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Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Helping Young People Cope With Eco-Anxiety by Zoey England A warming world is causing adverse psychological and emotional impacts for many young people. Universities may be able to help by building opportunities for students to take relevant action beyond the classroom. We Just Need to Get Them There.

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Fundraising Success Starts Within: Aligning Your Internal Team for Maximum Impact

Bloomerang

When the finance team, program staff, board members, and leadership arent on the same page, donors can sense the disconnect, and there is a higher attrition rate. When fundraising teams are not in sync with leadership, programs, finance, or the board, the ripple effects extend beyond the internal organizationthey reach donors as well.

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Unlocking the Potential of Ultra-High Net Worth Philanthropy

The Charity CFO

Yet there remain serious challenges and barriers around this kind of philanthropy: Psychological adjustment: Many self-made UHNWIs struggle to adapt to their new wealth status, leading to avoidance or assimilation behaviors that can hinder philanthropy. Get the free guide!

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

39 And federally financed programs have been accused of sterilizing 25 to 42 percent of Native American women in the 1970sand it is reported that nearly 25 percent of Native American and Alaska Native women have undergone sterilization. And that figure is increasing at a rate faster than even technology and finance. Sunmin Lee et al.,

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Are Women Donors the Key to Unlocking More Giving?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

There are also real psychological barriers to giving as recently uncovered in a report by our colleagues at NCFP and Arabella. Many of these new donors have the best intentionssome have even signed the famous Giving Pledge but they are getting stuck for a multitude of reasons.

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Restorative Compensation: Moving from Theory to Practice

NonProfit Quarterly

Similarly, its dominant work culture is likely collaborative, although some functions may be more competitive (fundraising), creative (programming), and controlling (finance and operations). The Social Psychology of Pay The social psychology of pay is a major driver behind people’s feelings about their own pay and peer compensation.

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From Scarcity to Inspiration: Rethinking the Value of Nonprofit Facilities

NonProfit Quarterly

As I suggest in the graphic below, nonprofit facilities exist on a similar hierarchy—with physical, psychological, and economic needs that must be met before an agency can transition to the next stage of its work. Even more insidious are the psychological pressures that accompany these financial decisions.

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