Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2025

Todays question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to reach older donors: Dear Charity Clairity, Our donor base is aging, and Im wondering what guidelines you might suggest to assure our print and digital mailings are easy for folks to read and interact with? This will simply be a distraction from your main purpose.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 10, 2025

A widely circulated statistic is that there are more than a million nonprofits in the United States—a statistic that sparks both appreciation and dismay. But did you know that 69 percent of nonprofits—nearly seven in 10—have budgets of less than $50,000? That means that most of these nonprofits are all-volunteer organizations (AVOs).

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 7, 2025

Foreign assistance” implies charity to strangers, prompting policymakers to ask how much altruism they can afford. Smarter incentives and stronger market signals can help. Done well, humanitarian and development assistance is not a handout but the catalyst for a partnership in global stability. Build humanitarian bridges.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Giving Tuesday , celebrated globally on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, embodies the spirit of generosity and altruism. We’ll not only define the essence of Giving Tuesday but also shed light on its profound significance for nonprofits. As the holiday season approaches, so does an opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

To be an effective nonprofit leader , you need to be well-versed in fundraising best practices and able to create a robust fundraising strategy for your organization. This process involves analyzing donor data, choosing the best fundraisers to host, and leveraging strategies that help you easily raise more for your mission.

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Candid

JUNE 26, 2024

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. Nonprofit fundraising basics Even for experienced fundraisers, it’s always a good idea to refresh core strategies to get the funding your organization needs.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Today and tomorrow, we welcome guest blogger Sean Kosofsky to explain an important marketing concept for all nonprofits to understand: Your Unique Value Proposition (UVP). But the process of developing a UVP can feel foreign and unnatural, especially for nonprofits. The tips below will help your nonprofit create your UVP.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2024

Every four years, nonprofits ask me whether the oncoming flood of emails and direct mail from the presidential race will hurt their fundraising. Analytical Ones studied giving patterns among 50 nonprofits for the past 10 years. They give to help those in need, support community well being, or further a mission they believe in.

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Getting Attention

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I wasn't surprised to read about yet another high-priced study confirming that altruism is innate in today's New York Times (covering the just-published Why We Cooperate. So it makes sense, evolution-wise, that we're wired to help and give. Tags: Nonprofit Communications People. What's your take? Subscribe today.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s the crew that knows who is on board, what baggage they brought, their feelings about flying, and how to help people cope with turbulence.  When the Captain comes on the PA system to inform everyone about the flight plan, they often sound like ‘the adults’ in the Peanuts specials. All of them. Make it a big deal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

She helps brands grow engagement and build relationships with their audience. The pandemic has drastically altered the ways nonprofits interact with their supporters. Without in-person events, nonprofits are turning to digital and social media to fundraise and grow their supporter base. COVID-19 obviously changed this dynamic.

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

MARCH 29, 2013

But as someone working for a mission you know it’s something else—altruism. But what may surprise you is this isn’t just a truism in the nonprofit sector. Grant focuses on workplace psychology and the effects of altruism in your career. Helping others, it seems, helps ourselves. (As

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A nonprofit CEO, Dorethea, asks, “ Should I send holidays gifts to donors ?” In some cases, the extrinsic motivator — the premium — isn’t nearly good enough to match or exceed the intrinsic motivation, the altruism of giving. It also depends on your previous conversations or donor surveys. What gifts works? Yes or No.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2020

As a nonprofit, there are certain ways you can encourage your donors to use their phones for good. With these methods, your nonprofit can advocate for general philanthropy and altruism. In a few different instances, you can even point donors toward helping the cause that your nonprofit champions. RoundUp App.

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 6, 2018

Should are marketing move people more to "effective altruism" instead of "warm-glow altruism"? That may explain why they are giving less to nonprofits and more to social enterprises. Need some help? Interesting! The case AGAINST having empathy. Video, 3 min.] ???? Men expect something in return for their donation.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Nonprofits are set up to support a variety of social causes, such as educational, health, scientific, public safety, and human rights. organizations that qualify as nonprofits are exempt from federal tax liability under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 501(c). In the U.S., What’s planned for the National Philanthropy Day?

