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15 best Peer-to-Peer fundraising software for Nonprofits

Affnetz

15 best Peer-to-Peer fundraising software for Nonprofits 15 best Peer-to-Peer fundraising software for Nonprofits / By Mike Crum Regardless of what you call it, peer-to-peer fundraising is here to stay. Also known as social fundraising, and DIY fundraising, peer-to-peer fundraising allows supporters of Nonprofits to tap into their personal networks to raise money for Nonprofits.

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A Top-Rated Nonprofit Conference Coming This Fall!

NonProfit PRO

Cause Camp is the ultimate nonprofit conference designed for innovative ideas, collaboration, and action. Like a roller coaster, you'll have your hands in the air, laughing, learning, and cheering for more. Our incredible speakers and workshops will challenge you to push past limiting beliefs and discover your full potential! Sign up today and enjoy the amusement park of knowledge, networking, and nonprofit solutions at Cause Camp 2023.

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MacKenzie Scott Has Given 17 Nonprofits $97 Million in the First Half of 2023

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento AP MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving website lists the nonprofits she’s supported and, in some cases the amount she gave them, but it doesn’t yet show the 2023 donations. Nearly half went to early-childhood education and development, but she also gave to strengthen maternal health, combat infant mortality, create affordable housing, and more.

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Boosting Nonprofit Performance: Unleashing the Power of Effective Teams

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

In the world of nonprofit organizations, the key to making a lasting impact lies within the power of their teams. These teams are more than just a group of individuals working together; they are the heart and soul of the organization, driving its mission forward. In this article, we will explore our strategies for enhancing your nonprofit performance!

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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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15 best Peer-to-Peer fundraising software for Nonprofits

Affnetz

15 best Peer-to-Peer fundraising software for Nonprofits 15 best Peer-to-Peer fundraising software for Nonprofits / By Mike Crum Regardless of what you call it, peer-to-peer fundraising is here to stay. Also known as social fundraising, and DIY fundraising, peer-to-peer fundraising allows supporters of Nonprofits to tap into their personal networks to raise money for Nonprofits.

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You Get What You Pay for With Free Technology

NonProfit PRO

I think of the saying “you get what you pay for” when it comes to payment systems and processing for fundraising and recurring gifts. While some software companies may say, “This platform or donor database is free and oh so cool looking,” you may have to clean up much more of a mess later.

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Newsletter: 4 Key Insights From ACCP's Annual CSR Survey ; Why Your Nonprofit Needs Its Own Branded Bikini ; A New Service Let’s You Donate Now But Pay Later ?

Selfish Giving

I recently downloaded the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals' 2023 Annual CSR Insights Survey. The survey has been conducted for the past four years to understand better the trends impacting CSR and ESG professionals. One hundred forty-nine large companies filled out the survey. Here are four things that caught my eye and how nonprofits should respond. ✅ CSR and ESG teams are working harder than ever (Page 3).

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Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions

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Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions / mike crum Free and Affordable Nonprofit CRM, Donor Management, Fundraising, Stakeholder Engagement Software Solutions Nonprofits are infamous for tight budgets. Regardless of size, cause, and history, all Nonprofits can greatly benefit from affordable Nonprofit CRM software.

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5 Ways to Use Lead-Generation Ads to Attract Potential Donors

NonProfit PRO

Lead-generation ads are an ideal way to engage your audience, reinforce your messaging, and, of course, capture leads to add to your email, SMS, and telemarketing lists. Let’s explore five lead-generation ad tactics.

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Foundation to Combat Antisemitism Names New President; LISC Will Install Next CEO in October

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Courtesy of Tara Levine Tara Levine has been named president of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. Also, the Chicago Community Trust has hired a new chief philanthropic officer and vice president of community impact, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation tapped its next program director in Detroit.

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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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Dreams Come True: MILCK On Her Music, Activism and Power Up Concert Performance

Fundraising Leadership

Connie K. Lim, the artist known as MILCK, seen here in a performance at NPR. She will be on stage at the PowerUp Conference & Concert August 26. (photo by NPR) “I learned quickly that my dream of being a singer wasn’t what my immigrant parents wanted for me. Making art for a living was for them not a reality-based decision,” says Connie K. Lim, whose professional name is MILCK; it’s her first two initials and her last name backwards.

