NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. Confronting a history of exclusion.

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APRIL 23, 2025

A large apparel retailer has public commitments to support womens economic empowerment and promote inclusive hiring. Partnerships Senior Associate, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption , Columbus, Ohio Brain Food In my "Brain Food" section, I share things that spark inspiration, fuel curiosity, and bring a smile to your face!

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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. By comparison, the rate of financial hardship at retail trade nonprofits (e.g.,

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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’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.

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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. Rich people dont help us.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

CheckPoints , a new iPhone application, allows you to check-in to retail locations and view advertised products. If you make a purchase, the manufacturer and/or retailer donates to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. CheckPoints’ initial partners include Tyson Foods , Belkin , Energizer and Seventh Generation.

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APRIL 21, 2021

Sure, things here in the states are wound tighter than a cocoon, but nothing like in the UK where two retailers are egging each other over competing caterpillar cakes.???? Thankfully, the emerging winners are the retailers' beautiful charity partners. Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Maryland Food Bank , Halethorpe, MD 5.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

"How can a retailer flourish in such a daunting environment? Source: Wall Street Journal I often think that smaller, less well known nonprofits can identify with retailers that are battling Amazon. Source: Wall Street Journal I often think that smaller, less well known nonprofits can identify with retailers that are battling Amazon.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

For the past two years, OSJL has done a second program in the spring in support the food pantry at the hospital. Cause marketing is just one way the owner of this New England discount retailer, Marc Perlman , helps us. They’re also not a retailer that bases its giving solely on OPM (Other People’s Money).

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JANUARY 9, 2012

“Liking” the page triggered one meal donation, and more donations were earned as fans answered football and food-related trivia questions through the 2 Minute Trivia Drill Game. The program generated a whopping 25 million meals for Feeding American food banks across the country. There are two things we can learn from this program.

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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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MARCH 28, 2011

Maybe you’re a food pantry and instead of asking customers to donate a buck for their tap water you ask a buck for the bread basket they generally get for free. Point-of-sale just isn’t for retailers. You should ask your local restaurants to do the same for you. It doesn’t have to be about water.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

For More Information: CauseTalk Radio Ep167 If You Liked This Promotion, You'll Like: Retailers Have a New Option. Promotion: Fundraiser for the Planet Partners: Patagonia, Grassroot Environmental Organizations Why I Picked It: Last year, I admired outdoor retailer REI for closing its stores so its employees and customers could #OptOutside.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Brain Food 1. Why malls and retailers still believe in Santa. Manager, Corporate Partnerships, ALS Association , Arlington, VA Do you have a partnership position you are trying to fill? Hit reply and share the job posting with me! I'm happy to post it here for FREE. ???? It's about returning to normalcy and in-person experiences.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Jeremy Ball , who leads the Big Lots Foundation and is director of philanthropy and events for the parent company Big Lots , about the retailers impressive cause marketing efforts on behalf of Nationwide Children's Hospital. Last fall, Big Lots mobilized its nearly 1,500 stores and raised $2.2

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Charities that are currently being funded by Citi and Kraft Foods.) Think of it in terms of Product RED and its retail partners. The answer is clear because the mainstream consumerism these retailers offer drives charity sales and RED is the big winner. I’ve been using the iPhone app for over a week and I like it a lot.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Not that it’s a bellwether or anything, but outdoor retailer REI’s announcement last month that it will decentralize its presence on Twitter from one corporate handle to 53 local handles may be sign of things to come. Bean , Whole Foods ). Make sure you’re at the top of the nonprofit food chain in your area.

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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.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

Any of these retailers on your corporate partnerships pipeline? Brain Food 1. I like to use humorous multiple choice options to which someone can reply quickly and easily. Thanks, Dan! What are some of the ways YOU deal with prospects who won't respond? ?? Partnership Notes 1. Or any your current partners? Carol Cone (aka Mom ??)

