, May 23rd, at 10:30am Pacific Time, Edgar Villanueva (my brother from another.

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Keep Talking About Yourself and Lose Your Donor

Veritus Group

Keeping your donors' attention is as simple as shifting the focus away from yourself and telling them how their gifts made a difference. The post Keep Talking About Yourself and Lose Your Donor appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Beyond the Basics: Creative Benefits for Nonprofit Staff

Foundation Group

The post Beyond the Basics: Creative Benefits for Nonprofit Staff appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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4 ways to unlock the power of gifts of stock

Jeff Brooks

Here’s something that might surprise you: Nonprofits that consistently receive gifts of appreciated stocks grow donation income six times faster than those that only receive cash. This according to a recent study by Dr. Russell James. Here are some things you can do to up your game in this high-impact type of fundraising, from Clairification, at Could Gifts of Stock Be Your Nonprofit’s Magic Genie?

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Strategies for helping to cultivate social change

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

Nonprofits are driven by the desire to create social change in their communities and in the world overall. Today’s guest, Jacob Harold, explains why creating a map of your intentions, developing storytelling, and using mathematical modeling are all great tools to bring about social change. Jacob is the author of The Toolbox: Strategies for Crafting Social Impact and Co-founder of Candid.

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Join me at the Individual Giving Conference North America

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

On Thursday I’ll be MC-ing the Individual Giving Conference North America , all virtual, hosted by Fundraising Everywhere and Neon One. Just look at these sessions ! Some highlights: How mixing behavioral science and neuromarketing can help you create awesome fundraising campaigns that make donors sit up and take action Hacks to genuinely thank and steward your donors in less time The foundation of excellent and successful fundraising appeals 7 Minutes To Incredible Online Giving Pages G

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Paving a Better Way: What’s Driving Progressive Organizations Apart and How to Win by Coming Together

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Dio Hasbi Saniskoro on pexels.com Contributors include Corita Brown, Marissa Graciosa, Claudia Horwitz, Flavia Jimenez, Susan Misra, Dax-Devlon Ross, Lisa Russ, Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, and Marian Urquilla Last summer, a multiracial, multigenerational group of over 25 coaches, consultants, and capacity builders started meeting in response to our shared sense that internal conflicts at progressive organizations were undermining social justice movements.