Ann Green

JULY 8, 2025

Instead of saying something like – We’re helping underserved communities who are experiencing food insecurity, say – Thanks to donors like you, we can serve more families at the Northside Community Food Pantry. Keep out jargon and other confusing language. We’re seeing real people being affected by real problems.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 17, 2025

Giant warehouse shelves held stockpiles of food, many of which were marked to be picked up in the coming days by local food pantries. Food is going out as quickly as it comes in,” said Melanie Martin, CNP , Director of Community Engagement. They are the regional food bank for Eastern Missouri and Southwestern Illinois.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 24, 2025

By Eden Stiffman Photo by Bienfait Amani, courtesy of World Relief Workers with World Relief set up a food distribution at the Don Bosco camp for internally displaced Congolese, in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024. Organizations are struggling to plan amid uncertainty about government funds.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 15, 2025

For example, a food bank might identify “food insecurity” as a relevant keyword. Next, brainstorm related keyword search terms, like “free groceries near me,” “food assistance programs” or “community food pantry.”

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Retail Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 223

Anedot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Job Title: Volunteer and Food Pantry Coordinator Status: Part time, non-exempt hourly. Located in beautiful Novato/Marin County/CA, our workplace culture is driven by our five values: teamwork and collaboration, equity, excellence, integrity, and learning and continuous improvement. 16 hours per week.

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Food Participation and motivation Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Ann Green

MAY 19, 2025

For example, a food bank might create a dedicated in-kind donation page listing all the specific food items theyre running low on and what they would like donated. Or, a nonprofit aquarium might have a page highlighting its standout exhibits and animals.

Nonprofits 189

Nonprofits Food Homelessness Retention 189

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Charge a small entrance fee and sell food, drinks, and merchandise, with proceeds going towards your capital campaign. Talent show. Your community is full of talented people who want to share their gifts, along with others who want to enjoy a night of entertainment. Trivia night.

Public and Nonprofit Management 245

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 11, 2025

Green Your Detox: Eco-Conscious Foods and Habits for a Clean Liver Detoxifying the liver is essential for maintaining overall health, as this organ plays a crucial role in filtering toxins from the body, processing nutrients, and supporting metabolic functions. In addition, consider the environmental impact of food packaging.

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Food Agriculture Environmental Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Steve Dubb, Detroit Peoples Food Co-op: How to Advance Black Food Sovereignty Detroit Peoples Food Co-op: How to Advance Black Food Sovereignty Housing Justice 8.

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Food Culture Foundations Nonprofits 105

Candid

APRIL 30, 2025

Many organizations deliver hot food and provide transportation, classes, and outings for seniors. Disaster relief services: When extreme weather events hit, nonprofit services are often the first on the scene, setting up shelters and providing water, food, and more before government aid can reach many victims.

Disaster Relief 122

Disaster Relief Altruism and Helping Medical Children 122

Bloomerang

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Salvation Army : The Salvation Army is providing shelter, food, emotional support, and other vital services to those displaced by the fires. Help communities rebuild California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Relief Fund : This fund supports a range of needs, including shelter, food, financial assistance, and rebuilding efforts.

Medical 119

Medical Food Construction Healthcare 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Nessa Richman What will it take to create systems change in our food system? Because of food’s centrality to how we all live—a centrality which produces complex relationships and interconnections across multiple scales—our food system is difficult to transform. Talking about “systems” can be very abstract.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2025

Though the region hadnt experienced a disaster of this magnitude since Ashevilles Great Flood of 1916which was described as one of the worst natural disasters in the recorded history of western North Carolina BeLoved Asheville , a nonprofit focusing on combating systemic racism and food and housing insecurity, was able to hit the ground running.

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Candid

JANUARY 23, 2025

Strategies for building community Most nonprofits emerge out of a clear community need (think food banks, homeless shelters, health-focused foundations). For example, a food bank might highlight how every $10 feeds a family for a week, directly connecting supporters to the impact of their contributions.

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Ann Green

JANUARY 20, 2025

Instead, say something like How you can help families in the community put food on the table. When organizations lead their fundraising appeals by saying Its our year-end appeal or Its GivingTuesday, theyre not connecting with their donors by concentrating on why donors give. Many donors dont care that its your year-end appeal.

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Energy Food Communication Fundraising 175

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

For example Thanks to your generous donation of $50, a family can get a box of groceries at the Westside Community Food Pantry. This is crucial since were seeing more people coming in due to rising food prices. Let your donors know the impact of their gift. Address your thank you letter to a person and not Dear Friend.

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Jeff Brooks

MARCH 12, 2025

Instead of By 7am, all the food was gone. Make it All the food was gone by 7am. Theres nothing inherently wrong with passive voice, but it can make sentences less clear: All of our food was quickly eaten. Should be: Hungry neighbors quickly at all of our food. Its a weak start. Sentences with unclear antecedents.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Transportation costs compound these challenges, forcing difficult choices between accessing financial services and meeting other basic needs like food or medicine. Without reliable banking services, rural residents may rely on high-fee check cashing services or struggle to build the credit history needed for rental applications.

Homelessness 105

Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 105

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Leading the nation’s largest homebuilder, Reckford gathers partners to bring grocery stores to food deserts, medical care to those neighborhoods and he won’t need to be brought up to speed. Reckford CEO Habitat For Humanity Reckford was preaching that a house is just the first step in building community long before anyone else.

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Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Urban development Law 86

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 7, 2025

Healing the Hood In 2021, Heal the Hood launched one of its first official initiatives, opening a free store that aimed to help lighten the financial burden on families by providing staples, like food and household goods, for free. But the first iteration needed tweaking. A call was put out requesting groceries.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

CBOs also bring a sense of accountability and trust to the process, and community members are more likely to trust a project when they see familiar organizations involved.

Collaborations 69

Collaborations Ethics Technology Foundations 69

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2025

Locally, in Karen’s community, there’s also Pack-A-Sack, a weekend food security program run by the local churches. Every Friday, those bags go home, and those children know they have food to rely on.” They coordinate food drives, secure donations, and make sure families in crisis have what they need,” Karen said. She’s right.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In-Kind Donation Drive Nonprofits like homeless shelters and food banks often see an increased need for their services in the winter months, and an in-kind donation drive is the perfect opportunity to gather needed supplies.

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Fundraising Fundraising Food Homelessness 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 13, 2025

The practice of making something with your neighborswhether food, music, a mural, or a playis one of the fastest ways to build social ties, and these ties help individuals and communities take care of one another through individual health crises or large-scale natural disasters.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Culture Health Non-Profits 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Consider a food bank discovering that its operating reserves are in banks that finance industrial agriculture, the very system contributing to food insecurity and displacing small community farms.

Finance 123

Finance Agriculture Environmental Nonprofit governance and management 123

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 26, 2025

To create a successful fundraising store, focus on products such as: Popular, wide-appeal items , including discount cards for local businesses or chains and food like popcorn or cookie dough. The key is to balance mission alignment, quality, and appeal to maximize purchases.

Participation and motivation 147

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Non-Profits 147

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Make sure the list is detailed and includes all the expenses for the event, such as: Venue costs Catering expenses Decoration expenses Rental expenses Food and drink costs Entertainment costs 3) Fundraise and Line Up Sponsorships. What food and drinks will you be serving? What type of theme will you be incorporating?

Recruitment 106

Recruitment Nonprofits Management Food 106

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Organizing hands-on volunteering events like community clean-ups, food drives, or shelter support days offers students the opportunity to make an immediate difference while connecting to the nonprofits mission. Pair food drives with storytelling sessions where students learn about local hunger challenges.

Energy 71

Energy Food Leadership Activism 71

Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For example, an organization with the primary mission of providing financial literacy courses and counseling for low-income families may add service areas such as providing housing or food. In trying to do many things, they may fail to make an impact on the one problem they set out to solve.

Organizational Development 69

Organizational Development Construction Values Nonprofits 69

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 18, 2025

Example: Sharing Impact Reports A local food bank shares a quarterly impact report on social media, detailing how many families were served, highlighting volunteer efforts, and outlining upcoming needs. This openness reassures donors that their contributions are making a difference.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Ethics Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Leadership 130

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This could be a current or former client, a graduate, a parent, your founder, or an inanimate object, such as a can of food at the food bank, a sick kidney, or an animal you are trying to protect. Ideally, this is a close-up of one person (or animal) looking straight at the camera. Use a caption under your photo. A narrator.

Fundraising 119

Fundraising Fundraising Food Communication 119

Candid

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We nonprofit workers focus our attention on families who have trouble affording safe housing, enough food, quality child care and health care, reliable transportation, and technology. Many nonprofit organizations devote their time, talent, funding, and mission to helping people who live in financial hardship.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Insurance Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 106

Candid

MAY 29, 2025

At the top of the list were nonprofits helping people in the United States who need food, shelter, or other basic necessities (40%) and religious institutions (churches, mosques, or synagogues, (37%), followed by disaster relief (29%), animal welfare (24%), educational (21%), and health care or medical research (19%) organizations.

Disaster Relief 100

Disaster Relief Insurance Governance Medical 100

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 24, 2025

By Rasheeda Childress Mid-Ohio Food Collective The Mid-Ohio Food Collective is worried about potential funding cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and what they will mean for the people the food bank serves. But nonprofits are grappling with a very different — and challenging — fundraising landscape this year.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2025

million nonprofit organizations play a crucial role in our society by addressing important community needs like healthcare, education, affordable housing, food insecurity and many other important social causes. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic", setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Nonprofit governance and management 253

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Candid

MAY 27, 2025

From food banks to disaster relief providers, nonprofits are often the first to respond in times of crisis. Many organizations that offer safe spaces for kids after school while their parents work or deliver clean clothes and food after a fire or flood are now at risk.

Foundations 85

Foundations Disaster Relief Civil Society Manufacturing 85

Ann Green

JANUARY 27, 2025

Many families are having trouble making ends meet and were serving more people at the Eastside Community Food Pantry right now. Be as specific as possible Were so happy youre part of our family of monthly donors and are grateful for your gift of $5.00 Could you help us out a little more with a gift of $7.00 or even $10.00

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Retention Food Fundraising Fundraising 175