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Harnessing generative AI for good

Candid

Generative AI has captured our collective imagination and will likely transform the world as we know it. While the tech sector pours in tens of billions in a race for dominance and future profits, how should nonprofits and philanthropists be thinking about our role? Before we get completely swept up, let’s not forget the previous technology hype cycles that have come and gone.

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Foundation Source Launches Impactfully Select, a SAAS Solution for Private Foundations

NonProfit PRO

Foundation Source announced the launch of Impactfully Select. The SAAS solution allows foundations and their financial, tax, and legal advisors to manage every aspect of their philanthropic efforts.

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Nonprofits Confront Their Own Climate Perils

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sara Herschander and Jim Rendon MADISON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM With more money available, nonprofits work to fortify themselves against the assault of global warming and curb their emissions. Plus: See the rest of our August issue , posted online today.

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Investing in Black Women Leaders With the Dream Capital They Need

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Gabrielle Wyatt Black women have always stood up and pushed for social progress—despite being deeply marginalized by the very systems they push to change. But today, as our democracy inches closer to its breaking point, and our leadership is needed more than ever, Black women are too often invested in as fuel for short-term social progress rather than as humans imagining and building multi-generational change.

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Candid Data for Academics: Go back to school with better data 

Candid

Back-to-school season can mean different things for different people. To college students, it might mean the start of a new year of knowledge and self-discovery. For parents, it might mean shopping for supplies and mapping out carpool schedules. At Candid, it means thinking about how we can get more data into the hands of academic researchers for the betterment of the social sector.

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Increase Your Impact on Social Media

NonProfit PRO

If your nonprofit is struggling to get fans to stop scrolling, you may need to adjust your strategy. If you want to consistently engage your supporters as well as prospective donors, you need to plan, diversify and be consistent. Learn how to master storytelling, create engaging content, and grow your list of supporters with this helpful guide!

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In a Landmark Voting Case, Philanthropy and Nonprofits Were Crucial Players. Now We Need to Do More

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Evan Milligan and Janai Nelson Civil-rights and advocacy groups, powered by money from charitable donors, won a victory for Black voters, who are too often left out of decisions in Alabama and elsewhere. Now is a key moment to capitalize on that work to safeguard our democracy.

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Nonprofit HR Unveils 2023 DEIJ Survey Results, Revealing Improvements, Challenges

NonProfit HR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 7, 2023 Media ContactAtokatha Ashmond Brew Abrew@nonprofithr.com Nonprofit HR Unveils 2023 DEIJ Survey Results, Revealing Improvements, Challenges Nonprofits make significant progress, but only 38% match the diversity of their communities Washington, D.C, August 7, 2023 – Nonprofit HR, a leading consulting firm dedicated to providin strategic human resources solutions to nonprofit … Read more The post Nonprofit HR Unveils 2023 DEIJ Survey Results, R

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What a business entrepreneur can teach nonprofit leaders

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

When it comes to becoming more efficient as a nonprofit organization, it can be helpful for nonprofit leaders to look outside the sector for insights and advice that one can apply to their organization. Today’s guest, Earl Foote, is a leader in the for profit sector who regularly networks with leaders in the nonprofit sector. He shares lessons he has learned over 25 years of running his company.

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How to Meaningfully Coach Your Frontline Fundraiser

NonProfit PRO

If you’re like most nonprofit leaders, you probably aren’t spending much time meaningfully coaching the fundraisers on your team, but that’s nothing to feel bad about. Let’s talk about some tips to help you be a better coach to your fundraisers.

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Wells Fargo Commits Up to $60 Million for Re-Entry Programs for Former Prisoners

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Also, the Lustgarten Foundation gave $23 million for pancreatic-cancer research, and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation granted $1 million to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

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Why I’m no longer donating to your no-good, very bad nonprofit

Non Profit AF

[Image description: Two human hands with gold rings and a gold watch, holding a dozen or so US dollar bills, most of them in denominations of $20, with at least one $100.

