The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 15, 2024

Here are nine ways to build a board that prioritizes fundraising — and help them succeed. By Lisa Schohl Getty Images You shouldn’t assume trustees know how to raise money simply because they joined your board, experts say.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 12, 2023

As you begin a New Year, it is a valuable time to revisit your fundraising goals and build a stronger culture of philanthropy among your donors, board members and professional team.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . Because you are the one person, or one department, actually charged with living and breathing philanthropy on a daily basis. You are the philanthropy facilitator. . Why is that?

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 18, 2025

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 4, 2021

Early in my nonprofit career, I learned that the job of a fundraising professional was securing resources to achieve a financial goal that would serve my employer. So, what does it look like to begin transforming your development practice in the context of community centric fundraising ? Collaborative Fundraising.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 4, 2024

Among the forces that will shape development this year: artificial intelligence, the explosion of DAFs, and the culture wars. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images Among the forces that will shape development this year: artificial intelligence, the explosion of DAFs, and the culture wars.

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Clairification

MARCH 27, 2025

Its not about philanthropy or fundraising. Your organization has a culture of philanthropy. Without goodwill and a culture of philanthropy , youre not going to achieve anywhere near as much as you could or should. I dont usually do this, but today Im incorporating the full text of a blog by Seth Godin.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Todays question comes from a nonprofit leader who wants metrics and advice on how to justify and calculate fundraiser salaries: Dear Charity Clairity, I am looking for some updated industry standards for fundraising metrics around staff positions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

This nonprofit culture strategy post is part 3 in a 3-part series. Let’s move now to the third and final pillar: nonprofit culture strategy. . Pillar #3—No More Othering: Your Nonprofit Culture Strategy in 2021 and Beyond. Your culture will make or break fundraising success, especially over the long term.

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Clairification

APRIL 22, 2024

Get on the Pathway to Passionate Philanthropy, Not Forgettable Fundraising Philanthropy is a mindset. An embracing culture. Fundraising is a means towards that end. Servant to philanthropy. Philanthropy, not fundraising. Sustainable fundraising takes a village. A noble value.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 23, 2025

The State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey comes amid inflation, uncertainty, and federal government funding pullbacks that impact education, healthcare, affordable housing, arts and culture, and more. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("pid",

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

PART 2 In Part 1 we looked at results from the recent Generosity Commission Report and how it’s important for you to shift your culture to meet the current moment. Philanthropy is on the subscription bandwagon, too! Consider enrolling in a course like the Veritus Group’s Certification Course for Major Gift Fundraisers.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A new focus in the nonprofit sector is the importance of organizations building a culture of philanthropy, and recruiting board members requires a balanced approach. This brings us to the age-old three Ts on nonprofit involvement: time, talent, and treasure.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 14, 2025

Introduction If you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably involved in fundraising in some capacity. What if your entire organizationnot just the development departmentfelt a sense of ownership and responsibility for fundraising success? Because when fundraising becomes a team effort, the results speak for themselves.

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Veritus Group

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The post Why Fundraising Needs to Embrace a More Collective Culture appeared first on Veritus Group. The more we work collaboratively and lean on our collective skills, the better we can connect donors to our mission in meaningful ways.

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Candid

MARCH 19, 2025

These resources offer data on disparities and tips on how to counter themas fundraisers and as grantmakers. Surviving and thriving as fundraisers of color. Ivonne Simms, an educational programming manager at Candid, shares excerpts from Candids virtual workshop Fundraisers of Color: From Surviving to Thriving.

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Candid

DECEMBER 18, 2024

population, but from every measurement in philanthropy including grants to Latinx-focused nonprofit organizations to representation among board members and staff, you wouldnt know there were 62 million of us. These organizations overwhelmingly have small budgets and limited staffing and fundraising capacity. We are 20% of the U.S.

