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8 Cybersecurity Concerns for Nonprofits & How to Address Them

NonProfit Leadership Center

Nonprofit organizations face unique challenges when it comes to cybersecurity. Limited budgets, lack of dedicated IT staff, and the ever-evolving nature of cyber threats can make it difficult to stay protected. We recently asked nonprofit leaders about their top cybersecurity concerns. They expressed eight challenges that we’ll address by offering best practices to overcome them. 8 Cybersecurity Concerns & Solutions for Nonprofit Leaders 1.

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Last-Minute Tips for Nonprofit Voter Engagement on Election Day and Beyond

Non Profitvote

Nonprofits play a crucial role in helping communities vote with confidence and clarity. With Election Day upon us, here’s a guide to effective last-minute communication for nonprofits to support voters and strengthen trust in the election process. From sharing polling details to encouraging patience, these strategies will help foster a positive, informed voter experience. 1.

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Medical Ship Docks in Sierra Leone for Free Surgeries and Training

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Mercyships.org Disclosure: The author is a journalist and has been serving as a volunteer writer in the Communications Department on board the Global Mercy since January 2024. In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone.

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Nonprofit HR Risks and Best Practices with Dr. Tiffany Slater

The Charity CFO

In a recent episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Dr. Tiffany Slater, an nonproift HR expert and founder of HRTailorMade. The conversation centered around common HR risks faced by nonprofit organizations and best practices for avoiding potential pitfalls. Here’s a recap of the key insights shared during their discussion.

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Stop Budget Burnout: A Better Way to Grow Your Nonprofit in 2026

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.

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Nonprofit Radio for October 28, 2024: Your Strategic Partnerships

Tony Martignetti

Mark Lillis: Your Strategic Partnerships Local nonprofits, companies, government officials and agencies, business leaders, and others can improve your outcomes in ways you cannot imagine. Taking the time to build relationships with potential partners—before you need them—makes a smart investment in your mission and programs. Mark Lillis from Leaven Kids shares his experience and … Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for October 28, 2024: Your Strategic Partnerships → Mark Lillis: Your

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The Rise of Fractional Executives: And The Impact On Nonprofits

Fundraising Coach

This guest post is from Cindy Wagman, the founder of [link]. She shares a powerful way nonprofits are bringing in top executive expertise in a new way. Be sure to check out Cindy’s training “ Fractional Executives: Disrupting Nonprofit Staffing and Careers ” for The Nonprofit Academy at: [link]. The Rise of Fractional Executives: And The Impact On Nonprofits by Cindy Wagman The nonprofit sector is facing an unprecedented staffing crisis.

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Strategies For Connecting With Younger Donors

Bloomerang

Gaining new donors and maintaining those relationships long term is essential to the success of your nonprofit and its projects. It’s important to recognize that the next generation of donors has arrived with their own set of expectations, values, and perspectives. To attract them to your cause, you can’t rely on the same strategies you may have used for Gen X or Baby Boomers.

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NPO Cybersecurity Getting New Defense Level

The NonProfit Times

NetHope announced the launch of the Partner Collective for the Global Humanitarian Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Global Humanitarian ISAC) during its recent 2024 NetHope Global Summit. This initiative unites a group of organizations dedicated to providing funding, expertise, tools, and technology to support the Global Humanitarian ISAC mission of enhancing cybersecurity for global humanitarian and conservation nonprofits.

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How Guaranteed Income Can Support the Arts—And Ourselves

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Mesut çiçen on Unsplash It’s the spring of 2022. I’m on my tenth call of the day supporting applicants to the Creatives Rebuild New York’s (CRNY) Guaranteed Income for Artists program. This time, I’m speaking with a musician, confirming that she is indeed eligible, verified, and will soon begin receiving monthly payments of $1,000 for the next 18 months.

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Here come the Autonomists: Redefining nonprofit work 

Candid

The way we work is rapidly evolving amid societal and industry changes in a post-pandemic world. One shift I’m seeing is the rise of those I call the “Autonomists”—highly skilled professionals who are opting out of traditional employment structures in favor of independent, project-based work. The movement signals a new era of work, one where professionals value autonomy over security and innovation over tradition.

