Non Profit AF

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Hi everyone, before we get started, I have exciting news: It took over a year and tons of dark chocolate,

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I'm excited to join Corporate Partnerships Everywhere (CPE23) once again! This year's theme is putting charities in the driving seat of corporate partnerships. I ❤️ that. ?? Here are four reasons why you should join me at CPE23 on March 16th. ? Corporate partnerships are everywhere now. They are no longer just local or regional, or national. THEY ARE INTERNATIONAL.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In part one, I described the difficulties nonprofits are facing trying to comply with the Stop WOKE Act. Now let’s take a deeper look into what complying with this law means for nonprofits with employees doing business in the state — discussing everything from human resources to donor relations.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Your nonprofit’s digital presence makes a huge difference in how well you’re able to engage supporters. This is where an effective nonprofit homepage becomes especially important; it’s not only the first landing page supporters see. It also solidifies their first impression of your organization and influences whether they’re interested in further exploring and supporting your cause.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Every nonprofit has a Board of Directors. Yet most people don’t understand exactly what the Board’s job is. And this is a problem. You see, it means that hundreds of people are sitting on nonprofit Boards and have NO IDEA what they said “yes” to. It’s surprising. And concerning. Unfortunately, there’s no “Board School” to send people to when they join a Board, so new members just do the best they can, following the lead of seasoned Board members.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By Johanna Mair , Josefa Kindt & Sébastien Mena Civil society has attended to social problems for decades while intentionally refraining from overt engagement with politics. But a new field of practice seeks to reinvigorate democracy by emancipating social innovation from this stricture.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Are you afraid that ChatGPT is coming for your job? After talking to multiple copywriters who share the fear of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, I put ChatGPT to the task of writing a fundraising letter. Here is what happened.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At Candid, we recognize that nonprofit leaders and fundraising professionals, particularly those working at small or under-resourced organizations, need access to the nonprofit training and resources that equip them to do good. As Candid moves to more proactively promote equity in the broader social sector, we also continue to reflect on what our own role might be in supporting that effort.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It can be difficult to know how to support employees who are grieving or experiencing grief as the result of a loved one dying. Done insensitively and without forethought and training, managers and colleagues can come across as uncaring and even complicit in a conspiracy of silence that deprives people of the support that work can offer in times of mourning.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Nonprofits continue to focus their sights on baby boomers, but as the greatest wealth transfer in history is underway, nonprofits will need to adjust their thinking, futureproof their donor databases and find ways to connect with younger generations.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

After seven years of kitchen-table and Zoom organizing, a multi-stakeholder, cooperative, community-owned grocery store is taking shape in Louisville, KY. In October, the metro council of Louisville’s combined city-county government voted to allocate $3.5 million to help make a co-op grocery a reality. There are still many steps to take. The grocery store has over 600 member-owners; we need more.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Getting to Know Mark Jordan, Our Board Chair Mark Jordan joined the Momentum Nonprofit Partners Board of Directors five years ago, and he has been an active and engaged board member ever since. His enthusiasm from Momentum’s work is nearly unrivaled, as the organization’s trainings, research, and events have helped him transition from the corporate world into the nonprofit world in 2016 when he began work in development with the Child Advocacy Center and then Wolf River Conservancy.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Since 2013, the AmazonSmile program has provided shoppers with an easy way to donate to nonprofits like yours. When Amazon customers purchased a qualifying item, the AmazonSmile Foundation donated 0.5% of the purchase price at no additional cost to the customer. Recently, Amazon announced that it plans to end the AmazonSmile Program , with February 20 of this year being marked as the estimated closure date.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

America’s top 30 peer-to-peer fundraising programs raised $1.05 billion in 2022, according to the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum’s annual study. Though the top 30 programs reached a notable milestone in its second year of continued growth, that figure still lags behind 2019’s $1.37 million, showing peer-to-peer events are still recovering from the 33.5% drop in revenue in 2020.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By Angela Glover Blackwell America needs a new story—one that is honest and inspiring, and that doesn’t shy away from its racial history—to guide us toward realizing a thriving multiracial democracy.

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Nonprofit Fixer

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Fundraising can feel complicated and overwhelming. Many nonprofit organizations are swimming in fundraising ideas but are not sure where actually to begin. Should you research grants and apply for them or focus on producing an event? Should you do an email blast to supporters or put your energy into major donor-matching gifts? No organization or fundraiser has the capacity to do everything they want to do.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Image Credit: Daoudi Aissa on unsplash.com Late last year, the California Public Utilities Commission passed a new iteration of the state’s net energy policy, which determines what happens with excess energy. Dubbed NEM3, this policy significantly lowers the number of credits ratepayers with rooftop solar receive when they send excess energy back to the grid.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Philanthropy Roundtable has opened nominations for its 2023 Simon-DeVos Prize for Philanthropic Leadership. Each year, the Prize honors a living philanthropist who has shown exemplary leadership through charitable giving with a $200,000 award that is payable to the winner’s charitable organization of choice.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

To be successful on social media, it’s crucial to prioritize… well, being “social”. In fact, if you don’t plan on consistently engaging with your audience, it’s best to stay off social media altogether. If at this point, you’re mumbling under your breathe “Okay, Captain Obvious”, that’s fair, but are you really sure of what it takes to “engage”?

