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6 Ways to Make Giving Easier With Embedded Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Allan Torres , Digital Marketing Specialist at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Every visitor of your nonprofit website is a potential donor. According to Classy, nonprofits that use an embedded checkout form during the year-end giving season experience a 28% increase in revenue per website visitor.

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Puerto Rico: The Critical Role of Information and the Nonprofit Sector in Disaster Living

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: cottonbro on pexels.com. I recently spoke with Carla Minet, a journalist and executive director of the Center for Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico, about what life is like on the island now and the key role of information in disaster response. Minet points out that Puerto Rico has had five major disasters in the last six years.

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When Opportunity Knocks, Open the Door: Donor Acquisition

Clairification

Don’t look in the mirror. Look out the door. No nonprofit can afford to be an island. As tempting as it may be to stay in your comfort zone, wearing blinders that enable you to forge straight ahead without noticing what’s going on around you, this is a dangerous practice. Because sometimes the landscape changes dramatically. And when it does, your nonprofit could get left behind.

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Connecting Philadelphia nonprofits to crucial resources

Candid

The public library plays a central role in serving the dynamic needs of communities across the country, and is often the first place a person turns to for help. At the Free Library of Philadelphia , we are meeting those needs by offering services to Philadelphia’s nonprofit community. For nearly 50 years, we have been part of Candid’s Funding Information Network (FIN), providing access to nonprofit resources like Foundation Directory , free workshops, and expert staff.

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What to Do About Ignorance in Major Gifts

NonProfit PRO

Major gifts fundraising is generally misunderstood. There is more to it than the art of asking. So, if you are facing ignorance in your nonprofit, here are some ways you can educate your fellow team members on the role.

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Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

Nonprofit Megaphone

In recent years, we’ve seen a gradual shift toward giving more meaningful gifts rather than extravagant items. These can be thoughtful gifts that simply show how well you know your family and friends. As many families have scaled back during challenging times, being with loved ones and showing appreciation for one another is, as always, what’s important.

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Why Prompt, Personal Thank You’s are Nonprofit Donors’ Inalienable Right

Clairification

In 2018, WSJ columnist Christopher Mims observed: “Alongside life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, you can now add another inalienable right: two-day shipping on practically everything.”. ”Everything” includes a prompt expression of gratitude when someone makes a philanthropic gift to your organization. At least that’s what donors believe. And you better deliver – or else.

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How Inclusive Hiring Reaps Benefits for Employers, Employees With Disabilities

NonProfit PRO

It's no secret the labor market has gone from bad to worse. But there is one way to retain talented, willing, and committed employees: inclusive hiring. Take a look at these resources on how your organization can learn and act on inclusive hiring.

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More Than Just a Structure: The Myriad Impacts of Black Women’s Exclusion from Homeownership

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Jakob Owens on unsplash.com. In the Locked Out: Black Women, Wealth, and Homeownership series, members of Insight Center, Springboard to Opportunities, and several expert co-authors connect the lived experiences, hopes, and dreams of low-income Black women and their perspectives on homeownership to the historic and current policies that fuel our exclusionary housing market—and its impact on health and wellbeing—to advocate for equitable housing solutions for Black women.

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How to Fill Out Form W-9 for a Nonprofit

The Charity CFO

Likely to the dismay of many nonprofit leaders, nonprofit organizations must practically live and breathe bureaucracy to maintain their tax-exempt status and ensure the continuation of their mission. While the Form W-9 for nonprofits is just one more in the constant flow of forms, it has a bright side: it’s fairly straightforward and simple to complete.

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Nonprofit Radio for October 31, 2022: Team Care

Tony Martignetti

Susan Comfort: Team Care Susan Comfort wants you to go beyond self care, which we’ve covered over the last two weeks, to team care. Yes, take care of yourself and your friends, then look after your team. She’s founder of Nonprofit Wellness, and this was part of our coverage of the 2021 Nonprofit Technology … Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for October 31, 2022: Team Care → Susan Comfort: Team Care Susan Comfort wants you to go beyond self care, which we’ve covered over the last tw

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How to Find and Activate Non-Donors on Giving Tuesday

NonProfit PRO

I’ve seen two truths: People want to help those in need and be part of a movement. Giving Tuesday offers both opportunities in one day — Nov. 29 this year — which is why your organization should start planning a Giving Tuesday appeal now.