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Interactive Webinar: Recurring Giving Events That Keep on Giving

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

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The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Fundraising: A Lesson from Bill Crouch

iMarketSmart

Over the last decade, I’ve had the privilege of learning from Bill Crouch , the founder of BrightDot and a fundraising expert with decades of experience. One thing Bill has impressed on me time and again is this: emotional intelligence (EQ) isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the secret sauce that separates good fundraisers from those who close transformational gifts.

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25 Years And $2.5 Billion For ShopGoodwill.com

The NonProfit Times

Image from ShopGoodwill.com By Richard H. Levey ShopGoodwill.com, the ecommerce platform used by more than 130 Goodwills across North America, is not resting on its history after 25 years in operation. The online store, which organization leaders claim was “the first e-commerce auction platform created, owned, and operated by a nonprofit organization,” is celebrating its silver anniversary by boosting its use of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Meta Verified for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Until recently, the Meta verified blue badge was reserved only for notable brands and personalities with a large following on Facebook and Instagram. Small and medium-sized nonprofits could apply for the verified badge, but the vast majority of applications were declined. It’s been a frustrating experience for many nonprofits since verified pages and accounts get more organic reach in the feed.

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How Boards Can Confidently Assess Executive Pay

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images for Unsplash One of the chief responsibilities of a nonprofit board is to determine executive compensation. But fulfilling that responsibility can be challenging. Boards must contend with a variety of factors, from applicable state and federal laws to the nonprofit’s financial constraints to competitive pay practices to organizational values and the salaries of the rest of its staff.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

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.

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Safe At Work: How To Lead During Election Season With Fairness and Civility

Fundraising Leadership

The workplace needs to remain free of divisiveness and conflict regarding the election. In this highly fractious and divisive political culture, as a leader, it is essential to create a workplace environment that is absent of negativity and hate that exists outside the organization surrounding the election. Guaranteeing that the workplace culture is safe physically and emotionally not just on voting day, but in upcoming weeks and months, over a possibly contested outcome is a top priority.

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NPO Leaders Walking An Advocacy Tightrope

The NonProfit Times

There is an acrimonious presidential election in just a few days and the current political climate in the United States requires a measured approach to advocacy. Faced with growing political polarization, nonprofit leaders maintain a nonpartisan or bipartisan stance as a strategic necessity. They frame their advocacy within their mission and needs of their communities.

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What Halloween candy taught me about fundraising

Jeff Brooks

I like candy. That’s why I like Halloween — the only reason, come to think of it. The other day, I ate a couple of Tootsie Fruit Rolls. These are fruit-flavored versions of regular brown-flavored Tootsie Rolls. The regular kind taste like an unholy combination of fake chocolate, wax, and dirt. The fruit version is pretty yummy. While I was eating a Fruit Roll, I noticed the release of saliva that followed biting into it.

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Therapeutic Riding Instructor

Anedot

Job Title: Therapeutic Riding Instructor Organization: Halleck Creek Ranch Location: Nicasio, CA Salary Range: Non-exempt, $25.00 – $27.00/hour on Wednesdays and Fridays, and $35- $37/hour on Saturdays. Commensurate with experience. Work Schedule: Part-time (8-24 hours week) on Wednesdays, Fridays, and/or Saturdays About Us: Since 1977, Halleck Creek Ranch has been a nonprofit committed to empowering individuals with disabilities through the transformative power of equine-assisted activiti

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

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.

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In This Moment of Division, Signs of Unity on Issues That Matter to Nonprofits

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Americans want nonprofits and foundations to lead on some of the country's toughest challenges, a new survey says. Here are four strategies to answer that call. By Stephanie Dodson Cornell Dave Showalter Henry Wilson Sr. of the Navajo Nation fills a 325-gallon water tank almost daily to provide water to his family’s home in Monument Valley on the Arizona-Utah border.

