Selfish Giving

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 18, 2023

This episode is sponsored by RoundTable Technology – the Nonprofit IT Partner. On January 26, they are offering a free webinar on the exact steps required to secure and protect your nonprofit IT in the New Year. RoundTable Technology is a managed IT and cybersecurity services organization focusing on the nonprofit sector, with over 200 nonprofit clients.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Retention 111

Veritus Group

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Energy 101

Elevation

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Psychology 89

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Education Education Health Philanthropy 70

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Nonprofits 75

Big Duck

JANUARY 18, 2023

The post How can you stop the spread of so many sub-brands? appeared first on Big Duck.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 18, 2023

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

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Nonprofits 73

NonProfit HR

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Nonprofits 52

Caring Truth-Teller

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Jeff Brooks

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Prosper Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Nonprofits 52

iMarketSmart

JANUARY 18, 2023

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.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Collaborations 91

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

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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