The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 16, 2025
This year, the competition for large foundations' attention is fierce. Here are key strategies to stand out in a crowded field. By M.J. Prest Getty Images This year, the competition for large foundations' attention is fierce. Here are key strategies to stand out in a crowded field.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 18, 2025
It's not uncommon for donors to stop giving and become lapsed. Here’s what you can do to encourage them to renew their support.
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Joan Garry
JUNE 18, 2025
A give/get policy isn’t just about money — it’s about mindset. It affirms that every board member has a role to play in increasing the organization’s resources, in ways that are both meaningful and equitable. How can you help the board see the impact of having one? The post Why Your Board Needs a Give/Get Policy appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 17, 2025
The Senate released its updates for "The One Big Beautiful Bill." Here are some of the changes that would most affect nonprofits.
Speaker: Sean Yoder
Nonprofits are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate financial accountability while continuing to expand their impact. Traditional budgeting models often fall short, reinforcing silos, limiting flexibility, and stalling growth. Enter collaborative budgeting: a dynamic, team-driven process that enables smarter resource allocation and builds financial resilience at scale.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 16, 2025
These workers — at different stages of their careers and representing various fields — illustrate the personal fallout from the federal government's defunding of the nonprofit sector. By Sara Herschander Courtesy of each Clockwise from top left: Grace Mok, Brandon Jirō Hayashi, Adhira Johnson-Miller, Shannon Sullivan, Julie Keller, and Bryan Hall. These workers — at different stages of their careers and representing various fields — illustrate the personal fallout from the federal government's d
Candid
JUNE 17, 2025
This year is proving to be a deeply challenging time for nearly all nonprofits, and the situation is particularly urgent for organizations that abruptly lost their federal funding. In a recent Candid webinar, Funding Beyond Federal: How to Diversify Funding to Ensure Stability in Uncertain Times , we asked participants to share one word to describe how the current funding environment felt, and the top three responses stood out loud and clear: “scary,” “chaotic,” “uncertain.
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NonProfit PRO
JUNE 20, 2025
One of nonprofit CEOs' responsibilities is maintaining community relationships. Here's how CEOs and their teams can collaborate to build strong ties.
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
JUNE 18, 2025
Nonprofit organizations depend on email as a key communication tool for engaging supporters, sharing impact stories, and driving donations. Yet many nonprofit emails remain unopened or ignored, limiting their reach and effectiveness. Understanding the factors that cause emails to go unread is critical for improving communication strategies and boosting supporter engagem ent The Email Overload Problem The average person receives dozens, sometimes hundreds, of emails daily.
Candid
JUNE 18, 2025
In 2025, federal and state funding shifts are significantly disrupting the nonprofit sector. Direct grant recipients and organizations reliant on upstream funding are facing paused projects, staff reductions, and program instability; many are struggling to sustain operations. In response, foundations across the country are embracing adaptive funder strategies, demonstrating commitment, flexibility, and trust.
Bloomerang
JUNE 19, 2025
Imagine if volunteers could rate their experience at your nonprofit the same way they rate restaurants. Would they be raving fans—or leaving a one-star warning for others to stay away? “Amazing mission, terrible service. Signed up to help, but no one told me what to do. Felt like a lost puppy. ” “Came for one shift, stayed five years. I actually feel like part of the team here. ” “Volunteered for three hours and not a single person said thank you.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement
There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 16, 2025
Fundraising is a vital part of any nonprofit, but many struggle to keep their fundraising staff onboard. Here's how nonprofits can better retain fundraisers.
Elevation
JUNE 16, 2025
Explore Best Practices for Leveraging the Google Ad Grant Program The Google Ad Grant program offers nonprofits a powerful way to broaden their reach digitallly without overstretching limited budgets. Eligible organizations receive up to $10,000 per month in Google Ads credits, enabling them to connect with new audiences, amplify their missions, and promote their programs.
NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 18, 2025
Image credit: Rui M on Flickr This article introduces a three-part series: Saving Philanthropy: Creating Rules of the Road for Donor-Advised Funds. Coproduced by the Charity Reform Initiative of the Institute for Policy Studies and NPQ, this series examines how to facilitate giving while ensuring donor funds reach operating nonprofits in an efficient and effective manner.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 17, 2025
A proposed new tax on foundation earnings should push foundations to align endowment investments with mission — and help grantees survive. By Clara Miller and David Morse Getty Images A proposed new tax on foundation earnings should push foundations to align endowment investments with mission — and help grantees survive.
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 14, 2025
By Carly Berna , Fundraiser in Residence at Virtuous , the responsive fundraising platform with a CRM at the foundation, built to connect personally with donors and grow giving. Nonprofit fundraising serves as the lifeblood of organizations dedicated to creating positive change. Strategic fundraising tactics create huge potential for nonprofits to make even more of a difference where it counts.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 16, 2025
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NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 16, 2025
Image credit: Travis Saylor on Pexels Nationally, Mother Jones reports, over one million adults are currently under guardianship. This is an invisible civil rights crisis—hidden in plain sight. Having a guardian affects a person’s fundamental right to live in a community, make decisions about their life, and remain free from unnecessary confinement.
