The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 16, 2025

The foundations planned closure marks the end of the once-celebrated era of expert-driven giving. By Leslie Lenkowsky Sipa USA via AP In announcing he plans to close the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates defended the grant makers record but noted that the times and the political landscape have changed and that foundation strategies must change as well. The foundations planned closure marks the end of the once-celebrated era of expert-driven giving.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 16, 2025

Nonprofits collect data names, mailing and email addresses, birth dates and more from donors. Here's how to keep that information secure.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 16, 2025

An out-of-work career public servant may be your group's next smart hire. Experts share advice on where to find them. By Lois M. Baron Getty Images People with the experience, knowledge, and connections ideal for serving the missions of nonprofits are among the vast number of federal employees who have lost their jobs this year. But how to find them?

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 16, 2025

GiveMN announced it will be the new host of Give OUT Day, an LGBTQ+ national giving day set to take place in June.

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Speaker: Sean Yoder

Nonprofits are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate financial accountability while continuing to expand their impact. Traditional budgeting models often fall short, reinforcing silos, limiting flexibility, and stalling growth. Enter collaborative budgeting: a dynamic, team-driven process that enables smarter resource allocation and builds financial resilience at scale.

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Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2025

When they’re just not that into your event You planned the perfect nightkiller venue, good wine, auction items, a rousing speech or two. The guests showed up. The vibe was solid. And then? Silence. No new gifts. No new donors. No real momentum. Its not you. Its your event. Too many nonprofit events run on autopilotrepeated out of tradition, not strategy.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 16, 2025

Golf fundraisers should be more than a fun day they should drive real revenue. Join us on Thursday, May 22 at 2:00 p.m. EDT to discover 10 proven strategies to boost income from your next golf tournament. Learn how to maximize player and sponsor giving, avoid common pitfalls, and implement plug-and-play revenue boosters that work. Perfect for first-timers or anyone ready to raise more on the green!

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Fundraising Coach

MAY 16, 2025

As a major gifts officer, you face a unique challenge: your boss likely doesn’t understand what you actually do all day. This disconnect creates frustration on both sides and can undermine your effectiveness. Let me break down why this happens and what you can do about it. Nonprofit Leaders Don’t Learn Fundraising Most nonprofit leaders don’t understand fundraising.

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Foundation Group

MAY 16, 2025

Nonprofit employee onboarding is a stressful but important time at your organization. Discover these top tips to make this process streamlined and effective.

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Donorbox Nonprofit

MAY 16, 2025

Did you know that a lack of internal controls was cited as the reason for 35% of fraud cases in nonprofits? You might not think much about internal controlsuntil a simple mistake or intentional theft turns into a big headache. Whether you’re just starting out or tightening up existing processes, these simple steps can go […] The post Internal Controls for Nonprofits: Protecting Your Mission and Finances appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 16, 2025

How Nonprofits Can Level Up Without Burning Out Nonprofit teams are often caught in a constant balancing act: managing community needs, fulfilling grant deliverables, and pushing their mission forwardall while running lean. It’s no wonder burnout rates in the sector are high. But there’s a difference between being resourceful and running on fumes.

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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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iMarketSmart

MAY 16, 2025

If you are a donor, it sounds like a questionable proposition. The organizational representative who wants to build a relationship with you is a fundraiser. Talk about conditional love. But, I advise donors that if they find a good fundraiser, they wont find a better organizational representative for the following reasons. No one will work harder for them.

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The Killoe Group

MAY 16, 2025

Ready to unlock the recipe for fundraising success? Dive into the secret ingredients that can take your campaign from good to game-changing.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2025

Credit: Roberto Nickson on Pexels Social media influences our real-life consumption. From fashion trends to Stanley cups, our so-called sustainable buying choices have become a cause of concern in a world where overconsumption seems to be rising exponentially. A study published by the Journal of Modern Science last year showed that 80 percent of consumers buying decisions stemmed from online influences and social media impulse buys that can cost the average consumer up to a massive $754 a year.

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Non Profitvote

MAY 16, 2025

At Nonprofit VOTE, we know that a vibrant and independent nonprofit sector is a key to creating healthy communities and a thriving democracy that can meet the needs of the communities they serve. Thats why we are alerting our partners about a deeply flawed provision in the new congressional budget reconciliation bill that threatens nonprofit independence and opens the door to politicized enforcement: Section 112209 (a repackaged H.R. 9495 ).

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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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Fundraising Leadership

MAY 16, 2025

Rebecca Solnit (R), author and advocate in conversation recently with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg. Does hope really spring eternal? Award-winning author of more than 20 books, Rebecca Solnit has a few things to offer about the possibility of hope and long path of change. In this time period, says Solnit, author of Hope in The Dark , and her most recent, No Straight Road Takes You There, we are trying to keep hope alive.

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NonProfit HR

MAY 16, 2025

In todays workplace, it is essential for leaders to recognize that a central part of the role is attending to the emotional and psychological needs of their team. In fact, … Read more The post Creating a Culture of Care: The Trauma-Informed Shift Executives Must Make appeared first on.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 16, 2025

How AI Translation Is Revolutionizing Multinational Communication If youve ever tried running a nonprofit across bordersor even just working with immigrant communities here at homeyou already know how frustrating language barriers can be. One moment youre crafting a message you hope will inspire someone to get involved or donate, and the next youre wondering if your beautiful, heartfelt email got completely lost in translation.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2025

Credit: Fethi Benattallah on Unsplash A few days ago, I received an email from a teacher at a Christian school requesting a donation of books for their library. The message closed with what was meant to be a compliment: Thank you for writing such wonderful literature that is safe for students. My grandmother, the author Madeleine LEngle, would have uttered a choice Anglo-Saxon expletivesomething she did only in the most extreme circumstancesand whipped off a blistering response.

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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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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2025

Credit: Daniel on Unsplash Over the 12 years that Mike Bloomberg was mayor of New York City, he centered public health in city policy, with a series of initiatives reported to have contributed to a three-year increase in life expectancy of city residents. Cities around the world are trying to duplicate these initiatives and emulate New Yorks success.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2025

Credit: Joel Dinda on Flickr On May 13, in Washington, DC, protesters packed the hearing room as members of the House Commerce and Energy Committee moved what President Trump has called a big, beautiful bill through the markup process. The bill aims to reduce spending by $880 billion over the next 10 years, largely through cuts to Medicaid.By the end of the session, 25 activistsseveral in wheelchairswere arrested after putting their bodies on the line to draw attention to the harm that Medicaid

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