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MAY 20, 2020

This retailer was one of the first to close because of Covid-19. Brain Food 1. If you subscribe to my view that "Brands Command" you'll need to build an engaged audience to attract partners. Think back to the National Audubon Society and Allbirds partnership I shared in March. ?? Responding to COVID-1.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Check-out-line charity programs (or pinup programs as I like to call them) can be a positive experience for the consumer and retailer. (I Some retailers will even offer an immediate discount at the register if you buy a pinup. Whole Foods is a leader in these programs. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Donate a dollar when you check-in to Whole Foods to support organic farms. The challenge is that none of these are widely adopted enough that retailers or consumers would use them for a cause marketing program. It would be passive cause marketing , but better because donating is quick and easy. Another option is text giving.

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MARCH 16, 2022

Look no further than cosmetic retailer Lush , which has released a Knowledge Bath Bomb to support the teaching of truth in history. Brain Food 1. But what is creating that stickiness of, ‘This is a brand I stand behind. This is a brand I want to be an evangelist for?’" Forget soaking in the tub with this bath bomb.

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APRIL 18, 2018

inally, fast food cause marketers could learn a thing or two from their meat and onion-scented candle. ??The You could build your prospect list from this graph that shows which retail categories are growing. Brain food ???? What's On The Menu? ) and earned them a spot on my top ten list.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Home furnishing retailer West Elm celebrated #GivingTuesday for the first time last year by partnering with the ASPCA , the Human Rights Campaign, St. The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod hosted their #GivingTuesday ‘Restock the Shelves Food Drive’ in all nine of its branches.

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APRIL 4, 2011

As example, a current promotion by Boston retailer iParty is donating 100% of sales from Japanese erasers to the tsunami relief effort. World Food Programme. These “costless&# donations are made by the company when the consumer buys a product or service. The consumer contributes nothing and gets something in exchange.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

This fast food change saw double-digit growth over the summer. Brain Food 1. But for one of these retailers, it could be a horror show. A great guide from Wild Apricot on everything you need to know about virtual sponsorship for nonprofits. Plus, 20 virtual sponsorship ideas. Hit reply and share your job listing with me!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Beth had asked for my help creating their first cause marketing campaign , a pinup program with Garden of Eden , a grocer and specialty food store with five locations in New York and one in New Jersey. Beth had a busy fourth quarter, but we recently had a chance to catch up about the results of the program. But she’s not stopping there.

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APRIL 13, 2022

That case study you have on your retail partner will work great with other retailers. An iconic retailer that raised hundreds of millions for charities, including over $100 million for St. Brain Food 1. It's the same way with case studies. But what are you going to use when you sit down with an engineering company?

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JULY 29, 2020

the future of retail. Of course, we're most interested in talking about the future of retail as it relates to our favorite topic, corporate partnerships. Here are the suggested readings: Remarkable Retail: How to Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Digital Disruption [Book by Steve Dennis. Brain Food 1.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Boston’s #1 hip hop station, Jam’n 94.5 , and everyone’s favorite hip retailer, Target , which has a store less than a mile from the hospital, teamed up to reward some very needy kids with a great Christmas and a happy New Year. The partnership was a simple but generous arrangement.

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MAY 13, 2020

So use this interactive tool from Google to identify fast-rising retail categories and go after them! Brain Food 1. As other industries are discovering, when live events come back you'll have a new branding asset to sell to sponsors. Consumer behavior is changing changing rapidly and unpredictably, right? Marketing Your Cause 1.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The latter is particularly upsetting as the gaming retailer is known for some outstanding cause marketing programs. Seven retailers that stepped up during the shutdown. Brain Food 1. But the business model just isn't there anymore.?? Become a Poptivist. Good to know. Are events and galas still effective ?

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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?

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

I like to follow what's happening in retail and you should too. That's why I'm listening to a great new pocast called Remarkable Retail. It's hosted by two great retail insiders who know their stuff! Brain Food 1. From last year, but still so good. Business Partnerships Manager, Global Giving , Washington, D.C. ($75k

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Each team had a fridge full of food and a Seaport chef to help with our creations. The top fundraisers from each store would make up a Top Chef team that would compete against another retail chain. And its exhibition hall across the street was the home for Halloween Town for five years. We had a great time!

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APRIL 27, 2022

Any retail business could do this as a fundraiser for your nonprofit. Brain Food 1. The gang at UK-based Remarkable Partnerships has an opinion on where you should spend your time when it comes to existing partners. ?? To close more partnership deals try using a Sales Close Plan. I like this idea! Marketing Your Cause 1.

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