Tue.Feb 21, 2023

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I Asked ChatGPT to Write a Fundraising Letter. Here’s What Happened.

NonProfit PRO

Are you afraid that ChatGPT is coming for your job? After talking to multiple copywriters who share the fear of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, I put ChatGPT to the task of writing a fundraising letter. Here is what happened.

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Donations by Top 50 U.S. Donors Dropped Sharply to $16 Billion in 2022 — Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mike Bloomberg, and Warren Buffett Lead the List of Biggest Givers

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By David Campbell, Elizabeth J. Dale, and Michael Moody Three scholars of philanthropy talk about how little money went to climate change and American polarization, how much went to foundations bearing the donors' names, and MacKenzie Scott's no-strings-attached giving to equity and marginalized groups.

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Givzey Launches Give Now, Pay Later Solution for Nonprofit Events

NonProfit PRO

Givezy has launched the first-ever Give Now, Pay Later solution, lowering the barrier to entry for fundraising events by enabling flexible giving solutions.

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Michael Jordan Celebrates His Birthday With a $10 Million Gift to Make-a-Wish Foundation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Make-A-Wish America Basketball great Michael Jordan gave $10 million to the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America to establish an endowment to ensure it can keep granting wishes for children with critical illnesses. Plus, the University of Michigan landed a $50 million donation for its education school, and three other universities received big gifts.

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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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Transforming Your Annual Report Into an Impact or Gratitude Report

Ann Green

Annual reports get a bad rap in the nonprofit world. Many of them are long, boring bragfests with little appreciation for donors. They also require a lot of time and effort from staff and there’s no guarantee your donors will even look at them. What do you do? Organizations need to share accomplishments and show gratitude to their donors, but is the “annual report” the way to do that?

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Fidelity Charitable Donor-Advised Funds Awarded $11.2 Billion in 2022

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Glenn Gamboa, AP Business Writer Brittainy Newman/AP José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen was among the three most popular Fidelity Charitable grantees in 2022. Fidelity Charitable, the nation's largest grant maker, announced Tuesday that 2022 was another record-setting year, with $11.2 billion in grants awarded by its donor-advised fund holders, up 9 percent over 2021.

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People Want To Belong To Your Nonprofit’s Community

Bloomerang

A wise boss once told me: “ A community is defined by caring for its members. Otherwise, it’s just a zip code.” I never forgot this. One of the things you are responsible for as a development professional is building and nurturing community. Let’s Define Your Community Since your mission is to facilitate philanthropy in order to move your mission forward, let’s talk about your philanthropic community – the donors, volunteers, advocates and ambassadors who fuel your work, making your impact the g

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How to Write A Corporate Sponsorship Letter: 5 Steps

The Killoe Group

The post How to Write A Corporate Sponsorship Letter: 5 Steps appeared first on OneCause.

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Getting to Know Mark Jordan, Momentum Nonprofit Partners' Board Chair

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Getting to Know Mark Jordan, Our Board Chair Mark Jordan joined the Momentum Nonprofit Partners Board of Directors five years ago, and he has been an active and engaged board member ever since. His enthusiasm from Momentum’s work is nearly unrivaled, as the organization’s trainings, research, and events have helped him transition from the corporate world into the nonprofit world in 2016 when he began work in development with the Child Advocacy Center and then Wolf River Conservancy.

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Intimate Revolution

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Esther A.

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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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Legislative Update – February 21

MNA Association

The next two weeks will be busy as we approach transmittal, which is March 4 to March 8. As you review the bills we’re watching and, perhaps more signifiant, the bills that haven’t been introduced yet, you can see we’ll have a lot going on. We are grateful for your response to the two Calls to Action we’ve put out so far. We think there will be more, and appreciate your engagement.

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Meeting the Moment With Purpose

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Andrew Chunilall The original purpose of philanthropy can be traced back to a question posed by Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie in his 1889 article “ The Gospel of Wealth ”: “What is the proper mode of administering wealth after the laws upon which civilization is founded have thrown it into the hands of the few?

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Philanthropy's asterisked hall of fame

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Photo by Jordan Rowland on Unsplash Earn to give. Make as much money as you can to give it away. Why are we surprised that messages like this would incentive people (or be used as justification by people) who just want to make lots of money? This story from The New York Times , seems at first as if it will pull back the curtain on the logic that making money at all costs is OK if you're going to give it away.

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Our mission, our message: Marketing your nonprofit

Big Duck

The post Our mission, our message: Marketing your nonprofit appeared first on Big Duck.

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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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The habit many nonprofits seem to pick up from Donald Trump

Jeff Brooks

It was one of those weird little news items that make you shake your head and move on. But it caught The Agitator’s attention, at Are You Giving Your Donors the Trump Treatment? Donald Trump spoke at a memorial service for Rochelle “Silk” Richardson, half of a pro-Trump duo called Diamond & Silk. When he got up to speak, here’s what he said: I thought I knew them both, I didn’t.