Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! And you don’t need to be a professional writer to craft them. . Once you understand the basic elements of a good story and a few different ways to tell them, the rest is just practice, practice, practice.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The corporate world has helped shape people’s online expectations of the brands and organizations they support. Here are a few examples of online expectations created by the corporate world and how nonprofits can meet them with their digital ecosystems.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The absolute worst thing you can do the day after Giving Tuesday is nothing. As tempting as it is to let out a sigh of relief that it’s over, resist that temptation. It’s not time to relax yet. Nothing comes of nothing. And a huge part of your goal with Giving Tuesday should be to strengthen your bonds with donors. That’s the real something you’re after.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Focusing on building meaningful engagement with alumni can translate to a stronger and more sustainable organization. Nonprofit leaders can further tap into the knowledge of those we serve and leverage their insight and experiences to fuel our mission.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By the Associated Press. Charlie Riedel/AP Forbes magazine estimates Jeff Bezos's wealth at roughly $124.1 billion. The Amazon founder whose "real-time" worth Forbes magazine estimates at roughly $124.1 billion, didn't specify how — or to whom — he will give away the money but said he and his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez, were building the "capacity" to do it.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

How To Improve Your Creative Writing Using a Paraphrasing Tool. Are you looking to improve your creative writing? A paraphrasing tool can help you boost your creativity and efficiency. Check out what you need to know to get started. Creative writing encompasses expressing ideas and thoughts using your own imagination and creativity. In other words, creative writing is about giving an existing idea a new creative flair using your own creative mind.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), released a pilot program that will help make nonprofit buildings more efficient, saving organizations money to reinvest in mission-driven work.

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Jeff Brooks

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There's a certain way things are done. We create printed pieces that look nice and professional. We use tasteful color palettes. We use an elevated vocabulary to signify our sophistication and education. It's everywhere. And it's the equivalence of white noise -- sound that you don't quite hear. When you do things the way everyone does everything, your message becomes white noise.

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Amy Eisenstein

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

[…] you use technology as part of donor recognition? Will you send video thank you’s? Will you use other apps, platforms, or services to […].

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By Maria Di Mento. Worry that the gifts would lead other donors to pull back their support or that small groups wouldn't be able to handle the money were largely unfounded.

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Veritus Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

When your back office isn't equipped to support your fundraising efforts, you're going to see higher levels of donor value attrition. The post How Your Back Office Can Destroy Your Fundraising appeared first on Veritus Group.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By Maria Di Mento. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago With his wife, Kathleen, John Schreiber gave $25 million to establish a center at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, which will, among other things, help ensure that new parents have access to quality health care, social services, and the tools to keep their babies safe at home, in cars, and while they are sleeping.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Article In Brief: The Problem: The term nonprofit organizations has outlived its usefulness to describe the work that charitable organizations in the independent sector do, argues the author, former co-leader of the Fanning Institute’s nonprofit leadership development and capacity building practice. Why it Happens: The difficult work leaders of charitable organizations do to connect business […].

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By Sara Herschander. Art Garcia, Sipa USA, AP MacKenzie Scott says she will release a full database of grantees so others who might be interested in giving can learn more about their missions. Scott released names of more than 1,200 charities that she supported with big gifts over the past seven months.

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Foundation Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The post The Ultimate Giving Tuesday Promotion Plan appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By Sara Herschander. Courtesy of Walmart. Companies often used to rely on partnerships with big nonprofits, but today many of them typically allow customers to make gifts to any organization that has received charity status from the IRS.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

How to Turn Your Jewelry Hobby Into a Thriving Business. Start turning your jewelry hobby into a successful business. Check out the tips and reach your goals faster than ever before. How many of us have turned a hobby into a thriving business? For most, the answer is probably few. But for those who have, the feeling of accomplishment is unparalleled. .

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Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Whether grants generate a large portion or a small portion of your budget, it is important to be efficient in your grant prospecting process. Today’s guest, Gauri Manglik, explains how nonprofits can improve their fundraising and grant prospecting. Rob’s guest, Gauri Manglik, is the CEO and Co-founder of Instrumentl. Instrumentl is a platform that brings grant prospecting.

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Volunteer Match

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In 2020, Cedar Schimke, Executive Director of Slow Food Minnesota , posted an opportunity on VolunteerMatch, seeking creative volunteers to tell her organization's story. At the same time, filmmaker Kish Daniels was looking on VolunteerMatch for an engaging, skills-based project. He saw Cedar's posting and clicked the button, "I Want to Help," what came next was a project neither party could have expected.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Guest post by Sarah Sebastian, Director of Corporate Communications for OneCause. As those in the nonprofit world realize, few things are as effective—or as time consuming—as fundraising events. Auctions are among our favorites for engaging donors and raising revenue. However, they do require investments of your time and resources to drive results, even when held virtually. .

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By Irina Snissar Lobo & Maria Zapata. For most of us, participation on digital platforms has become a casual feature of modern life—from purchasing groceries to accessing entertainment, from getting a cab to scheduling an appointment with a doctor. In India, where one of the authors lives, it is becoming common to encounter people in large cities begging for money at traffic lights who now accept Google Pay transfers.

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Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Issue 210 — November 14, 2022 I believe so strongly that #votingisleadership that I created a hashtag for it. Civic engagement is in my view a critical part of leadership. We are all shaped by our communities and so must be part of shaping them. Politics, as political scientist Walter Truett Anderson defined it, is the clash of uncertainties from which social realities are constructed.

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