NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 3, 2023
Whether your nonprofit is applying for a government grant or support from a private foundation, what reviewers are looking for in grant proposals can feel like a secret. So, to improve your grant applications and give funders what they want, here are five tips.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 4, 2023
By Rasheeda Childress. Getty Images. To keep the money flowing, nonprofits will need to figure out how to attract much-needed fundraisers, respond to changing economic conditions, and learn how to talk to donors from different backgrounds.
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
JANUARY 3, 2023
Written by: Javan Van Gronigen. Reading Time: 5 minutes. Social impact organizations often encounter the paradoxical issue of spending money to fundraise. It’s important to reap the highest return on your investment (ROI) so you don’t lose money on conducting outreach for your cause. . One of the best ways to maximize your ROI on outreach is to cultivate your digital presence through marketing.
Selfish Giving
JANUARY 4, 2023
In my last newsletter of 2022 we had a contest. I got a ton of responses! I think about 75% of you said I was the wise ass on the right. Sorry, but I'm the one ON THE LEFT! ? From the group of people that chose correctly, I randomly chose three people to receive Selfish Giving t-shirts. ?? Congratulations to the winners! ?? TOM MURPHY KARL ZIEGENFUS LAURA ATWELL Hit reply to this newsletter and share your t-shirt size and your address and I will get the shirt right out to you!
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.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 5, 2023
Many nonprofit executives still struggle with how to pay for fundraising. That’s a shame because fundraising done well pays for itself. Yet the dilemma is real and persistent.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 5, 2023
By Lisa Pilar Cowan and Michele Flores. Getty Images. Too often, nonprofits force development officers to grovel for donations from the rich, rather than emphasizing how to connect people in a community to support an organization’s mission.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 1, 2023
Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. In addition to the international days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. January. 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 4, 2023
Today's donors are savvy, skeptical and well-informed. As a result, they know when someone is trying to sell them something — including donating. So how do you motivate people to support your cause in a world of mass messaging? One way to do it is to go old school with word-of-mouth and align it with your fundraising.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 6, 2023
By Sara Herschander. Several frontline fundraisers joined the Chronicle to discuss how the pandemic has changed their relationships with donors and which donor-cultivation strategies are most effective now.
Affnetz
JANUARY 3, 2023
Keeping Nonprofit Donors Engaged. Nonprofit management software / By Mike Crum. Some fundraising statistics are worse than others. Probably the most perilous statistic is the percentage of first-time donors that never make a second gift. In North America, approximately two out of three donors never make that second gift? Why is this number so low?
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.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 3, 2023
Joseph Phelan: […] Platform accountability doesn’t happen without organizing, right? We can do all the lobbying we want and pay the high price lobbying firms. We can get as many op-eds as we want, et cetera, et cetera. But it actually comes down to organizing. Organizing is contesting for power at the individual and group level. And our opposition, the right wing, is contesting for power.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 3, 2023
Nonprofit professionals rely on strong relationships to help us grow our organizations, build trust with our communities, and advance our own careers. Here are three ways joining a networking group can help grow your nonprofit and how networking can help you, too.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 4, 2023
By Daniel Hadley. Getty Images. The emergence of text generating artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT could significantly change philanthropy — for better or worse.
Affnetz
JANUARY 2, 2023
Foundations Are Only a Part of a Fundraising Program. Nonprofit management software / By Mike Crum. There’s a tendency in nonprofits (and life!) to do what we feel comfortable doing and either ignore or minimize the things we don’t necessarily like or fully understand. I know this was certainly true when I began my professional career in fundraising in 1995.
Candid
JANUARY 5, 2023
Chantal Forster, Executive Director, TAG ( Technology Association of Grantmakers ). If you’ve been waiting for an invitation to the data conversation, this is it. Whether you’re a nonprofit, funder, or a consortium of both, fundamental questions are surfacing about social sector data that merit your attention. Last month, at the TAG2022 conference for global philanthropy tech in San Antonio, we featured a panel on the future of social sector data that only scratched the surface of co
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 4, 2023
As nonprofits know, managing expenses effectively is critical to staying afloat and maximizing impact within their respective communities. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent changes to how we work and engage with one another have permanently transformed how nonprofit organizations operate. .
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 6, 2023
By M.J. Prest. Rasmuson Foundation Gretchen Guess, executive director of operations at the Providence health-care system in Spokane, Wash., has been tapped as the Rasmuson Foundation’s next president and CEO. Draper Richards Kaplan has hired a former Delaware state official as managing director and a Providence, R.I., city official as chief of staff, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has named a new vice president of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
JANUARY 3, 2023
Here’s Why Tennessee Needs a Statewide Nonprofit Association. Source: Independent Sector. Nonprofits are Tennessee’s 6th largest industry, and the sector pays more than $13.5 billion in wages each year to 181,300 Tennesseans (or 8% of the state’s workforce). Tennessee nonprofits generate over 31.6 billion in revenues each year, and they hold assets of almost $71.4 billion, accounting for 10% of the Gross State Product.
