Mon.Feb 24, 2025

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Philanthropy Advising Is a 'Wild West' — and Increasingly Influential

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

As wealth concentrates and more donors look for help starting or expanding their giving, they're turning to advisors for guidance. One network of advisors helped ultra-wealthy clients give $60 billion in 2024, or about 9 percent of all philanthropy. By Eden Stiffman Getty Images As wealth concentrates and more donors look for help starting or expanding their giving, they're turning to advisors for guidance.

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From Uprooted to Uplifted: The Movement to Restore Indigenous Land Rights

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Solange Bandiaky-Badji , Lindsey Allen , Brittany Boettcher & Tanya Pham On a May morning in 2023, more than 200 Indigenous, local community, and Afro-descendant women from 20 countries on four continents bustled into a hotel meeting space in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, each with their own dreams for how the day would play out.

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Refugees and Their Sponsors Feel Stuck After Halt to Programs Letting Communities Resettle Newcomers

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Public-private partnerships where nonprofits organized citizens to sponsor refugees are now in limbo. By James Pollard, Associated Press MIAMI Marta Lavandier, AP photo Rita Breus, left, and daughter Rivly, with a photo of grandmother Erzule Paul. Rivly runs operations at the Erzule Paul Foundation, which helps refugees resettle in the United States.

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How This Food Bank is Helping to Reduce Food Insecurity

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

In this episode, Rob Harter is joined by Eric Hodel, CEO of Midwest Food Bank, to discuss how his organization is tackling food insecurity on both a national and international scale. Midwest Food Bank has grown to serve 23 states in the U.S., multiple countries, and provide disaster relief—all with a highly efficient distribution model and a dedicated volunteer base.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Michigan Hospital Lands $30 Million for Emergency Room and Women’s Health-Care Services

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The late Michigan businessman Steve Stolaruks bequest will help Trinity Health Oakland Hospital expand services and support future construction projects. By Maria Di Mento Trinity Health Michigan Steve Stolaruk left $30 million to support the expansion of Trinity Health Oakland Hospitals emergency department and its womens health services. Plus, a struggling art school in San Francisco and three universities received big gifts.

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4 Mistakes Nonprofits Make When Embarking Upon a Capital Campaign

NonProfit PRO

Here are four of the biggest mistakes that Ive seen nonprofits make when they delve into a capital campaign.

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From Margin to Mainstream: Social Innovation for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Cheryl Dorsey & Shivani Garg Patel Societies around the world are in peril: Eroding trust. Backsliding democratic norms. Accelerating global challengesfrom political instability and division to climate-related natural disasters and inequalityare roiling nations around the world. In response to these mounting threats, the public has grown both weary and wary.

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Report: Crypto Giving Exceeds $1B in 2024

NonProfit PRO

The "2025 Annual Report on Crypto Philanthropy" revealed that 2024 was the biggest year yet for cryptocurrency donations.

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Nonprofit Fundraising: We Have a Semantics Problem

Clairification

Whats in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet , said Shakespeare. But, would it? Seth Godin thinks words matter. As do I. Thats just semantics Just? The meaning of the word is the reason we used the word. If we dont agree about the meaning of the word, we havent communicated. Instead of, thats just semantics, it seems more productive to say, Im confident we have a semantics problem.

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Amid USAID Cuts, a Ukrainian Aid Worker’s Plea to Philanthropy: 'Stand With Us'

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian nonprofits are facing yet another test of endurance. By Anna Pantiukhova Kateryna Lashchkova/IsraAID A Ukrainian woman collects drinking water from an IsraAID filtration station in Mykolaiv. On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian nonprofits are facing yet another test of endurance.

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Everyday actions you can take to keep the world kind, just, and joyful amidst the rise in hate and bigotry

Non Profit AF

Hi everyone, if youre free next week, March 4 to 6, please join me at the virtual Nonprofit Marketing Summit:

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Action: Your Antidote to Anxiety and Other Ills

Fundraising Leadership

Issue 2839 February 24, 2025 Madeleine moved to a new state with her husband who got a great job there, but she felt the loss of grounding without family and friends and the stimulation of a large city. She approached me to volunteer for Take The Lead and we began to work on a plan. Im feeling alive again, she said. In our fast-paced, often overwhelming world, anxiety, fear, and depression can creep in like shadows at dusk persistent, heavy, and seemingly insurmountable.

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Brave New World: What Does the Digital Age Portend for Health Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

“Braver New World” by DALL-E/OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? During the COVID-19 pandemic, health justice advocacy groups adapted their strategies to the digital realm, leveraging social media platforms, virtual events, and other online resources to raise awareness and organize their efforts.1 These efforts led to structured engagements with state health agencies t

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From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Sheringham Odhiambo , Madeleine Ballard , Ben Pyne & Kathryn Harrison Ten years ago, I (Sheringham) was going door-to-door, providing routine health checks, administering vaccinations, and managing cases of HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and other debilitating diseases for residents of Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya. As I trekked across miles of dirt roads on foot, lugging a backpack full of supplies I had cobbled together, I wondered how much longer I could sustain this work without a stead

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.