Thu.Oct 13, 2022

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Mastercard to Exempt Nonprofits in Good Standing From Recurring Donation Regulations

NonProfit PRO

Mastercard announced the recurring donation regulations that took effect Sept. 22 — and were going to kick in March 21, 2023, for nonprofits — will now be deemed best practices and not required for for-profit or nonprofit merchants, as long as they aren’t cited with excessive chargebacks. .

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Finding Meaning in Your Social Media Metrics by Defining Objectives

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

We all know how much time nonprofit communicators spend on creating and posting social media content (Hint: A LOT). But what’s it all for? I recommend that you connect your social media strategy back to specific nonprofit marketing goals and objectives. Here are the 12 categories of nonprofit communications objectives that we suggest you start with for all of your work.

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The Secrets of Direct Mail for Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Fundraising is the biggest challenge nonprofit organizations face. There are, however, tried-and-true methods that are essential to the success of a campaign. One of the most effective methods of marketing for nonprofits is direct mail. .

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4 Ideas for Incorporating Text to Give in Your Fundraiser

Get Fully Funded

Text-to-give is a powerful donation tool that offers donors a way to easily give to their favorite nonprofits right from their phones. Text-to-give tools streamline the donation process and can even encourage donors to give more (and more frequently!). With the right text-to-give platform, your nonprofit will be able to quickly access any funds donated.

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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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What I Learned From 30 Years in Sustainer Giving

NonProfit PRO

Since 2015, so much has changed that it's making sustainer giving much easier for donors and nonprofits. Payment platforms; donor database; smartphones; and growth in email, social media and other channels have made a huge impact.

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Throwback Thursday: GlassPockets editor’s top five for funders

Candid

Candid’s mission to get you the information you need to do good hinges on both the information and getting it to you. The information can be highly relevant and compelling. But, if you have trouble getting to it, it can severely limit the impact of the content. To better deliver on our mission, and help you more easily find articles on foundation transparency, we have consolidated our funders’ content from Transparency Talk, the former GlassPockets blog, into Candid’s Blog.

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The Last Four Days: When Online Giving Quintuples

The LAPA Blog

Your year-end fundraising strategy must pay special attention to the last four days of the year. December is the most lucrative giving month of the year, and especially so for online giving. Approximately one out of every three dollars in annual giving is donated in December. In fact, 28% of nonprofits raise between 26% and 50% of their annual funds from their year-end drive.

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FREE Donor Acquisition Self-Assessment Survey

NonProfit PRO

Simply answer these 23 questions (less than 4 minutes), and you'll receive a written assessment by top acquisition experts where you’ll: See what level you’re at compared to those with similar resources; Learn the top 3 things you can do to significantly increase your success; Find out changes others made that dramatically increase success without increasing their budget; Discover easy and inexpensive ways to select higher performing lists.

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Clairity Click-it: Time for Another Booster of Nonprofit Links + Free Resources

Clairification

Fundraisers have only three basic objectives: 1) To describe their institution and what makes it distinctive. 2) To develop a sense of urgency for the project or program, and. 3) To secure the necessary funds to make it happen. Your job is to get the largest gift possible, in the shortest amount of time, to the greatest joy of the donor. People give to change and to save lives.

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“Stories from the front lines”: Real stories from nonprofit leaders just like you

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

Across the United States, nonprofit organizations are all struggling to serve their communities due to the current economic climate. Many people are having issues to afford housing and food and nonprofits need to adapt to the economic changes so they can serve their growing number of clients. Today’s guests are Brianne Snow and Sharel Lund, both Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations in.

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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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Housing Justice and Systems Change Through a Funder Collaborative

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jeanne Fekade-Sellassie & Jennifer Angarita. In 2015, nine major philanthropies recognized a significant gap in the field: Few national funders were working to address the upstream causes of homelessness and the ramifications of unstable housing on Black and Brown communities. These funders had the bold idea to form a new pooled fund, Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), dedicated to addressing the cross-sector, systemic causes of housing injustice.

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Philanthropy to Protect US Democracy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Lukas Haynes. Twenty-one months after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, American democracy faces a crisis even more dire than the 1,200 angry rioters who breached the Rotunda and sought to prevent the constitutional certification of a duly elected president. One measure of that crisis is public opinion: In a national Quinnipiac University poll in August, 67 percent of adults surveyed said that US democracy was “in danger of collapse.” For two years, former President Donald T