Mon.Nov 07, 2022

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Informed Delivery: A Year-End Fundraising Strategy You May Have Overlooked

NonProfit PRO

Informed Delivery can increase the effectiveness of your direct mail fundraising campaign while decreasing your postage costs. With only two more months left to take advantage of its dual benefits, here are the answers to the frequently asked questions I get on this strategy.

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An apology to everyone I harmed with my insensitive words regarding donors and philanthropy

Non Profit AF

To my esteemed colleagues, On a webinar about Donor-Advised Funds that took place on October 19th, 2022, with Susannah Morgan,

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The Best Thing You Can Do TODAY

Clairification

If you are a U.S. Citizen, it is VOTE! BE THE CHANGE you want to see. “Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.” – Sydney J. Harris. For more thoughts and info on how much YOUR vote matters, see: Five reasons why you should vote! Alta Med. Choices have consequences.

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Feature Your Organization in the 2022 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

NonProfit Leadership Center

Now through Friday, November 18, the Nonprofit Leadership Center is accepting submissions for its 2022 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide. Started in 2019, this festive guide highlights holiday gifts that give back to nonprofit organizations to strengthen our communities. SUBMIT MY NONPROFIT. All you need to complete your submission is the following information: Name of the nonprofit organization Description of the product or service that benefits the nonprofit organization Cost of item(s) Link to lea

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Addressing Nonprofit Staff Turnover With Technology Training

NonProfit PRO

You might be seeing effects of the Great Resignation at your organization and tighter budgets due to economic inflation. If so, your approach to technology training can impact employee satisfaction and efficiency as well as staff turnover. Here are two things to consider.

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The Promise of Impact Science

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jason Saul , Heather King & Liz Noble. Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. A lot of progress has been made: using randomized, controlled experiments; making “evidence-based” decisions; and generating rigorous data. At the same time, there are limitations to how far the field can go towards becoming a “true science” which involves generalizability, replicability, and prediction.

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Charity Navigator Looks to Future After 20 Years of Guiding Intelligent Giving

NonProfit PRO

Charity Navigator, the largest independent charity evaluator, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a hybrid event that will raise money for highly rated charities.

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The Year-End Fundraising Cheat Sheet

NonProfit PRO

The Year-End Fundraising Cheat Sheet invites you to plan your strategy around the donor engagement cycle to tap into your donors’ natural giving rhythms.

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Nonprofits Have Been Right All Along: Community Benefit Models Can Solve Our Toughest Environmental Challenges

Blue Avocado

Article In Brief: The Problem: Nonprofits have long known the value of building community, but our voices have been ignored or devalued. Now we are learning that valuing private profit over community has brought us to the edge of extinction. Why it Happens: Our existing economic structure is designed to reward profit-seeking and to devalue […].

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Corporate Partnerships for Nonprofits: Win-Win Scenario

The Volunteer Hub

Creating, developing, and sustaining corporate partnerships is a win-win scenario for both your nonprofit and the businesses that support it. According to Nonprofit Source, 90% of company executives indicated that partnering with a reputable nonprofit organization enhanced their brand and 89% believe partnering leverages their ability to improve the community.

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How to Stay Calm When Donors Get Anxious or Demanding in Tough Economic Times

Veritus Group

In times of economic uncertainty, donors become more discerning and careful with their giving. Here's what fundraisers need to know. The post How to Stay Calm When Donors Get Anxious or Demanding in Tough Economic Times appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Trusting Youth to Lead

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Ernest Brillo on unsplash.com. A few weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, the executive director of California Youth Connection (CYC) abruptly and unexpectedly resigned. There was no succession plan to fill the leadership gap, jeopardizing the organization’s mission to develop young leaders who can transform California’s foster care system.

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Comment on 8 Savvy Ways to Raise More Money in ANY Economy by John Godfrey, CFRE

Amy Eisenstein

Hi Amy: I am delighted to join your list (which I only just learned of through AFP). I am an avid follower of Andrea and you via the Capital Campaign Toolkit. Thank you, John.

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Gifts by Donors Asked to Evoke Fond Memories Were 90% Higher Than Others

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Michael Kurtz. Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty Images/iStockphoto. Asking alumni of a small college to reflect on something that benefited them was far more successful than the standard pitch, a study found.

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Don’t Panic: Prepare for Giving Tuesday!

Bloomerang

The post Don’t Panic: Prepare for Giving Tuesday! appeared first on Bloomerang.

