The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 25, 2024

In an exclusive guest essay, CEO Mark Suzman calls on megadonors to change and deepen their giving to preserve hard-fought gains in health and prosperity. By Mark Suzman In an exclusive guest essay, CEO Mark Suzman calls on megadonors to change and deepen their giving to preserve hard-fought gains in health and prosperity. Plus: An ode to Chuck Feeney sets the tone for the billion-dollar grant maker.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Nonprofit Leadership Center is pleased to welcome four new board members to our dynamic board of directors : Lisa L. Brody, Esq., Julie Perrelli, CFRE, Katie Schultz, Ed.D., and Jennifer Yeagley. Meet Lisa L. Brody, Esq. Lisa L. Brody is the chief strategy officer for the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. She serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for strategy development and deployment and directly oversees the Foundation’s grant making, strategic initia

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 24, 2024

Supercharge your peer-to-peer fundraising this year by joining hundreds of nonprofit professionals at P2PForum24 in Philadelphia from February 21-23. Whether you’re a senior leader or staff member, this is the place to learn from experts and your colleagues at other organizations. Join us for a gathering that will help you improve your program’s performance in this critical year.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 22, 2024

By Guillaume Carton & Julia Parigot Industrial activities are one of the main causes of the depletion of natural resources. Earth Overshoot Day marks the day when the planet consumes more natural resources than the biosphere can regenerate. In 2023, this occurred on August 2. The planet is in the red: Despite industry-led initiatives to use natural resources more prudently—from the use of sustainable labels to improve resource traceability to encouragements for companies to rely on more sust

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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

JANUARY 26, 2024

A new study finds that aspiring leaders, especially those of color, aren’t being pulled into leadership through support and positive role models but are more often pushed into top positions to escape difficult work circumstances. By Frances Kunreuther and Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Getty Images A new study finds that aspiring leaders, especially those of color, aren’t being pulled into leadership through support and positive role models but are more often pushed into top positions to escape difficult

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Donorbox Nonprofit

JANUARY 26, 2024

Improving donor trust is a big fundraising trend these days, and for good reason. Most donors feel a need to believe that organizations will do what they promise to do in order to feel comfortable giving their hard-earned money. Charity Navigator rates nonprofits on a variety of topics to provide an overall charity score that […] The post How to Use Charity Navigator for Nonprofits appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders? A green flag is anything that would immediately signal to a funder that the nonprofit is a strong candidate for funding.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 23, 2024

Without accountability, the author found, trust-based philanthropy is little more than a feel-good exercise. By Dan Goldenberg Without accountability, the author found, trust-based philanthropy is little more than a feel-good exercise.

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Donorbox Nonprofit

JANUARY 26, 2024

The term changemaker has become common in the software, education, and business world, but what does it really mean? While anyone can make a change, true changemakers are rare and require a level of passion, patience, and persistence that can be uncomfortable for many. After all, famous changemakers like Martin Luther King Jr, Ceasar Chavez, […] The post How to Attract Changemakers to Your Nonprofit appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 24, 2024

Review this list of nonprofit conferences to ensure you receive ongoing education and have a chance to meet your peers this year.

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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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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Susan Misra & Marissa Guerrero In recent years, many in the philanthropic field have realized that even concrete, system-level outcomes are insufficient to produce systems change. True systems change requires solutions to be embedded deeply enough that they can self-perpetuate. After all, a policy win might be progress, but to truly change a system requires embedding into the system itself the capacity to enforce and implement this policy.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 26, 2024

By M.J. Prest Asia Society Kyung-wha Kang is set to lead the New York-based Asia Society. Also, the gun-safety group Giffords has named a new executive director, and the Orange County Community Foundation has promoted its next president from within.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 22, 2024

Your nonprofit’s charity golf tournament has a unique appeal to sponsors. How? Your event gives them access to an audience of potential clients and customers, that typically represents a demographic of above-average wealth and influence, that they can’t reach anywhere else. But pitching a sponsorship—even if you have strong relationships with local businesses and companies—can feel daunting.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 22, 2024

Here are five things you should do in the first six months of the year to make your digital ecosystem work better for your mission.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 25, 2024

By Jim Fruchterman What the social innovation community needs to understand about Silicon Valley’s current hype cycle.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 23, 2024

By Lisa Schohl Veteran fundraisers and consultants share detailed guidance for how to keep supporters close — and hit fundraising goals — in a complicated year.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 22, 2024

Whether you’re looking for a platform to collect fundraising data, automate marketing messages, or simply streamline giving for donors, choosing the right fundraising software is critical to your nonprofit’s ability to raise support. If you’re not sure how to start your search or what to look for , this guide is for you! Let’s review the five steps to shopping for fundraising software to help your nonprofit find the perfect solution. 1.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 24, 2024

Some nonprofits act like they exist outside the market economy, but a lesson from "Star Trek" can help your nonprofit embrace reality.

