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What keeps nonprofit leaders up at night?

Prosper Strategies

During the pandemic, we organized a regular Zoom gathering of nonprofit CEOs who came together to talk about fundraising challenges, staff burnout, social justice and returning to the office. It can be lonely at the top, and I hate to bring down the mood, but sometimes it’s helpful for nonprofit leaders to know they are […] The post What keeps nonprofit leaders up at night?

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The Power of Listening: Diversifying Revenue Streams for Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

In today's rapidly changing philanthropic landscape, nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in securing sustainable funding for their missions. While traditional fundraising methods remain important, nonprofits must adapt to new strategies to stay ahead.

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Reparations Campaigns Get Boost From New Philanthropic Funding

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press NEW YORK The campaign to win reparations for Black Americans plans to bring broader support for smaller nonprofits advancing the cause, with a new philanthropic funding initiative announced Friday at the "Alight Align Arise" national conference in Atlanta.

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A Rewarding Nonprofit Internship: Richard Cass

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Written by: Richard Cass Reading Time: 3 minutes Researchers estimate that up to 1 million Americans work as unpaid interns each year. Without wages to shoulder the cost of living, an unpaid internship deepens the existing social divide. The road to making unpaid internships a thing of the past is not a smooth one. In some cases, particularly nonprofit organizations, simply do not have the financial means to pay their interns.

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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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Newsletter: Confronting the ‘Woodchuck’ in Your Partnership Program ; The Brands Taking a Bold Stand on Pride Month ?? ; I’m Part of the MEGA Movement ?

Selfish Giving

Thanks to everyone who emailed me last week about my "Shell-ebration" post. I should have known that my readers would be huuuuggge turtle fans! ?? Yay! ??? ???? This week, I have another animal story for you that offers a few lessons about corporate partnerships. Most of you know that I'm an AVID gardener. I spend most of my spring and summer planting flowers and digging out my lawn to make new beds to - you guessed it - plant even more flowers!

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How to Integrate Capital Campaigns Into General Fundraising Efforts and Marketing Initiatives

NonProfit PRO

Effectively incorporating capital campaigns into your general marketing campaigns can inspire donors to contribute not only to specific projects but also to the overall mission of your organization. Let’s explore strategies to integrate this approach into your fundraising.

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Is your nonprofit thinking about using ChatGPT? Your first step is to do no harm

Candid

In this article, we unpack the lessons learned from a nonprofit’s chatbot project to dispense mental health advice that went wrong, and how nonprofits can reduce the risks when adopting ChatGPT and other generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. Over the past five years of researching and writing about AI adoption for the nonprofit sector, we have argued for nonprofits to use AI ethically and responsibly—which means taking a human-centered, strategic, and reflective approach.

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How Indigenous and Environmental Coalitions Pushed for Beaver Restoration in California’s Budget

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Tim Umphreys on unsplash.com It’s taken years of drought and intense wildfires for California officials to recognize that the state’s current water management system is underprepared to meet the needs of its changing climate. For many wetland conservationists, water managers, and especially California Indigenous water protectors, one solution has always been at hand—bring in the beavers.

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Ready or Not, Google Analytics 4 Is About to Change Your Nonprofit’s World

NonProfit PRO

On July 1, Google will be retiring its Universal Analytics to make way for Google Analytics 4. If you are tech savvy, this is good news. If not, this could be a time-consuming headache that burns through time and money. Here are some ways to manage the shift.

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How Nonprofits Can Avoid A.I. Ethical and Legal Pitfalls

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Rasheeda Childress One big risk: feeding private information about donors into A.I. tools. If fundraisers want to write a thank-you note using A.I., experts advise stripping all identifying information from the samples they provide.

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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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Understanding how the game is being played on Facebook and Instagram

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Understanding how the game is being played on Facebook and Instagram We all try to grab the attention of the audience on Facebook or Instagram. Great content isn’t enough, but understanding the algorithm and how the game is being played is! A Special post by Michael Vuong. Today we use Instagram to express ourselves through images. With over 800 million users we can say that this platform has the audience to build your brand.