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How to Make Guaranteed Income Work: Ten Lessons from Newark, New Jersey

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Vitaly Taranov on unsplash.com. Having worked in the social sector for a little over a decade, I have firsthand experience with the art and science of getting social impact programs off the ground. Towards the tail end of 2020, I was hired by Newark, New Jersey, to launch the city’s inaugural two-year guaranteed income pilot program and led the program for its first year.

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Housing and Health: Creating Solutions With Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Stacey Barbas , Kate McLaughlin , Jessica Mulcahy & Vedette R. Gavin. In vibrant and thriving communities, people have the power and resources to realize their vision of health and well-being. Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have, can breathe clean air, eat healthy and culturally appropriate food, and have a safe, affordable place to call home.

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How a Clear School Brand Benefits Enrollment and Creates Community Alignment

Mission Minded

When your school’s brand is well defined, you and your community know exactly what your school stands for, what it. The post How a Clear School Brand Benefits Enrollment and Creates Community Alignment appeared first on Mission Minded.

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Positioning Your Nonprofit to Sustain Its Impact

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits should use a spending policy that provides stable support for constituents’ needs through various market cycles. Here is one methodology that can be used to determine what the best spending policy may be for your organization.

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Redefining Black Farming

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Centre for Ageing Better on pexels.com. For Black people living along the Black Belt in the American South , history entails stories of enslavement and fortitude. Black farmers exemplify that balance most strongly as, for decades, they have resisted injustices related to land ownership, debt, and social mobility. Patrick Chandler Brown, based in Warren County, North Carolina, is redefining what it means to be a Black farmer.

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Unlock the Power of Maps to Boost Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising

The Fundraising Authority

Uncover the Benefits of Maps for Nonprofit Fundraising. You’ve heard that the power of storytelling is essential when it comes to educating people about your cause and converting people into supporters. It is often much more effective to use as few words as possible and let images tell the stories for us. When we use images that are based on real data and facts, our story, and more importantly – our conclusions – become self-evident.

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Funding Equitable Abortion Access in Battleground States

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Se-ah-dom Edmo. Many Americans knew the loss of abortion rights was coming, but that didn’t make it any less traumatic when it happened. Today, in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, half the country has strict abortion restrictions in effect or queued up to take effect over the coming months, making it difficult, if not impossible, for people to access abortion care.

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Gamers are Givers: Using Charitable Games to Fundraise for Your Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

Given their omnipresence, it's exciting to consider how game companies can harness their immense reach and power to create community and social good, and how nonprofits can utilize games as platforms to fundraise and connect with small donors.

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Reparations are Coming: How Philanthropy Must Meet the Moment

NonProfit Quarterly

This talk was originally presented at the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) 2022 National Conference , which took place in Chicago, Illinois, May 16–18, 2022. Aria Florant: Today, we’re here to talk about reparations. Reparations was in the news this weekend because the gunman in the Buffalo shooting had written, “Here’s your reparations,” on his gun.

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6 Ways to Get Your Nonprofit Website Ready to Boost Holiday Giving

Get Fully Funded

The holidays are coming soon and that means you need to be ready to make the most of it, starting with getting your nonprofit website spiffed up, donor friendly, and ready to receive donations. But, if you’re like most people, you haven’t looked at your website in a while. That’s a problem. You see, many donor prospects will check out your nonprofit online before they donate to see who you are, what you do, and how you make a difference.

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Anonymous Donor Pledges $500 Million Matching Gift to Small Kansas College

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento. Colleen Gustafson, McPherson College McPherson College has an enrollment of about 800. The donor will contribute $2 for every dollar given or pledged to McPherson College by other people through June 30.

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Meta to Match Recurring Donations Through Facebook for Giving Tuesday

NonProfit PRO

Meta announced a new promotion that will encourage users to donate monthly to nonprofits after unveiling new Facebook tools for recurring gifts. .

