Wed.Sep 13, 2023

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A Housing Group's Coup: Support From Jeff Bezos's Amazon and MacKenzie Scott

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The National Housing Trust just received an infusion of funds to help tackle the housing crisis. By Jim Rendon Kelvin Martinez The National Housing Trust gives grants and makes loans for affordable housing and also owns 4,000 housing units. The National Housing Trust just received an infusion of funds to help tackle the housing crisis.

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Marguerite Casey Foundation Launches ‘Public Dollars for Public Good’ Program

NonProfit PRO

Marguerite Casey Foundation launched its “Public Dollars for Public Goods” initiative. The Foundation is investing more than $5M to support organizations that leverage community organizing to shift power by helping underserved communities access federal and local funding and control how those funds are spent.

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HBCU Coalition Receives $124 Million Gift From Blue Meridian Partners

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The money will go toward increasing enrollment, graduation rates and employment rates for graduates. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press NEW YORK The money will go to the HBCU Transformation Project, a coalition of 40 historically Black colleges and universities. The money will go toward increasing enrollment, graduation rates and employment rates for graduates.

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The Good and Bad of Tech Companies in the Nonprofit Sector

NonProfit PRO

There are so many tech companies in the nonprofit sector — and they touch every aspect of development from major gifts to events, with the added inclusion of ChatGPT. Tech isn’t going anywhere, so it helps to understand the pros and cons.

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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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Salesforce Awards $20 Million to U.S. Education Groups

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Salesforce Salesforce is supporting work-force development to prepare students for success. Also, Press Forward will give $500 million to strengthen local news organizations, and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded its 2023 Humanitarian Prize to the One Acre Fund.

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Message Agency Joins Forces With Tech Impact, Adds Digital Solutions for Nonprofit Sector

NonProfit PRO

Tech Impact announced a merger with Message Agency and will empower nonprofits to leverage a full range of digital solutions to better serve their communities. The merger positions Message Agency as a division of Tech Impact and was effective Aug. 31, 2023.

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Ministry Brands Enhances Payment Technology Tools With Launch of DonorShield

NonProfit PRO

Ministry Brands announced the launch of a new service, DonorShield. DonorShield is a proprietary technology which will bolster the reliability of Ministry Brands' payment processing systems.

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The Ghost Workforce the Tech Industry Doesn’t Want You to Think About

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Catherine Bracy & Martha Dark In March 2019, Daniel Motaung, a college graduate from South Africa, flew thousands of miles to Nairobi, Kenya. He believed he’d been recruited as an IT administrator for a company called Samasource. But when he arrived in Nairobi, he realized his job was entirely different. Instead, he would be a content moderator for Facebook.

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Comment on 9 Soft Skills Every Fundraiser Needs and How to Improve Them by Barbara Gross

Amy Eisenstein

Amy – these are great! If I might add a 10th… curiosity. I’ve always felt to be really good at the ‘matchmaking’ you have to innately want to know what makes people tick; what lights them up and stirs their passion. Certainly getting to know someone like this takes time to build trust and make them feel comfortable enough to open up.

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Experiments in Community Ownership Taking Charge of Commercial Real Estate

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” In 2016, activists in the Eastside neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, a historically diverse and predominantly Latinx community, were organizing against gentrification that was encroaching on their community.

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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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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Ashka Naik India, or at least the ancient notion of it, was rooted in the philosophy of वसुधैव कुटुंबकम (the world is one family). India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan.

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How can communications help you recruit and engage board members?

Big Duck

Learn how to effectively involve board members in marketing and communications in nonprofit organizations.

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Level Up Your Nonprofit Supporter Stewardship: 5 Steps To Executing A Thank-A-Thon

Bloomerang

Phone-a-thons have been a tried-and-true fundraising staple for decades. Gather volunteers, have them call a long list of donors, and have them make a solicitation. With fewer people picking up their phone for unknown callers, phone-a-thons appear to be waning in effectiveness. Have you ever considered turning the phone-a-thon on its head and holding a stewardship drive with a “thank-a-thon” instead?

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Talk to Your Neighbors and Stand Your Ground

NonProfit Quarterly

The following is a transcript of the video above from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: Tenant Organizing in Unexpected Places.” View the full webinar here. Wes Pelletier: If someone’s getting evicted, it might be too late. Everyone on this call: even if you don’t rent, just get used to building community. Get used to talking to your neighbors, be weird and go ask for something that you would have to run out to the store for.

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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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Our Top Tips for Crafting Effective Introduction Letters

Veritus Group

Whether you're in a new role or just starting the donor qualification process, here's how to approach your introduction letters. The post Our Top Tips for Crafting Effective Introduction Letters appeared first on Veritus Group.

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4 things we learned about foundations and general operating support 

Candid

Most nonprofit fundraisers consider general operating support (GOS) to be the holy grail of nonprofit donations. Funding an organization’s mission rather than a specific project or purpose, this unrestricted financial support provides vital flexibility for nonprofits to approach their work as they best see fit. For years, nonprofit leaders have called on funders to give more general operating support.

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Getting More Creative In Your Fundraising with John Lepp

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

This episode is sponsored by Bonterra. Bonterra is a social goods software company focused on powering those who power social impact with best in class fundraising engagement, program management, and CSR solutions. By bringing together intuitive technology and social impact expertise, Bonterra enables unmatched connectivity between organizations and their communities of supporters and constituents, ultimately creating more ways for social good organizations to maximize their impact.

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November Open House

Big Duck

Be a part of our Open House and connect with people and nonprofit organizations eager to discover more about Big Duck

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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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Everything You Need to Know About Nonprofit Liability Insurance

Donorbox Nonprofit

You’ve worked hard to start your nonprofit. You began with a mission and have built an organization suited to make real change. But do you have everything you need to protect what you’ve built? That’s where nonprofit liability insurance comes in. This type of not-for-profit management liability insurance helps protect your organization from a variety […] The post Everything You Need to Know About Nonprofit Liability Insurance appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Career Reflection: 3 Pieces of Advice I Wish I Received 30 Years Ago

Successful Nonprofits

Discover the three pieces of advice wished he had received early in his career.

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Getting Started with The Google Ad Grant: Key Prerequisites

Top Nonprofits

As the world’s most used search engine, Google is a resource nonprofits should use to spread their message. In fact, according to Nonprofits Source , Google owns over 93% of the search engine market share. Fortunately, Google offers a program called the Google Ad Grant to give nonprofits a leg up and find more dedicated supporters, faster. With the Google Ad Grants program, your organization can use Google Ads to increase donations, promote upcoming events , advertise volunteer opportunities, an

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Unpacking Biden’s Latest Student Debt Forgiveness Plan—And What’s Next?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: BrianAJackson on istock.com Not long ago, most federal student loan borrowers received the following email message from the US Department of Education: As a result of legislation enacted by Congress, the student loan payment pause is ending. Student loan interest will resume Sept. 1, 2023. Payments will be due in October 2023 for most borrowers.

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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!