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Reaching Gen Z on social media: Expert advice vs. Gen Z opinion

Candid

As a member of Generation Z (Gen Z), or today’s 11- to 26-year-olds, I have been curious about the advice given to nonprofits on capturing younger audiences’ attention. While I’m not an expert, I’d say that some of the tips out there seem pretty accurate. For example, our preference for video content rings true. But other suggestions, like using pop culture slang and memes to catch Gen Z’s shorter attention span, feel a little off.

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Cyber Breaches Have Far-Reaching Consequences Beyond Finances at Nonprofit Organizations, Says Info-Tech Research Group

NonProfit PRO

To aid nonprofit organizations in safeguarding their stakeholders' information, Info-Tech Research Group, a global IT research and advisory firm, has released its latest industry blueprint, "Strengthen Your Nonprofit's Privacy and Security Operations.

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Nonprofit Bail Funds, Fueled by a Surge of Funds After George Floyd Protests, Face New Challenges

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Kay Dervishi Marty Pearl After receiving $140 million, the funds have experienced both transformative growth and major political backlash

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The Ultimate Nonprofit’s Guide to End-of-Year Giving

The Killoe Group

End-of-Year giving can be a hectic time for nonprofits, which is why OneCause has put together the ultimate guide to end-of-year giving programs. Let’s face it – the end of the year is crazy enough without having to worry about running successful giving campaigns. This guide is your answer to streamlining end-of-year giving process for ongoing success.

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Comment on 5 Ways to Follow Up with Your Donors When They are Unresponsive by Charles Olupot

Amy Eisenstein

In reply to Mark Branch. Hi Mark, That’s a very terrible, Shockingly and disappointing to hear for all the financial sacrifices you have made. That organization may not be genuine. We at SHARE, have been working and sharing all our reports and documents with our donor’s directly or through our fundraising platform organization Global Giving.

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4 Keys to Grow Your Corporate Giving Program

NonProfit PRO

Corporate partnerships can have a big impact on a nonprofit organization’s fundraising efforts, In fact, NonProfit PRO found in a recent survey that 22% of nonprofits cited their top priority for 2023 as engaging in more corporate partnerships. Here are four keys to develop and grow your corporate giving program.

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Chicago Botanic Garden Receives $21 Million to Save Endangered Plants From Extinction

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Also, Baylor College of Medicine has received $30 million to name its new Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower, and the Stupski Foundation awarded $15 million to strengthen health clinics across Hawaii.

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How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Accounting System RIGHT So it Helps You Grow

Get Fully Funded

When set up right, your nonprofit accounting system will help you manage your nonprofit and streamline processes like budgeting, projecting cash flow, and even hiring. The problem is that if you’re like most, you haven’t paid a lot of attention to your accounting system. Most people who start or lead nonprofits aren’t numbers people. In fact, they’d rather do most anything else than manage numbers.

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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

Candid

Every year, Candid processes data on nearly two million organizations and more than three million grants. That data makes its way into various products and services to help: nonprofits find funding; researchers, advocates, and journalists derive insights into what is happening in the sector; and all types of funders to make funding decisions. All this work would be significantly more difficult if it weren’t for Candid’s taxonomy, the Philanthropy Classification System (or PCS).

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Donor-Advised Fund Spotlight Report Examines Grantmaking Trends Through 15 Years of Economic Fluctuations

NonProfit PRO

A new spotlight report from National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), found that DAF grantmaking growth rates have consistently surpassed growth rates of individual giving and other forms of giving for the past 15 years.

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Hedge-Fund Billionaires James and Marilyn Simons Give Stony Brook $500 Million

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Plus, the Chartwell School, a private school that serves youths with dyslexia and other language-related learning issues, received a $45 million bequest, and two donors gave $25 million to help people struggling with homelessness and opioid addiction.

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7 Social Media Security Best Practices to Keep Your Business Safe

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

7 Social Media Security Best Practices to Keep Your Business Safe Best practices to help protect your business’ integrity as well as your data. Here’s what you need to know about Social Media Security. Despite the increasing number of social media accounts, it’s still a relatively new thing in many contexts. For example, many businesses now sometimes start with a social media account before they ever have a brick-and-mortar shop.

