NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Until 2019, most engaged volunteers were White and motivated by concerns with food justice. A young nonprofit, LACE is also learning to navigate private philanthropy, public funding, and public/private financing, as well as governance and operational matters. Another option was to sell the land to generate funds for Smoketown.

Food 101

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 101

iMarketSmart

MARCH 20, 2022

At the heart of philanthropy is story. In one experiment, people could donate to help children in a famine. For some people, donations helped five pictured children. For other people, donations helped only one of the five children. For some people, the drugs would save eight children. Story starts with character.

Organizational Behavior 52

Organizational Behavior Children Fundraising Fundraising 52

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2022

Attending the silent auction event usually incurs a couvert charge, attendees may use their philanthropy budget on attending the event rather than bidding on auction items. You can’t just open up an event fundraiser and hope that people participate. Communicating how to participate is a little more work.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Energy 52

The Agitator

MAY 23, 2018

Last week, I talked about the jobs-to-be-done framework to look at donor motivation. As a parent, I would like to involve my children in my philanthropy so that they can learn about the world and see their own duty to help those less fortunate. As you can tell, there’s plenty of meat on these bones.

Marketing 45

Marketing Marketing Participation and motivation Donor Motivation 45

The Agitator

AUGUST 12, 2018

As our donor pools shrink from overfishing, it’s important for us to bring new people to giving and philanthropy. But, to insure a brighter future we need to look beyond this and motivate folks who care about our subject matter to give– perhaps for the first time. The participants said engagement was low on the site.

Advertising 40

Advertising Participation and motivation Insurance Law 40

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

For example, one participant mentioned that if capitalism worked the way it’s “supposed” to—by creating products needed by individuals and markets meeting that demand—it wouldn’t drive overconsumption; other participants noted that manufacturers market in a predatory way that leads to excessive consumption.

Agriculture 77

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 77

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. We’ve got almost 100% participation and it looks like it’s a tie. So what does it look like?

Participation and motivation 76

Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Values Activism 76

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Nneka Jones Tapia, the Chicago Children’s Museum, the Center for Childhood Resilience at the Lurie Children’s Hospital, and one of the largest single-site jails in the United States—an effort that has resulted in ongoing child-centered visits for the more than 70,000 children with parents who are detained at the Cook County Jail each year.

Participation and motivation 120

Participation and motivation Health Culture Environmental 120

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

So let’s begin with what motivated me to do today’s session. And I understand the impulse to avoid the subject, no one likes to face their mortality, but that’s not really what legacy philanthropy is about. And, as a philanthropy facilitator, you have an opportunity, I would say, a responsibility to help.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Insurance Values Psychology 130

Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the coming years, trillions of dollars in wealth held by the Baby Boomer generation (born from 1955– 1964) are poised to transfer to their children and grandchildren, millennials (1981 – 1996) and Generation Z (1997 –2012). This offers a glimpse into the significant role their charitable priorities will play in the future of philanthropy.

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Environmental Participation and motivation Foundations 119

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

2008 study by Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton and colleagues : Researchers found giving to anyone other than themselves lifted participants’ happiness more than self-spending, despite participants’ predictions to the contrary. But whenever children asked, João couldn’t help reaching for his wallet.

Altruism and Helping 126

Altruism and Helping Health Participation and motivation Philanthropy 126