Wed.May 28, 2025

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The 'Eco-Right' Is Growing. Will Bipartisanship Follow?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A small number of conservative climate groups are winning converts with a strategy that they say can defuse polarization. It is a moment for "radical collaboration," says one left-leaning advocate. By Jim Rendon Evangelical Environmental Network Rev. Jessica Moerman, left, president and CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network, stands amongst winter cover crops, a key climate-smart agriculture practice, with the Rev.

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Public Relations Is Not a Luxury — It’s a Survival Strategy

NonProfit PRO

When budgets shrink, public relations often gets cut. But that silence can cost more than it saves when visibility and trust are essential.

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Microsoft Axes Free 365 Software for Nonprofits

NonProfit Quarterly

Salvatore De Lellis on Pexels This May, Microsoft quietly announced it was ending a long-running program that provided about 400,000 nonprofits (according to Microsoft) free access to its software products Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1, which include such workplace staples as Microsoft Word and Excel. In a statement to NPQ , a Microsoft spokesperson wrote: As part of a recent update to our nonprofit offers,we are retiring the Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 gr

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JPMorganChase Launches Philanthropic Initiative to Support Fraud Prevention

NonProfit PRO

Organizations working to protect families particularly those living on low- to moderate-incomes from fraud and scams are invited to submit ideas.

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Interactive Webinar: Recurring Giving Events That Keep on Giving

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement

There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how

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7 ways to connect with older donors

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising is usually a form of elder marketing. Donors are overwhelmingly over age 60. If you want to reach them, here are some great tips from the Boomerang Blog, at Dont Leave Them Behind: Writing And Designing To Truly Reach Older Donors : BIG type. Being older means less visual acuity. Type smaller than 12 point is just hard to read. Bigger is better: 13 point, 14 point, even higher.

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The Road to Digital Transformation

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofit transformation is not just about making changes, it's about adapting and evolving to meet the needs of the community in an ever-changing landscape. This research whitepaper shares interviews from professionals across the nonprofit world and uncovers the challenges and barriers to digital transformation across back office and operational functions.

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Why We Rebuilt the Fundraising Report Card — and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever

iMarketSmart

It started 10 years ago. Back in 2015, I stumbled onto something that changed my life and, I believe, the lives of thousands of fundraisers, consultants, and board members too. It was called the Fundraising Fitness Test, a brilliant concept developed by Bill Levis, one of the key minds behind the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP). The idea was solid.

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Request for Proposals: Foundation Directory Update

MNA Association

Montana Nonprofit Association (MNA) is seeking proposals for a contractor to update our Foundation Directory. This contractor will work to update and expand our Foundation Directory for a 2026 release. MNAs Foundation Directory is one of our most-used resources, with over 500 downloads since its release in 2022. The Foundation Directory is a free resource for all Montana based nonprofit professionals and organizations to help identify potential funding sources and improve relationship developmen

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Why Data-Driven Decision Making is Crucial for Organizational Growth?

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Why Data-Driven Decision Making is Crucial for Organizational Growth? Is your organizational growth hampered due to incorrect decisions taken without proper data analysis? Dont worry! Whether you are about to kick start your start-up or already have an established firm, data stays at the forefront to play a pivotal role in making important decisions.

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15,000 Churches Will Close This Year. Each Could be a Home for Civic Revival.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

In Appalachia, a church donated its building to 30 community organizations one example of how faith-based organizations are transforming their spaces to meet the needs of their communities. By Ryan Eller and Hollie Russon Gilman The Register-Herald via AP Housed in a former church, Caf Appalachia in Charleston, W. Va., aims to support women in long-term addiction recovery through work and learning programs.

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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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Comment on Calling All Women: Supporting Other Women in Leadership Matters by Chris Iven

Amy Eisenstein

Great essay, Amy. And I would add that it is not women alone who should support women in positions of authority. Men (like me) also need to be on the lookout for the damage caused by fragile male egos in the boardroom and in the office. This was true when I first read this essay two years ago, and it’s even more true today, when male leaders with a distorted understanding of masculinity are celebrated more than ever.

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Nonprofit Leaders Face Tough Choices on Staffing, Fundraising as Federal Cutbacks Continue

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

In a Center for Effective Philanthropy survey of 585 nonprofit leaders, a majority said they were confronting unprecedented challenges, including financial uncertainty and the politicization of their work By Stephanie Beasley Associated Press In a Center for Effective Philanthropy survey of 585 of nonprofit leaders, a majority said they were confronting unprecedented financial and other challenges that included the politicization of their work.

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Comment on Calling All Women: Supporting Other Women in Leadership Matters by Karen

Amy Eisenstein

I love this RBG quote: “When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]? And I say when there are nine. People are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.

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Old Ways, New Tech World

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Some nonprofits embrace AI, while others cant take credit cards. Tech could decide which groups survive. By Sara Herschander In an era of shrinking resources, the gap between digital haves and have-nots could determine which organizations and missions survive. Plus, see the rest of our June issue , posted online today.

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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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Beyond Grant Capital: What the Buen Vivir Fund Experience Teaches Us

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Felipe Dawes on Wikimedia Commons In 2023, after five years of experimentation and collaboration, Thousand Currents decided to close the Buen Vivir Fund (BVF) and end its programmatic investment work. Rooted in the principle of buen vivir or right living, the participatory impact investment loan and grant fund was widely lauded as transformative.

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A Nonprofit That Uses Music to Power Memory and Social Justice

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Nicole Wallace Terry Lorant Music of Remembrance was founded in 1998 to ensure the voices of the Holocaust were heard. The organization has since expanded its mission to honor all people who have been persecuted.