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How to Unlock More Gifts: New Research Says Enhancing Psychological Well-Being Is Key

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Alex Daniels. Impact isn't the only thing big donors care about; they often want to be part of a large community, says a new study of people with at least $1 million in assets.

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3 Recurring Giving Predictions for 2023

NonProfit PRO

A new year. New opportunities. A renewed focus on donors, mission and impact. To kick off 2023, here are my top three recurring giving predictions for 2023. .

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Nonprofit Employment Has Finally Recovered From Jobs Lost to Covid

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sara Herschander. Nonprofits likely first recovered from pandemic job losses in October 2022 and have added jobs since December.

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Get A Free Website For Your Golf Fundraiser

NonProfit PRO

From collecting registrations and donations to recognizing sponsors and sharing critical tournament information and updates, an event website is a must have.

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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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Open Philanthropy Gives $150 Million for Global Health, Climate, and Education

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Part of the Global Education Program at the Gates Foundation, students participate in a language activity in a middle school in India. Also, the Lilly Endowment gave $80 million to improve public parks in Indiana, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded $4 million to 35 historic Black churches across the United States.

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New Research from Urban Institute Details How Nonprofits Can Bolster Financial Stability

NonProfit PRO

The Urban Institute published a new case study that analyzes how Whitman-Walker redeveloped a real estate asset into a revenue stream and outlines a scalable and sustainable financial model for nonprofits that own land. .

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15 Tips To Create An Effective 2023 Nonprofit Business Plan

Bloomerang

Creating a nonprofit business plan is an important step for any organization whether you’re about to launch or are well established in your community. . A nonprofit business plan is slightly different to the commercial sector. It’s a strategic plan that outlines the key elements of your organization, including: Mission. Goals. Financial projections.

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Ending Child Poverty: Lessons from a One-Year Expansion of the Child Tax Credit

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Michael Mims on unsplash.com. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States engaged in an innovative policy experiment: for one year, the federal government expanded the existing child tax credit—making it available to families with little or no earnings, increasing the credit amount, and providing monthly payments instead of an annual payment at tax time.

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Stressed? Tired? Feeling Burnt Out? Here’s How to Renew Your Energy

Veritus Group

When work has you feeling stressed, tired, or burnt out, follow these rituals to help renew your mental, physical, and emotional energy. The post Stressed? Tired? Feeling Burnt Out? Here’s How to Renew Your Energy appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Finding Power in Community: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers’ Union

NonProfit Quarterly

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our November 16, 2022, roundtable, “ Building a Movement for the Common Good.”. Sheri Davis: I think it’s important to name when we also have leadership that is willing to name and call things as they are—that we are actually speaking to a base that is beyond membership, right? That we’ve actually built relationships.

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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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What Is Content Strategy (and Why Should My Nonprofit Care)?

Elevation

You could say that sweet talking, poetry writing, flower buying, fancy dinners, and romantic strolls all constitute “ content marketing strategies ” that people have been using for centuries to win over partners and pursue long-term relationships. Even nonprofits need two to tango, so attracting and engaging the right audience needs website content, blog articles, email marketing campaigns, and social media posts.

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How Philanthropy Can Show Up for an Arts Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: : Clem Onojeghuo on unsplash.com. The cultural sector is seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. This article introduces a new series, titled “Remember the Future: Culture and Systems Change,” co-produced by Art.coop and NPQ. In this series, queer, trans, and BIPOC artists and cultural bearers reflect upon the unique role that culture has played and can play in activating and enacting structural change—and in building a solidarity economy.

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Pandemic Lessons Learned: 4 Tips for School Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

Many schools rely heavily on donations from generous families, community members, and alumni to supplement limited government funding. If you’re a teacher, parent, or volunteer, you know that coming up with the funding your school needs can be difficult, especially in the midst of global challenges that are out of your control. The pandemic presented unique challenges for fundraisers everywhere, but this difficult time has also led schools and other organizations to come up with more creative fu

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How can you stop the spread of so many sub-brands?

Big Duck

The post How can you stop the spread of so many sub-brands? 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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Using Metrics to Assess HR Efficiency, Effectiveness & Impact

NonProfit HR

Your people are the backbone of your nonprofit, and in turn, its mission. So, your human resources team must be strong enough to support those people. How can you be sure your HR practices are fully meeting the needs of your team? Keeping track of HR metrics will help strengthen your nonprofit’s talent sustainability Read more The post Using Metrics to Assess HR Efficiency, Effectiveness & Impact appeared first on Nonprofit HR.

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Year-end Giving Review + Wisdom for a Successful 2023

Caring Truth-Teller

How did your 2022 fundraising year end? Have you done a year-end giving review? Would you like some sage advice on how to make 2023 your best fundraising year ever? Earlier this week I had fun participating in a panel hosted by NXUnite. We talked about 2022 year-end giving and provided some insights into how to make 2023 a successful fundraising year.

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Whoops! ? I almost edited out something because it was corny

Jeff Brooks

I almost made a silly mistake. I was giving someone direction on a fundraising letter, and came to a bulleted list. The bullets weren’t dots, but little musical notes: ?. (It was an arts organization). I got a slight “ew” reaction to it, and was about to suggest a change to “normal” looking bullets. Wait a second. Where did that “ew” come from? Well, those little notes struck me as “corny.

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Five Challenges with Developing Nonprofit Strategies, and How to Overcome Them at Your Organization

Prosper Strategies

At Prosper Strategies, there’s nothing we love more than supporting organizations in creating bold, new nonprofit strategies. But, that’s not to say the process isn’t rife with challenges. Following, we’ve outlined some common challenges, which you may have seen us talk about before, and we also provide ideas for how to overcome them.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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Lessons from Lynn: Leveraging Savings Circles, the “Cuchubal Initiative”

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Armand Khoury on unsplash.com. How can nonprofits help immigrants build community wealth? There are many answers to this question, but in Lynn, MA, our two organizations decided last year to try an experiment. Instead of creating an expensive, new staff-driven program, might it be possible, at very low cost, to expand an existing immigrant self-help mechanism—namely, the savings circle?

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Newsletter: A Great Example of a Partnership Case Study; M&M Cause Marketing Campaign Attacked as ‘Too Woke’ ; 25 Nonprofit Marketing Statistics for 2023

Selfish Giving

Early last year I got an email from Tasman "Tas" Cassim , the head of corporate partnerships at Black Dog Institute (BDI) in Australia, about writing case studies for his organization. While I've spoken before to nonprofits in Australia, I had never worked with one! I have to admit I was a bit nervous. ? Would we even understand each other? With my Boston accent and their Australian slang what would a conversation be like???

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Private Foundations – What to Do About the REAL Competition That’s Beating Your Nonprofit

iMarketSmart

Your competition is not other nonprofits. Yes, perhaps there are a few others similar enough to your mission to cause a handful of donors to wrestle over which one to support. But your real competition, the ones taking billions in donations and bequests out of the hands of nonprofits, are the private foundations. Private family foundations typically arise after a wealthy person dies, if that person stipulates in their estate plan that a foundation must be created.