Joan Garry
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
So many nonprofit superheroes find themselves being fueled by the work of leading their organization but drained when it comes to the work of managing it. Here are 10 actionable tips that will make you a stronger nonprofit manager. The post I Came to Change the World, Not Conduct Performance Reviews! appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
This article is the third installment of NPQ’s series on Community-Driven Philanthropy. In this series, movement leaders explore what’s possible if philanthropy adopts a reparative model—one in which it supports the leadership of BIPOC communities, not just by writing grants, but by shifting assets and control over resources to frontline communities.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
By Kyle Brown , COO at DonateStock – a fundraising platform that makes stock gifting to nonprofits easy and accessible. Giving Season is upon us and the clock is ticking. As leadership and development teams lean in for a final push, donors are receiving countless requests for limited financial support. . DonateStock has ignited a conversation in philanthropy with their innovative approach to stock gifting.
Clairification
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
For good things once a year is not enough. Why do so many of us only eat turkey once a year? Or pumpkin pie? I’ve no idea! It’s surely not rational. These are special foods we value and take great delight in. Yet we get into a bad habit of thinking on auto pilot. If it’s not Thanksgiving, the idea of roasting a turkey or making cranberry sauce doesn’t even enter most or our heads.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Everyone knows the two main things to consider when fundraising are numbers and intent. But there’s a crucial third leg to fundraising, and that’s affinity. Instead of looking at broad-strokes behaviors, like recent purchases, affinity considers the underlying profile and motivations of donors.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
“WE ARE POWERFUL” BY CHIP THOMAS/ JETSONORAMA.NET. Editors’ note: This article is from the fall 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly , “The Face of Climate Change,” and was first published on May 1, 2022. Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. The climate crisis is not only a product of greenhouse gas emissions… but also of an ideological shift that was imposed by colonization and capitalism to justify violation of sacred land-, water-, and
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
By Ned Resnikoff & Brian Hanlon. California’s housing crisis has its roots in the veto power of local governments and communities.
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NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
As the end of the year approaches and we enter the holiday season, nonprofits ramp up their efforts to encourage people to give back. Yet, there’s no reason why donations should be higher at the end of the year. Here are several reasons why it's a bad idea to use year-end giving as a significant fundraising strategy.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Image Credit: Samuel Regan-Asante on unsplash.com. What if I told you that we all possess the power to heal and transform how trauma manifests in our bodies? Further, music, art, and creative expressions are portals through which we can activate our power to heal. According to Dr. Sará King— neuroscientist, medical anthropologist, and founder of Mind Heart Consulting —“we actually have been imbued with superpowers” that enable healing.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
By Sabrina Pellerin , Ariane Ollier-Malaterre , Ellen Ernst Kossek , Marie-Colombe Afota , Luc Cousineau , Charles-Étienne Lavoie , Emmanuelle Leon , Barbara Beham , Gabriele Morandin , Marcello Russo , Ameeta Jaga , Jichang Ma , Chang-qin Lu & Xavier Parent-Rocheleau. Constant connectivity harms employees’ work-life balance and mental health.
Donorbox Nonprofit
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Nonprofits start making strategies and appeals for their end-of-year giving campaigns months in advance. Throughout this process, they keep wondering how to reach more people, pick up the right tools, craft effective appeals, and make a stellar marketing plan. This article is meant to answer the questions and doubts you may have about the decisions […].
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Donors with charitable giving budgets gave almost four times more money, on average, in the past 12 months and are two times more likely to give more money over the next 12 months due to rising inflation.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Image Credit: congerdesign on pixabay.com. This article concludes the Community Strategies for Systemic Change, a series co-produced by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and NPQ. In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change.
NonProfit Leadership Center
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
At the Nonprofit Leadership Center, we believe gratitude is one of the secret ingredients to success. During this season of giving, Team NLC reflects on the moments, memories and people we’re most grateful for in 2022. Our deep gratitude extends to you, our nonprofit partners, supporters and community leaders, who help strengthen nonprofit organizations and our communities alongside us every day.
Jeff Brooks
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Most fundraisers are getting worse results in 2022 than they did in 2020 and 2021. Inflation? Recession? Maybe. But for many, the "problem" is, we’re returning to “normal.”. 2020 and 2021 were record-breaking years for those who kept fundraising. Donors were pouring out donations, because they understood the crisis we were all facing together. Most likely, those two years will be the high-water mark for fundraising for a long time to come.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Well, as a special Thanksgiving message, I wanted to share some holiday bloopers I’ve seen recently. I typically go through my stack of mail once a week to scan in new ideas or things I particularly like because I learn from what you as fundraisers do at your nonprofits.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
When schools and daycares shuttered, when food and other supply chains broke, who delivered baby supplies to parents juggling virtual work and young children? Who opened emergency childcare centers for the frontline workers who didn’t have the luxury of working from home? Who brought food to housebound elders? It wasn’t for-profit companies. The nonprofit sector, along with community-based mutual aid networks , stepped up to meet immediate needs.
