Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2024

For the average nonprofit, roughly 80% of all revenue comes from only 20% of its donors—and most of these earnings are major gifts. While your nonprofit likely has an individual or team dedicated solely to moves management and major giving, your marketing efforts can also play a role. Let’s get started!

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Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 15, 2023

After 30 years in nonprofit leadership, I’ve come to believe that there is one key skill that can boost your personal and professional success. Even though we don’t talk about it much in the nonprofit sector, fundraisers also require an entrepreneurial mindset. This requires prioritization, management, and dependability.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Thirty people attended, including managers and members of an academic gender committee we were on. Innovation thus becomes a powerful tool driven by the intellectual participation of women from diverse contexts.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 24, 2022

Nonprofit fraud makes for great headlines— like the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future accused this year of squandering $48 million of federal funding on luxurious trips, fancy mansions, and other personal costs. . According to The New York Times , the value of nonprofit fraud is approximately $40-50 Billion each year.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

If you’re starting a new nonprofit, you already know that you need to raise money. No two nonprofits are exactly alike. Your fundraising plan should include a detailed activities calendar showing all the various ways you plan to generate funds during the year. As a new nonprofit, you don’t have these benefits.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Over the past 30 years, it has made substantial improvements in the living conditions and social status of people with disabilities due to rapid economic growth, administrative and legislative actions, and the dedicated efforts of nonprofit organizations that champion the disability community.

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Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Volunteers are key to helping nonprofits stay up and running. From donating their time to help out with vital programs and initiatives to lending their professional expertise and skills, volunteers help keep nonprofits on track to complete their goals. Invest in volunteer management software. Make the experience engaging.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Volunteerism Volunteerism Participation and motivation 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

In contrast, a 2017 report found that only 5 percent of nonprofits were using artificial intelligence, and only 28 percent of nonprofits were using data for predictive or prescriptive purposes. The public sector isn’t much different. In the private sector, market forces drive investment in data to stay competitive.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But a nonprofit is not just a fundraising organization. Effective fundraising culture isn’t just different from the rest of the nonprofit. Risk management. Example: Nonprofit allows a broad range of donor-created gift restrictions. Example: Nonprofit allows only a few pre-approved gift restrictions.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Your volunteers do a fantastic job in helping your nonprofit turn its dreams for a better community into reality. When your volunteers feel like their contributions are acknowledged and appreciated, they’ll feel much more inclined to continue participating in the future. Let’s dive in to learn more! Let’s take a closer look!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As nonprofit professionals, we’re constantly seeking effective ways to enhance our fundraising events. Understanding your audience’s values and tailoring stories that resonate with them enhances their connection to your cause—and makes it their story. But the potential for donor engagement and fund generation is immense.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Alliance Management Institute (AMI).

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2022

Every member of your nonprofit team already knows how to build strong relationships with friends, co-workers, family members, significant others, and more. Donor stewardship—also known as stewarding your donors—is the act of building relationships with supporters after they make a donation to your nonprofit. What is donor stewardship?

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 27, 2022

These establish motivation from the main character’s original identity. The donor’s original identity (people, values, or life story) must link to the challenge. For example, the crisis prompting the challenge may be a threat or opportunity for the donor’s people or values. The donor’s values support making the gift.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 20, 2022

These establish motivation from the main character’s original identity. Without this, even a catastrophic threat won’t motivate action. To motivate dramatic action, the problem must be disruptive. The effective ask presents: A crisis (threat or opportunity) for the donor’s people or values. The narrative arc.

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Participation and motivation Altruism and Helping Public and Social Policy Psychology 52

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Tina James​ Senior Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility, Florida Blue Tina James, the senior manager of corporate social responsibility at Florida Blue, is one of 20 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Avoidance Avoidance actively ignores personal mortality. It means some part of one’s identity – one’s people, values, or story – will continue on after death. But to be meaningful, the impact must support one’s people, values, or story. It provides motivation. We’ll be announcing our board participation at the banquet.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 5, 2010

In a nutshell, Gladwell argues that social media merely enable a sort of faux activism … not the “real thing&# of social transformation, a la the sit-ins of the civil rights movement. As he puts it, social net activism “doesn’t require that you confront socially entrenched norms and practices.

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Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Activism Energy 63

iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

This then permits questions that: Connect the donor’s identity (history, people, and values) with the cause, the charity, or the project [ Original Identity → Challenge ] Define a personally meaningful victory [ Victory → Enhanced Identity ], and Make a challenge that promises the victory [Challenge → Victory ]. What does this look like?