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

AUGUST 9, 2012

Social norms are governed by values of community selflessness and altruism. When we are primed to give based on social norms, we donate because we want to make a difference and help others. They also discovered happier people help others more, and they give more. ” So what’s a nonprofit to do?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Each year I select 31 Favorite Nonprofits to which I donate 10% of my webinar income. Part of the reason is a commitment to altruism, but I also use (for lack of a better word) these 31 nonprofits to study how nonprofits are progressing in online fundraising, social media and mobile communications.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

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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Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 15, 2023

You also know that SVB had lots of money in accounts held by nonprofit organizations, including affordable housing organizations. As for SVB, you may have seen stories or tweets or blog posts about how the collapse of SVB will lead to an immediate funding disaster for all Bay Area nonprofits. I want to posit two things.

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Getting Attention

JULY 16, 2015

Hope: Brains work on stories, and humorous stories activate altruism and hopefulness. If you’ve seen any of these films from Participant Media — The Cove, Contagion, The Help, Food Inc. P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your inbox! Please comment here.

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The Agitator

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Just to keep the pot boiling here’s a follow-up on my Premiums, Crack Cocaine and Nonprofit Suicide post that spawned some helpful comments. In essence, the prospect of receiving a gift activated a feeling of selfishness which, in turn, reduced altruism and consequently cut the average donation.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2014

Let’s apply nonprofit-logic to some day-to-day life choices: 1. Do we practice the same philosophy in our nonprofits? Investing in Your Nonprofit (and Your People). Your nonprofit exists to help the world. You want every possible dollar you get to help fulfill your mission. Believe us, it’s not altruism.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 24, 2023

4] Giving doesn’t help the donor. But it can help the donor’s genes. Giving is genetically helpful when, My Cost < (Their Benefit X Our Similarity). If a donor identifies with the factor, emphasizing it will help. Sharing similarities can help. It can help specific people. Natural origins In 1964, W.

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The Agitator

AUGUST 16, 2009

Zach Bonner set out to help homeless kids in his area of Florida. More and more there is public recognition for youth fundraising and volunteerism, including valuable scholarships, leading some cynics to question the altruism involved. Tags: Don't Miss these Posts charities fundraising nonprofit management philanthropy.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 8, 2014

Mark Titi is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and the founder of Wobbly Nonprofit. _. You see, nonprofit organizations can’t just cook up core values to make themselves look attractive. Nonprofits continue to be faced with a tidal wave of new issues and challenges. Why do you look so darn surprised, young fella?

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

In fact, according to findings from a recent APA survey of 1,500 employees across for-profit, nonprofit, and government sectors, more than 80 percent of adult workers in the US will look for workplaces that are conducive to their mental health.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

So, find ways to make your supporters feel like they are part of your mission and making an impact and you will help them release dopamine and oxytocin. In other words, help each supporter feel like he or she is the hero in their own life story. Altruism is selflessness. Allow them to feel that they are being altruistic.

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Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

For many people, the holiday season is also a time of charity and of helping others less fortunate. Just as retail has its big days leading up to the holidays (Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Super Saturday), altruism has #GivingTuesday on November 29, and we want to help you find #GivingTuesday success. Set Objectives .

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Cause Camp is a nonprofit conference that has been nationally recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the best conferences in America for the nonprofit sector. But before it became the nonprofit conference sensation that it is now, Cause Camp started with humble roots. Ultimately, it will drive better attendance.”.

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iMarketSmart

MAY 17, 2024

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.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Today, nonprofit fundraising and especially large capital campaigns emphasize naming opportunities to attract seven-, eight-, and nine-figure donations from high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). In response, I returned to school to study fundraising and nonprofit sector leadership and their relationship to normative ethics.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Tammy Moloy is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and a Senior Consultant with Ashley|Rountree and Associates, a leading regional non-profit consulting firm based in Louisville, Kentucky. In light of the ALS Association’s recent epic success, the nonprofit industry is abuzz with talk of how to recreate the next Ice Bucket Challenge.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Whatever your potential volunteers are interested in, help them identify those causes and choose the ones whose passions align with your organization’s cause. If your organization’s cause is all about education, seek those who value knowledge and altruism. Values, on the other hand, tend to grow and develop rather than change.

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Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The holiday season inspires a certain sense of altruism. GivingTuesday is one of the most impactful days of the year for nonprofit fundraising, and the numbers are certainly there to back up these claims. As the holiday season approaches, you’ll need to make sure your nonprofit is primed to host a successful #GivingTuesday campaign.

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Lets Talk Nonprofit

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In fact, if you're a nonprofit, your stories should be different - very different - depending on your audience. We talk about the importance of using data to help tell the story in your grant proposals. As a grant writer, use context to help your reader put the numbers in perspective. Comparisons can help paint a picture.

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