Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 8, 2024

But aside from the “normal” nonprofit challenges of relying solely on private philanthropy, the organization had been presented to me as a vehicle in good shape, beyond needing a tune-up. For executives of color, nonprofit leadership is a ‘Hollow Prize.’ Many social justice nonprofits have long existed in states of extreme dysfunction.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 4, 2023

Best Nonprofit Team Collaboration Tools for 2023 Manage and grow your nonprofit by collaborating better. No matter how big or small your passionate non-profit team is, it can still be tough to have all team members on the same page on marketing strategies and campaigns, especially if you have team members working in different offices.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Nurturing nonprofit relationships Effective nonprofit management is anchored in building and nurturing relationships with board members. Acknowledging efforts: Expressing appreciation and value Board members within your nonprofit seek validation for their contributions, much like individuals in personal relationships.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Every nonprofit worries about them. Could your nonprofit have done something to drive them away? We have to make the experience a memorable one they’d like to repeat. For many nonprofits, that period is 12 months, but for others, that term is 18 months. Joy in knowing that you matter. Laments them.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In our interviews, we found that leaders who succeeded in the hard work of changing their boardroom culture and growing engagement for all members started with honest conversations, with each board member and senior staff, about why inclusion matters and how it reflects the organization’s values. Here, the issue becomes much less clear.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As a nonprofit leader, you know first-hand the value of your work and how necessary it is to help your beneficiaries. This principle applies to your nonprofit’s team members. In this article, we’ll cover the top strategies to focus on self-care at your nonprofit. Most nonprofit jobs require you to remain seated for long periods.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Butler Snow Joins Momentum Nonprofit Partners to Offer Pro Bono Services to Memphis Nonprofit Community MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 4, 2021 – Butler Snow is pleased to announce it has joined Momentum Nonprofit Partners as a key pro bono service provider. Chief Executive Officer of Momentum Nonprofit Partners.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  A full-service marketing and creative agency, Media Cause helps nonprofits accelerate their impact.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 2, 2024

Your nonprofit’s donors interact with your organization in a variety of ways, whether they’re giving online , volunteering, following you on social media, or attending your events. Your nonprofit can better connect with donors. All of this involvement is referred to as donor engagement. Nobody wants to feel like a walking ATM.

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Affnetz

JUNE 13, 2022

This article from Forbes highlights the value of building mutually beneficial relationships with other Nonprofit organizations, and many of these aspects also apply to relationships with donors. Purpose helps us feel connected to others in ways we simply cannot experience in any other manner. Subject Matter Expert. Free Trial.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Nonprofit professionals and the organizations that depend on them understand the importance of investing in ongoing professional development. That’s where ongoing professional development for fundraisers and nonprofit leaders comes in. That said, it’s crucial to future success. .

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Affnetz

JANUARY 2, 2023

Nonprofit management software / By Mike Crum. There’s a tendency in nonprofits (and life!) After growing the program, I took another job with a microenterprise training Nonprofit. You’ve got individuals that are volunteering and interested in your Nonprofit, and you need to pay attention to this audience.

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Nonprofit Fixer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Do you need to remove a board member from your nonprofit? Being a volunteer board member of a nonprofit organization comes with a lot of responsibility. Every nonprofit has obligations to the state and federal government, as well as to the community, donors, staff, and other stakeholders. We want people to like us.

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! Learn more at MESG.marketing ! Learn more at WeRaiseTheRoots.com

Public and Social Policy 57

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

Given the In difficult times, nonprofits provide life-changing support to people affected by financial hardship. substantial impact of nonprofit activity, many companies and people want to give back to their organization but don’t have the means to do so. The big question is, how much can your nonprofit spend on fundraising?

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The Agitator

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Many of these issues arise from what the nonprofit would refer to as “database issues” – duplicates in the database and incorrect names, addresses, titles, genders, and phone numbers. That said, it’s the donors’ opinion that matters and determines whether they will donate again. “Where is my gift going?”

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

AUGUST 16, 2013

released their 2013 Email Testing Hall of Fame , a showcase of tests that nonprofit fundraisers can learn from. I was pleased to see the hall of fame included a fundraising test from a membership renewal campaign launched by People for the American Way. Scroll down for some thoughts (and spoilers) on this membership drive.

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The Charity CFO

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

What should you look for when evaluating nonprofit accounting services? Nonprofit organizations exist to further a mission or goal. These entities rely on donations, grants, membership fees, and program revenue to stay operational. . The truth is, many nonprofits tend to fumble when it comes to their books. .