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Nonprofit Fixer

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Complete Guide to Implementing a Four-Day Workweek Wall Street Journal, AP, NPR and other news outlets are covering the new results of studies on the Four-Day Workweek. The Four-Day Workweek had quite a news cycle. New research has been released showing how successful and popular the program is. 92% of companies who tried it, will keep using it, citing better morale, retention, and results.

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Veritus Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Becoming an effective leader requires letting go of the need to control and trusting others to get things done. Here's how. The post How Leaders Can Let Go of Control appeared first on Veritus Group.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A new focus in the nonprofit sector is the importance of organizations building a culture of philanthropy, and recruiting board members requires a balanced approach. This brings us to the age-old three Ts on nonprofit involvement: time, talent, and treasure.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By Emily Haynes Phil Ashley, Getty Images Despite the year-over-year decrease in the value of gifts of $10 million or more, the number of those gifts actually increased 3 percent from 2021 to 2022.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Support for this show is brought to you by our friends at Bloomerang. Bloomerang offers donor management and online fundraising software that helps small to medium nonprofits, like First Tee of Greater Akron , a nonprofit that empowers kids and teens through the game of golf. After just one year with Bloomerang they doubled their unique donors, improved donor stewardship, and raised more funds.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

mid-south nonprofit conference announces keynote speaker Xavier Ramey, one of the most respected voices in the DEI space, will deliver the keynote address for the 2023 Mid-South Nonprofit Conference. He is an award-winning social strategist, noted public speaker, & conflict mediator. Combining his background in economics, extensive management & social impact experience, Xavier leads a company that brings a wealth of experience & network to clients seeking catalyzed strategies for inc

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Beth Fisher of Mel Trotter Ministries and Fisher Strategic join The NonProfit Voice to discuss her organization’s journey of selecting and implementing new technology to improve workflows and be more efficient with donor communications.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By Ben Naimark-Rowse The perceived messy work of building movements often scares away grant makers, but these efforts are critical to creating equitable societies. Donors need to adopt new practices and strategies to measure and support them.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Today a friend, who serves on the board of a struggling local arts organization, asked me what they can do to increase their fundraising. I asked her a few questions; then answered simply: “Have more conversations with people; make more friends.” You see, they have people who know about them but they’re just not giving. They have donors, but they’re not giving enough.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We’ve Launched A Series of Consultant Profiles! In this post, we feature Elle Benson Finding a consultant can be a stressful experience. How do you find the right fit for your organization? How do you know that they’re qualified? That’s why Momentum Nonprofit Partners launched our consultant directory in 2017 and have linked hundreds of nonprofits to qualified consultants in Memphis and across the country.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the company’s recent announcement that they will shut down the program, iGive is stepping up to fill the void for charities and philanthropic shoppers alike, helping both give and get more donations than with AmazonSmile.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Make-A-Wish America Basketball great Michael Jordan gave $10 million to the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America to establish an endowment to ensure it can keep granting wishes for children with critical illnesses. Plus, the University of Michigan landed a $50 million donation for its education school, and three other universities received big gifts.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

from our friend Maureen Wallbeoff Lisa pinged me the other day—she’s the development director for a social justice organization. She asked for some advice around her (bumpy) request for proposals (RFP) process at her nonprofit. Her board had approved the budget for a new CRM and asked her to follow this process to find the right software. When I asked her to describe the problem, here’s what she said: I’ve never done this before, and I feel like I’m making it up as I go along.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A whopping 95% of you reported either working remotely or a hybrid of both home and office in our 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. This represents a shift in working locations for 64% of nonprofit communicators. Source: 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report When lockdowns started happening across the world in 2020, we shared several posts on how to make the best of working from home for those who never had to before.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Should you be worried about the shutdown of Amazon Smile? Nope. There are actually way better, sustainable fundraising success strategies to really smile about, whether or not your nonprofit organization participated in the program. Join Barbara O’Reilly, CFRE, and other fundraising experts, for a highly interactive, panel conversation webinar, on Thursday, March 30th at 2pm ET, to learn how to not only easily replace this revenue stream, but to wildly surpass your overall fundraising goals.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By Glenn Gamboa, AP Business Writer Brittainy Newman/AP José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen was among the three most popular Fidelity Charitable grantees in 2022. Fidelity Charitable, the nation's largest grant maker, announced Tuesday that 2022 was another record-setting year, with $11.2 billion in grants awarded by its donor-advised fund holders, up 9 percent over 2021.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By Roshan Krishnan , Sofia Jarrin Hidalgo & Marianna Fuchs Carbon offset programs enable affluent states and corporations to greenwash and pose serious threats to Indigenous peoples’ rights. Consider the case of the LEAF Coalition’s partnership with Ecuador.

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The Killoe Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The post How to Write A Corporate Sponsorship Letter: 5 Steps appeared first on OneCause.

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