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Congress Is Facing a Crisis of Courage. Here’s a Solution Tailor-Made for Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

To protect democracy, grant makers should fund security details for members of Congress. By Nicole Marie Bergeron POLITICO via AP Images “We are all afraid,” U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski told a room of Alaska nonprofit leaders. If we want moral clarity to return, the author writes, we must create the conditions where it’s possible. To protect democracy, grant makers should fund security details for members of Congress.

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How Busy Fundraisers Can Overcome Email Writer’s Block

NonProfit PRO

Push past writer's block and get your email message flowing, so you can inspire donors and attract new supporters.

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Feeling Burned Out, Overwhelmed, and Outmatched? This Professor Has Some Advice

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Finding community is the "holy grail" to keep going when you're trying to solve social problems against what seem like impossible odds. Joy is important, too. By Jim Rendon Courtesy Sarah Jaquette Ray Sarah Jaquette Ray, professor and chair of environmental studies at Cal Poly Humboldt. Finding community is the "holy grail" to keep going when you're trying to solve social problems against what seem like impossible odds.

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Black Imagination as Strategy: Reclaiming Creativity in Nonprofit Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Graffiti Jean-Michel Basquiat by Eme Freethinker/Pen_Chill in Mauerpark in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Germany on Wikimedia Commons. As nonprofit leaders confront shrinking budgets, shifting funder priorities, and a growing divide between mission and means, one thing is clear: Survival alone is not enough. This moment demands imagination. More specifically, it demands Black imagination, a frame of thinking that not only decolonizes the mind but centers storytelling, community, and play

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Interactive Webinar: Recurring Giving Events That Keep on Giving

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement

There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how

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eGain Launches Special Offer of AI Agent Solution for Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

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More than a third of foundations expect to boost giving in 2025 but outlook remains unpredictable 

Candid

Every year, Candid administers the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey to hear directly from funders about their grant payments and grantmaking practices. The survey is an opportunity to obtain timely data before the IRS releases official figures. The results also inform Giving USA ’s annual report on charitable giving. Of the 6,964 independent, community, corporate, and operating foundations to whom we emailed the survey between January and March, 578 responded (an 8.3% response rate). i Here’s w

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Lucky 13 Clairity Click-it: Nonprofit Links + Free Resources Be Yours

Clairification

June 13 th marks the 12 th anniversary of the Clairity Click-it Newsletter. That’s 338 issues (whoa!), all chock full of resources I hand select for you from across the web. And nothing I select will cost you a dime! I search assiduously, read every single article before sharing with you, and only select trusted resources for webinars, podcasts, e-guides, papers, reports and the like.

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Digital Transformation for Nonprofits: Tools & Examples

Donorbox Nonprofit

Did you know that nonprofits that embrace digital tools are 3.5 times more likely (38% vs. 11%) to achieve their mission goals? If you feel like your nonprofit is still playing catch-up where technology is concerned, you’re not alone! For years, nonprofits have been slower to adopt digital tools compared to for-profit companies. Why? Budgets […] The post Digital Transformation for Nonprofits: Tools & Examples appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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New Chapter. Same Fierce Advocacy. 

NonProfit HR

To Our Partners in and for Positive Social Impact, I’m writing to you today in my new role as Managing Principal of Nonprofit HR, Powered by OneDigital. While some of … Read more The post New Chapter. Same Fierce Advocacy. appeared first on.

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Why Donors Stop or Reduce Their Giving

Fundraising Report Card

Lapsed donors and low donor retention make it harder for nonprofits to grow their donor bases and thrive off the stability that provides. We all know this. But what’s less … Continue reading "Why Donors Stop or Reduce Their Giving" The post Why Donors Stop or Reduce Their Giving appeared first on Fundraising Report Card.

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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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Sentinel Cities for Public Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jesse Rothman , Paromita Hore & Andrew McCartor In 2017, a New York City health inspector visited the home of a 5-year-old child with an elevated blood lead level. With no sign of lead paint—the usual suspect in such cases—the inspector discovered dangerous levels of lead in a bright yellow container of “Georgian Saffron,” a spice obtained in the family’s home country.

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Amid Job Corps Cuts, HBCU Leaders Are Stepping Up

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: EpicenterUSA on Flickr On May 29, the US Department of Labor announced a phased shutdown of Job Corps , the nation’s largest free residential education and job training program for young adults ages 16 to 24, which Congress created in 1964. The announcement called for the closure of approximately 100 Job Corps campuses across the country, which serve thousands of low-income youth, providing them with career pathways, GED preparation, and vocational training.

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How to make your fundraising unrestricted

Jeff Brooks

A lot of fundraisers feel caught in a trap: We are required to raise unrestricted (or undesignated) funds most or all of the time. The money that keeps everything going, including the stuff donors just aren’t into, like staff salaries, the electricity bill, and the cost of fundraising itself. But fundraising that works is almost always focused, specific, and about the cause, not the organization.

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With Major Sponsors Out, Who Is Stepping Up to Support Pride?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Jose Pablo Garcia on Unsplash Citi, Lowe’s, Mastercard, PepsiCo, Target, and Walmart. These are but a handful of the major corporate sponsors who have backed out of supporting Pride celebrations across the country this year. In a climate increasingly hostile to LGBTQ+ people, many corporations renounced their commitments to Pride festivals and events parallel to dissolving their DEI initiatives.

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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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New Tariffs Will Likely Deepen Economic Burdens for Women of Color

NonProfit Quarterly

Credit: Andrey Popov on iStock Among the plethora of federal layoffs catalyzed by the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE’s) federal spending cuts, women and people of color have been disproportionately targeted. Now, economists and advocates warn, they will be further burdened by the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs. The US Court of International Trade ruled on May 28 that Trump’s sweeping tariffs exceeded his authority.