Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 24, 2025

But while others have argued that the nonprofit sector should consider mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as not just an escape plan, our experience demonstrates that perhaps we should go even farther than that. This creates a unique emotional and ethical burden that traditional M&A playbooks fail to address.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

By Michelle Flores Vryn & Meena Das AI can only boost the under-resourced nonprofit world if we design it to serve the communities we care about. But as nonprofits consider how to incorporate AI into their work, many look to expertise from tech sector, expecting tools and implementation advice as well as ethical guidance.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 8, 2025

I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me… Stories Can Be Ethical & Still Raise Funds When I first started working in the nonprofit sector, I was bright-eyed, eager, and deeply passionate about the causes I served. I found myself starting my first nonprofit position as a Development Associate for a veteran service organization.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The Gold Avocado series showcases some of the very best content that Blue Avocado has for nonprofit leaders, based on overall popularity, reader response, and quality. We asked CPA Carl Ho , who works with dozens of small nonprofits, what would be the five most important, most do-able controls for small groups: 1.

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Blue Avocado

JULY 8, 2025

Nonprofits are crucial for communities, but they face significant hurdles. When we recently asked the Blue Avocado community “What do nonprofits struggle with the most? When we recently asked the Blue Avocado community “What do nonprofits struggle with the most?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 4, 2025

AI is reshaping the nonprofit landscape, presenting opportunities and challenges. These four reports delve into key aspects: AI adoption trends, donor attitudes, ethical practices, and generative AIs potential. While enthusiasm is high, concerns about data privacy, ethics, and bias remain.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In addition, the Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Department at Stanford University focuses on human-centered AI, emphasizing the need for diverse voices in AI development to address ethical concerns. The post AI for good: How you can help Candid Labs empower nonprofits appeared first on Candid insights.

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Ann Green

APRIL 28, 2025

By Sarah Tedesco Its no secret that effective donor engagement is vital to your nonprofits success. Individual donations make up a large portion of most nonprofits funding, and those donors generally want to feel connected to and appreciated by the organizations they support. Learn more in this guide. Lets dive in!

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Image credit: Getty Images for Unsplash One of the chief responsibilities of a nonprofit board is to determine executive compensation. It’s not just from an ethical or budgetary perspective that people don’t want to be paying excessively.” But fulfilling that responsibility can be challenging. The responsibility is also an opportunity.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 29, 2025

Leading a nonprofit is even harder nonprofit leaders typically have more stakeholders, less control, and fewer resources than their for-profit counterparts. Despite these challenges, training for nonprofit leaders and board members has not materially changed in the past 25 years. How Do Nonprofit Board Fellows Programs Work?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2025

By Greg Fine a marketing consultant who leverages 30 years of for-profit marketing and advertising experience to help nonprofits create larger-than-life giving campaigns and marketing that connect. More importantly, nonprofits risk losing their brand identity if they relinquish their humanity. But whats the reality?

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 14, 2025

Social Media Trends Nonprofits Must Embrace in 2025 The social media world is a whirlwindconstantly shifting, evolving, and presenting nonprofits with new opportunities to connect with their communities. Lets break down whats reshaping the digital landscape and how nonprofits can thrive in 2025.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By Nithya Ramanathan & Jim Fruchterman Recent milestones in generative AI have sent nonprofits, social enterprises, and funders alike scrambling to understand how these innovations can be harnessed for global good. If youre ambitious about social change, you have to collect data, and you almost certainly need to collect it better.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Deep and Sincere Caring About the Nonprofit’s Mission The most important “quality” in a board member would be a real and heartfelt caring about the mission/goal of the nonprofit they will be involved with. Your Voice Matters!

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 29, 2025

Sustainability is becoming more than just a trendit is a necessity for fashion brands striving to remain relevant and ethical in the eyes of increasingly conscious consumers. The fashion industry is at a critical juncture, where sustainability and ethical practices are no longer optional: They are essential.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 26, 2025

In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast , Tosha Anderson and branding expert Seth Donlin unpack why personal branding is no longer optional for nonprofit leadersand how it can drive deeper donor engagement, visibility, and trust. Share stories (ethically) that highlight the mission in action. Be personalbut not private.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Image credit: Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels Eighty-two percent of nonprofits say they’re using artificial intelligence (AI), with financial tasks being the most commonly reported use. The next most common use of AI, cited by 36 percent of nonprofits, was for program optimization and impact assessment.

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Nonprofit Fixer

JANUARY 14, 2025

When people think about making change in the world, most people jump to the idea of starting or leading a nonprofit organization. But there is actually a wide range of tax vehicles and statuses that people use to accomplish their social change goalsincluding nonprofit organizations and different types of for-profit businesses.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

That was the unanimous view of panelists from some of the nations largest healthcare nonprofits during a discussion at the Consumers Electronics Show (CES) here. She also spoke about ethical guidelines of AI use. There is a board committee looking at ethical frameworks of AI use.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 8, 2025

Join us July 10th for Beyo nd the Blast: Collect Better Data, Send Better Nonprofit Emails to learn more) Make your content skimmable and useful. Join us July 24th for Stop the Scrolling: How to Write (Ethically!) The post Your Inbox Is Basically a Social Media Feed Now appeared first on Nonprofit Marketing Guide (NPMG).

