NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 4, 2024

Please join us in welcoming Isabella Perello Khalili as our new program operations manager. In this role, Isabella will help manage many of our learning experiences, including classes , custom solutions , cohorts and our annual conference. There is a new face at the Nonprofit Leadership Center!

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NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When that happens, organizations, outcomes and wellbeing are significantly impacted. For employees who had a negative experience with a poor manager: 41% said they were stressed or anxious about coming to work. Learn more about the Certificate in Leadership program here. 34% wanted to leave the organization.

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Leadership Agriculture Children Nonprofit Leadership 147

Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

Candid did something bold in 2023: We asked that funders put their trust in us by providing unrestricted grant support for our planned mission-critical work—projects we believed would make the biggest impact for the sector at large. Studies show that nonprofits need flexible dollars to succeed. At Candid, we couldn’t agree more.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

APRIL 15, 2024

It’s not an HR officer telling us how they think employees feel. Only 18% of leaders prioritize well-being strategically within their organizations, often due to misconceptions about its significance. Values are shared principles about what is important. We’re hearing directly from the employees themselves.

Psychology 130

Psychology Health Culture Leadership 130

Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2024

Carmen Wampler-Collins, Pride Center Coordinator at the Lexington Kentucky Pride Center , underscores its impact: “This next generation of our nonprofit CRM is key to making us successful. It’s helping us build a fuller picture of our interactions, which is invaluable.”

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NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 4, 2023

has joined our board of directors to help strengthen nonprofits and our communities. The Nonprofit Leadership Center recognizes the impact of nonprofits and provides resources and leadership training to help nonprofit leaders succeed. Please join us in welcoming Erin McKenney to Team NLC. Erin McKenney, Esq.,

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 6, 2023

REGISTER Elevate Your Nonprofit’s Reputation & Community Impact Series — April 11 & May 2 This two-part series helps nonprofit staff and board leaders understand how to enhance organizational reputation and relevance in a time of unlimited data and popular charity watchdog groups. REGISTER NEW! REGISTER NEW! REGISTER NEW!

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

Importantly, TBP also acknowledges that funders do not inherently have more expertise or knowledge than grantees do, and that we can only achieve sustainable impact if we work together as equal partners. We realize that some of the most impactful work is being done by organizations HF might not know about.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Instead, they are actively shaping the present landscape through their innovative ideas, relentless dedication, and unwavering commitment to creating immediate, tangible impact. Participants in this program can anticipate a multifaceted experience, including: Real-World Immersion: Hands-on involvement in impactful projects and initiatives.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JULY 10, 2023

As a lifelong learner with 30 years of nonprofit experience, Charlie enters the role after serving as the organization’s senior director of strategic programs and impact since September 2019. Charlie: During my first year as CEO, there are three things I plan to accomplish alongside our talented team at NLC.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 28, 2024

” This realization led her to pursue opportunities where she could make a tangible impact on her community – KC’s nonprofit sector. ” In her role as the Community Impact Manager, Maigan harnesses her nonprofit expertise to drive meaningful change within the community.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

In the nonprofit sector, our conversations often revolve around reaching and engaging our external audience – the people we serve and our donors. This focus is undeniably important; it’s the lifeline of our work. But, there’s a critical audience we sometimes overlook: our internal staff.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2024

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: Building Regional Solidarity Economies.” To] trust us and the people we’re working with to figure out what we need and to get it done on the timeline that’s actually going to make a difference. View the full webinar here.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

We often talk about the role of philanthropy and the ways in which it must grow and innovate, how it has changed and evolved with the times, reacting to crises, wars, economic downturns, and more. Foundation does, including our calls for funding proposals and how organizations are invited to apply. Foundation.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

This negativity bias is adaptive, as remembering what hurts us keeps us alive. However, our task as a sector is about more than survival. It’s about reimagining systems, facilitating change, and co-creating a better future. Research has found that negatives narrow our vision.

Psychology 98

Psychology Health Associations Nonprofits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 4, 2024

Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective, “Kindred Offering to this Moment” In a time of increasing external threats impacting community health—economic inequality, genocide, global pandemics, state violence, White supremacy, authoritarianism, climate crises—there are many reasons to feel despair and hopelessness.

Health 115

Health Culture Food Philanthropy 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 15, 2023

Meanwhile, the field of social change and innovation is engaged with the greatest challenges of our time—our collective pain. Together with the communities we serve, those of us who work in social change witness the daily realities of poverty, injustice, violence, marginalization, and climate destruction.

Health 109

Health Culture Collaborations Poverty 109

Bloomerang

APRIL 22, 2024

Their stories not only highlight their profound missions but also showcase how the Bloomerang Volunteer Management solution has amplified their impact. Before using Bloomerang] we didn’t realize the impact our volunteers were having on our organization from a financial standpoint,” Anschutz stated. “If

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

I’ve always been fascinated by the complexities of the mind and its influence on our behaviors. There’s a natural synergy that can be found in the compelling stories we tell, or the urgency we create in our campaigns. They are actually very integral to our toolkits and harnessing them can help us really enhance our impact.

