Ann Green

JULY 8, 2025

Keeping things simple is important for your nonprofit organization, too. 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.

Food

NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2025

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Nonprofit governance and management

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2025

Credit: Ansel Huang on Unsplash Humans of Nonprofits is a storytelling series that explores how nonprofits shape and support the lives of everyday people. Each story shares an authentic, lived experience, revealing the many ways nonprofits intersect with individuals across all backgrounds, beliefs, and communities.

Food

Candid

APRIL 30, 2025

Theres a widespread misconception that charity is just for the less fortunatethe poor, the marginalized, etc.even though those of us in the nonprofit sector know we all benefit from the work nonprofits do on a daily basis. Many essential nonprofit services are invisible At a time when U.S. Its likely run by a nonprofit.

Disaster Relief

Ann Green

MARCH 24, 2025

Many nonprofits send all their donors the same appeal and thank you letters. They dont use terms like food insecurity, at-risk populations, and underserved communities and neither should you. Instead of writing about food insecurity, give an example of a single mother choosing between buying groceries and paying the heating bill.

Food

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 23, 2024

A capital campaign is a targeted fundraising effort designed to raise a significant amount of money for a nonprofit within a set timeframe. It typically combines major gifts, public contributions, and planned giving to achieve financial goals that advance a nonprofit’s mission. Talent show. Trivia night. Did you enjoy this story?

Public and Nonprofit Management

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.

Food

Candid

JANUARY 23, 2025

Nonprofits thrive or fail based largely on the success of their fundraising efforts, but fundraising alone cannot ensure sustainability. Research shows the impact of prioritizing grassroots engagement and localized impact on nonprofit sustainability. Increased visibility and credibility A connected community amplifies your voice.

Fundraising

Ann Green

JULY 29, 2025

A lot of nonprofit communication is mediocre at best. The remedy I like to recommend is the 5 C’s of good nonprofit communication. Avoid terms like food insecurity and underserved communities. Is that the case for you? Don’t settle for just okay. Use language your donors will understand (no jargon). Is it Concise?

Communication

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 27, 2025

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Nonprofit governance and management

Candid

JULY 24, 2025

As many of us in the nonprofit sector know, public trust is not a given. In today’s fractured landscape, where polarization and skepticism run high, the nonprofit sector stands out as a rare trusted voice. Nonprofits earn trust and safeguard it by continuing to show up—openly, responsibly, and authentically.

Volunteerism

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. How can nonprofits and movement groups convert community desires into meaningful financial action?

Finance

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Most nonprofits rely on a few annual fundraising events to bring in much-needed donations and to raise awareness for their cause. No matter what event format your nonprofit is considering, you will need to take key event planning steps to make your fundraising event a success. Collect donations from event tickets/participation.

Recruitment

Candid

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Many nonprofit organizations devote their time, talent, funding, and mission to helping people who live in financial hardship. 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.

Public and Social Policy

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Just a side comment on general failings of the nonprofit sector. The next administration should appointment numerous nonprofit executives into cabinet positions. She teams with and coordinates with other environmental nonprofits to use every law on the books to battle climate change and polluters. Where did all the fervor go?

Civil Society

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.

Food

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Anne Price, Challenging Corporate Influence in the Nonprofit Sector Challenging Corporate Influence in the Nonprofit Sector 2. 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.

Food

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.

Food

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Here’s how nonprofits are using QR codes to engage their audiences effectively: Fundraising: From charity sweepstakes to crowdfunding campaigns, QR codes placed on postcards, flyers, or social media provide a conduit for instant participation.

Recruitment

Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

Chances are, if youre a nonprofit professional, youre curious about how mobile giving can improve your nonprofits fundraising efforts. Regardless of what you call it, mobile giving is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise moneyand retain more donors on the go. Well cover: What is mobile giving?

Nonprofits

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.

Governance

Bloomerang

JANUARY 9, 2025

Remember, there are many nonprofits dedicated to providing wildfire relief in Los Angeles. The Salvation Army : The Salvation Army is providing shelter, food, emotional support, and other vital services to those displaced by the fires. The road to recovery and rebuilding will be long and arduous. You can donate or volunteer your time.

Medical

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 23, 2025

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Nonprofit governance and management

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Nonprofit activities shape the students, teaching them valuable skills, helping them foster empathy, and connecting them to causes that matter. Why student involvement matters Engaging students in nonprofit activities isnt just beneficialits transformative. Students bring unmatched creativity, enthusiasm, and perspective to nonprofits.

Energy

Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

One of the reasons an estimated 30% of nonprofits dont last more than 10 years is poor organizational development. An organizational plan, the equivalent of a private-sector business plan, lays out a nonprofits mission, goals, programs, and strategies for raising and managing funds.

Organizational Development

Candid

JANUARY 29, 2025

If you work at a nonprofit, you already know the importance of developing a strategy for financial sustainability. based nonprofits. Lets consider the different revenue sources nonprofits typically get their funding from. But where should you start? A useful early step is to look at what peer organizations are doing.

Insurance

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

bill paying; food deliveries; books and magazines, and much more). CFP®, found nonprofits that consistently received gifts of appreciated stocks grew their contributions six times faster than those receiving only cash. The post 3 Strategies + 6 Tips To Boost Generosity At Your Nonprofit appeared first on Bloomerang. Stay tuned!

Nonprofit Administration and Development

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.

Public and Social Policy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 24, 2025

But nonprofits are grappling with a very different — and challenging — fundraising landscape this year. 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.

Food

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Its important for you to remember these four words – Ask, Thank, Report, Repeat If your nonprofit follows this fundraising formula, you should be more successful. Asking for donations is not all or nothing Many nonprofit organizations spend a lot of time asking and not that much on thanking and reporting. Recognize each donor.

Retention

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Launching a new nonprofit is an exhilarating feeling. Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. Fortunately, I had some experience in marketing that gave me ideas about how to fundraise and help the nonprofit. But big goals cost big money.

Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2025

By Shannon Whitehead , Content Strategist at Neon One a software that connects nonprofits with the technology and resources that empower them to build a community of generosity. To plan an in-person event, list whats required, such as a venue, entertainment, and food. A planning committee?

Participation and motivation

Candid

JUNE 11, 2025

Recent federal funding cuts have had a deep and widespread impact on the nonprofit sector. An analysis by Candid found that over 14,000 nonprofits would deplete their reserves within three months without government grants, putting an estimated 2.8 What’s broken in the current nonprofit model? needs have only grown.

Collaborations

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

Nonprofits are facing significant, arguably unprecedented, challenges and its crucial that donors, whatever their ideologies or particular programmatic goals or priorities, pay attention. Lets start with the drop in rates of giving to nonprofits. We will be taking the pulse of nonprofit leaders on this topic again this year.)

Nonprofit Administration and Development

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For nonprofit professionals serving rural communities, building strong donor relationships starts with clear communication about local needs and measurable outcomes. Nonprofit professionals need distinct strategies for each setting. These challenges make sustainable donor support essential for creating lasting solutions.

Homelessness

Ann Green

JANUARY 20, 2025

Many nonprofits seem to focus too much on meeting their revenue goals, which of course is important. Instead, say something like How you can help families in the community put food on the table. Remember this Building relationships is just as important as raising money. Many donors dont care that its your year-end appeal.

Energy

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 7, 2025

Its all thanks to a program called Gs to Gents, started by Heal the Hood , a tiny, newly minted nonprofit that occupies a once-vacant storefront in Jamaica Plain, Boston. Some three-quarters of nonprofits operate on budgets of less than $500,000, and two-thirds on less than $100,000. But the first iteration needed tweaking.

Public and Nonprofit Management