The Fundraising Authority
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
This is a two part article on how to create fundraising systems for your nonprofit. In Part 1, we will talk about what fundraising systems are and why they are important for development. In Part 2, we will show you how to create systems at your organization. One Seriously Stressed Out Nonprofit. Let me tell you a story. It’s about a nonprofit I once worked with.
Candid
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Ever wonder who donates to a specific organization? Lots of people do—some are curious how an organization funds its work and others are looking for prospects of their own. If you’ve ever tried to research this, you know it’s a challenge! But don’t get discouraged. With just a little digging—using the tools and resources I will share in this blog—you will be able to get a picture of who donates to a particular nonprofit.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Storytelling can entertain, educate and entice people to act. Nonprofits have more stories at their fingertips than any other organization. Nonprofits that create an internal storytelling culture can excite staff and volunteers, entice new supporters, strengthen relationships with donors, and raise more funds.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Ask any nonprofit fundraiser if he or she wants to increase the results of their fundraising efforts and you’ll get a resounding “yes”! The next question, of course, is how? The answer is in understanding your goal and audience, and then matching your pitch to the prospect. In other words, you create donor journeys. . If you’ve never done so, developing donor journeys (also known as donor journey mapping) can feel like quite an undertaking.
The Fundraising Authority
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
An organization’s annual fundraising appeal letter is a yearly letter that gets sent out to your current donors asking for general operating funds for your nonprofit organization. It usually gets sent to every donor in your donor file (or at least, every donor that has been active over the past several years) and normally gets sent out around the same time each year (the time of year differs by nonprofit, but once you pick a time of year, you normally stick with it).
Blue Avocado
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Article In Brief: The Problem: While nonprofits say they support improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) actually doing it requires getting the board to buy-in to the need for culture change. Why it Happens:There are many reasons DEIB efforts fail including not being a part of the strategic plan, lack of board champions, and […].
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Giving Tuesday officially launches the end-of-year giving, and is a great opportunity to connect with current and potential constituents to keep your cause top-of-mind during the season of philanthropy. Here are three ways you can ensure a successful year-end campaign.
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The Charity CFO
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Nonprofits exist to meet a societal need or provide a public benefit. Unlike an organization whose primary goal is to make money, nonprofits exist to meet a community’s needs. That said, while it’s not your primary purpose, your nonprofit must find ways to make money. . So what are those ways? How do nonprofits make money? Let’s take a look….
Fundraising Coach
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Upcoming Fundraising and Nonprofit Trainings. If you’re looking for free or low-cost, high-quality fundraising training, here are three events to check out! And each are being recorded so even if you miss them live, you should be able to access them later! Social Media Marketing for the Nonprofit Leader with no time and zero budget () Tuesday, September 27 at 1 pm Eastern social media expert David Pride is coming to The Nonprofit Academy to show us how to do social media when we donR
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The better you know your donor, the better your appeal is going to be. That’s obvious. The problem is your donor is probably coming from a completely different experiential background. How do you get inside that person’s head?
Stanford Social Innovation Review
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
By Alison Badgett. In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. These leaders often elucidate systems change through example, calling out important elements such as collective action, proximate leadership, research and evaluation, and policy change.
Bloomerang
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
This is part one in a two-part series from Madison Gonzalez on the importance of helping employees achieve work-life balance. . Helping Nonprofit Employees Achieve Work-Life Balance Isn’t Optional. Work-life balance. You’ve probably heard it mentioned many times before. Many of us may roll our eyes or chuckle at the thought that we could achieve it.
Fundraising Coach
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Most other teams or organizations are run by a person or a partnership. The people in charge have both the responsibility for the welfare of the organization and the authority to make decisions for it. But nonprofits are weird organizations. The head of a nonprofit doesn’t have all the authority for the nonprofit. The board does. So there are a lot of complexities that come with a rotating cast of board members and their expectations.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
A multichannel marketing strategy means consistently interacting with your target donors on a variety of channels. The more channels you can reach them on, the faster you can turn a prospective donor into a first-time donor. Here are five advantages of this strategy.
Ann Green
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Your website is the main factor in increasing your nonprofit’s online visibility. Here’s how to attract more mobile viewers by optimizing your website. By John Killoran. Social network user login, website mock up on computer screen, tablet and smartphone. Developing your website and ensuring your donors have the ability to notice you , learn about your story, and donate to your organization online was a great undertaking for you.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Like a lot of people out there when I first heard about “quiet quitting” I assumed people were just packing up their crap and sneaking out the back or maybe never coming back from their lunch break. But it’s really just avoiding burnout and exploitation by only doing what you were hired to do during normal working hours. It’s a lot of what we’ve been talking about in our #NPCOMMLIFE posts for years.
Foundation Group
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The post 4 Top Nonprofit Websites and What We Can Learn From Them appeared first on Foundation Group®.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
It's critical for nonprofits to stop and think about how they can pour themselves into people’s lives and help them fulfill their interests and passions. If you can do this successfully, which we know you can, it will pay off economically in surprising ways.
