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Newsletter: 4 Key Takeaways From My Case Study Workshop ; Study: You Should Give Donors a Range of Donation Options ? ; Tokyo’s Trash-Collecting Samurai

Selfish Giving

I had a great time at the Engage for Good Conference in Atlanta last week. It was fantastic to meet so many of my readers and catch up with many old friends! ? I have yet to see the evaluations on my presentation - Creating Case Studies That Strengthen Your Programs: A Workshop For Businesses & Nonprofits - but it went well. I had a good crowd, people were engaged, and they asked lots of wicked smahht questions!

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Don’t Wait to Create a Personalized Fundraising Ecosystem

NonProfit PRO

Personalization results in emails that are 26% more likely to be opened and donors that feel 71% more engaged. The opportunity to personalize a donor’s experience across your nonprofit’s entire digital ecosystem is huge. Here are some low-cost, risk-averse ways to help your organization ease into personalization.

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What donors love

Candid

The story you are about to hear is true. No names are changed. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. This is just a moment to celebrate and spotlight the power of nonprofit leadership and to offer what is quite a compelling argument for innovation. The Princeton Senior Resource Center (PSRC) in Princeton, New Jersey, with a Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency , under the leadership of Drew Dyson offers us a textbook case of how investment in professional development pays off.

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Boston’s Fare-Free Bus Experiment

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Yassine Khalfalli on unsplash.com This is the sixth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus. The series examines how Green New Deal initiatives aim to create climate policy that positively impacts everyday life, explores the political coalitions and campaigns centering environmental justice and equity in decarboni

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Nonprofits, It's Time to Talk About Parental Leave

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Momentum Board Member, Adanda McCollum, discusses the importance of a parental leave policy in Nonprofits Our 2021 Mid-South Nonprofit Compensation Report revealed that only 35% of nonprofits have a paid parental leave policy. However, parental leave has emerged as a front-runner among benefits for recruiting and retaining talent, and a generous parental leave policy can be seen as direct evidence of an empathetic and inclusive company culture.

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7 Recommendations for Including and Engaging Your Board Members

NonProfit PRO

As boards become more diverse, ensuring that members are fully and meaningfully welcomed, oriented and engaged should become a bigger priority for nonprofit boards, too. Here are seven common-sense suggestions to improve your board’s engagement and inclusion efforts.

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What donors love

Candid

The story you are about to hear is true. No names are changed. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. This is just a moment to celebrate and spotlight the power of nonprofit leadership and to offer what is quite a compelling argument for innovation. The Princeton Senior Resource Center (PSRC) in Princeton, New Jersey, with a Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency , under the leadership of Drew Dyson offers us a textbook case of how investment in professional development pays off.

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Reshaping the Idea of Rural America: Stories from Our Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Missi

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How to Honor Recurring Donors on Their Birthdays

NonProfit PRO

Birthdays are very powerful opportunities to recognize your recurring donors, yet not that many nonprofits do this. Here are some ways you can take advantage of this opportunity and make your donors feel extra special.

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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

Candid

“Welcome home.” ABFE president and CEO Susan Taylor Batten gave this greeting to those of us who were able to experience the 2023 Harambee conference last month. Make no mistake—it is an experience, both an individual and collective Black experience. “Harambee,” which is Swahili for “Let’s all pull together,” was interwoven throughout the conference.

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LGBTQ+ Nonprofits Are 'Grossly Underfunded,' Report Finds

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Emily Haynes They receive less philanthropic support, bring in less revenue, and have fewer assets and expenses, but giving to those groups is growing faster than to any other cause.

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Creating a Fair and Supportive Work Environment: A Conversation with Joan Garry

Beth Kanter

In the nonprofit sector, cultivating a fair and supportive work environment is essential to ensuring the well-being of employees and fostering the success of the organization. I had a wonderful conversation with nonprofit expert and founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab , Joan Garry, to discuss the importance of fairness, mental health, and wellness in the workplace.

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $45M to Improve Energy Efficiency for Nonprofit Buildings

NonProfit PRO

As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that applications are open for the Renew America’s Nonprofits grant, a funding opportunity that will support projects to reduce energy use in buildings owned and operated by 501(c)(3) nonprofits.

