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How Hawai?i Is Ending Youth Incarceration After More Than a Century of Colonization

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Julian Armstrong A young Native Hawaiian farmer shows up to work every day to cultivate indigenous crops using traditional and contemporary methods to feed his island home community. The best part of going to work, he says, is the view.

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Building Relationships is Just as Important as Raising Money

Ann Green

Why does making a donation often feel like a transaction? Organizations get so caught up in the raising money part that they forget about building relationships with their donors. Giving Tuesday is the worst example of this, with Year End close behind. Generally, it happens way too often.

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How to Use Trial & Error to Find the Right Fundraisers for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Jessica Fox , Content Manager at Eventgroove – a one-stop platform for virtual, hybrid, and in-person events that offers event management, online fundraising, ticketing, and online storefronts for print and digital merchandise. As a fundraiser, you’re up against some tough odds.

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How to Keep More Donors Through Strategic Communications with Madeleine St. John

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

This episode is sponsored by RoundTable Technology – the Nonprofit IT Partner. On January 26, they are offering a free webinar on the exact steps required to secure and protect your nonprofit IT in the New Year.

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Rest: A Middle Finger to Oppression, a Road Map to Justice by Shawn Ginwright

NonProfit Quarterly

“LIFE” BY EKOW BREW/ WWW.EKOWBREW.COM. Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ ‘s winter 2022 issue, “New Narratives for Health” and was adapted from The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves by Shawn A. Ginwright (North Atlantic Books, 2022).

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7 often-ignored MLK quotes to ground our work of fighting for equity and justice

Non Profit AF

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Those of us who are in nonprofit, philanthropy, and other fields focused on. philanthropy Policy and Advocacy Race, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion

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How to Build Your Nonprofit Community

NonProfit PRO

Similar in some ways to our for-profit counterparts, "selling” our missions is no different than selling consumer goods. In both cases, what we’re after is a satisfied customer that comes back for more. Here are some tips on how to build your nonprofit community.

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Ending Child Poverty: Lessons from a One-Year Expansion of the Child Tax Credit

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Michael Mims on unsplash.com.

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Protecting Your Dream: Starting a Sole Member Nonprofit

Foundation Group

The post Protecting Your Dream: Starting a Sole Member Nonprofit appeared first on Foundation Group®. Board of Directors/Governance Education Starting a nonprofit articles of incorporation board of directors bylaws membership single member sole member start a 501c3 start a nonprofit

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Breaking Down Organizational Silos to Create an Optimal Omnichannel Experience

NonProfit PRO

Creating a seamless customer experience may sound daunting at first. But it’s worth it. A key component to adopting an omnichannel approach for your fundraising and marketing campaigns is to identify and break down the organizational silos standing in your way.

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Stressed? Tired? Feeling Burnt Out? Here’s How to Renew Your Energy

Veritus Group

When work has you feeling stressed, tired, or burnt out, follow these rituals to help renew your mental, physical, and emotional energy. The post Stressed? Tired? Feeling Burnt Out? Here’s How to Renew Your Energy appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Reimaging Success in Nonprofit Work: How Systems Change Can Drive Vision Forward

Bloomerang

The post Reimaging Success in Nonprofit Work: How Systems Change Can Drive Vision Forward appeared first on Bloomerang

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Tutor a child, change a life.

Volunteer Match

School on Wheels is an organization enhancing educational opportunities for children who are experiencing homelessness from kindergarten through twelfth grade. 1/3 of unhoused people are under the age of 18. 1:20 children in CA don’t have homes.

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Lessons from Lynn: Leveraging Savings Circles, the “Cuchubal Initiative”

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Armand Khoury on unsplash.com. How can nonprofits help immigrants build community wealth? There are many answers to this question, but in Lynn, MA, our two organizations decided last year to try an experiment.

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Listen Now to Learn How We Can Ensure Our Oceans Continue Sustaining Life!

NonProfit PRO

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Should A Donor Do When They Don’t Feel Adequately Engaged?

Bloomerang

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity.

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What Social Network Helps Nonprofits Achieve Their Communications Objectives?

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Kivi and I are knee-deep in data getting ready to publish the 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. One of the questions we asked in the trends survey was what social network helped you achieve your objectives in 2022.

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Comment on How to Fire Utterly Toxic Nonprofit Board Members by Concerned Mom

Amy Eisenstein

In reply to Cindi Phallen. Hello Not sure this applies but in our booster club the president is a gossiping about the students in the program. I feel this is not ok but not sure how to handle this situation. Our booster club is lucrative.

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3 Recurring Giving Predictions for 2023

NonProfit PRO

A new year. New opportunities. A renewed focus on donors, mission and impact. To kick off 2023, here are my top three recurring giving predictions for 2023. . Collections/Payment Processing Recurring Donations Retention Recurring Giving Recurring Giving Predictions

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Dress Code 2023: Who Decides What Women Leaders Wear?

