Mon.Aug 07, 2023

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MacKenzie Scott Has Given 17 Nonprofits $97 Million in the First Half of 2023

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento AP MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving website lists the nonprofits she’s supported and, in some cases the amount she gave them, but it doesn’t yet show the 2023 donations. Nearly half went to early-childhood education and development, but she also gave to strengthen maternal health, combat infant mortality, create affordable housing, and more.

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Increase Your Impact on Social Media

NonProfit PRO

If your nonprofit is struggling to get fans to stop scrolling, you may need to adjust your strategy. If you want to consistently engage your supporters as well as prospective donors, you need to plan, diversify and be consistent. Learn how to master storytelling, create engaging content, and grow your list of supporters with this helpful guide!

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Writer and Producer Seth MacFarlane Gave $1 Million to Help Hollywood Workers Survive Strike

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Plus, actor Eliza Dushku Palandjian and her husband, Peter Palandjian, gave Brigham and Women’s Hospital $7.5 million for substance-abuse treatment, and MacKenzie Scott gave $10 million to a group that works to expand affordable housing.

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Utilize Social Media Marketing to Support Your Nonprofit’s Digital Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

Social media has transformed the fundraising landscape for nonprofits, providing opportunities for organizations to connect, engage, and rally support from their audience. Here’s how you can optimize your digital marketing efforts this giving season.

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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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20 Leaders Selected for 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship

NonProfit Leadership Center

Every time Tina James walked into a room, she found herself silently counting the number of individuals who looked like her. Even though that number has increased over the years, she continued to see a lack of representation at the C-suite and senior leadership levels of organizations. "I know there are individuals like me who are qualified to be in leadership positions in the community.

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The GivingTuesday Data Commons Unveils Rethinking Resilience Report

NonProfit PRO

The GivingTuesday Data Commons released Rethinking Resilience: Insights from the Giving Ecosystem. In this report, the Data Commons presents a holistic view of global giving in 2022, reflecting the full breadth of the Data Commons’ initiatives, partnerships, data, and analysis.

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Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions

Affnetz

Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions / mike crum Free and Affordable Nonprofit CRM, Donor Management, Fundraising, Stakeholder Engagement Software Solutions Nonprofits are infamous for tight budgets. Regardless of size, cause, and history, all Nonprofits can greatly benefit from affordable Nonprofit CRM software.

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Comment on Fundraising New Year’s Resolutions – Realistic or Ridiculous? by whoiscall

Amy Eisenstein

Are your fundraising new year's resolutions realistic or ridiculous? Learn how to make a fundraising resolution you can stick with and achieve.

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Supporting Advocacy Ecosystems to Build Power

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Julia Coffman As an advocacy strategy consultant and evaluator for the last two decades, I’ve supported many foundations in thinking about what it takes to win a particular policy or system change. What will it take to expand Medicaid eligibility in states? How can we improve preschool access and quality? Foundations have come at these and similar questions using different theories of how policy change occurs , but the end goal is always the same: getting to “the win,” wheth

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Nonprofit HR Unveils 2023 DEIJ Survey Results, Revealing Improvements, Challenges

NonProfit HR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 7, 2023 Media ContactAtokatha Ashmond Brew Abrew@nonprofithr.com Nonprofit HR Unveils 2023 DEIJ Survey Results, Revealing Improvements, Challenges Nonprofits make significant progress, but only 38% match the diversity of their communities Washington, D.C, August 7, 2023 – Nonprofit HR, a leading consulting firm dedicated to providin strategic human resources solutions to nonprofit … Read more The post Nonprofit HR Unveils 2023 DEIJ Survey Results, R

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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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Why I’m no longer donating to your no-good, very bad nonprofit

Non Profit AF

[Image description: Two human hands with gold rings and a gold watch, holding a dozen or so US dollar bills, most of them in denominations of $20, with at least one $100.

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A New Nonprofit Donor Paradigm: First-Time And Habitual Gifts

Bloomerang

For years we’ve talked about donors from the perspective of a “pyramid” or “ladder.” Those at the top are “major.” Those in the middle are “mid-level.” Those at the bottom are, generally, “new.” But it doesn’t really work that way. Especially not in our digitally revolutionized marketplace where outbound (push) marketing no longer rules. Today’s most effective marketers engage in inbound (pull) marketing.

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6 Operating Policies Your Nonprofit Must Have

Foundation Group

Effective operating policies are essential to good nonprofit governance. This article looks at 6 of the most importants policies to have.

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Unlocking Potential: Collective Leadership in Nonprofits

Blue Avocado

Adopting collective leadership can help your nonprofit create a more inclusive, efficient, and flexible organizational structure. The post Unlocking Potential: Collective Leadership in Nonprofits appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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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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Best AI-Powered LinkedIn Caption Generators for 2023 [Start For Free]

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Best AI-Powered LinkedIn Caption Generators for 2023 [Start For Free] The future is here! AI will probably not replace you as a Social Media Marketer, but someone that uses AI and other marketing tools more efficiently might. The AI LinkedIn Caption Generators in this article come with a free trial. Be sure to check them out and learn how to use them to your advantage.

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Switching to E-Filing Nonprofit Taxes: An Ultimate Guide

Top Nonprofits

As a nonprofit professional, you know that every dollar counts when it comes to pursuing your mission. Fortunately, the government empowers nonprofits to achieve their goals by exempting them from paying taxes. A lot of work goes into complying with IRS regulations and preserving your nonprofit’s tax-exempt status, namely filing your Form 990 or one of its variants.

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15 Must-Implement Marketing Strategies for Success in Silicon Valley

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

15 Must-Implement Marketing Strategies for Success in Silicon Valley Silicon Valley has long been recognized as a hub of innovation and technological advancements. With numerous startups, established companies, and ambitious entrepreneurs, standing out from the competition and achieving success in this highly competitive market requires strategic marketing efforts.

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10 Tools to Give You and Your Nonprofit Donor Space to Co-Create — and Change the World

Clairification

A couple of years ago I wrote about 4 Strategies to Listen so Others Will Talk , noting the secret to building authentic relationships is to use your two ears and one mouth in that proportion. It’s a good start, but there’s more. You can’t just listen passively. Active listening, supported by powerful, succinct, to-the-point generative questions – that’s what will draw you and your donor (or anyone with whom you’re in relationship) closer together.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

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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Using AI to Maximize Impact for Nonprofits

The Charity CFO

Brace yourselves, Nonprofit Leaders! Artificial intelligence is advancing incredibly quickly. We promise it’s not as scary as it sounds, and it’s already changing the game in every industry, including nonprofits. Fortunately, savvy nonprofit leaders will be able to harness the power of AI to maximize their impact on the causes that matter to them. Understanding AI in Nonprofits First things first, let’s demystify Artificial intelligence (AI for short).

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The White House is blocking mass email campaigns, here’s how you can still be heard.

Care2

The White House has made it increasingly difficult to send email in high volumes through their website. This has made it challenging for nonprofits and individuals to make their voices heard on important issues.

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Evolving Leadership for Deep Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Accuray on unsplash.com Few would deny that healthcare in the United States needs transformation. Our country’s cost of healthcare is enormous compared to other high-income nations. Despite this, according to Dr. Robert Shmerling at Harvard Health, the United States “scores poorly on many key health measures, including life expectancy, preventable hospital admissions, suicide, and maternal mortality.

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Getting To Equal: Why You Need To Attend This Power Up Conference

Fundraising Leadership

Issue 237 — August 7, 2023 I break out in a cold sweat when people say the word “event.” There are so many moving parts to putting on a valuable and memorable conference — and why would you do one if it weren’t valuable and meaningful? The logistics alone break my head, and there are always dozens of opinions about who to invite to speak and perform, where to have it, what to have for lunch — you name it.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Worker Co-Ops in Health Care: Lessons from the Field

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Francisco Venâncio on unsplash.com When people think of healthcare workers, they often think first of doctors in white coats and professionals with a lot of letters listed after their names. But millions of workers in healthcare settings contend with low wages, unpredictable hours, limited benefits, physical risks, and rigid workplace hierarchies.

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Addressing Maternity Care Deserts: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Cherot

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Clay Banks on unsplash.com Dr. Elizabeth Cherot is the senior vice president and chief medical and health officer of the March of Dimes , the leading nonprofit in the United States working to improve maternal and infant health, first founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938. Cherot is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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