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From Doing Good to Being Good: The Movement for Nonprofit Social Responsibility

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Shawn Pope & Patricia Bromley Nonprofits today are expected to go beyond their missions to adopt a wider set of commitments and values. This movement is remaking the sector in surprising ways.

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6 Ways to Take Action Amid Economic Uncertainty

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Michelle Legaspi Sánchez Leaders should analyze finances, collaborate when possible, and communicate clearly and frequently with stakeholders, among other steps to steady a nonprofit’s course through choppy economic waters.

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Heroes Define Philanthropy

Bloomerang

“Hero” is an admirable quality that tends to be tossed around all too loosely. I enjoy watching sports as much as anyone, but I think it is a stretch to describe professional athletes as sports heroes. “Hero” is a word that should be restricted to those who are genuinely courageous in taking significant risks to benefit others without the rewards of money and fame.

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Universal Charitable Deduction Bill, Known as ‘Charitable Act,’ Introduced in the House

NonProfit PRO

The Charitable Act, if passed, would reinstitute the universal charitable deduction that was available to taxpayers who opted for the standard deduction during the pandemic in tax years 2020 and 2021.

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A Circle That Isn’t Easily Squared

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Ken Pucker As the fashion industry’s environmental footprint attracts increasingly negative attention, circular business models are promoting opportunities to sustain growth by decoupling revenue streams from resource use. In this Up for Debate series , Ken Pucker, former Timberland COO, explains the industry’s turn to circularity and the barriers to its adoption, then researchers and experts in the sector respond.

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Philanthropy’s Divisions Reflect America’s Politics — Not Its People

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Chris Stackaruk Nonprofits and foundations have spent weeks debating and deconstructing an essay on pluralism that most Americans wouldn’t bat an eye at. That kind of response raises questions about how the social sector can ever succeed at healing the nation’s divides.

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7 Top Strategies to Move from Random to Purposeful Donor Cultivation

Clairification

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there” – Lewis Carroll This is actually a paraphrase of an exchange between Alice and the Cheshire Cat in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I use it often to encourage people to develop and stick to a plan. Lewis Carroll, on the other hand, was celebrating the benefits from random wanderings.

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Truist Foundation Announces Second Inspire Awards Challenge to Support Nonprofits Serving Undercapitalized Entrepreneurs

NonProfit PRO

Truist Foundation announced the launch of its second Inspire Awards Challenge, featuring a pitch and a capacity-building grant program for nonprofit organizations that are aiding entrepreneurs from undercapitalized communities.

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Lessons From the Failures of Covax

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Trevor Zimmer In May, the COVID-19 national public health emergency officially ended. As the world emerges from this period of death, economic displacement, and social reordering, it will take years to fully understand how the pandemic impacted households, communities, and countries. But the COVID-19 pandemic will not be the last novel infectious disease in our lifetimes, and climate change will be a threat to human and planetary health without equal.

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Raise More, Worry Less: How to Safeguard Your Nonprofit’s Funds

Bloomerang

As a nonprofit, you work tirelessly to raise funds, and it’s important to ensure that every dollar raised goes towards your mission. The shift towards online fundraising has opened up a world of opportunities for nonprofits, allowing you to reach potential donors from anywhere and at any time. This transition has also brought new risks that nonprofits should be aware of.

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Aviation-Law Expert John Hoyns Gives Colgate University $20 Million

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Mark D. DiOrio, Colgate University John Hoyns gave $20 million to support financial aid at Colgate University. Plus, a lumber heir left a large bequest to two Bangor, Me., hospitals, and Los Angeles philanthropist Wallis Annenberg is giving $10 million to a Beverly Hills performing-arts center she helped to launch 10 years ago.

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Tickets Are Now on Sale for the 2023 Driven by Cause Philanthropic Summit Presented by Arreva & Nova Southeastern University

NonProfit PRO

Get your tickets for the premier philanthropic summit for nonprofit executive directors, development officers, Board members, and fundraising professionals. This is an unparalleled opportunity to collaborate, engage, and learn from national and local speakers, executive directors, funders, sports foundations, and educators through curated thought-leadership sessions with action items for nonprofits’ success in today’s world.