Clairification
JUNE 19, 2025
Every fundraiser knows the tension: You want to lead with a story that stirs hearts. Your CFO wants broad messaging that raises money for the whole organization. They’re not wrong—unrestricted funding is essential. But broad, abstract appeals rarely move donors to act. Most people give to something they care about deeply. A moment. A face. A cause they can feel.
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 16, 2025
For nonprofit marketers and fundraisers, the sheer volume of “must-use AI tools” touted on social media and tech blogs is overwhelming. AIxploria lists 5,000+ and Ascendix Tech estimates there are 70,000+ AI companies worldwide , but a large portion of those tools and companies will not survive the start-up phase. For those nonprofit professionals looking to expand their knowledge of using AI for marketing and fundraising, this list of 33 AI tools is a good place to start.
Fundraising Coach
JUNE 20, 2025
Your nonprofit’s website is one of your most valuable tools for sharing your mission and engaging your community. It’s often the first place people go to learn about your cause, sign up to help, or make a donation. But having an engaging website isn’t enough. For it to make an impact, people need to find and use it. Increasing site traffic helps more people learn what you do, support your work, and spread the word.
NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 17, 2025
Credit: UCCS Karmer Family Library on Flickr Social justice organizations are becoming frustrated with strategic planning. As consultants Jara Dean-Coffey and Jill Casey noted in their recent paper “Strategy for Now,” published at The Foundation Review : “Amid growing desires to integrate and embody practices aligned with equity, emergence, and complexity, concepts and points of view that dominate business continue to lead conversations about strategy formation in philanthropy and nonprofits.
iMarketSmart
JUNE 16, 2025
If you’ve ever sent out a fundraising appeal that didn’t land—no clicks, no gifts, no response—you’re not alone. But the real problem isn’t your open rate, subject line, or font choice. It’s this: you may have written to the head and ignored the heart. Too many fundraising messages are built on data, logic, and institutional priorities. But generosity is driven by something else entirely: emotion.
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.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 18, 2025
Fundraisers' experiences in places where many donors have lost jobs may offer a preview of what to expect elsewhere if the country slides into a recession. By Rasheeda Childress Large numbers of donors in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta have lost jobs because of federal cuts and companies that have lost business. Fundraisers' experiences in those cities might be a preview of what nonprofits elsewhere will face if the country slides into a recession.
Affnetz
JUNE 20, 2025
When talking about donor engagement and fundraising is essential to talk about mindset – not a donor’s mindset YOUR mindset. Whether you’re a board member, executive director or staff member seeking to engage donors and succeed in fundraising, your mindset is critical. Fundraising is an inspiration business and your mindset can help you stay inspired.
Bloomerang
JUNE 18, 2025
You’re not just running a nonprofit—you’re fueling a movement. Every day, you pour your heart into your mission, rallying supporters who believe in the change you’re creating. But let’s be honest—turning that incredible passion into sustained financial support can be a big challenge. What if you had a secret weapon to ensure you raise more with every visit to your donation page ?
Candid
JUNE 16, 2025
A 2023 survey found that only 5.4% of respondents believed they or an immediate family member had received nonprofit services in the past year. At a time when nonprofits across the United States are facing the loss of government grants and increased scrutiny, it’s become ever more important to ensure the value and impact of nonprofits is recognized.
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.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JUNE 17, 2025
By Brian Hooks In the spring of 2023, I joined five others to write an article for the Chronicle of Philanthropy urging the sector to reaffirm its commitment to pluralism. The authors all led significant philanthropic organizations and came from different perspectives. We saw a need for the sector to steel itself against threats from political polarization that were dividing and destroying other institutions in society.
NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 20, 2025
Credit: Ron Cogswell on Flickr President Donald Trump has centered much of his legislative agenda on a single bill. The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will, if the version passed in May by House Republicans becomes law, make an already inequitable economy even less equitable. How inequitable is the current US economy? At the end of 2024, the top 10 percent had over two-thirds of US wealth and the bottom 50 percent had only 2.5 percent, according to the latest Federal Reserve data.
Elevation
JUNE 20, 2025
The Google Ad Grant program gives nonprofits the opportunity to raise awareness, attract donors, recruit new volunteers, and much more, using Google search ads. It’s designed to help organizations extend their public service messages to a wider audience in an effort to make a greater impact on the world. The program can revolutionize nonprofit organizations.
Big Duck
JUNE 18, 2025
Learn how your nonprofit can reflect, regroup, and grow from mistakes. Build trust, improve strategy, and foster a stronger culture of learning.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
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