Thu.Aug 17, 2023

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Blackbaud Announces 2023 Second Quarter Results

NonProfit PRO

Blackbaud announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2023. Compared with last year's quarter 2 results, GAAP total revenue was $271.0 million, up 2.3%, with $262.4 million in GAAP recurring revenue, up 3.9%. Non-GAAP organic recurring revenue increased 4.4%.

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Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Installs New CEO

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Plus, the Connecticut Children’s Foundation has tapped its next leader, and the philanthropic consulting firm Marts & Lundy has appointed Douglas Stewart as CEO.

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Audit Checklist: 29 Steps to Make Nonprofit Audits Easier

NonProfit PRO

Stay organized and save time. Download this 29-step checklist to get your nonprofit through the next audit quicker and easier. Your auditor will thank you!

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How a Donor's Embrace of a Neglected Idea Allowed This Nonprofit to Thrive

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Monica Aleman and Ndana Bofu-Tawamba Getty Images In an unusual move, the Ford Foundation helped a grantee build an investment portfolio. Two results: better fundraising and a $20 million MacKenzie Scott donation.

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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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GiveSmart Is Now More Connected than Ever With New Automated Data Sync Product Update

NonProfit PRO

GiveSmart announced its platform's latest innovation, Automated Data Sync. The time savings involved with Automated Data Sync, combined with the accuracy it affords, makes reporting, progress to goals, and increasing donor retention easier than ever.

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Tips for Sharing Curated Content (the Good Stuff You Find)

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

You’ve heard the message that sharing content from other sources with your own supporters is not only a good idea because it’s less content you have to create yourself, but also because it positions you as an trusted and reliable source of information. But once you’ve found a bunch of great stuff to share, how do you actually go about doing that?

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Warren Buffett Gives $27 Million in Berkshire Hathaway Stock to an Unnamed Charity

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

He has said that more than 99 percent of his nearly $118 billion fortune will eventually go to charity. By Josh Funk, AP Business Writer Omaha, Neb. Warren Buffett disclosed a gift of 50 Class A shares of Berkshire stock in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Wednesday. He has said that more than 99 percent of his nearly $118 billion fortune will eventually go to charity.

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The Problem with Mass Supervision (as an Alternative to Mass Incarceration)

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Photo by Florian Olivo on Unsplash Despite some progress in recent decades in reducing the overall number of people incarcerated nationwide, the United States easily remains a paragon of mass incarceration. There are, at last count, some 1.9 million Americans locked up in federal, state, and county prisons and jails—a rate of incarceration that exceeds any in the developed world.

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[Free Mini Webinar] How to Grow Your Nonprofit’s Following on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The average growth rate for new social media followers ranges from.64% to 3% per month, depending upon the platform. In other words, the era of organic growth on social media is over. To grow your nonprofit’s following on social media, you need to make a concerted effort to let your supporters and donors know how to find your nonprofit on social media.

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Communalism Depends on Reciprocity

NonProfit Quarterly

Click here to learn more about this new series from Edge Studios , and follow @npquarterly and @offthehookshorts on social to see episodes of “Off the Hook” as they are released. (Saphia sits out on her front stoop.) SAPHIA: The thing about communalism is that it sneaks up on you. We are not meant to be solitary, much as we think we may already be.

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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 to Get More Email Engagement (Based On Data) with Abby Jarvis

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

Having an effective email program is an important part of building an engaged community. 48% of donors prefer to receive updates and appeals via email. But accurate data about nonprofit email performance has historically been hard to come by—especially for small to midsize nonprofits—and that makes it hard to gauge your own campaigns’ performance. That all changes with a new sector report, The Nonprofit Email Report: Data-Backed Insights for Better Engagement.

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We’re Going on a Summer Break

NonProfit Quarterly

Click here to learn more about this new series from Edge Studios , and follow @npquarterly and @offthehookshorts on social to see episodes of “Off the Hook” as they are released. (Saphia sits in front of a white wall.) SAPHIA: Hi, my name is Saphia Suarez, I’m the creator of “Off the Hook.” I just wanted to let you know that Nonprofit Quarterly is taking an end-of-summer hiatus, so “Off the Hook” will be taking a break, and we will be back with new episodes at the beginning of September.

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Top 10 Strategies to Navigate the Current Cloudy Nonprofit Landscape

Clairification

In Take Heed Nonprofits: The Sky is Not Falling, but it’s Cloudy we looked at trends in giving and how this might impact your strategic fundraising planning. Some of the data-based take-aways included: Less Donors and Dollars Overall Less Individual Donors — Shrinking Slice of Fundraising Pie More Foundation and Corporate Giving Focus of Giving Changed – or Did It?

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How old are your donors? [PODCAST]

Jeff Brooks

For most fundraisers, your donors are a lot older than you think. We’ll look at why this is so and what it means for you: How do you communicate with these people? About what? And in which channels? Knowing hold old your donors are — and responding appropriately — is the key to success in fundraising. Knowledge is power! From the archives of the now-defunct podcast Fundraising Is Beautiful.

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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.

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Announcing! Take The Lead’s 2023 Honorees: Angel City FC, Kathleen Turner, Ms. Magazine, Darnell Moore

Fundraising Leadership

It is with deep admiration for each of these extraordinary honorees: Angel City FC, Kathleen Turner, Ms. Magazine, and Darnell Moore, that we look forward to recognizing at the Women’s Equality Day Power Up Concert and Conference on August 26 , in person at the Luskin Conference Center at UCLA and available virtually wherever you are in the world! Tickets are going fast — do you have yours locked in?