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Clairification

APRIL 25, 2024

Get on the Pathway to Passionate Philanthropy, Not Forgettable Fundraising In Part 1 I laid out why philanthropy inspires, and fundraising tires. Fundraising must be done, of course, but there’s something about how it’s too often practiced that turns too many people off.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 27, 2024

With all of this in mind, even if it has never been a targeted approach at your organization, delving deeper into the trove of research we have about Women’s Philanthropy could be an incredible tool for your fundraising success. Change organizational culture to impact the bottom line Know thyself.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 7, 2025

The issues at hand went beyond organizational inefficiencies and cultural miscues; rather, it was apparent that illegal actions may have occurred, along with toxic behaviors. The firms recommendations covered three main categories: Business culture; financial health; and transparency for the stakeholders.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The big question is: How will generational shifts and donors’ evolving values and social interests shape the face of future philanthropy and perceptions of giving? What’s more, an estimated $12 trillion of that will find its way into philanthropy, either through foundations, donor-advised funds, impact investing, or personal direct action.  

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 11, 2025

The two deadliest words in fundraising are: Annual Fund The first word suggests one gives simply because the Earth orbits around the Sun again. This cannot be achieved by merely changing our fundraising vocabulary. Jim Langley is the president of Langley Innovations.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2022

Don’t think of yourself as a “fundraiser.” Think of yourself, instead, as a “ philanthropy facilitator.” Philanthropy” translated from the Greek literally means “ love (philos) of humanity (Anthropos).” . When people ask me the secret to successful fundraising, I tell them there are three secrets: .

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Philanthropy comes in many forms. For over a decade, Black Philanthropy Month has been a time of reflection on Black philanthropists’ contributions—including the contributions of Black liberation movements. It also encourages me to rethink the definition of philanthropy itself. But to me, this is what philanthropy looks like.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 20, 2025

An organization posts an open fundraising job. The person who gets the job saw the delusional thinking in the job description, but, considering it par for the course in the world of fundraising, claimed to have worked a few of those miracles in a previous position or two. They’re looking for a miracle worker.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 8, 2025

To answer that question, let’s look at the roles of nonprofit staff, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropy. Pay volunteer directors as if they were fundraisers, because they are. But organizational culture starts at the top. Pay volunteer directors as if they were fundraisers, because they are.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 25, 2025

Elroy Serrao , CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons This article is the second of a three-part series: Saving Philanthropy: Creating Rules of the Road for Donor-Advised Funds. DAFs don’t only give quickly by facilitating mass-scale, lower-dollar fundraising campaigns, however. These examples are critical.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2025

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Might you have opportunities to grow your fundraising through public donor listings? Especially if it opens up that time for more high-yielding fundraising and donor retention activities. A lot depends on your culture and who your donors are.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. We know this from researchers like Penelope Burk (author of Donor-Centered Fundraising ), who found in study after study across the U.S. With the culture established by the executive director. Fundraising should be on the agenda at every board meeting.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Funding Priority: Arts & Culture.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 26, 2021

11/15: National Philanthropy Day. Email messages of gratitude around Thanksgiving are a great way to kick off a series of fundraising emails in November and December. Pop Culture, Events, and News. Or share how your supporters can show kindness to others in a way that aligns with your cause. 11/15: America Recycles Day.

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Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s.

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Affnetz

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dive into the transformative realm of fundraising as we unravel the profound impact of the 10 Principles of Community-Centric Fundraising. Let’s explore the Community-Centric Fundraising model, the 10 principles of community centric fundraising, and understand why it can be a game-changer for your Nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 5, 2025

After a fulfilling career as an advancement practitioner for three different institutions of higher learning followed by an equally satisfying chapter serving as a fundraising trainer/ consultant, that sentiment conveys even more significance. I recognize that a lot of people dont associate fundraising with something to be excited about.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The less than good fundraising news continues to roll in. These are among the data release by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. The FEP is led by the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy and GivingTuesday. The data is contributed by 10 of the most active fundraising platforms. Dollars declined by 10.3% year-over-year.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

I write a LOT about the role of the fundraiser as “ philanthropy facilitator.” ” This individual guides people along the pathway to passionate philanthropy. Philanthropy facilitators don’t do the work for donors, but with them — standing by their side along the journey.

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Affnetz

JANUARY 20, 2023

How Do You Get Nonprofit Board Members to Fundraise? Fundraising Campaign Management / By Mike Crum First off, when you recruited board members – did you tell them they would have to be involved in fundraising? Chances are, you’ve got 2 to 3 board members doing all the fundraising work. Sound about right?

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