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The Power of Mental Health to Break Cycles of Violence and Promote Peace

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Celina De Sola & Daisy Rosales Eugenia Ponce clearly recalls the tragic day in 2013 when her nephew and 12 other community members were disappeared. In the 10 years since, she has led a local collective in her native Tepito neighborhood in Mexico City to advocate for justice on their behalf. Along with thousands of other families of disappeared people, Ponce is a member of a national movement responding to violence that all too frequently goes unacknowledged and unaddressed.

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Q&A: Answering Your Top Questions About Mid-Level

Veritus Group

Part one of a two-part series dedicated to answering the top questions we hear about relationship-based mid-level fundraising. The post Q&A: Answering Your Top Questions About Mid-Level appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Call for Speakers: 2023 Nonprofit Talent Summit in Memphis, TN

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Momentum Nonprofit Partners, Mid-South Philanthropy Network, and Christian Brothers University Institute for Leadership Development join together to host the inaugural Nonprofit Talent Summit Charitable nonprofits from across the country have reported significant difficulties retaining staff and filling vacancies since the pandemic changed the world in 2020.

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Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Accounting Software

NonProfit PRO

Evaluating accounting software? This guide has you covered. Download this buyer’s guide for important core functionality and features to look for to manage finances effectively, how to navigate the process, frequently asked questions, and ways to ensure your team gets the most out of the software long-term.

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Response: Increasing Environmental and Social Sustainability at the Same Time

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Roland Geyer The fashion industry could decrease its environmental impact by shifting its sources of revenue from material and energy to labor.

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Texas Woman’s U. Receives $15 Million to Recruit and Train More Women Airline Pilots

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Texas Woman’s University A $15 million grant from the Doswell Foundation will go toward creating an aviation program at Texas Woman’s University to recruit and train more women to fly planes and address a shortage of pilots in the airline industry. Also, the bank First Horizon has committed $50 million to make grants to nonprofit groups in the southeastern United States, and the InnerScience Research Fund will give up to $10 million to study how meditation may limit the progression

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5 Steps to Hosting a Fundraiser for Animal-Related Causes

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Hosting a fundraiser can be a rewarding experience that not only raises vital funds for animal-related causes but also brings animal lovers together in support of a common goal. Whether you’re a dedicated animal rights activist or work or volunteer with a pet-focused organization , organizing a fundraiser can be a powerful way to create positive change.

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Three Organizations Invest $40M in Seed Funding for Black-led Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Ballmer Group, Echoing Green, and New Profit announce funding for a new initiative to address the systemic funding gap for Black-led nonprofit organizations in the U.S. The grant will fund a five-year initiative to build leadership and sustainability of Black-led organizations focused on economic mobility.

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Poverty Persists Because of Us

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Review by Lydia Burleson In Poverty, by America, sociologist Matthew Desmond argues that America’s welfare state doesn’t help those who need it the most.

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Nonprofit Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for June 2023

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

We’ve got you covered for social media or newsletter ideas for June! These ideas come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get July’s prompts emailed to you the first week of June. On the Calendar 6/1: Official Start of Hurricane Season in the US. If you work anywhere near the Gulf or Atlantic Coasts, you know all about Hurricane season, which starts June 1st and goes through November.

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Housing Blues

NonProfit Quarterly

Meet Saphia, a young bell hooks fanatic trying desperately to build a good life in New York City. Constantly immersed in the latest idea she has discovered while reading hooks, Saphia is determined to figure out how to apply these liberatory ideals to her own life. But the one thing she doesn’t account for is a little surprise encouragement from the legend herself.

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Blackbaud Announces Expanded Partnerships with Almabase and SwipeTrack to Accelerate Customer Impact

NonProfit PRO

Blackbaud, a provider of software for powering social impact, announced expanded partnerships with Almabase, a specialist in software tools for educational institutions to build alumni-centric programs and SwipeTrack Solutions, a provider of technology solutions for creating modernized patron experiences.