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Cycles

NonProfit Quarterly

“WARRIOR TWINS” BY CHIP THOMAS IN COLLABORATION WITH CANNUPA HANSKA LUGER/ JETSONORAMA.NET. Editors’ note: This article is from the fall 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly , “The Face of Climate Change. ”. Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. In my community, cycles are fundamental to understanding our world.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Lobbying for Nonprofits

Blue Avocado

Article In Brief: The Problem: Nonprofits are not advocating for the issues that concern their mission and are therefore missing out on an opportunity to have a bigger impact. The Context: Nonprofits steer clear of lobbying for many reasons having to do with knowledge, experience, and stigma. For example, many nonprofit leaders don’t know that […].

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Let’s be Honest-Meetings are Stressful

Nonprofit Productive

In the old days, it was commonplace to have a problem to solve, or a decision to be made and simply call a meeting. The implicit thinking was this: a meeting will solve the problem and allow for decision making to occur. The thing is that we now realize (thanks be to God!) that meetings are not magical. They do not hold special power to solve all of our problems.

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Why Your Nonprofit Should Sponsor a Symposium

NonProfit PRO

The nonprofit profession and its world continue to change. Internal and external forces continue to cause dynamic shifts in the way we process and implement strategies for success. Most recently, I participated in a symposium that was successful. You should consider sponsoring a symposium for a variety of reasons.

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Blank Foundation Founder and President Discuss Family Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank and Fay Twersky, president and director of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, discuss the family's collaborative approach to decision-making. Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot, and Fay Twersky, president of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, talk about a collaborative approach to decision-making.

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Failure As Opportunity: How to Value the “No” In Your Life

Veritus Group

When you hear "no," it's easy to get discouraged. But "no" is not failure; it's new information that can help direct your efforts. The post Failure As Opportunity: How to Value the “No” In Your Life appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Changing the Economic Game in Rural America: Overcoming Financial Trauma

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is part of Community Strategies for Systemic Change, an ongoing 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.

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How to Strengthen Your Nonprofit’s Cultural Competencies

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits are staffed by incredibly competent and dedicated people — experts who understand their work backward and forward, whether it be housing the homeless, feeding the hungry, or supporting these programs through effective fundraising and building sustainable solutions to the world’s most challenging problems.

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Is Philanthropy Taking the Wrong Approach to Addressing Polarization?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Chris Stackaruk. Bryan R. Smith, AFP, Getty Images A demonstrator yells at anti-abortion protestors during a protest to defend abortion access — one of many issues at the intersection of faith and democracy. Donors have responded to the nation’s growing political divisions by funding projects that aim to build a more pluralistic society. But developing effective solutions to this challenging work requires a clear understanding of what helps — and what doesn’t.

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Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way!

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Peter McAteer. An excerpt from Pathways to Action on how market-leading organizations must take the lead in accelerating change.

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Indigenous Cultural Practices Can Be Economic Models

NonProfit Quarterly

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar on “Remaking the Economy: Owning Our Future.” View the full webinar here. Kamuela Enos: “Indigenous” is like a catch-all term for a whole bunch of cultures that are not the same. But we’re not white or Brown, in terms of the dominant system. So, I do think it’s a nuanced conversation.

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Smart, Sharp Tools For Quality Fundraising Data

NonProfit PRO

Make 2023 a year of growth and enhance your fundraising data with Melissa’s smart, sharp data quality tools! Learn how Melissa can help you verify global address and contact information to stay in touch with donors, create mailing lists to expand your outreach to the best possible supporters, and keep your funds secure with eIDV by downloading our new Solutions Catalog today!

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Grameen Foundation Names First Woman Leader; GlobalGiving Taps New CEO From Gates Foundation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest. Ryan Lash, TED Zubaida Bai will be the next president and CEO of the Grameen Foundation. She is the first woman and the first Indian American to lead the microfinance organization. Also, the Chicago Community Trust and the Education Trust have both promoted their next leaders from within.