The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Jared Blumenfeld says the Waverley Street Foundation supports community-based climate groups that have been largely overlooked by past climate philanthropy. By Jim Rendon Courtesy of the Waverley Street Foundation Jared Blumenfeld became Waverley Street’s president in 2022 after a long history in the environmental movement. He began his career as a lawyer for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The first obstacle in any quest for clean data is knowing what’s in it. Download this ebook to learn how data profiling can help you find, fix & monitor the bad data in your system to boost donor engagement, optimize fundraising efforts, and improve decision-making. Plus, learn how to overcome other common data obstacles to achieve a complete 360-degree customer view.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Amidst new industry turmoil, the Heising-Simons Foundation's American Mosaic Journalism Prize, which awards $100,000 grants to two freelancers, is significant. By Sara Herschander Drew Bird Winner Dara Mathis won for her work covering Black liberation movements. The Heising-Simons Foundation's American Mosaic Journalism Prize went to two freelancers for their coverage of Black liberation and the Uvalde mass shooting.

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Foundations 228

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The best accounting eBook for your team is here! Download this comprehensive resource for the latest best practices for budgeting, closing books, audits, managing payroll, compliance, and much more.

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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Some are continuing their funding as before, but others are rewording their websites and applications. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press NEW YORK Frank Franklin II/AP Arian Simone and Ayana Parsons of the Fearless Fund, which has awarded $20,000 to businesses that are at least 51 percent owned by Black women. Some are continuing their funding as before, but others are rewording their websites and applications.

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Associations 224

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Foundation Source released its 2024 client survey to offer a glimpse into how private foundations are approaching charitable giving this year.

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Foundations 267

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Buffalo Bills' kicker received threats after a missed playoff field goal, but fans donated to the nonprofit he advocates for in support.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Image credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com With this article, we begin a new NPQ series, The Vision for Black Lives: An Economic Policy Agenda. Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series will examine the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Issues like AI and changing donor ideas may be important, but don't lose sight of the idea of community and shared responsibility.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

If you’re a leader at a museum, you know that managing this type of organization involves many moving parts. From developing educational content that engages visitors to building a membership program to collecting donations , a lot goes into creating a thriving museum. Fortunately, management becomes significantly simpler when you have the right tools on your side.

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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.

Nonprofits

The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

John Renouard is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization, WHOlives. Like many nonprofit entrepreneurs, John’s career path wasn’t centered around becoming a 501c(3) director. For him, the journey truly started after he became curious about his son’s humanitarian and missionary work in Africa. The curiosity drove him and his wife to travel extensively through Mexico, Central America, and South America before diving deeper into exploration with a trip to Africa.

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Veritus Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Are you leaning on fundraising metrics as a crutch, or are you investing in the kind of management that leads to real success in major gifts? The post Beyond Fundraising Metrics: How Great Managers Get Results appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Big Duck

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Learn to bring strategy to your nonprofit's messaging and make sure your organization delivers the right narrative to the right people.

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The Killoe Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A well-designed donation page can help you grow your donor pool and raise more funds. Gather inspiration from our roundup of the top donation page examples.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Children and Families You Serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Advocacy opportunity: Proactive engagement shapes legislation to better serve communities.

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Children Nonprofit Administration and Development Law Education 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Power of Collective Investing: How to Start an Investment Club with Friends and Family Investment clubs have been around for decades, offering a unique way for individuals to learn about investing, share research, and pool their money to invest in stocks, bonds, real estate, or other assets. Starting an investment club with friends and family can be rewarding, allowing members to combine their resources for potentially greater investment returns than they might achieve individually.

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Finance Education Education Technology 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Advocacy opportunity: Proactive engagement shapes legislation to better serve communities.

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Health Nonprofit governance and management Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management 52

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Understanding the motives for why donors make major gifts is a big part of successful fundraising. This is how we can relate to a donor and make offers that will resonate with them. And there are many tangible reasons why donors give , such as righting wrongs and honoring a family member or friend. But we need to look deeper. There are also primal motives for giving that the donors themselves are probably not even aware of.

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Universities Values Education Education 52

The Killoe Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

To make your silent auction a success, you’ll need an unforgettable roundup of items and packages. Explore our ultimate guide to silent auction item ideas.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Image credit: “ Nature, food, landscape, travel ” on istock.com Creating and preserving quality affordable housing is notoriously difficult, with the number of available units declining each year as landlords raise rents ever higher. An underappreciated tool for closing this gap—potentially benefitting millions of US households—involves resident-owned manufactured housing communities.

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Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 105

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Advocacy opportunity: Proactive engagement shapes legislation to better serve communities.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

What Makes Learning Outside Traditional Paths So Powerful? Imagine you’re at a crossroads, the well-worn path stretching out on one side, the untrodden grass on the other. Which direction do you take? There’s an allure to the path less traveled. It symbolizes autonomy, the courage to forge your destiny away from traditional education’s familiar, structured routes.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Advocacy opportunity: Proactive engagement shapes legislation to better serve communities.

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Education Education Public and Social Policy Law 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The past few years have seen a flurry of workers organizing across the country, from Starbucks and Amazon workers to new forms of cooperative ownership and governance sharing. NPQ ’s column, We Stood Up , features the voices of people doing the hard work of realizing economic justice in their workplaces. These stories come from workers who want to share their experiences building a democratic economy and a fairer world so that others can learn from their efforts.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

By Emily Haynes PARC, Oxfam Staff from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee provide packages of fresh produce to families displaced by conflict in southern Gaza. The Israel-Hamas War boosted giving for international aid in 2023. Fundraisers heard a lot of bad news in 2023, but a spot check of year-end revenue hints that some groups — particularly those in the international aid sector — turned that trend around during the giving season.

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