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'Game of Thrones' Creator George R.R. Martin Gives $5 Million for Writing Workshop, Chair in Storytelling

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento. Jenna Braunstein George R.R. Martin, center. Plus, Salvation Army of San Diego landed $35 million to expand programs serving people struggling with homelessness, and five other donors gave big gifts to support democracy programs, climate resilience, and medical care.

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How to Prepare Donors to Give during Year-End Fundraising

The Storytelling Nonprofit

It’s never too early (or too late for that matter) to prepare for year-end fundraising. The fact is, the non-profit sector sees a huge bump in giving during the holiday season. It is one of the best times of the year for fundraising because many people are already primed to give. Your non-profit likely have donors who give multiple times a year, but there’s probably a segment that makes a one-time gift in December every year.

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Volunteer for our San Pedro Ridge Family Volunteer Day Wildfire Prevention Event

Anedot

Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership Announces November 19 th – Family Volunteer Day Wildfire Prevention Event on San Pedro Ridge, Marin County. Join CVNL, San Pedro Ridge Fire Safety, and California Climate Action Corps and volunteer to help make San Pedro Ridge safe from wildfire! Marin County, CA, November 8, 2022 – Throughout the year, Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) joins others across the country to celebrate national and local days of service.

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Diversifying Your Revenue: 3 Effective Ideas for Nonprofits

Top Nonprofits

Picture this: as the new year begins, you review your nonprofit’s year-end donation revenue and realize you’ve fallen short of your projected fundraising goals. As fundraising reports have shown , end-of-year donations can account for up to 22% of a nonprofit’s total annual fundraising, meaning potential shortfalls can have impacts on your programs for the rest of the year.

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The worst fundraising question I've ever been asked

Jeff Brooks

The question: Why should I do fundraising? It annoyed me. I was thinking, Why are you at a fundraising conference if you haven't figured that out? But I bit my tongue and did my best to be helpful. I'm not sure I was helpful. Because I kept thinking about the question. Over time it dawned on me that this terrible question might have been a very good question.

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What Dr. James means when he recommends you harness the power of storytelling in major gifts fundraising

iMarketSmart

Monomyth steps. The “one big thing” in fundraising is always the same: Advance the donor’s hero story. The universal hero story, called the monomyth, includes specific steps. The hero, Begins in the ordinary world. Is faced with a challenge (the call to adventure). Rejects then accepts the call and enters the new world. Undergoes ordeals and overcomes an enemy.

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INAPEF

Bloomerang

————. The post INAPEF appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Community-Driven Philanthropy: Giving Away Assets, Not Grants

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: – – on unsplash.com. This article introduces a new NPQ series titled Community-Driven Philanthropy. In this series, movement leaders explore what’s possible if philanthropy adopts a reparative model—one which supports the leadership of BIPOC communities, not just by writing grants, but by shifting assets and control over resources to frontline communities.

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Digital civil society rises amid commercial turmoil

Philanthropy 2173

NOTE About this post: I'm trying to make sense of something happening around me rapidly. Will be back to revise my thinking and (I hope) improve the text. The following post is about the chaos that is now Twitter, the growth in the #fediverse, the damage being done in real time to disbursed communities of people and activists, the possibilities of digital civil society coming through to shine, and the need to think carefully and collectively.

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Supporting Diverse Entrepreneurs for Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Daniel Epstein & Travis Barnes. ­­ A 1983 US government study documenting the placement of hazardous waste landfills in low-income and Black communities was one of the first studies to highlight the intersection of environmental issues and racial inequity. In the nearly 40 years since, tackling climate change has become an increasingly important aspect of the environmental justice movement.

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Is There a Place For Us? Only #Whenweallvote

Fundraising Leadership

Issue 209?—?November 7, 2022 Voting is a form of leadership. My grandparents, who were immigrants and entrepreneurs, taught me that everyone has an obligation to participate in the community. If you have not already cast your vote in the crucial midterm elections, here is where you can go to make sure your vote counts , where and how to vote in your state, and information about where candidates stand on issues of concern to you.

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How Philanthropy Can Truly Support Land Justice for Black Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is the second installment of NPQ’s series on Community-Driven Philanthropy. In this series, movement leaders explore what’s possible if philanthropy adopts a reparative model—one in which it supports the leadership of BIPOC communities, not just by writing grants, but by shifting assets and control over resources to frontline communities.