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2022

While ROC has always been a nonprofit organization, its signature restaurant, Colors, was an LLC, created as a co-op and run by former Windows on the World workers. Of course, location matters, and not all locations were well selected. The same is true for nonprofits. The Original Vision and Purpose of Colors.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The composition of leadership shifted soon after the grocery’s formal incorporation in mid-2019, with the first LCG and LACE (Louisville Association for Community Economics, the nonprofit developer of the grocery store) board elections seeing candidates of color chosen for a majority of seats.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 21, 2022

These ideas all have one thing in common: member experience is always top of mind. In a corporate matching gift program , companies match donations that their employees make to eligible nonprofits. You can emulate the same excitement and urgency of in-person experiences by incorporating a virtual event into your digital campaign.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

Nonprofit funding comes from various sources—regular and major gifts , grants, in-kind donations, corporate sponsorships , planned gifts, and eCommerce sales are a few of the most common. In addition, some nonprofits also rely partly or entirely on memberships to support their missions.

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Fundraising Coach

MAY 20, 2014

Having a genuine relationship with a donor significantly reduces any jitters you may experience during the meeting. Entitlement is the awful "do your part" twaddle spouted by many well meaning but ineffective membership drives. Leading with gratitude can be a way to signal to them that your nonprofit is successful at its mission.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 9, 2023

Recent reporting continues to echo these inequities, revealing that Black professional women experience significant burnout due to stress from the workplace, and that it’s aging us at an accelerated rate —7.5 years—compared with white women. Metrics for metrics’ sake keep us from making any progress at all.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

This is an experience that a lot of people who have been participating in philanthropy for decades are unaware of— the lived experiences of people of color with wealth and the type of philanthropy that they have contributed over decades. We’re experimenting and trying to see what ways we can work together. It looks different.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

This blog will be a great place to start, but if you find yourself praying no one asks you questions about the financials in your next board meeting, you may want to check out our Nonprofit Accounting Essentials course in partnership with The Charity CFO. . You’ll learn quickly that “nonprofit” doesn’t mean “no profit.”

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The Agitator

JANUARY 18, 2018

The words we use matter. And we aren’t “adding” a 13 th mailing to our membership series; we are “rethinking” whatever life decisions got us to the idea that a 13 th membership mailing is a good idea. Word choice. Note my use of “burning” donors above.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 12, 2023

Wealth screening data gets a lot of attention and usage from nonprofits looking for a quick way to identify people more likely to make a major gift. Wealth screeners and some nonprofits focus too much on this question, believing that some data sources are of higher quality than others. But how well does it really work?

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The Agitator

MARCH 19, 2018

It’s hard to get away from the significant advantages that come with being a mature nonprofit brand: you can get very good at delivery, incremental efficiency, and volume. In the for-profit world, about half of the S&P 500 will be replaced in the next decade – this level of change is coming to the nonprofit world as well.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 20, 2022

In experiments, adding a threat can increase giving. For a human rights charity, it increased donations to mention that it “works in countries that have recently passed laws that harshly restrict nonprofit organizations.”[9]. Suppose the people or values involved don’t matter to the donor. 29] So does practical experience.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 19, 2017

If your nonprofit’s website hasn’t been a top priority, it’s time to change that. As more and more donors prefer to engage with nonprofits through digital channels, designing a stunning website is more important than ever. Following your nonprofit’s social media platforms. Joining a membership program.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Research experiments show this. Examples include, “Would you be willing to consider including us as one of the nonprofit organizations in your will?”[18] But words still matter. Another experiment showed this for annuities.[34] In one experiment, 2,000 people were completing their will planning.[37]

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 12, 2018

I think about FRIENDS in nonprofit meetings when people ask? After serving on dozens of boards and as a nonprofit staffer, I have heard these questions in so many meetings as if it’s “our fault.”. So why are communities of color not reflected in giving to YOUR nonprofit? 2) Make Friends & Allies. I hope you’ll join us.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Building an organization from the ground up is a challenge, but with the right nonprofit tools, the heavy lifting gets easier. There are SO MANY nonprofit tools out there, all promising to make your work easier as you grow your new nonprofit. Joining TechSoup should be the first technology task for your new nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. You just need to show proof of membership. Get creative.

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Nonprofit Megaphone

JUNE 17, 2022

At Nonprofit Megaphone, we’ve partnered with social media professionals to help nonprofits get the most out of their Facebook challenge campaigns. Simply put, a Facebook Challenge is a fundraising campaign organized on behalf of a nonprofit in which people participate in a month-long challenge of a physical nature.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 13, 2022

Why would a donor repeat an experience like that? Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 47 (2), 376-394; Meer, J., & Rosen, H. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 30 (4), 783-799; Yörük, B. Factors influencing members’ donation amount in membership-based professional associations.

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