Tue.Jan 31, 2023

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The Case for Ending Giving Tuesday

NonProfit PRO

As the demographics shift, younger generations require more personal and causal connections for their philanthropy. For this reason, Giving Tuesday has become ineffective. Here is how organizations can position themselves to encourage donors to give year-round.

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Grant Makers Weigh What's Needed to Help Volunteerism Programs Thrive

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sara Herschander Shulamit Seidler-Feller The UJA-Federation of New York, a Jewish philanthropy, has invested more than $10 million in building strategic volunteer programs across 35 nonprofit organizations. As the share of Americans who give their time drops, a new study examines what's needed to stem the decline after the pandemic and turbulence of recent years.

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Fidelity Charitable Study: 86% of Employees Want Employer’s Values to Align with Their Own

NonProfit PRO

In an ongoing tight labor market, 86% of employees say it’s important to work for a company whose values align with their own. And 81% want to work for a company that has socially responsible business practices.

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Refugees Like Me Know What Our Communities Need, but Donors and Large Nonprofits Aren’t Listening

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sana Ali Mustafa Izzeddin Kasim, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images Refugee-led organizations need resources to carry out their visions. Despite growing philanthropic recognition that the most successful movements are led by oppressed groups themselves, organizations that aid refugees remains mired in their colonial roots and a continued reliance on white so-called experts.

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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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Nonprofit Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for February 2023

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Looking for ideas on what to write about in February? Then keep reading! We have ideas you can use for newsletter articles, social media updates, blog posts and more. These ideas come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get March’s prompts emailed to you this Friday. On the Calendar 2/2: Groundhog Day.

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Leadership Training for the Next Generation of Leaders

NonProfit Leadership Center

Great leaders work to create other great leaders. That’s the most important lesson Erica Monet Li says she learned from participating in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s Certificate in Leadership program. For high-performing nonprofit professionals like Erica, many receive little to no training when they’re promoted from individual contributors into managerial roles.

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Solidarity on Campus: A Faculty Union’s Learnings from COVID-19

NonProfit Quarterly

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our November 16, 2022, roundtable, “ Building a Movement for the Common Good.” Todd Wolfson: I think the first strategy for us was to step back and actually think about the whole working community at Rutgers. Rutgers is a big university with about 30,000 workers— 25,000 union, spread across 20 different unions.

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Unrealistic Dreams

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Olatunde Sobomehin & sam seidel An excerpt from Creative Hustle on transcending the limits that hold people back

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Participatory Grantmaking: What Practitioners Have to Say

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Amy Shamblen As a consultant focused on participatory grantmaking, I have been thrilled to see growing interest in community-led grantmaking practices. At the same time, I have been disheartened to see common misconceptions spread throughout the sector, such as that participatory grantmaking is new or unproven. I’ve also seen philanthropists dismiss participatory grantmaking as a passing fad.

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Top 6 Fundraising Trends for More Donations in 2023

Donorbox Nonprofit

When the pandemic hit, we saw nonprofits pivot in extraordinary ways. Offering more online giving, online connection with donors, and compelling asks to support difficult work were all essential. Those trends have largely continued for the last two years, and will likely continue even with our different circumstances – but there are a few specific […] The post Top 6 Fundraising Trends for More Donations in 2023 appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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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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How Cross-Sector Partnerships Can Benefit Nonprofits

Top Nonprofits

Your nonprofit doesn’t have to operate alone. Serving alongside a for-profit business in what is known as a cross-sector partnership comes with several benefits and should be built into your organization’s strategic plan. To ensure a successful partnership, reach out to businesses that align with your mission and ask detailed questions about who their customers are, what they expect to get out of a partnership, and how they would be willing to contribute to your cause.

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2023 Montana Legislature: Weeks Three & Four

MNA Association

Welcome to MNA’s Legislative update. Although we are keeping an eye on several hundred bill draft requests, very few of them actually have language. Nonetheless we have been busy meeting with the Governor’s Office on issues related to government contracts/Grants and workforce. CONTRACTS AND GRANTS In early January we met with the Lieutenant Governor regarding the Red Tape Commission.

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5 ways to keep your readers paying attention

Jeff Brooks

The hard part of fundraising is being interesting enough to keep readers involved. If you can get attention -- and keep it -- your chance of getting a donation skyrockets. Here are some attention tips from Clairification, at Top 5 Nonprofit Attention-Grabbers : Stop writing about “us and our stuff.” Your donors really don’t care about that. They just want to know if they can make the world a better place by giving to you.

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Nonprofit Public Policy Advocacy Academy

NC Nonprofit

Nonprofit Public Policy Advocacy Academy Pay-What-You-Can * I'm paying it forward. [$300.00] I'll meet you halfway. [$225.00] I get by with a little help from my friends. [$150.

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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.