The Charity CFO

JULY 10, 2023

To outsiders, it’s often assumed that all any nonprofit status is basically the same. But those starting and operating these critical organizations know there’s much more to the various nonprofit statuses, with varying rules and qualifications for each. What Does it Mean to Have a Nonprofit Status?

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Non-Profits Public Policy 52

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The IRS recognizes 45,387 501(c)(5) entities, which include both unions and agriculture/horticultural organizations. Unions often negotiate with employers to allow convenient contributions to charity (most notably United Way) through direct payroll deductions and can mobilize members to volunteer for local nonprofits.

Voluntarism 105

Voluntarism Agriculture Homelessness Philanthropy 105

MNA Association

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Written by Jim Bennet, MNA Board of Directors and Montana Community Foundation Gift Planning Officer As we approach the end of 2023, many estate planning professionals are preparing for 2025 in earnest, as potential estate tax changes loom on the horizon.

Law 52

Law Agriculture Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising 52

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Starting a Nonprofit: Basic FAQs What is a nonprofit?

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 85

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

For many Americans, the term rural elicits simplified imagery of people and places—primarily White, living in small towns, focused on agriculture, and impoverished. Rural communities have varied local economies, which include manufacturing , healthcare, the service sector, and agriculture. What do you picture when you think of rural?

Poverty 104

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 104

Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Please post YOUR nonprofit marketing job here. Fox Foundation (New York, NY). Communications Manager Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NY metro area). Director of Marketing National Psoriasis Foundation (Portland, OR). Nonprofit Marketing & Communications Jobs—February 2, 2015.

Communication 67

Communication Agriculture Public and Nonprofit Management Associations 67

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. Nonprofits Must Listen With Their Ears, Not With Their Eyes by Kaitlyn Ram Bo. A ‘Balancing Test’ for Foundation Spending by Dimple Abichandani.

Civil Society 111

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll share funding and grant resources for nonprofits involved in the education sector. The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Cornell Douglas Foundation. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation. Emeril Lagasse Foundation. The Barney Family Foundation. Burkle Foundation.

Education 92

Education Education Children Public and Nonprofit Management 92

The Kindful Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Nonprofit Advertising Benchmark Study is a report from Whole Whale , a B Corp digital agency that works with nonprofit and social impact organizations. Whole Whale works with nonprofits and published this data to help organization leaders have a better idea of how to set their fundraising and advertising budgets.

Advertising 87

Advertising Agriculture Healthcare Nonprofits 87

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Image credit: islander11 on istock.com MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist once married to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has awarded $16 billion of her personal fortune in philanthropic grants through her Yield Giving foundation since 2019. NPQ was a recipient of a grant from Yield Giving in 2021.)

Race and Ethnicity 70

Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy Education Education 70

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The composition of leadership shifted soon after the grocery’s formal incorporation in mid-2019, with the first LCG and LACE (Louisville Association for Community Economics, the nonprofit developer of the grocery store) board elections seeing candidates of color chosen for a majority of seats. Such donations by foundations are not common.

Food 104

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 104

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Getting to Know Dorian Hines, Our New Partner Benefits Manager We are excited to welcome Dorian Hines to Momentum Nonprofit Partners! He has volunteered with a great number of nonprofit organizations throughout his career. Why are you excited to work for Momentum Nonprofit Partners? The nonprofit sector is a community.

Management 84

Management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 84

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 19, 2023

Imagine talking about a decline in agriculture but not talking about farmers. And after 37 years in nonprofit fundraising, I can say that the field of nonprofit fundraising has some chronic problems that impact giving, which are, for this reason, commonly overlooked. Amazing right? Not to mention other groups).

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Culture Agriculture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

Our next 10-year vision, set in 2020, will see us impact 10 million farmers, predominantly through a systems change model that works alongside public, private and NGO actors in key agricultural systems. We need to see more public-private funding partnerships as part of, and to follow, big bets.

Finance 72

Finance Governance Philanthropy Health 72

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 22, 2023

Helping underserved communities Wadhwani AI is an independent nonprofit institute that develops AI-based solutions for underserved communities in developing countries. While the improvement may seem incremental, further model enhancement will most likely increase its precision.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Medical Children 52

The Agitator

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

billion … although #1, Margaret Cargill, an heir to the fortune of her grandfather’s Cargill Corporation (agriculture and food production), gave $6 billion of that in a bequest to her two foundations (which give to the American Red Cross, Nature Conservancy, YMCA and Public Broadcasting Service, among others).

Entrepreneurship 69

Entrepreneurship Agriculture Philanthropy Food 69

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

As Lobao and Kelly found, small businesses, local governments, and nonprofits often lack the capacity and expertise to complete and submit lengthy, technical funding or assistance applications. It requires listening and honoring those with the knowledge, relationships, and skills to guide investments and programs to success.

Values 119

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 119

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Editors’ note: This article is from the fall 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly , “The Face of Climate Change. ”. The people’s removal from their homelands is a critical part of the story that is often ignored, minimized, or justified as a natural progression of agricultural civilization. But, is it?

Environmental 100

Environmental Culture Food Values 100

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders. And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. This work is worth supporting.

