The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 21, 2023

By Alex Daniels But many will face challenges ahead of hiring and keeping employees, a new study has found.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 21, 2023

Nonprofits should use events for stewardship, moving donors up the pipeline. After all, events are a great entry point where you can make a donor want to be part of the community your nonprofit is building around your cause or mission. Here’s a look at how to cultivate event attendees into major donors.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 21, 2023

By M.J. Prest Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Courtesy of the San Francisco Arts Commission The San Francisco Art Commission is getting support from the Mellon Foundation to conduct a racial-equity audit of publicly accessible works. Here, the “Continuous Thread: Celebrating Our Interwoven Histories, Identities and Contributions.” Plus, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $50 million over five years to continue the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute, and the National Trust for Historic P

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 21, 2023

Giveffect announced the launch of its latest innovative feature: AI Writer. This cutting-edge tool built within the connected Giveffect software helps nonprofits write the most sought-after types of content quickly, easily, and without leaving the platform.

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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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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 21, 2023

By Armin Langer EPA via AP George Soros was a successful investor and hedge fund manager before he became a philanthropist supporting political freedom. The longtime philanthropist has giving away billions and endured years of anti-Semitic attacks and conspiracy theories.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 21, 2023

Written by: Lesly Fuentes Reading Time: 3 minutes Researchers estimate that up to 1 million American’s work as unpaid interns each year. Without wages to shoulder the cost of living, an unpaid internship deepens the existing social divide. The road to making unpaid internships a thing of the past isn’t a smooth one. In some cases, particularly nonprofit organizations, simply don’t have the financial means to pay their interns.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Image Credit: Ketut Subiyanto on pixels.com The need for childcare is well known. So too are the costs of not having childcare. Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. Shortages in childcare not only limit family income but in some cases, keep parents out of the workforce altogether.

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Jeff Brooks

JUNE 21, 2023

Your gift will. This might be the most common phrase in fundraising. And the most misused. Your fundraising message should contain some version of Your gift will. pretty much every time. It's a key statement that lets the donor know what their donation makes possible. Without that, you've left out one of the most important reasons donors will give: to make something good happen.

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Top Nonprofits

JUNE 21, 2023

Before renting an apartment or purchasing a car, you would first decide whether you can afford the purchase. For major everyday purchases like these, affordability is determined by comparing your income to the cost, and the same is true for nonprofit budgets. Since nonprofits depend on charitable donations, their income may seem unpredictable. However, your nonprofit can use its data to predict the results of your future fundraisers.

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Veritus Group

JUNE 21, 2023

Every time you avoid asking for an increase in giving, you are withholding an opportunity for your donors to increase their joy and impact. The post Are Your Asking Amounts Soul-Sucking? appeared first on Veritus Group.

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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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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 21, 2023

Automate and Empower Your E-commerce Marketing with Stunning Material from Campaign Monitor Want to sell more online? Check out how you can automate your e-commerce marketing. Get the best out of Campaign Monitor and start selling. Tips by Pete Campbell. The software helps you send smarter, better emails that enhance your brand. It also boosts your sales.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 21, 2023

Are you looking to engage your donors more effectively and create deeper relationships with them? You’re in luck. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Instil , a holistic donor relationship management platform on a mission to revolutionize nonprofit technology. We are hosting a free webinar to show you how to manage donor communications in the digital age, using technology and social media.

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Prosper Strategies

JUNE 21, 2023

Your nonprofit likely works with many individuals who have experienced trauma, or who are experiencing traumatizing circumstances currently. As you move toward a Shared Power Strategy™ approach in which you begin to share more decision making power with the people your organization serves, one unintended consequence can be retraumatization. When you ask the people you […] The post Four Trauma-Informed Facilitation and Engagement Resources for Nonprofit Professionals appeared first on Prosp

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2023

Nonprofits rely on engaging their donors and asking them to make gifts, whether one-time or recurring, in order to help them fulfill their goals. An often overlooked form of giving is planned giving, where donors commit to making a gift in the future, often as a part of their estate plans after they pass. Planned gifts are extremely valuable for nonprofits, but nonprofit professionals often face challenges when it comes to devoting time to them.

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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.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 21, 2023

By Jonathan Wittenberg and Wendy Sealey Stefani Reynolds , AFP, Getty Images As more states peel back abortion rights or ban the procedure entirely, philanthropy needs to maintain a crisis response while also planning for a fight that could go on for years.

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 21, 2023

An article in AdAge last week reports that one negative outcome of the Bud Light/Dylan Mulvaney drama is that personal attacks are a new risk for brand leaders. ** There are three good lessons for causes. First, it's a good reminder to companies AND causes that they must be clear on brand purpose. It's too risky not to be. Now is not the time to be dabbling in gray areas.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

By Vurayayi Pugeni , Caroline Pugeni & Dan Maxson International community development has changed significantly over its history, shifting from primarily responding to disaster events to improving communities using a sectoral approach to issues like health, agriculture, and water and sanitation. Then came an awareness that many of these responses heavily benefitted men and were neglecting women and girls and so an emphasis on women and girls developed to directly deliver various benefits und

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Image Credit: The Humantra on pexels It seems long ago, but in early 2021, after the passage of the American Recovery Plan Act , President Joe Biden was widely being heralded as a transformational president. This moniker always said less about Biden the individual than it did about the zeitgeist of a country shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic. A new social contract —that is, a structural change in the relationship of the public to the government, the 1930s New Deal being the quintessential US exam

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Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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