NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Image Credit: Vitaly Taranov on unsplash.com. Having worked in the social sector for a little over a decade, I have firsthand experience with the art and science of getting social impact programs off the ground. Towards the tail end of 2020, I was hired by Newark, New Jersey, to launch the city’s inaugural two-year guaranteed income pilot program and led the program for its first year.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Meta announced a new promotion that will encourage users to donate monthly to nonprofits after unveiling new Facebook tools for recurring gifts. .
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
By Claire McGuinness & Matthew Forti. A potent brew of untapped opportunity and climate injustice is putting smallholder farmers of the world in a bind. These farmers, who typically farm on just one to five acres of land and number 50 million strong in Sub-Saharan Africa alone, face some of the most acute effects of climate change. Most of them rely on rainfed agriculture, leaving them open to shocks like droughts and storms that can wipe out their crops and leave them without enough food to
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Nonprofits are staffed by incredibly competent and dedicated people — experts who understand their work backward and forward, whether it be housing the homeless, feeding the hungry, or supporting these programs through effective fundraising and building sustainable solutions to the world’s most challenging problems.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
This article is part of Community Strategies for Systemic Change, an ongoing series co-produced by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and NPQ. In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change.
Nonprofit Productive
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
In the old days, it was commonplace to have a problem to solve, or a decision to be made and simply call a meeting. The implicit thinking was this: a meeting will solve the problem and allow for decision making to occur. The thing is that we now realize (thanks be to God!) that meetings are not magical. They do not hold special power to solve all of our problems.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar on “Remaking the Economy: Owning Our Future.” View the full webinar here. Kamuela Enos: “Indigenous” is like a catch-all term for a whole bunch of cultures that are not the same. But we’re not white or Brown, in terms of the dominant system. So, I do think it’s a nuanced conversation.
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NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Submittable launched its new corporate giving product, allowing companies to quickly meet employee demand for sponsored donation opportunities.
Veritus Group
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
When the economy slows, here are the steps that fundraisers and leaders should follow so that their major gifts program continues to thrive. The post A Roadmap for Fundraisers in Difficult Economic Times appeared first on Veritus Group.
EveryAction
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Annual reports are a staple of nonprofit life. They’re a powerful tool for communicating your impact, but what makes an annual report effective? It helps if they’re easy to understand, shareable, and engaging across a broad audience. To save money, time, and effort while putting together your annual report, we’ve compiled nonprofit annual report examples to help give your organization inspiration and a comprehensive guide to get you started.
Dennis C Miller
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
To ensure that your organization runs smoothly and successfully, you'll need to focus on several key areas, including communication, decision-making, strategy, and team building. The post DCM’s 360 Leader Development Program appeared first on Dennis C. Miller.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
By Sammy Moon. Stuart Kinlough, Alamy. Mississippi's association of grant makers and its center for nonprofits joined forces to form the Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy. The new group is founded on the premise that nonprofits and grant makers have shared goals. The new leader shares lessons from the merger.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
November 16 at 1:00 PM: Switching nonprofit CRMs can seem like an overwhelming task. Where should you begin? CharityEngine’s Erik Hartwig walks nonprofits through the five questions they should ask potential vendors to make sure what they’re offering is what your organization needs. There’s also one big red flag to avoid! Tune into our webinar to learn the five questions you should ask when you’re switching CRMs.
iMarketSmart
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Why do too many major donor prospects not give, or give far less than their giving capacity? One of the main reasons is because they have not been helped to see and feel the connection between their identity and making a gift to your nonprofit. Identity is the most powerful motivation for giving, because that turns the gift into an expression of who the donor is as a person.
Philanthropy 2173
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
I'm pleased to say I'm working on the Blueprint 2023. This will be the 14th annual edition. I wasn't sure what would happen this year, given how sick I've been. Thanks to a small group of critical collaborators, there will be a Blueprint dropping in December. As always you can find past versions here and here. I'm thinking about it because I just read this article in Alliance Magazine, reflecting on Indy Johar' s words to the PEX network in Europe.
Jeff Brooks
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
You hear variations of this all the time: everything and everyone is getting dumber and dumber. A recent example came from longtime Broadway actress Patti Lupone who lamented in public that Broadway plays have dumbed down to reach the audience. (You can read about it here.). That's not news, I know. But there's something important for all of us if we think about what a veteran lamenting the state of things these days.
Big Duck
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
The post Incentivize end-of-year fundraising with NFTs appeared first on Big Duck.
Selfish Giving
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
One of the things I really enjoy about writing case studies is I get exposed to all kinds companies and how they raise money for their respective partners. Last week I had a great conversation with a large retailer (1000+ stores) about its checkout charity program and how they absolutely blew the lid off their fundraising goal. Here are four solid lessons that could help you smash the record of your next checkout charity program!
Joan Garry
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
One week. 15 strangers. And an eye-opening lesson that every single one of us involved with nonprofits needs to know. The post A Call to Action For the Nonprofit Community appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar on “Remaking the Economy: Owning Our Future.” View the full webinar here. Esteban Kelly: We took this question—“what would it look like to really explore possible futures?”—looking at a roughly 15-year horizon for a democratic economy in the US, and not just take that as a question of scale but to look much more broadly at the potential impact on our society.
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