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How Fundraisers Can Reconcile the Competition that Exists Between Your Donors’ & Administrators’ Hero Stories

iMarketSmart

But a nonprofit is not just a fundraising organization. In the donor-hero story, charity administrators are minions. The administrator’s role is only to dutifully obey donor orders. What works for this group is the administrator-hero story.[1] Example: Nonprofit allows a broad range of donor-created gift restrictions.

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How to Build a Truly Inclusive Nonprofit Volunteer Program

NonProfit Quarterly

Such logic often applies to nonprofit recruitment of volunteers. That is, nonprofits tend to draw in a particular slice of the community. If that slice is elderly, White, male, and English-speaking, we ought not to be surprised when a young Latina immigrant opts not to participate. What Do Volunteer Administrators Say?

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The Use of AI in Fundraising: Maximizing Donations with Data-Driven Asks

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Stasia Hural , Digital Marketing Lead at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. Using AI isn’t just a passing trend; it’s essential for nonprofits looking to make a bigger impact. It lets nonprofits sift through lots of data.

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The UN Disability and Development Report 2018 reveals that individuals with disabilities face fundamental challenges in nearly all aspects of life, including employment, health care, and education. Almost everyone will temporarily or permanently experience disability at some point in their lives, and currently, an estimated 1.3

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6 Things Your Donors Don’t Care About (That You Assumed They Did)

iMarketSmart

This news can be shocking to hear and might even make some fundraisers and nonprofit administrators fall out of their seats. It’s a very simple truth to understand, and yet so much fundraising presumes that whatever matters to some fundraisers and most nonprofit administrators must also matter to donors. But it’s true.

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Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

From 2000 to 2021, progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been anemic, registering less than 10 percent growth over 20 years. The same 2017 survey of nonprofits conducted by IBM found that 78 percent of nonprofits with advanced analytics capabilities reported higher effectiveness in performing their missions.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

.” This proved prescient: When our NGO’s legal documents could no longer be updated without my legal residence—after almost a year of failed attempts—I had to resign and pass the legal representation to our dedicated administrator, who had served the organization since its inception. ” When Is It time?