Tue.Oct 03, 2023

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What Happened to Big — and Local — Corporate Giving?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Companies are giving away a smaller share of profits than they used to. Where does that leave the nonprofits in their backyards? By Eden Stiffman Illustration by The Chronicle, Adobe Stock Companies are giving away a smaller share of profits than they used to. Where does that leave the nonprofits in their backyards?

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3 Benefits of Online Reviews for Your Nonprofit — and How to Encourage Donors to Give Them

NonProfit PRO

Online reviews have the power to position your nonprofit as a trustworthy and reliable organization, helping you attract more donors and influence their giving habits. Here are three benefits of getting reviews for your nonprofit — plus how to ask your donor base for them.

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Big Donors Give Bigger: Charity Dependence on the Wealthy Grows, Survey Says

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The study says volunteering can spark big gifts, but that the share of wealthy people who volunteer, while on the uptick, is still below pre-pandemic levels. By Maria Di Mento The study says volunteering can spark big gifts, but that the share of wealthy people who volunteer, while on the uptick, is still below pre-pandemic levels.

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No, Your Direct Mail Campaign Isn’t Relational Mid-level Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

There is some incredible work being done through direct mail, but direct response strategies are not a relational approach to your mid-level programs. Here, I break down each of the needed mid-level fundraising program elements.

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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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It Started With Friends Helping a Friend. Now a Group Helps Thousands

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Yesica Balderrama Rich Cruse Rudy Garcia-Tolson, a five-time Paralympic swimming medalist, was born with a rare birth defect, and his legs were amputated when he was 5 years old. He is one of more than 44,000 people who have been helped by the Challenged Athletes Foundation, which provided him with leg prosthetics.

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Nonprofit HR Releases Data From Inaugural Social Sector AI Pulse Survey

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofit HR recently released data from its "2023 Pulse Survey Results for Social Impact Organizations." From across North America, 250 social sector organizations shared their generative AI use in their HR function to drive their missions.

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Marketing and Fundraising Leaders – This is For You

NonProfit PRO

Last week, Amazon and Anthropic announced a strategic collaboration that will bring together their respective industry-leading technology and expertise in safer generative artificial intelligence (AI). IT leaders across a broad range of industries celebrated this announcement, and today we invite nonprofit marketing and fundraising leaders to join in.

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The Human Cost of a Government Shutdown: A Call to Action for Nonprofits

Joan Garry

I reveal the human cost of a government shutdown on nonprofits. It's time to act—advocacy isn't just crucial, it's our moral duty. The post The Human Cost of a Government Shutdown: A Call to Action for Nonprofits appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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Armanino’s 2023 Nonprofit Symposium to Explore Innovation In Nonprofit Industry

NonProfit PRO

Armanino announced its 2023 Annual Nonprofit Symposium. Hosted on Oct. 5, Armanino’s signature event for the nonprofit industry will connect professionals nationwide to discuss the key themes shaping the nonprofit industry.

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Reimagining the nonprofit annual report

Candid

The annual report has long been considered a must-have for nonprofit compliance and donor stewardship. They are also typically expensive, labor-intensive, and time-consuming. Over the last five years, Candid has re-imagined our annual report approach to be more efficient and result in a more useful product that goes beyond compliance to support donor stewardship and brand awareness.

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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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Need better Forecasts?

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofit leaders need forecasts that are accurate and efficient to make sound business in support of mission. Last week, AWS introduced upgrades to the forecasting capabilities of Amazon SageMaker Canvas. Canvas now offers improved accuracy, faster model training and predictions, up to 50% faster. With its visual, point-and-click interface, business analysts can easily create accurate ML models for insights and predictions, without writing any code or having prior machine learning knowledge.

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Nonprofit organizational development versus strategic planning

Prosper Strategies

Nonprofit organizational development and strategic planning are separate but interrelated strategies that are often confused. Strategic planning is about setting the future vision of your nonprofit and aligning stakeholders around your plan, and organizational development is about enhancing the overall effectiveness of your nonprofit. It matters because sometimes nonprofit leaders think the issues they are […] The post Nonprofit organizational development versus strategic planning appeared

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Introducing Bedrock

NonProfit PRO

While recent advancements in generative AI have captured widespread attention, many businesses have not been able to take part in this transformation. Until now. AWS is excited to announce Amazon Bedrock, the easiest way to build generative AI applications with security and privacy built in. Whether you’re in marketing, fundraising, or IT, we invite you to get to know more about how Bedrock can help you advance mission impact and innovation.

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Storytelling Differences Grants vs Donor Appeals

Lets Talk Nonprofit

All stories are not the same. In fact, if you're a nonprofit, your stories should be different - very different - depending on your audience. When I lead grant writing workshops, we always talk about storytelling. We talk about the importance of using data to help tell the story in your grant proposals. However, writing for individual donors is a whole lot different than writing for foundations and grant reviewers.

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Generative AI Fueled Innovation for your Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits of all sizes are using AWS to increase support, expand awareness, and advance mission impact locally and globally, now that incudes Generative AI Fueled Innovation. Whether you’re in marketing, fundraising, mission or IT, the easiest way to build and scale generative AI applications is Amazon Bedrock, and now is the time to learn more.

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Sustainable Pragmatism

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Steven Cohen An excerpt from Environmentally Sustainable Growth on the transition to an environmentally sustainable American economy

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Is It Time to Change Your Nonprofit’s Name?

Big Duck

In this webinar, we’ll explore how to assess if you should change your name, outline the steps in the process and more.

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Your A/B Test Didn’t Validate … Now What??

NextAfter

Life is full of disappointments big and small. And, unfortunately, A/B testing is no different. Why? Because not every A/B test you run will produce a valid result. We’ve run thousands of A/B tests over the past 10+ years. And a good portion of them never reached statistical significance — which is what we mean by a valid result. What exactly is statistical significance?

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Creating lasting impressions: Building a sticky nonprofit brand

Big Duck

Make sure your nonprofit brand sticks.

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What Is Social Justice Philanthropy? A Donor Network Asks Hard Questions

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Photo by Isabella Rubie on pexels.com What is social justice philanthropy? Earlier this year, Resource Generation , a network of young high-net-worth donors, held a series of webinars addressing this question. The network defines social justice philanthropy as giving that “focuses on the root causes of social, racial, economic and environmental injustices.