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Amy Eisenstein

JANUARY 26, 2024

Amy! Well done. I will. NEVER EVER get why a boards cannot understand the importance of paying a competitive salary. We live in a free marketplace of jobs. How can they expect to attract talent without an investment? Well done Amy!

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 26, 2024

In his new book "Infectious Giving," Anderson argues that nonprofit leaders and philanthropists have a role in reclaiming the internet. By Sara Herschander Gilberto Tadday, TED Chris Anderson, a former media entrepreneur, turned TED from an in-person conference to a well-known online institution. In his new book "Infectious Giving," Anderson argues nonprofit leaders and philanthropists have a role in reclaiming the Internet.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 25, 2024

I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies. She shared a few highlights from Microsoft’s recent nonprofit sector research. We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. You can watch the video here as well as the human curated resources shared and a Copilot created summary transcript here.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 24, 2024

In an era of rapid change and evolving priorities, using traditional approaches to budgeting and planning may no longer be enough for your non-profit to increase financial success and boost community impact. On Tuesday, February 13th at 2PM ET, join Brian Walker, Sales Director, Euna Solutions & Andrew Horrow, CPA, Senior Managing Consultant, Forvis as they explore transformative practices that can revolutionize the way your nonprofit approaches budgeting.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2024

As a mental health professional who works with her clients to help them manage their stressors, Oludara Adeeyo knows the importance of self-care, particularly for those who have been historically marginalized. She also has personal experiences that inform her work. Adeeyo became a mental health professional after facing burnout and combating discrimination in the White-dominated journalism industry.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 22, 2024

By Philip Hackney Robert Alexander/Getty Images Volunteers register voters in Santa Fe, N.M. Congress needs to assess whether any cure it seeks to implement will be better or worse than the disease that it thinks afflicts the U.S. electoral system.

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Law 245

MNA Association

JANUARY 22, 2024

Position Title: Public Policy Director Reports to: Executive Director Approved by: Executive Director Date: January 22, 2024 Job Description Position Overview The Public Policy Director plays a pivotal role in advocating for the interests of nonprofits across Montana. This position will develop and implement strategic public policy initiatives, foster positive relationships with local, state, and federal government entities, conduct research and analysis on critical sector and fiscal policy issu

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 24, 2024

Schwab Charitable donors granted $6.1 billion to charity — the first time in a 12-month period in the organization’s history — in 2023.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 24, 2024

The following text is excerpted from Going for Broke: Living on the Edge in the World’s Richest Country , edited by Alissa Quart and David Wallis, published in collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project by Haymarket Books , copyright © 2023. Reprinted with permission. When I was young everyone was “middle class.” The United States, we were told until the aughts, was a big undifferentiated mass.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 22, 2024

The gift from Ronda Stryker follows a Lilly Endowment grant to UNCF to boost endowments at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. By Maria Di Mento Spelman College Spelman College students celebrate a $100 million gift from Ronda Stryker and William Johnston at a ceremony commemorating the gift. The donation from Ronda Stryker follows a Lilly Endowment grant to UNCF to boost endowments at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Advisory committees let your nonprofit work with others who want to see you succeed. As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. Often, this means conducting periodic focus groups, needs assessments, or surveys. 1 While all of these are useful tools for program development and planning, there is another strategy that provides consistent access to community input while also routinely bu

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 25, 2024

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions boosting legacy giving? Here are four steps to help you build an endowment with legacy giving.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art via wikimedia commons In one image, pastel skies above an ocean, still and calm. In another, the sun radiates in the center of a deep blue sky. These were paintings at the C. Parker Gallery of Greenwich, CT, part of an exhibit titled Blue Skies: Now More Than Ever. Six artists’ works in various styles were shown at the exhibit, where all the paintings were images of clear skies: blue skies, skies at sunset and sunrise, skies without pollution clouds or w

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 25, 2024

Feeney, who died in October having given away $8 billion during his life, was an inspiration to Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Markus Schreiber/AP The Gates Foundation recently announced it would spend $8.6 billion in 2024, its largest budget to date, aided by a $20 billion donation by Bill Gates in 2022.

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Big Duck

JANUARY 24, 2024

Get tips on how good research can help your nonprofit organization answer big questions and engage particular audiences.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 22, 2024

Here are five things you should do in the first six months of the year to make your digital ecosystem work better for your mission.

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Veritus Group

JANUARY 22, 2024

Don't go back to evaluating your fundraiser based on action-oriented metrics that don’t involve building relationships with donors. The post The Case for Fundraising Metrics That Actually Matter appeared first on Veritus Group.

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