Candid
JANUARY 4, 2023
In response to the simultaneous global pandemic and racial equity movement, philanthropy committed to act with urgency to better support nonprofit partners, as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of these dual events. Pledges were made to reduce barriers, shift power, and engage in more equitable funding practices. However, without a comprehensive baseline of the diversity represented within organizations, philanthropy can’t make good on these promises.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 6, 2023
The debate has been raging for decades. Add a teaser to the outer envelope of your direct mail appeal. Or don’t. Which is better?
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 3, 2023
By Maria Di Mento. Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan, Getty Image John Paulson has given $100 million to New York University to help pay for the newly built John A. Paulson Center, an academic complex that houses educational and performing-arts programs, sports and recreational facilities, and student and faculty housing. Plus, American Technion Society receives $50 million from Lynda and Stewart Resnick and retired racecar driver and oilman Johnny Gray and his wife, Terry, give Jupiter Medical Cent
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JANUARY 5, 2023
If you work in nonprofit communications, suddenly you are a professional photographer. Not only that but you are also expected to coach others on taking good photographs on their phones. And you are also supposed to know how to edit photos and then sort, manage, and store them all in some meaningful way. That’s a lot! Let’s start with taking photos on your own phone.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JANUARY 5, 2023
By Kevin Tan & Nadia Ahmad Samdin. Public institution spending dwarfs private philanthropy in most countries in the world. In the United States , private philanthropy totaled $176.7 billion across social, health care, and education in 2021, while government spending in the same areas was approximately 25 times more. In Singapore, one of the countries where our firm Tri-Sector Associates works, private philanthropy for the same areas totaled SGD 1.4 billion (about $1 billion) in 2020, while g
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 3, 2023
The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI is creating a new digital resource, the Equitable Giving Lab, that will bring an equity lens to philanthropy by measuring funding for under-resourced groups.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 4, 2023
By M.J. Prest. The grassroots grants came from Co-Impact, a group supported by Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott, among others, while the Mellon Foundation donated $11 million for a cultural center to memorialize the history of slavery in Richmond, Va.
Elevation
JANUARY 3, 2023
As a nonprofit organization, your website plays a crucial role in communicating your mission, services, and impact to potential donors, volunteers, and beneficiaries. It's important to ensure that your website not only provides valuable and relevant information, but is also easy to use and inviting so that the user engages with the web content.
CNPE
JANUARY 6, 2023
A guest blog post by Pamela Darnall, CEO of Family & Children's Place. . and CNPE Board Member. I often hear white friends or family members dispute that they have privilege. They will point to challenges they have faced in the past – and may be still facing – unemployment, poverty, health challenges, and more. I understand where they are coming from.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 5, 2023
Moore announced that it has acquired Merkle Response Management Group from erkle Inc. Moore is making the investment in Merkle RMG to support its ongoing expansion in processing operations with a portfolio of diverse capabilities and locations across the nation.
Fundraising Leadership
JANUARY 6, 2023
AI is changing the workplace and gender bias is a distinct factor. (Photo by International Women’s Day). “They have skills.” That statement has been universally and historically viewed as a compliment to an employee, colleague or leader. It still is, but now there is an asterisk to the statement. Looking forward with the influx of artificial intelligence and automation in the workplace, it may precede a path to worker replacement.
MNA Association
JANUARY 6, 2023
MNA is proud to release our 2023 Economic Impact Report. This report showcases the essential role Montana’s Nonprofit Sector plays in Montana’s economy. MNA-Economic-Report-2023 Download. The post 2023 Nonprofit Economic Impact Report first appeared on Montana Nonprofit Association.
Amy Eisenstein
JANUARY 6, 2023
In reply to Shelly. Also this is an animal non profit and this is to rescue and remove animals. This person has become almost a horders situation. So there are precious lives involved. Animal control has been made aware and next step is police. Isn’t there any emergency laws to protect when animals are involved.?
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 5, 2023
In areas nationwide, there are barriers to economic development that need to be met with community engagement and solutions. Transportation, child care, business development, job creation, healthcare — they’re all connected and necessary to create a sustainable neighborhood economy and a thriving community.
Candid
JANUARY 6, 2023
Candid’s Issue Lab provides access to more than 33,000 philanthropic resources, which include reports, studies, surveys, and toolkits that cover a variety of issue areas and are contributed by social sector organizations from around the world. With all these options, we wanted to look back and highlight some of the Issue Lab community’s most popular publications in 2022, featuring a wide array of topics ranging from education to participatory grantmaking and beyond.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
JANUARY 5, 2023
Why You Should Personalize Your Online Magazine. Tips to get you started. Hi! Would you like some online magazine tips ? If we had used your name in the first sentence, then it would have been a lot more likely that you would have continued reading. All of us are sensitive to personal attention after all. What’s more, it gives lots of people a huge boost.
Amy Eisenstein
JANUARY 5, 2023
[…] they don’t have yet a robust major gift program? Sometimes we are able to use a campaign to grow their major gift fundraising and to engage key donors. But I think we do need to take a serious look and a campaign is much […].
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