Fundraising Coach
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
As a nonprofit professional, you’ve probably heard that charity auctions are time-consuming. On top of the venue details, ticketing, and marketing you’re used to handling for general fundraising events, there’s item procurement and bid tracking to consider. The introduction of virtual and hybrid options has further complicated matters, too. However, with a strong fundraising plan , you can hold a highly successful charity auction that can not only boost revenue but deepen engagement.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Taste. Montgomery, AL. It’s finally fall, y’all! Let’s usher in the greatest season with some helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. This week we have Instagram Story ideas, clever blog post titles, year-end and #GivingTuesday fundraising tips, and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… Marlene Oliveira shares a case study about a a multi-year website content strategy and copywriting project with Workplace Saf
The LAPA Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Year-end giving is on all fundraisers’ minds right now—we all want to have the best returns possible. Last week, we described what’s ahead for year-end giving in 2022; you can read about that here. Over the next few weeks, I’ll examine various aspects of year-end giving, including the Thanksgiving Thank-A-Thon, year-end appeal letters, and the crucial last four days of the year.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Trust is your organization’s most valuable asset. In the case of donors, this means they need to be willing to support your mission with their dollars so you will make something they think is important happen.
Fundraising Leadership
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Jane Roig, vice chair of the board of directors of Helios Education Foundation, receiving the Leading Philanthropy Award at the recent Power Up conference. Vince Roig, founder of Helios, is on the right. (Photo by Karianne Mundstedt). “Each generation wants their kids to have it better than they did,” says Jane LaRocca Roig, vice chair of the board of directors of Helios Education Foundation that has invested more than $300 million in educational initiatives and scholarships since 2004. “ “
Amy Eisenstein
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
These are great, Amy! Thanks. I take a little issue with the in-person bullet. I am a MGO and most of my prospects are older. Zoom is anathema to about 90% of my donors. You can make some progress over the phone, but now that in-person is back–I feel like fundraising is back. But that may be just me. ??. Thanks for all you do!
iMarketSmart
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
It doesn’t really matter if you go on a visit TODAY. It also doesn’t really matter if you DON’T go on a visit TODAY. But compound those actions over the course of a month, year, or career and it changes everything. Major gift fundraisers that don’t prioritize going on visits with the right donors get lame results, dissatisfaction at work, and are paid minimally.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Since we have not seen inflation at this level in decades, many nonprofit organizations simply don’t have much experience dealing with it. Here are some of the biggest ways that inflation may be affecting your charity and our best advice for navigating through this fiscal storm.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
This is a story about knowing you need help, being open to receiving it, persevering, collaborating, and leading. It’s a story about how a small group of dedicated professionals — in this case, rangelands professionals — are becoming communications leaders in their sector and bringing their colleagues along. I want to share this story because I am so proud of my clients, Amber, Retta, and Sheila of the Rangelands Partnership.
Volunteer Match
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The September issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted some current challenges in volunteer engagement with two in-depth articles. In the article “Why and How Charities Should Revive a Declining but Vital Resource. Volunteers” reporter Ben Gose interviewed me, along with many others working with and leading volunteers, to bring some perspective and insight into what’s changed and what’s stayed the same since the pandemic.
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Crisis to Resilience: A CNP Story. Article reposted with permission from Reginald Davis, CNP, Strong City Baltimore CEO. Reflecting on the last two years as CEO, I find it difficult to believe how much has happened with Strong City Baltimore and the world around us. I entered with excitement, hope, and trepidation. Following the retirement of a long-standing CEO, I assumed the top job for a sprawling organization with a rich history, commitment to enabling social change agents, and an opportunit
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Throughout the nonprofit sector, there is significant activity around building a board that is inclusive and reflects the constituency of each nonprofit. The end result: more effective services. But recruitment is just the first step in achieving these outcomes. One tool that can help: The Theory of Change. .
Prosper Strategies
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
What is a Logic Model? How is it different from a Theory of Change? What purpose does it serve? How do you develop a Logic Model for your nonprofit? These are common questions we receive from nonprofit leaders exploring the development of this important tool. Logic Models are very simple in theory, but the process […]. The post Creating a Logic Model: Everything Your Nonprofit Needs to Know appeared first on Prosper Strategies.
Volunteer Match
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
This week is National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week and we want to show some #LocalLove to Literacy Minnesota , the only statewide, volunteer literacy organization in Minnesota. Sophie Phan, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator and volunteer for Literacy Minnesota, believes in English literacy as a powerful means to broaden educational and economic opportunities for immigrants and refugees in the United States.
Concord Leadership
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
For small businesses, success is rarely guaranteed. Without the financial backing that big corporations have, it can be challenging to compete and make a name for yourself. However, you can put your business in the best position for success by optimizing the experience of your biggest stakeholders: your customers. Your quality of customer service—the assistance […].
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Giveffect announced the Giveffect Software Grant Program to help selected nonprofits accelerate digital transformation and realize significant gains in fundraising and community building. .
GiveGab
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
GivingTuesday is right around the corner, and it is more important than ever for organizations and schools to have an accessible and robust way to fundraise online! Last year, 3,818 organizations raised $31.3 million with GiveGab during GivingTuesday. We want to keep this momentum going for 2022 as we support even more organizations fundraising on November 29.
Nonprofit Leadership Podcast
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Cryptocurrency is all the rage in many ways right now, but there still remains a lot of skepticism about the long term sustainability of cryptocurrency and just the uncertainty around it. There’s a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to cryptocurrency’s use for nonprofits and philanthropy. This is part two of our series on cryptocurrency and part one featured Robbie Heeger from Endaoment.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Top Tips For Dating At University. Dating in the university is a bag of mixed results. You can either get it right or wrong from the start. Whatever the result, you can improve your chances with these few tips. The college experience is far different from everything you think it is from your time in high school. Once you get into college, you begin struggling to find yourself, explore a different world, learn new things, and fall in love.
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