Selfish Giving

APRIL 23, 2025

If youre a nonprofit like Junior Achievement or a local youth-serving org with money management programming, you immediately have a relevant connection. A large apparel retailer has public commitments to support womens economic empowerment and promote inclusive hiring. Phil Haid and the team at Toronto-based Public Inc.

Public and Nonprofit Management

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

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Imagine youre opening a nonprofit thrift store. With the help of generous donors, youve secured funding, rented retail space, and sourced inventory. Before opening to the public, you just have to nail down the finer details of your stores operations, including your thrift store pricing strategy and layout.

Disaster Relief

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2025

Donors combined contributions to relieve over $15 billion dollars in medical debt for almost 10 million people living in the United States, facilitated by a nonprofit called Undue Medical Debt. The Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 involved over 25 million Americans in over 40 percent of the nations counties.

Nonprofit governance and management

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 29, 2025

Workers at these stores are affiliated with either the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) or the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). REI has nine elected board members.This year, the REI Union is backing the campaigns of two nonprofit leaders.

Retail

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 12, 2015

Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. . Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. I worked with the PR manager to brainstorm ideas on garnering media coverage. timeframe.

Communication

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I also come from a family of grocery workers and managers. When I was little, my dad managed a large local grocery. A Positive Vision of Food Sovereignty.

Food

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 13, 2021

I look for people in CSR, marketing, and public relations. Any of these retailers on your corporate partnerships pipeline? Partnership Manager, KaBOOM! Brain Food 1. The thing I see most lacking in nonprofits is.??. Speaking of Squid Games, this science nonprofit is newsjacking the show to teach people about ??

Retail

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. . Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. Go over the theme for the newsletter, layout the photo-ops I need, and review pricing of retail items.

Communication

Selfish Giving

APRIL 25, 2018

This week on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Pam Avesian , vice president at women's retailer Chico’s FAS , about their involvement in Habitat for Humanity's Home is the Key cause marketing initiative that's now in its second year. But you should know: the way these retailers will raise money for your nonprofit is changing.

Retail

Selfish Giving

APRIL 13, 2022

Most nonprofits have enough happening at the top of the funnel - the awareness stage - for the initial attraction. I'm helping more of my nonprofit clients become more case study-centric. That case study you have on your retail partner will work great with other retailers. Brain Food 1. I get that.

Retail

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This cannabis retailer encourages customers to recycle the plastic that encases certain cannabis products by offering a $4 pre-rolled joint for every piece of packaging they return. I felt like the last paragraph could just as well be a message to nonprofits hesitant to work with the cannabis industry. Brain Food 1.

Public and Nonprofit Management

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 5, 2022

for companies to support public treasures, it's less common in Italy. While supporting public treasures is new for modern Rome, it isn't a new idea and has ancient roots. Tod's support for the Colosseum spurred other companies to support other public projects in Rome. Just a little trickle of publicity, he assured Romans.??

Public and Nonprofit Management

Selfish Giving

JULY 25, 2018

Their new report High Expectations: Corporate Partnership Decision-Makers Research Results is full of myth-busting stats on what companies are REALLY looking for in a nonprofit partnership. They've somehow averted the retail apocalypse. Some nonprofits push back when I demand they uncover their strongest emotional message.

Public and Nonprofit Management

Selfish Giving

MAY 16, 2018

Foot Locker CEO: Consumers are missing the point on the "retail apocalypse." Retailers are closing stores so they can open fewer but better ones. Speaking of retail closings, Retail Dive is keeping an updated list of retail bankruptcies. Did your next cause marketing just move into the food court at the mall?

Retail

Selfish Giving

MARCH 10, 2021

The retailer saw a 10% spike in sales last year. Perfect your nonprofit pitch: how to “tell your story” in 20-seconds or less. Perfect your nonprofit pitch: how to “tell your story” in 20-seconds or less. Interested in public relations? Corporate Partnership Manager, Pittsburgh Knights , Pittsburgh or Remote 5.

Non-Profits

Selfish Giving

MAY 2, 2018

If you have individual donors to your nonprofit you have a new corporate partner somewhere in your ranks. Wherever I've worked in my nearly two decade nonprofit career, I always focused first on people and companies in my "bullseye." Individuals that supported my nonprofit that also owned and ran businesses. Brain food ????. ??This

Public and Nonprofit Management

Selfish Giving

APRIL 4, 2018

A company sponsors your nonprofit's event or program so that they can market their business to your supporters. If pressed, I would say sponsorship is a better focus for most nonprofits. Chris is a leading consultant to nonprofits and businesses on sponsorship and how to build win-win partnerships. With Sponsorship. Be sincere.

