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9 free eBooks to help you brush up on basics and build new skills

Candid

Summer is a great time to explore Candid’s collection of free eBooks and audiobooks for titles that can help you achieve your goals as a nonprofit professional. This comprehensive guide provides step-by-step instructions, real-life examples, and templates to help you master the art of writing successful grant proposals.

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Revenue And Characteristics Of Donors With Empathy

The NonProfit Times

These altruists offer a challenge for evolutionary accounts of altruistic motivation: that we are motivated to help others if there is a potential for future benefit of our own (reciprocal altruism; Trivers, 1971 ), or to facilitate the continuation of our genes (kin altruism; Dawkins, 1979 ), according to the authors.

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Dr. James explains why identifying with others is so powerful in a donor’s hero story

iMarketSmart

Natural origins of giving: I am like them Altruism means I give away something valuable to help another. Most altruism in animals matches this model. How could natural selection lead to altruism? It helps you, but it costs me. Altruism is still costly. This opens the possibility for reciprocal altruism.

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Surviving Election Season: What Every Nonprofit Needs To Know Now

Bloomerang

They give to help those in need, support community well being, or further a mission they believe in. Their generosity is fueled by altruism and the tangible impact they see from the nonprofits they choose to support. I hope I’ve helped you put those election jitters to rest. So, what’s the lesson here?

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Deck The Halls With Donor Appreciation: Holiday Gifts To Donors

Bloomerang

The Yale researchers who conducted the study, George Newman, and Jeremy Shen, found that the most probable reason for the negative effect on contributions was that the gift activated a feeling of selfishness in donors, which, in turn, reduced altruism and cut the average donation. The lesson is that quality matters more than quantity.

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Ideology, identity, and philanthropy (PLUS! bonus Blueprint 24 Buzzword)

Philanthropy 2173

Effective altruism, on the other hand, is all three - ideology, identity, and philanthropic approach. In the upcoming Blueprint24 (due out on December 15 - will be free and downloadable here ) - I look at the role of Effective Altruism in the burgeoning universe of AI organizations. But I digress. A self-professed identity.

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The Real Way to Raise Money

iMarketSmart

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors and, with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support.