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Fairway Fundraising: Tips for a Charity Golf Tournament

Fundraising Coach

Nonprofit professionals know the best fundraising events are fun, interactive, and accessible. They bring together supporters and the community in meaningful ways to raise money and awareness for your mission. There’s one type of fundraising event that’s traditional but modern, competitive but fun, keeps people coming back but attracts new donors: a charity golf tournament.

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Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ Comprehensive Guide to Insurance for Non-Profit Organizations

NonProfit PRO

PHLY Is Committed to Supporting the Non-Profit Sector. Figuring out how to get the right insurance policy can be complicated—especially in the non-profit sector. To help you find the perfect policy for your organization, Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) created a comprehensive guide to insurance for non-profit organizations. Download Your eBook.

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Charity Navigator Stars Can Boost Donations — but Charities Might Game the System

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Jennifer Mayo Getty With multitudes of worthy charities to choose from — and the possibility that a poorly run or fake nonprofit might trick you into thinking it’s a good cause — it’s sometimes hard to know which ones to support.

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Creative Ways to Use Social Media Marketing

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Creative Ways to Use Social Media Marketing Are you looking to stand out with your Social Media Marketing Campaigns? Check out these tips and spark creativity. In the ever-evolving world of digital marketing, it can often seem impossible to keep up with the latest trends. Knowing how to make your brand stand out amidst a crowded online landscape is more important than ever before!

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11 Easy Ways to Repurpose Your Content

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

If you aren’t repurposing content, you can be wasting valuable time. How many different channels do you need to create content for right now? Newsletter Email Blog Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Direct Mail That doesn’t even include the different types of content you need for each channel – text, images, video, etc. It’s a lot!

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Dan Pallotta Attempts to Change the Nonprofit Sector Narrative With ‘Uncharitable’ Movie

NonProfit PRO

“When people say you can’t change the way people think about charity, I think, ‘Oh yeah? Watch,’” Dan Pallotta, the founder and president of Charity Defense Council said in the teaser of his new film, “Uncharitable,” which is coming to select theaters in the fall.

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To Fend Off Threats to Freedom Worldwide, Support Local Economic-Development Nonprofits — Not More Foreign Aid

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Brad Lips Atlas Network Dinesh Kumar Dixit has helped improve laws in India for street vendors like him. Nonprofits that help local economies thrive are doing the work needed to promote individual liberty and counter authoritarianism across the globe. Philanthropy should invest in them rather that pouring more funds into big government programs.

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Peer Nominations for a More Diverse Funding Pipeline

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Lior Ipp On most calls or meetings with other funders, the pipeline question almost always comes up: Do you know any great organizations working in X region, focusing on Y topic? It can feel like the “deal flow” conversation is the only one we’re having. I’ve lost count of how often we’re asked to share our list of grantees or refer our “favorite” one.

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Two Young Leaders Address Food Insecurity

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: ShonEjai on pixabay.com In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, two brothers from Sudbury, MA, Camden and Colton Francis, then 16 and 12, respectively, were, like other kids around the country, stuck at home. And like other kids, they weren’t particularly happy about the situation. “We really didn’t want to sit at home and kind of just dilly dally around, because we’re always doers,” says Camden, now 19 and a recent high school graduate.

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Guide to Introducing New Tech in Your Organization

NonProfit PRO

With critical funding and a need to boost your services, the time to onboard innovative, effective case management software is now. Explore a calendar that gives you a roadmap for implementing our technology.

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Arrests of 3 Atlanta Charity Board Members in a SWAT-Team Raid Is Highly Unusual, Maybe Unconstitutional

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Beth Gazley AP Photo/Kate Brumback Police arrested three people who have been aiding protesters at this Atlanta house in May 2023 Georgia has relied on its state domestic terrorism law and an unusual state-of-emergency declaration to jail the arrested activists and deny them bail for extended periods, though they were released only two days after their arrest.

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4 Ways to Inspire Volunteers to Be a Part of Your Mission

The Volunteer Hub

If you want volunteers to continue to provide their time towards your cause, inspire them to be a part of your organizations mission. Here are 4 ways to build a lifelong connection with your volunteers. Think back to the first time you volunteered to help a nonprofit. Were you inspired to make a difference? Did you feel as though you were a part of a team working towards a greater cause?

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