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Psychology Sociology Marketing Marketing 91

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 21, 2024

This language includes eco-grief , defined as “the anguish and despair we feel when the places we live in and love deteriorate, along with these places’ ability to provide us with solace.” NPQ has also written about climate anxiety or eco-anxiety, the specific and chronic fear of the damage being done to the environment worldwide.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 25, 2024

Literally, within five minutes of my arrival, I was hearing tales of anxiety and exasperation about “Big Bet Philanthropy.” Here, from my conversations in Oxford, are a few sobering observations about big bet philanthropy that I hope will provide some useful fodder: 1. It’s not actually a thing (at least not yet).

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 10, 2024

This situation created silos and missed deadlines, hindering our progress. That’s often the reality in our world, where the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. These misalignments aren’t just confusing (and common); they can dilute our efforts and impact. Rallying everyone around our mission is key.

Collaborations 89

Collaborations Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing 89

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As you probably know, this is the most lucrative time of the year to ask for the support of our friends, family, co-workers, and online followers, so your action now can have a significant impact. Self-reflection / Gift of significance Before describing three suggested actions, allow us to share something important that we’ve learned.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By Akilah Watkins The Supreme Court’s June decision on affirmative action at US colleges and universities has raised profound concerns for the nonprofit sector. These new questions demand not only our attention but also our renewed commitment to publicly advocating for the values that underpin our work.

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Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Ethics Foundations 116

Candid

JULY 19, 2023

We asked survey respondents if rising inflation impacted their foundations’ grantmaking decisions. About one in five funders said inflation impacted 2022 grantmaking decisions Of 546 survey respondents, 79% reported that inflation did not impact their grantmaking decisions in 2022. Here’s what we found.

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Foundations Homelessness Values Children 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

The key question guiding this organizational shift—and this series—is: what does successful organizing look like for the most impacted when resources fully support them? Fifty percent of its residents were born outside of the US and identify as Latino/a ; about half of all families in the neighborhood live below the official poverty line.

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Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 110

Candid

MAY 9, 2024

While the debate around the politics of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and social impact investing goes on, the fact remains that there is a yawning racial wealth gap in the United States. The median household wealth for homeowners is about 44 times that of renters. About 60% of homeowners’ wealth is in their homes.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Our stories are different, but they have similarities. Our observation and understanding of gender inequalities derive from this unique intersection of knowledge. Our observation and understanding of gender inequalities derive from this unique intersection of knowledge.

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Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 114

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This article was adapted from “Activating Loving Awareness through Contemplative Technology” by Sará King, published in Can AI Heal Us? , As a neuroscientist, I am sometimes asked if I receive pushback for talking about love and loving-awareness in my research. It has been adapted with permission.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Working in nonprofit marketing and communication teaches us many things, but perhaps most importantly, that we’re all in this together. No matter the size or type of our organizations, we face similar challenges every day. Embrace your role as the subject matter expert in communications and marketing. “Embrace failure.”

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Marketing Marketing Nonprofits Energy 84

Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are always looking for ways to increase the impact of their work. One way to serve your clients more effectively is to gather feedback from participants, then use what you learn to improve services and support organizational change initiatives. At Listen4Good (L4G), we call this process a “client feedback loop.”

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

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 wildfire smoke, skies to remind us of the importance of clean air. Art elicits an emotional response, which can disarm people—and impact them.

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Environmental Culture Energy Collaborations 92

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Every nonprofit worries about them. They hang over us like a persistent shadow. Who am I talking about? Odds are, they plain forgot they gave to us; frankly, that’s our cross to bear. By thanking them quickly and personally, communicating impact, and sharing success stories. Laments them. Broods over them.

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Retention Universities Philanthropy Communication 84

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These new challenges may or may not impact people dressed in skirts and pearls, yet the ethos holds true. To do that, we need to contextualize trends in ways that match donors’ values without kowtowing around those values in a way that prevents modernizing our mission. Let us know in the comments.

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Values Culture Philanthropy Nonprofits 107

Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. — Opportunity about to be missed Dear Opportunity about to be missed, You’ve actually named the problem in the way you’ve framed your question.

Food 96

Food Homelessness Poverty Education 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Elizabeth Cushing We love to talk about scaling solutions in the social sector. The reality is, though, that scale is elusive for most of us. Those of us who lead nonprofit organizations and aspire to scale often turn to this literature so we can design our efforts in smart ways. All of that is critical.

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Collaborations Children Philanthropy Values 126

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

So asserts a new book, Portraits of Us: A Book of Essays Centering Black Women Leading Philanthropy , edited by Toya Nash Randall, former board chair of Black Foundation Executives and “curator and catalyst” of Voice. “Simply put, Black women are the backbone of modern day philanthropy.”

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