Donorbox Nonprofit
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Board members are the leadership team of your organization. They are meant to be responsible for overseeing every aspect of the organization from incorporation to budgeting to fundraising to donor relationship management, and even more. So, whether you’ve recently started an organization or trying to find new board members, knowing the key responsibilities of nonprofit […].
Amy Eisenstein
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
[…] some conversations, go on a listening tour, do a little survey and let us know what you come up with, because we’re really curious to […].
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
What are strategic planning themes? How could I identify them? How might they evolve year-to-year? Understanding themes and trends offers numerous benefits to you as a leader since they can help inform decisions and strategies.
Blue Avocado
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Article In Brief: The Problem: Nonprofit leaders’ desire to improve the future, and feeling of present inadequacy, can lead to burnout, anxiety, and depression. We have to realize we can’t do it alone. Why it Happens: Nonprofits, and funders alike, work separately in silos, tackling challenges, and vying for the same access to resources, independently. […].
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
By Beth Kanter & Allison Fine. Cloud-powered smart technology liberates resources so that organizations can focus on the work that matters most.
Non Profit AF
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
There is often the complaint that we have too many nonprofits in our sector. I don’t necessarily agree, and in.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
As nonprofit leaders and their teams know all too well, every gift matters and makes a difference to the communities nonprofits serve. But philanthropy isn’t limited to giving money. There are many ways to be a philanthropist and advance the causes that are important to you.
Foundation Group
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The post Paying an Independent Contractor? Are You Sure? appeared first on Foundation Group®.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
By Carolyn Florey. Mercy Corps has paved a new era of innovation with cloud-driven programming that fully grasps the complexities of humanitarian emergencies.
Bloomerang
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The post Are We Throwing Millions Away by the Way We Assess Donor Acquisition Results? appeared first on Bloomerang.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
I tried years ago to instruct my children the importance of giving and charity for others. My parents taught me that it was better to give than receive. I love to give and see the look on someone’s face when they receive a gift, especially those who deeply appreciate the act of giving.
Veritus Group
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The best way to say thank you is to do so authentically. Here are a few ways you can show gratitude to your donors and your team. The post 3 Meaningful Ways to Say Thanks appeared first on Veritus Group.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Review by Alberto Alemanno. Alex Budak’s Becoming a Changemaker expands an already expansive concept, yet his argument reinforces the hero myth that still dominates social innovation.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
This time of year nonprofit communicators have the unenviable situation of not only having to deal with the normal holiday stress most everyone else deals with, but also the added strain of coordinating year-end campaigns at your nonprofit. You’re probably dealing with: High Expectations – shopping for the perfect gifts, planning the perfect meals, writing the perfect email appeal.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
On Sunday, November 27, 2022, Museum Store Sunday will commence with the current count at 2,033 museum stores and cultural institutions across the globe participating in this annual event.
Veritus Group
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
In this Question of the Month video, Karen and Jeff outline the 3 essential tasks that major gift officers absolutely must do. The post Question of the Month: 3 Things You Cannot Sacrifice as an MGO appeared first on Veritus Group.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
By Louis C. Boorstin. In an era of big-bet philanthropy, a small foundation can still have an outsize impact. Here are seven techniques for getting more from your philanthropic dollar.
Clairification
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
This Thursday folks in the United States will celebrate what I consider to be the social benefit sector holiday of the year. So it’s time for my annual Thanks(for)Giving post! Just think about what ‘Thanksgiving’ means. Literally, it’s a day for giving thanks for blessings. Who , and what, do you count among yours? I know when we go around the table at my family Thanksgivings, saying what we’re grateful for this year, most folks respond with a people-based answer.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Walmart announced the launch of a new giving campaign as part of its Spark Good initiative, supporting local organizations across the country with up to $5 million going to nonprofits this holiday season.
Affnetz
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Five Good Ideas to Increase Your Nonprofit Fundraising Revenue. Let’s keep it simple – five easy ways to increase your Nonprofit’s fundraising revenue. Treat Major Donors Differently. Leverage Your Board. Increase Foundation Proposals. Create a Monthly Donor Program. Grow Your List of Prospects. Treat Major Donors Differently. The post Nonprofit Fundraising Revenue appeared first on Nonprofit Management Software, Association Membership Software.
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