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 27, 2025

For the nonprofit sector in particular, this can be key to resolving issues and creating more inclusive, fair, and effective systems through transparent decision-making. But the sector needs a more compelling, ethical model for a brokerage that uses decentralized governance, transparency, and inclusivity.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 13, 2025

Navigating Funding Uncertainty: What Nonprofits Can Do Right Now Late last week, I answered a somewhat panicked phone call from a client and friend who works with one of my favorite nonprofit organizations. (I This is the reality many nonprofit organizations across the United States are facing just weeks into the new administration.

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Candid

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Historically, fundraising has been grounded in a competitive environment that creates a mindset of scarcity and cutthroat nonprofit survival. The movement was sparked by Vu Le’s blog, Nonprofit AF , in 2015. moving from exploitative storytelling to ethical storytelling) so we can all collectively grow.

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Fundraising Coach

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

If you’ve worked in the nonprofit sector for some time, you know that your organization’s fundraising potential depends on its ability to understand and engage its donors. Let’s dive in! What is prospect research, and how is it used? Securing the estimated 60% of annual fund revenue that comes from major gifts on average.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

In the summer and fall of 2024, Nonprofit Tech for Good used social media and email to promote the 15-question Online Donor Feedback Survey. Social media followed closely at 29%, while a nonprofit’s website came in third at 17%. The results provide a glimpse into the communication and giving preferences of online donors.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

As traditional funding models shift and societal needs evolve, nonprofits are being called upon to adapt and innovate to create lasting change. Democratic backsliding and restrictive laws will pose challenges to nonprofits operations and the safety of their beneficiaries. What does this mean for civil society in the coming year?

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

AI is transforming industries, and the nonprofit sector is no exception. Similarly, in the nonprofit sector, well-funded organizations are already leveraging AI to increase efficiency and reduce burnout, while smaller nonprofitsoften serving the most marginalized communitiesare being left behind. But AI adoption comes with challenges.

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The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In a recent episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Mohan Sivaloganathan, CEO of Our Turn and advocate for youth leadership and equity in education, to discuss the concept of harmonious leadership and its potential to transform the nonprofit sector. Want to jump right in?

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Tony Martignetti

MAY 4, 2025

Kim Snyder and Shauna Dillavou explain the risks your nonprofit faces and what you can do to protect Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for May 5, 2025: PII In The Age Of AI & Balance AI Ethics And Innovation

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Theres no getting around the fact that nonprofits need to spend money to host memorable, engaging events that encourage donations. However, there are creative solutions nonprofits use to put on a wide range of events while sticking to a tight budget. For example, say your nonprofit is hosting a gala with a silent auction component.

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Tony Martignetti

JUNE 23, 2025

Art explains the value of AFP in our community, including enforcing professional ethics; reflects on our challenges and how to advocate … Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for June 23, 2025: A Conversation With Art Taylor →

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

Collaborating on grant-funded projects, and particularly proposal development, is essential for nonprofits. To use AI effectively, a proposal team must set ground rules for ethical deployment and ensure that AI serves as a tool, not a team member. Bethany Lee, Ph.D.,

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

There is good reason to wonder whether collecting all types of suffering into medicalized mental health disorders is the most accurate or ethical approach when it comes to addressing these crises,” says Dr. Zenobia Morrill , a psychology professor at William James College. This approach was originally developed by the nonprofit in 2008. “It

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

On the first page, she puts the mutualist ethic this way: “We can look to one another to solve the most intractable problems we encounter in our lives.” They secure a small grant for a feasibility study from a nonprofit and, maybe a year later, obtain a loan from a local credit union to establish a customer-owned cooperative.

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Elevation

JULY 7, 2025

What Nonprofits Need to Know to Keep Their Grant Active Securing a Google Ad Grant can dramatically boost your nonprofit’s impact, offering up to $10,000 per month in free advertising to expand reach, attract donors, and amplify your mission. These requirements are in place to protect users and support nonprofit credibility.

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Candid

APRIL 17, 2025

Nonprofits have deep community ties and expertise. Moreover, businesses, nonprofits, and government each benefit. The most effective corporate social responsibility efforts are built on real partnerships with nonprofits and supported by government policies that allow these collaborations to thrive. Take workforce development.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Which is why establishing and building trust should be part of your nonprofit and personal mission. They also need to trust the organization to act ethically and effectively if theyre to believe parting with their hard-earned money is a good decision. The work of philanthropy facilitation is very personal.

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