Fundraising Leadership

Dress codes are ancient, evolving and may also present gender bias. Forty-three women elected to the State House of Representatives in Missouri now have to wear a jacket to work.

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Don’t build your fundraising on rented land like AmazonSmile

Fundraising Coach

Did you see the news about AmazonSmile? After 10 years, they’ve decided it doesn’t work for them. So they’re stopping the program on February 20, 2023 and they’re going a different way. Did you share “AmazonSmile” links with your donors?

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Amazon Smile CANCELLED (in other news, the sun will set in the west tonight)

Jeff Brooks

Just got the email. You may have too. Amazon Smile -- the program that allows Amazon shoppers to designate their “Favorite charity” to receive half a percent of what they spend on Amazon -- is about to end after ten years. The end is this coming February 20.

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5 Takeaways from the Latest Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report

NonProfit PRO

From the state of individual giving, donor retention and the struggle to win over one-time donors, here are the biggest takeaways from the recent “Quarterly Fundraising Report" by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project.

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Comment on How to Fire Utterly Toxic Nonprofit Board Members by Emma Rodriguez

Amy Eisenstein

In reply to Deb Allen. Hi, I live in a condo and we have four members in our board. They’ve been on the board for more than 15 years I feel they should be replaced. How do I go about it? They have been rude and mean to unit owners, and as I feel is inappropriate. It’s gotten worse this past year.

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15 Tips To Create An Effective 2023 Nonprofit Business Plan

Bloomerang

Creating a nonprofit business plan is an important step for any organization whether you’re about to launch or are well established in your community. . A nonprofit business plan is slightly different to the commercial sector.

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5 YouTube SEO Strategies Every Nonprofit Organization Should Take Up

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

5 YouTube SEO Strategies Every Nonprofit Organization Should Take Up. Looking for ways to make your YouTube videos rank higher? If that’s the case, you’ve come to the right address. Here are five simple tips for a nonprofit organization to make its YouTube SEO stronger.

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Amazon Gives Little Notice on End of AmazonSmile Program

NonProfit PRO

"Every little bit counts” — at least that’s what Amazon touts when it shares the impact customers have made via AmazonSmile. But less than a decade after launching the program, Amazon announced that AmazonSmile's days are numbered.

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Comment on Exactly What to Say to Get 100% Participation from Your Board by Train Board & Staff for Capital Campaign (But Don’t Call it Training)

Amy Eisenstein

[…] you frame your training as “topics for discussion,” then it’s more likely you’ll get fuller participation from your […

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Volunteer Opportunities: 10 Places to Find (And Post) Them

Elevation

Looking for volunteer opportunities but clueless about where to begin? Overwhelmed by the amount of options available? Want to make sure you find something that fits your interests, location, and schedule? Nonprofit Tools

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Nonprofit Radio for January 16, 2023: Overcome Common Communications Conundrums

Tony Martignetti

Erica Mills Barnhart: Overcome Common Communications Conundrums It’s time to change the way you think about marketing, says Erica Mills Barnhart. You’ll make it more successful, find your true believers, and have more fun. She’s CEO of Claxon.

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Report Reveals How Nonprofits Seek to Address the Marketing Technology Gap in 2023

NonProfit PRO

TechSoup and Tapp Network released the results of the 2022-2023 Nonprofit Digital Marketing Benchmark Report, which reveals the strategies used by over 100 nonprofits in 2022 and their plans for improvement in 2023.

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Newsletter: A Great Example of a Partnership Case Study; M&M Cause Marketing Campaign Attacked as ‘Too Woke’ ; 25 Nonprofit Marketing Statistics for 2023

Selfish Giving

Early last year I got an email from Tasman "Tas" Cassim , the head of corporate partnerships at Black Dog Institute (BDI) in Australia, about writing case studies for his organization. While I've spoken before to nonprofits in Australia, I had never worked with one!

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What Is Content Strategy (and Why Should My Nonprofit Care)?

Elevation

You could say that sweet talking, poetry writing, flower buying, fancy dinners, and romantic strolls all constitute “ content marketing strategies ” that people have been using for centuries to win over partners and pursue long-term relationships.

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Making Mothers Out Front a Liberatory Space

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is part of Climate Justice Organizing for Belonging, a series co-produced with NPQ and Mothers Out Front.The key question guiding this organizational shift—and this series—is: what does successful organizing look like for the most impacted when resources fully support them?

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[eBook] 6 Steps to Building Lasting Donor Relationships

NonProfit PRO

• Donors are the lifeblood of any nonprofit. But how do you strengthen their connection to your organization? And how do you create and maintain solid relationships with other passionate individuals who are dedicated to your cause?

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It’s weird to ask for money in January, isn’t it?

Fundraising Coach

January can be a hard month to make fundraising calls in. As the leader of a nonprofit, you are acutely aware of all the work that went into your organization’s fundraising last month. So it can feel “too soon” to get back to asking. It’s not to soon.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Should A Donor Do When They Don’t Feel Adequately Engaged?

Bloomerang

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity.