The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
By Drew Lindsay Chronicle Illustration; Courtesy Headshots; iStockphoto Organizers, funders, lawyers, scholars, writers, and celebrities (Jennifer Lawrence!) aim to reboot our election system. Also, coming soon from the Chronicle: the people who want to build trust in elections.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
One big reason donors give is the desire for action. Here's how you can appeal to this want to boost fundraising success.
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NonProfit Leadership Center
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Stay ready, so you don’t have to get ready. That is Albert Rejouis’ mantra, as he believes preparation is what separates the best from the rest. We are pleased to share that Albert M. Rejouis has joined the Nonprofit Leadership Center team as our new administrative assistant. In this vital support role, Albert will provide comprehensive administrative assistance to ensure smooth organizational operations and exceptional customer service.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Content curation should be an important part of your content creation strategy as it can save you time, improve engagement, establish you as a helpful source of information, and can even improve your SEO. Nonprofits can curate content lots of different ways, but let’s talk about some basics first for those of you who have never curated content before.
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.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
By Ben Gose WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION Sofia Jaramillo New donor collaboratives are experimenting, but few national foundations bring big dollars or a strategy. Plus, see the rest of our September issue, posted online today.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
While year-end planning starts months in advance, here’s what you can do right now to set things in motion for the giving season.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Welcome to the world of nonprofit marketing, where your mission is to make the world a better place by spreading your organization’s message far and wide. And guess what? We do it all on a shoestring budget, with tight deadlines, and too often, with only a handful of resources. Quite often, being a nonprofit marketer means juggling a million things at once.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Longtime advocates for care workers and families say there’s momentum for their cause, thanks to decades of grassroots organizing, a pandemic that brought the care crisis to everyone’s doorstep, and an infusion of philanthropic support. By Eden Stiffman Brooke Anderson The Care Can’t Wait coalition rallies in New York City during a seven-state bus tour in August 2024.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Most nonprofit governance work is transactional by nature. Here's why transactions are best when board members' relationships are strong.
Joan Garry
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Effective leadership is not just about delivering the right information; it's about how you communicate it. In my experience leading nonprofit leaders, it is the "soft skills” that create a lasting impact that goes beyond words and actions, ensuring your message resonates deeply with your audience. The post The 3 Secrets to Effective Presentations appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.
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 Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Image credit: American Banner Books Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice. From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
A new report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds that nonprofits are not as enamored with intermediaries as consultancies and foundations are. By Stephanie Beasley Groundswell Fund Black Mamas Matter Alliance, a grantee of the intermediary Groundswell Fund, held its annual Black Maternal Health Walk and Block Party in Atlanta in April 2024.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
With year-end fundraising swiftly approaching, here are the latest tips for fundraising and marketing from the recent Bridge Conference.
Candid
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
October 10, 2024 will be the first-ever DAF Day , a giving day dedicated to donor-advised funds (DAFs). The initiative was launched in July by a group of 60 nonprofits, fundraising platforms, and DAF sponsors to expand DAF giving by encouraging their networks to give from their DAF accounts on one day, together. Here’s what nonprofits need to know to get involved and make the most of DAF Day.
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.
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Image credit:Rayson Tan on Unsplash Below is a transcript, edited for length and clarity, of “Escaping Corporate Capture: Nonprofit Survival in a For-Profit World,” hosted by Opus 40 in Saugerties, NY, on July 26, 2024. Moderating the conversation are Caroline Crumpacker of Ultra Advising and Steve Dubb of Nonprofit Quarterly. Participating as panelists are Jule Hall of the Innocence Project, Alissa Quart of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and Amarah Sedreddine , general counsel at Sedr
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Study reveals 22 percent of charity workers struggle financially, highlighting a crisis in a sector dedicated to helping others. By Sara Herschander iStockphoto More than one in five nonprofit workers in the United States is struggling to make ends meet, even as many dedicate their careers to helping others facing financial hardship, according to a new report released Tuesday.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
In theory, paid digital ads are simple, but a lot goes into creating successful campaigns. Here's what may determine success.