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Rachel Hutchisson Appointed Interim CEO At Common Impact

The NonProfit Times

Common Impact , a Brooklyn, N.Y. nonprofit that fosters partnerships between companies nationwide and leading nonprofits to propel social good, announced the appointment of Rachel Hutchisson as its interim chief executive officer for at least the next 12 months. Hutchisson is best known for her sector work at Blackbaud where she was vice president of global social responsibility.

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CDFIs Transform Rural Economies. We Just Need to Get Them There.

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jerry Kenney , Ines Polonius & Gustavo Lasala How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, timber—has fundamentally changed due to automation and globalization , and the search for new rural development models is coalescing around a new vision.

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Rethinking EMTALA: What Idaho’s Battle over Abortion Means for Reproductive Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Colin Lloyd on Unsplash Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, women experiencing pregnancy complications have been turned away from hospitals. In Idaho, where an abortion ban took effect immediately after the decision, patients have been denied necessary healthcare, leading to at least six pregnant people needing to be airlifted out of state for abortion services.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

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.

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How collaborative data can transform charitable giving

Candid

From 2015 to 2022, charitable giving in the United States saw significant fluctuations, shaped by economic cycles, social movements, and global events. Yet, despite the generosity of donors, the allocation of funds to nonprofits has often lacked consistency, predictability, and equity—factors critical to ensuring long-term impact and sustainability in the sector.

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Go Fast and Far By Creating Efficient Grants Systems

The NonProfit Times

By Roxxi Bartlett From the inner workings of a busy nonprofit comes a shared scenario. As a grant professional, you have identified a great grant opportunity but the lead time is short. It’s a perfect match, but you know you’re going to have to set up meetings with the program director, finance, and possibly the executive director. The struggle is finding a collective time to meet.

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The Importance of Showing Gratitude to Your Donors

Ann Green

Year-end fundraising coincides with the gratitude season, which includes Thanksgiving in the U.S. and the December holidays. This is appropriate since thanking your donors is part of the fundraising equation, even though many nonprofits don’t always realize this. Now is a great opportunity to show some gratitude to your donors. You could hold a thankathon , especially if you haven’t launched your appeal yet.

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How to Advance BIPOC Empowerment in the Renewable Energy Industry

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: PeopleImages on iStock The view from the trenches in frontline BIPOC communities fighting for resources is hopeful, though sobering: there has been a boom in energy and interest since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022. But while this legislation may have provided “ historic ” funding for clean energy ( at least $370 billion ), ensuring that money reaches these communities remains a challenge.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

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.

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Bilingual Housing and Benefits Navigator

Anedot

Bilingual Housing and Benefits Navigator Job Description North Marin Community Services (NMCS) is the anchor human service non-profit serving Novato/North Marin for the past 51 years. Our mission is to empower youth, adults, and families in our diverse community to achieve well-being, growth, and success; we envision a strong community with opportunities for all.

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How to drive donations on Giving Tuesday using social media

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

Free webinar: How to drive donations on Giving Tuesday using social media Wednesday, November 6 @ 2PM EST Giving Tuesday is the perfect time to kick off the year-end giving season and rally your supporters online. How will you know if your Giving Tuesday social media campaign is successful? Join us for an exciting session with nonprofit social media expert Julia Campbell to learn tactical ways to increase your results on this international day of giving.

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Small Firms Are Still a Big Missed Opportunity in Development Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Radha Rajkotia , Elizabeth Brown & Allison J. Anderson It’s old news, by now, that there is little investment in programs that help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) grow in low- and middle-income countries. Almost 10 years ago, an article in this magazine called for more SME funding, revealing that only 1 percent of overseas development aid goes toward supporting them.

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The 'Other Side' May Win the Election. But Funders Can Still Spark Change

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

National politics are paralyzed by polarization. Individual Americans, however, can drive the social change grant makers want. By Evan Feinberg SOME (So Others Might Eat) Volunteers work on a new playground and common space at Independence Place, a low-income housing community run by the nonprofit So Others Might Eat. National politics are paralyzed by polarization.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

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!