Food 110

Food Finance Community Development Culture 110

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Seeking to address the root causes of food insecurity in its own backyard, the Anthem Foundation (a philanthropic arm of the major Indianapolis-based health insurance company, Anthem, Inc. ), funded the initiative with a $2.45 Another local leader is Danielle Guerin , who founded and leads a nonprofit called the Soul Food Project.

Food 96

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 96

Getting Attention

MARCH 10, 2011

But today I want to invite those of you attending this years Nonprofit Technology Conference (a.k.a. 11NTC, which is sold out, but you can still participate online ) to join me in the following sessions : 1) Nonprofit Marketing Affinity Group: Thursday, March 17, 11-12:30, Lincoln West, Hilton. That’s how most nonprofits operate.

Marketing 61

Marketing Marketing Agriculture Nonprofits 61

Getting Attention

JUNE 14, 2011

That’s one of the reasons I’m so looking forward to working with a small group of nonprofit communicators (no more than 10) like you this summer, leading them through this immersion program to learn how to develop messages collaboratively—with me, the other program participants, and their colleagues and external audiences. Give It a Try.

Collaborations 64

Collaborations Participation and motivation Agriculture Activism 64

Getting Attention

MAY 3, 2011

Many nonprofits are bridging print and digital content in creative ways that make their annual reports interactive, engaging and attention-grabbing. Getting Attention reader, Tara, of the Watershed Agricultural Council shared how WAC has shortened its print edition and uses issu for the digital version.

Public and Nonprofit Management 74

Public and Nonprofit Management Agriculture Medical Philanthropy 74

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 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? And Gabriela, the Sewall Foundation has really encouraged the conservation community’s effort to do our own learning through the First Light collaboration.

Nonprofit governance and management 96

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Editors’ note: This article is from the fall 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly, “The Face of Climate Change.” For example, the Black origins of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) were eclipsed by white farmers, 14 and Indigenous fights against government-provided commodity foods were marginalized. food is life.

Food 137

Food Culture Agriculture Health 137

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Starting and growing your organization is a lot easier when you have a nonprofit business plan. Maybe they don’t know what a nonprofit business plan can do to help them. There’s also a common misconception out there that because your organization is labeled a “nonprofit” it doesn’t need to operate like a business.

Homelessness 124

Homelessness Nonprofits Agriculture Management 124

Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 24, 2013

A new report by CompassPoint called UnderDeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising is getting lots of press. Although income for your nonprofit seems a pretty straight forward need, an effective fundraising requires conflicting skill sets. And want to feel that your nonprofit is thankful for their gifts.

Agriculture 101

Agriculture Education Education Fundraising 101

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Whatever you think about the growing role of megadonors in the nonprofit field, the sheer size—often equivalent to the total annual revenue of recipients—of the unrestricted grants that donors such as MacKenzie Scott have made to hundreds of nonprofits has injected a new sense of possibility into the field.

Philanthropy 125

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Agriculture Culture 125

NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 4, 2015

According to a report issued by the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, rural-based organizations received just 5.5 While that estimate might seem low, the author also examined other ways to determine the amount of financial support rural-based projects received from foundations in 2010.

Agriculture 53

Agriculture Governance Foundations Education 53

Getting Attention

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week I had the opportunity to join three fantastic colleagues to share guidance on this crucial nonprofit marketing challenge at #11NTC (NTEN’s annual conference). Gold Foundation; and Tara Collins, Communications Director at the Watershed Agricultural Council! Only 16% of nonprofits have marketing plans.

Agriculture 72

Agriculture Marketing Marketing Nonprofits 72

Selfish Giving

APRIL 25, 2018

Nicole Beckley from National FFA Foundation raised her hand! This usually coincides with our annual National FFA Week and raises money for grants to local FFA chapters to develop or improve an agricultural project (read some great stories about these projects here). Are they on your prospect list! I'll wait.OK, how did you do?

Retail 100

Retail Agriculture Public and Nonprofit Management Law 100

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.” Imagine this. Flint, MI, has clean water and kids aren’t poisoned by lead.

Non-Profits 97

Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management Finance Nonprofit governance and management 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The lucky grantees included clusters on clean energy, next-gen agriculture, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, and robotics, among others. The nonprofit I founded, Tulsa Innovation Labs (TIL), led strategy for Tulsa’s proposal. 35 million went to Oklahoma City and $38.2 million went to Tulsa.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Manufacturing Governance 119

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 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.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 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? And over time, instead of starting new foundations, wealth was given over to democratic loan funds to redistribute. .” She’s right.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 116

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the Rippel Foundation, we are part of a broad movement to change this. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others, we developed the vital conditions framework. As in North Sound, there is a significant migrant farming community due to large agricultural businesses.

Health 82

Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 82

The NonProfit Times

MAY 7, 2024

While decisions regarding whether to focus on prospecting or donor retention are often rooted in economics (prospect in boom times, retain when conditions are rough), leaders at the New York City-based nonprofit see the 2024 election year as an opportune time for bringing on new supporters.

Retention 59

Retention Participation and motivation Volunteerism Volunteerism 59