Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Have you taken the time to assess your expertise as a development professional from a leadership perspective? Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies. Do you serve K-12 students? Senior citizens?

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 1963, Civil Rights activist Ella Baker said she was “very much afraid of this ‘Foundation Complex.’ 2 As Ruth Wilson Gilmore reminds us in The Revolution Will Not Be Funded , “Foundations are repositories of twice-stolen wealth—(a) profit sheltered from (b) taxes” (46). Liberation is an active, daily practice.

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NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

And it is leadership that triggers this essential evolution. The Need for Different Leadership In 2021, when the Kaiser Family Foundation looked at how people fare across 27 key health measures , they found that Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans fared worse than their White counterparts in most areas due to chronic underfunding.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Understanding the challenges BIPOC leadership face in the nonprofit sector One of the primary challenges BIPOC leaders face is limited access to funding.As For example, the National Council of Nonprofits offers a range of resources, including information on board diversity and inclusion , as well as leadership development programs.

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Nonprofit Fixer

JANUARY 25, 2024

But we do have tools at our disposal to make leadership less lonely and more joyful and open. Why Is Leadership So Lonely? Leadership takes many forms and often requires sacrifices. In my experience as an executive director, several factors have made leadership feel especially isolating. Read on to learn more!

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Even though that number has increased over the years, she continued to see a lack of representation at the C-suite and senior leadership levels of organizations. "I I know there are individuals like me who are qualified to be in leadership positions in the community. I found myself constantly asking why they weren't there.

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NextAfter

DECEMBER 15, 2021

27% of nonprofits indicated that their Board of Directors are not all active donors. Many foundations and larger donors only contribute to nonprofits where every board member is a financial partner. 100% Board Giving is Important for Effective Board Governance Personal giving is necessary for establishing organizational leadership.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

As with other social change efforts, funders and foundations can help artists and filmmakers build alliances with governments, NGOs, and community organizations. For example, in 2012 the MacArthur Foundation and the Burberry Foundation made $2.2 Contacts and collaborative opportunities. Educational resources.

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Small nonprofits should not actively focus on corporate partnerships. The gang at Rocket Social Impact shares five ways to use thought leadership to show your chops. Interesting story here on how a lingerie brand worked with a nonprofit to activate micro-influencers by creating a challenge. Now the bad news.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Significant racial equity advancement will remain elusive until organizations are willing to examine their own purpose, leadership, strategy, and culture. A 2022 racial equity audit by the Skillman Foundation uncovered some hard truths. How will leadership and staff be engaged in the process?

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. The imperative to center youth also applies to funders.

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Affnetz

APRIL 16, 2024

A primary advantage of using board management software is the ability to centralize all board-related activities in one secure and accessible location. After all, mission success is driven by strong leadership. However, without proper management, board activities can become disorganized, time-consuming, and inefficient.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

With just a little planning (and maybe some training), this is my list of high-impact tactics for boards to support the marketing function in helping to build a solid foundation for growth: Marketing Check-ins First, have regular marketing check-ins. Especially if there’s just one person doing this work, they need the board’s support.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Those conversations led to the Washington Area Women’s Foundation ’s (WAWF) report Thrive As They Lead: Advancing the Infrastructure to Support Black Women Leaders in the D.C. A common theme emerges from the experiences shared by these leaders from diverse backgrounds: a fundamental absence of trust in their leadership.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 26, 2023

This IRS form is a run-down of your nonprofit’s finances and activities to ensure it fulfills its charitable purpose. To simplify the report, Foundation Group’s guide to filing Form 990 recommends the following best practices: Keep thorough financial records. Use a bookkeeping or accounting service to track all your financial activity.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Whether you are about to embark on your fundraising career or are a seasoned veteran looking to take that big leap into a leadership position, looking for that “just right” fundraising job is likely to create enthusiasm. Get nonprofit tips and tools delivered right to your inbox by joining The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Newsletter.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 5, 2024

Image credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com Last month, Deepak Bhargava became president of the JPB Foundation, which has over $2.8 That is actually the mission statement of the foundation now. Foundations can also support public engagement, voter registration…voting rights work, election protection, and election administration work.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 23, 2024

Your nonprofit’s visual brand guidelines are the foundation of your visual identity. Authenticity is key in establishing credibility , and real photographs of beneficiaries, volunteers, and staff members engaging in the organization’s activities create a human connection. Review your nonprofit’s visual brand guidelines.