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[Recordings] Earn a 2023 Certificate in Social Media Marketing & Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The next series of webinars required to earn a Certificate in Social Media Marketing & Fundraising from Nonprofit Tech for Good starts January 24, 2024, but if you would like to earn the certificate in 2023 — you can purchase the notes and recordings from the last series presented in June-August 2023: [ Pay $20 ] June 28 Recording: How to Create a Social Media Marketing Strategy [ Pay $30 ] July 12 Recording: Facebook & Instagram Best Practices [ Pay $30 ] July 26 Recording: LinkedIn 

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Utilize Social Media Marketing to Support Your Nonprofit’s Digital Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

Social media has transformed the fundraising landscape for nonprofits, providing opportunities for organizations to connect, engage, and rally support from their audience. Here’s how you can optimize your digital marketing efforts this giving season.

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Writer and Producer Seth MacFarlane Gave $1 Million to Help Hollywood Workers Survive Strike

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Plus, actor Eliza Dushku Palandjian and her husband, Peter Palandjian, gave Brigham and Women’s Hospital $7.5 million for substance-abuse treatment, and MacKenzie Scott gave $10 million to a group that works to expand affordable housing.

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Supporting Advocacy Ecosystems to Build Power

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Julia Coffman As an advocacy strategy consultant and evaluator for the last two decades, I’ve supported many foundations in thinking about what it takes to win a particular policy or system change. What will it take to expand Medicaid eligibility in states? How can we improve preschool access and quality? Foundations have come at these and similar questions using different theories of how policy change occurs , but the end goal is always the same: getting to “the win,” wheth

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Your Guide to Year-End Fundraising Best Practices

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Jen Frazier , President at Firefly Partners – a women-owned, LGBTQ+ certified, and minority-owned digital marketing agency that develops accessible online experiences that empower progressive organizations to thrive. The end of the year is a critical time for nonprofit fundraising. According to DonorBox nearly one-third of all annual gifts come in December, and nearly half of all online donations come in the last week of the year.

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The GivingTuesday Data Commons Unveils Rethinking Resilience Report

NonProfit PRO

The GivingTuesday Data Commons released Rethinking Resilience: Insights from the Giving Ecosystem. In this report, the Data Commons presents a holistic view of global giving in 2022, reflecting the full breadth of the Data Commons’ initiatives, partnerships, data, and analysis.

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After 4 Decades in the Nonprofit World, I’m Troubled by Philanthropy’s Expanding Footprint

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Craig Kennedy Getty Images In his new column, former foundation president Craig Kennedy explores what he sees as problematic changes in the social sector.

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Healing the Frontlines of Racial, Climate, and Gender Injustice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Photo by Dalila Dalprat The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice is regranting intermediary funding at the intersection of climate, racial, and gender justice. Their work is geared toward accelerating the transition to cleaner renewable energy by elevating women of color leaders, specifically those in the US South who often go unrecognized and underresourced.

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Mixed Links: News and Tips for Nonprofit Marketers – August 11, 2023

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Happy Friday! Ready for the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers? This week we have X logos, Threads updates, what matters to Google, federal grant improvements, and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… Social Media Examiner has some Instagram Updates Marketers Need to Know. For those of you still there, X Updates Brand Assets, So You Can Replace the Twitter Bird in Your Displays.

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The Nonprofit Marketing Summit is Back! Aug 22-24!

NonProfit PRO

Exciting news! The year's top Nonprofit Marketing Event is virtual and FREE. Dive in from home and connect, learn, and innovate like never before. It's more than an event; it's a movement. Redefine your strategies and leave a mark in the nonprofit world. Spaces are filling fast, and the energy is contagious. Don't wait! REGISTER NOW, be part of the change, and let the magic begin!

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155 MPH Winds Can’t Knock Down This Low-Income Housing

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

And other ways nonprofits are adapting to extreme weather By Jim Rendon Immokalee Fair Housing Alliance Nonprofits protect themselves against storms, flooding, fire, and heat.

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Sometimes There’s No Nice Way to Say It

NonProfit Quarterly

Click here to learn more about this new series from Edge Studios , and follow @npquarterly and @offthehookshorts on social to see episodes of “Off the Hook” as they are released. (Saphia paces around her apartment as she attempts to draft a voice note on her phone.) SAPHIA: Hey, Mari. I thought this would just be easier over voice note because that was a long text, and I usually speak better…vocally, so I’m just gonna send you my response.

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