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Social Policy Environmental Participation and motivation 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. So that’s something that I really value, and I appreciate that. – [Steven] [inaudible].

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Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Values Activism 78

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

In some ways, I am motivated by winning, Cyndi—I simply want to win. So, year one, I came into an organization with a history of bringing people together, of highlighting important work in the sector and taking stances in support of nonprofit grantees and communities, but not necessarily focusing on mobilization. CS: Right, right.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 23, 2023

For Nonprofits Who Want to Turn Social Media Followers Into Donors, Supporters, and Advocates. Look for part 1 – What’s next for nonprofits and social media – and Part 2 – Where Should you Be on Social media? I think it’s fantastic when nonprofits want to measure social media success and document their results.

Public and Nonprofit Management 62

Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Management Participation and motivation 62

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

At this year’s sector conference, organized by the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a sellout crowd of over 2,200 people participated and considered where CDFIs needed to go and what they needed to do. One was the rise of nonprofits within the CDFI sector. An overwhelming majority of CDFIs today, however, are nonprofits.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

“UNABLE TO INTERVENE” by Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” We are motivated to run the campaigns that we do because we want to live in a world where Black people and people of color can thrive.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In doing so, my job is to write and design to connect and motivate my audience: be it to volunteer, donate, sign a petition, engage, et cetera. Relevance: When we know who our audience is and what they value, and use our creativity to connect to that identity, we display relevance. Actively promote voices that must be heard.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

CFRE will explain how fundraisers can persuade ‘powers that be’ that they should actively promote legacy giving, even (especially) now. In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. Claire Axelrad, J.D., Claire: Absolutely.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

This article is, with publisher permission, adapted from a more extensive journal article, “ A Tax Credit Proposal for Profit Moderation and Social Mission Maximization in Long-Term Residential Care Businesses ” published last year by Nonprofit Policy Forum. These statistics hold true across time and national boundaries (Brennan et al.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Increase the use of Black asset managers and Black-owned investment firms. asks Dorian Burton, managing partner of the Southern Reconstruction Fund. Although managing endowments is a vital lever for philanthropy to engage, it’s a subject we plan to explore in more depth in follow-up writing beyond this article. Pick any gap.

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Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Culture Foundations 143

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2012

On Tuesday, I shared a Theory of Change for nonprofit marketing. For example, what is “content marketing” and why should nonprofits shift toward it? Creating and sharing communications that are truly relevant and valuable to others outside your organization will require a major transformation within many nonprofits.

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Marketing Marketing Participation and motivation Recruitment 77

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang besides the webinars, we are also a provider of donor management software. But don’t do that right now because I am so excited to have one of my favorite people in the nonprofit sector. I’m the nonprofit education manager over at Qgiv. So check that out.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Your partner calls the midwife , who reminds you what active labor looks and feels like , and how to know when it is time to come in. The resulting public health response is to “close the gap” and aim to level the rates of Black maternal and infant outcomes to match those of the white population. Hours later , you are on your way.

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Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 120

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? 7 Legislators and regulators often allocate public dollars for clean energy technologies through partial incentives, rebates, or tax incentives.

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Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 91

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” …I advise everybody, be a little careful…best stay woke, keep their eyes open. 7 But it’s not just California where workers are making gains.

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Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Food Universities 95

Nonprofit Fixer

JULY 23, 2020

Thousands of nonprofits have this challenge every year. This is why organizations need to guide and educate donors and foundations in evaluating nonprofits. Why do we set up our nonprofit sector like this???) By helping funders be more flexible, you are doing the whole nonprofit field a favor. This is bull!

Public and Social Policy 52

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

As young professionals who have served both as members and staff managers of these groups, Sarah Willey and Corinne Austin will lead you through the research on Next Gen supporters, challenges to anticipate, and steps your organization can take to start a new young friends board from scratch OR to maximize the potential of your existing group.

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Recruitment Leadership Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 57

Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

We are here to talk about the next wave, what are those emerging trends in nonprofit social media marketing. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond these webinars, we’re also a donor management software provider, so if you’re curious about that and want to check us out. So going to be a cool one for sure.

Marketing 79

Marketing Marketing Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 79

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

The solidarity economy is a global movement that offers a framework to connect practices that are aligned with the values of solidarity, democracy, equity, sustainability, and pluralism (not a one-size-fits-all approach), all of which articulate a post-capitalist system that puts the welfare of people and planet front and center.

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