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Anedot

MAY 25, 2022

Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) is pleased to welcome Tom L. Tom began his leadership position with CVNL May 20, 2022. As CVNL’s Chief Capacity Building Officer, he will be assigned to provide leadership support over the Consulting Services, Learning and Leadership, Membership, and Executive Search.

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Fundraising Leadership

AUGUST 25, 2023

And when gender parity in leadership arrives, everyone wins. Read more in Take The Lead on 2022 Leading Company Award Winner “Being recognized by an organization that focuses on encouraging women to take their fair and equal share, and assume leadership roles is incredibly special. They are all in the fight to win. what I try.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 15, 2022

In response to research that shows nearly 1 in 3 nonprofits lack any professionals of color on their boards (BoardSource) and to foster more inclusive and equitable communities, the Nonprofit Leadership Center launched the Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship in 2021. Chantel Evans, accounting supervisor, The Bank of Tampa.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Instead, it encourages foundations to start fresh by reassessing how they best live up to their responsibility and promises made to invest private resources for the public good. foundation funding to HBCUs and exploring these schools’ relationship with institutional philanthropy.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 8, 2024

There had been a lack of senior leadership, staff had been promoted into senior roles before they were ready, and funding infrastructure needed to be improved. For executives of color, nonprofit leadership is a ‘Hollow Prize.’ Political scientists coined the term “the Hollow Prize” for this doomed leadership.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 9, 2024

Image credit: Yermine Richardson/ www.popcaribe.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s spring 2024 issue, “‘Stop Drowning Us, and Stop Making Us Disappear’: A Critical Report on the State of Black Woman Leadership.” 7 One study respondent said, “[Black women] are not doing well.”

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 10, 2023

How can family foundations and donors stop perpetuating inequities within the communities and causes they serve? By centering community leadership, wisdom, and voices in grantmaking. Why do so few of these large foundations shift meaningful decisions and power to the communities they serve? Yet this is almost never the case.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. We are here to talk about philanthropic leadership. I love the active participation. Elizabeth: Yes. A lot of Cs, okay.

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Fundraising Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This is where leadership can shine or dissolve. leadership #socialmedia ” Connect to the mission of your organization and state actions. leadership ” Seek resources and expertise to craft statements. ” Care and fairness is critical.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Elsewhere, large philanthropic organizations such as the MacArthur Foundation have provided unrestricted grants to organizations doing reparations work. The Bush Foundation, based in Minneapolis, also committed $100 million in 2021 to atone for its ties to slavery and land theft.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Garfield Foundation offers a different example of how networks with capacity achieve systems change that evades individual groups. Build broad buy-in across institutions through shared learning and leadership. Capacity was at the forefront of its founders’ minds when CGRE began.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Trauma is an invisible unhealed wound caused by an overwhelming event, series of events, or enduring conditions that remains active in our bodies, our psyches, and our ways of relating to others. It’s everywhere. During a traumatic incident, part of the brain called the amygdala takes over, producing involuntary, reactive responses.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

By 1948 Cafritz had amassed such wealth from real estate development that he incorporated a foundation bearing his and his wife’s name. It is also one of several DC-area foundations profiled in a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) on “ Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People.”

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Fundraising Leadership

APRIL 21, 2023

Azariah Baker, (left), Youth Leader, A Long Walk Home, at Chhicago Foundation For Women Awards with Felicia Davis Blakley, CFW president and CEO. The first Chicago Foundation For Women award went to Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2005, at the age of 72, when she was a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The Advocacy Summit is on the first day of this two-day event and the second day will consist of our Day on the Hill activities. Intermediate (3-5 years) For participants with existing foundational knowledge and a few years of hands-on experience.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In fact, Independent Sector just filed an amicus brief with the Council on Foundations in support of the Fearless Fund, which is facing a baseless lawsuit filed by American Alliance for Equal Rights, an organization that has filed numerous anti-diversity lawsuits. Nonprofit leadership and boards are growing more diverse.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A year into implementation, both regions have learned important lessons about leadership, governance, DEI, and more. Oklahoma City saw significant growth in bioscience between 2001 and 2020, with industry employment up 25 percent and R&D activity doubling. Establish a strong leadership and governance model from the start.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Lay a strong foundation for your fundraising events by creating a fundraising event planning committee. This will include elements such as the venue, food, decorations, activities, and sponsors. where your event attendees gather pledges before completing an activity. . Create an event planning committee.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 30, 2024

The growth at fundraising firm RKD Group in Dallas, Texas continues with the acquisition of Heller Consulting, a strategy, planning and implementation provider of nonprofit technology and leadership training. The plan is to help nonprofits design, orchestrate and activate data and technology.

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