Fundraising Leadership
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Left to Right: Gloria Feldt; Carol Jenkins; Carolyn Maloney; Zakiya Thomas; Jamia WIlson; Hale Lickstein. One hundred and one years is enough. Now is the time to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in all 50+ states to honor the fair and equal legal rights of women and publish it in the Constitution. “I am so excited to present the Leading Advocate Award to the ERA Coalition,” said Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, at the Power Up 2024 Conference on Women’s Equality Day in Was
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.
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Image credit: Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. In 2020, iF , A Foundation for Radical Possibility (then the Consumer Health Foundation) hosted a retreat with our board and staff. At that retreat, we conducted a racial equity versus racial justice Verzuz-style battle to clarify which would be our focus moving forward, asking ourselves, “What do Black people need to heal?
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Lilly's record grant to the National Park Foundation has some intriguing benefits. By Amy Schiller NPS/Victoria Stauffenberg Visitors kayak across Jordan Pond in Maine’s Acadia National Park. Lilly's record grant to the National Park Foundation has some intriguing benefits.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, many organizations struggle to integrate siloed data and systems. Efforts to innovate have often led to a proliferation of tools, technologies, and platforms - resulting in a fractured constituent experience and strained budgets. This session will explore five proven strategies that start with the systems you already have in place, as a foundation to enhance a more connected, responsive, and efficient constituent experience.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
By Jim Bildner In 2017, sociology professor Kenneth Andrews, in an o p- e d in the New York Times , argued social movements that succeeded in creating lasting change needed to do three things well—create cultural awareness and draw attention to a problem (what I refer to as “stop energy”); disrupt things by socializing the change they seek to create and making it, as he says, “more costly to support the status quo;” and, of equal importance, organizing the implementation of the desired change.
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!
Clairification
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
I’ve been asked this question many times. And not just by donors, but also by board members. One of the ways I’ve answered is with my own questions: If you could invest 20 cents to get a dollar, would you? If you could invest 50 cents to get a dollar, would you? If the dollar you got was old, wrinkly and ripped, would that matter to you?
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
By Eden Stiffman Partners for Rural Impact The Ballmer Group, Blue Meridian Partners, and others are helping Partners for Rural Impact take a model from Harlem and adapt it for Appalachian Kentucky and beyond.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
UnitedHealth Group and Goodwill announced a three-year partnership to help people overcome barriers to long-term, higher-paying employment.
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Image credit: cottonbro studio on pexels Nonprofits often pride themselves on being more socially conscious than for-profit corporations. There is at least one area, however, in which the nonprofit sector is not doing much better than its for-profit counterpart: diversity on governance boards. More than three-quarters (77 percent) of nonprofit board chairs identify as White, according to research by BoardSource , and nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of board members overall identify as White.
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Bloomerang
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Several years ago, I was attending our local National Philanthropy Day luncheon, and the most striking comments were made by a nine-year-old girl accepting an award for the first time in the youth category. She started by reflecting on the first three letters of the word fundraising — F-U-N. She wanted to enjoy fundraising and make it a joyous experience for everybody involved, starting with herself.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The case has been closely watched as a bellwether in the growing legal battle waged by conservative groups against corporate diversity programs. By Alexandra Olson, Associated Press NEW YORK AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File Fearless Fund CEO Arian Simone (center left) said in a statement that the firm will continue its mission of “helping and empowering women of color entrepreneurs in need.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Bonterra acquired DonorDrive as part of its commitment to actively create more impact for every customer’s mission.
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Image credit: Drazen Zigic on iStock As much as 20 percent of the US population is neurodivergent, a concept that autistic disability rights advocates first developed to describe neurological diversity and move away from binary distinctions between “ normal ” and “abnormal” cognition. Examples of neurodivergence include neurological conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, Tourette syndrome, dyslexia, and other conditions related to mental hea
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.
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