Marketing

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. When families lack the income for food, transport, school fees, uniforms, and essentials like menstrual products, girls are the first to drop out of school.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” …I advise everybody, be a little careful…best stay woke, keep their eyes open. 7 But it’s not just California where workers are making gains.

Public and Social Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

Because the impact from these for-profit investments is exactly the same as the impact from our nonprofit grants: More than half of the organizations are directly impacting more than 10,000 lives, more than 40 percent are impacting 50,000 lives, a quarter are impacting 500,000 lives and more than a fifth, millions of lives.

Marketing

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Here’s a guest post by the wonderful, savvy nonprofit marketing mind of Jono Smith on why - and how - to create content worth sharing. In the spirit of Robin Hood Marketing , content marketing is a concept borrowed from the corporate world and now being utilized by nonprofit marketers. Credit: Social Signal. Is it working?

Food

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 1, 2024

Today, we will learn how AI is revolutionizing healthcare , finance, retail, manufacturing, and transportation, highlighting its significant impact and potential for the future. Retail AI is revolutionizing the retail industry by enhancing the customer experience and optimizing operations. Chapters 1. Healthcare 2. Security 3.

Manufacturing

Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

It’s clear that having a comprehensive online fundraising strategy is crucial for modern nonprofits. When your nonprofit uses online fundraising platforms and follows best practices, you can meet your supporters where they are—online—and enable them to give quickly and easily. Here’s what to expect: What is online fundraising?

Fundraising

Selfish Giving

APRIL 10, 2017

Over a decade the retailer had raised $100 million dollars for the hospital's cancer care and research, making Kmart the hospital's biggest donor in its 50+ year history. "It Behind all the smiles and applause in Memphis was the cold truth that online retail would soon steamroll Kmart into oblivion. Next $100 million in five years!

Retail

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

How you convey your brand to the general public impacts its efficacy and determines whether a customer recognizes or ignores your business message. Don’t try to represent yourself as a healthy food brand if you’re a fast-food chain. Understanding Your Ideal Customer. Develop Brand Personality.

Production

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2023

Image Credit: Justin Wilkens on unsplash.com In 2021, more than 40 percent of all retail stores that opened in the United States were dollar stores. Increasingly, dollar stores are driving “grocery stores and other retailers out of business” (6), according to a recent report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Quite a bit.

Retail

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Many of these companies, retailers, and conventional counterparts have mastered the use of these tools. Online shopping platforms and large retail media networks that drive brand awareness and loyalty now meet consumers where they are, not only at the “point of sale.” This is the new digital norm.

Retail

Selfish Giving

APRIL 11, 2018

The crew for this expedition IS YOU as we'll be basing our findings on public data and survey responses from nonprofit professionals who oversee corporate revenue at organizations nationwide. Many attendees asked for REAL EXAMPLES of nonprofits that were effectively leveraging data to showcase impact. Brain food ???? ??Nonprofits,

Retail

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” At the height of the pandemic, I was swept up in a titanic battle being waged over the right to a city. 1 That city was New Haven, Connecticut.

Education

Selfish Giving

JULY 3, 2019

The retailer is also introducing a special edition flag t-shirt featuring a purple background. An interesting WSJ article on the partnership of a wildlife conservation nonprofit, a luxury retailer and model and Jordan Barrett. Cause Research Did you know that as an industry nonprofits have the highest email open rates?

Retail

Selfish Giving

APRIL 17, 2019

Last week, I shared a post on ten nonprofits that are using Instagram incredibly well. UK retailer Marks & Spencer and Fashion Targets Breast Cancer launched a cause marketing campaign called #BosumBuddies. Senior Program Manager, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Engineers Without Borders (London) 2. Brain Food 1.

Culture

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They include: Cooperatives , such as worker cooperatives, are organizations collectively owned by their members and managed with a one member, one vote principle. Well-known examples include home care agency CHCA and fair trade food and beverage company Equal Exchange. providing renewable energy or healthy food).

Non-Profits

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 23, 2025

This was a victory for the over 600 unionized workers at 11 REI stores across the country, who collectively have formed the REI Union and are affiliated either with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) or Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).

Retail