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Affnetz
APRIL 16, 2024
Corporate Sponsorships for Nonprofits | A Guide to Grow Nonprofits/ By Bala Guntipalli Introduction to Nonprofit Board Management Software: Technology has become an integral part of our lives, changing the way we do business and manage organizations.
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Affnetz
JUNE 9, 2025
According to the Urban Institute’s Nonprofit Sector Project, approximately 15 percent of Nonprofits actually engage in commerce, but more than 70 percent now earn some money through fees and service charges. Ask your Nonprofit: Is this something we can do? Nonprofits are set up to minimize risk. Very long term oriented.
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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?
Interactive Webinar: Recurring Giving Events That Keep on Giving
NonProfit PRO
JULY 2, 2025
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NonProfit PRO
JULY 3, 2025
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
MAY 6, 2021
Every now and then, a fundraising consultant will write a post essentially saying that all nonprofit communications and marketing should be driven by fundraising goals and staff, with a few limited exceptions, like media relations and general branding. The 12 most common nonprofit marketing goals. Sure, sometimes.
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NonProfit Quarterly
MAY 12, 2025
Leadership has been a prominent topic in the nonprofit community, so its surprising there has not been more discussion about leadership applied to volunteerism. First, many nonprofit staff members serve as volunteer board members at other nonprofits. Second, most nonprofit boards are made up of volunteers.
NonProfit PRO
JULY 7, 2025
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NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Politicians are influenced by money as much as or, frankly, often much more than votes, and public policy is the product of calculating trade-offs between the two. Nonprofit housing groups, in short, can be movement allies, not opponents. Of course, securing a significant bloc of potential votes is only part of the battle.
NonProfit Leadership Center
JULY 31, 2023
Dear funders: Nonprofits need your support to include human capital needs. State of Nonprofits in 2023: What Funders Need to Know revealed the top concern among nonprofit executives is staff-related issues, including burnout, filling staff positions and retaining staff.
Bloomerang
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Finding that perfect balance of power and productivity is one of the most common challenges that nonprofit leaders face. . The board governance model is one of four primary nonprofit governance models. We will outline the top five responsibilities that governing bodies assume for the Executive Director (ED).
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NonProfit Leadership Center
AUGUST 7, 2023
Tina James Senior Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility, Florida Blue Tina James, the senior manager of corporate social responsibility at Florida Blue, is one of 20 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship.
NonProfit Leadership Center
DECEMBER 13, 2022
join the Nonprofit Leadership Center for a nonprofit training class or certificate program in the new year. These learning experiences will strengthen your skills and your nonprofit organization. Certificate in Volunteer Management. We are pleased to unveil our 2023 Q1 event schedule. January 2023.
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Posters at the conference highlighted that the first OFN conference in 1985 attracted 21 community development loan funds with a combined $27 million in assets under management. Between 2014 and 2022 alone, assets under management in the CDFI sector expanded more than sevenfold. billion in assets by 2022. Advocates won big here.
Candid
MAY 19, 2025
To better understand the challenges and needs these organizations are experiencing, Candid hosted a virtual peer learning exchange with over 70 leaders from food security nonprofits across the United States, who spoke about whats happening on the ground and what would help them meet this moment with resilience and dignity.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 16, 2025
For nonprofit marketers and fundraisers, the sheer volume of “must-use AI tools” touted on social media and tech blogs is overwhelming. For those nonprofit professionals looking to expand their knowledge of using AI for marketing and fundraising, this list of 33 AI tools is a good place to start. 14) Version.ai 14) Version.ai
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NonProfit Leadership Center
DECEMBER 29, 2022
The Nonprofit Leadership Center offers a variety of professional development classes for nonprofit professionals that can enhance your skills and strengthen your results in as few as three to four hours. Time is a precious commodity when you’re working at a nonprofit and wearing many hats. EXPLORE ALL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS.
Blue Avocado
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Deep and Sincere Caring About the Nonprofit’s Mission The most important “quality” in a board member would be a real and heartfelt caring about the mission/goal of the nonprofit they will be involved with.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 13, 2023
Sponsored by BoardSite — a board of directors management platform that centralizes key administrative tasks like meeting scheduling, document management, and online voting in a secure digital platform. Between coordinating busy schedules and deciding on agenda items, it’s often difficult for nonprofit boards to be truly productive.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Interest in early-stage nonprofits within Korea’s social impact ecosystem has increased in recent years, and more and more are garnering financial and organizational support. million) to 15 nonprofits through its Impact Ground Project. Among the grantees, early-stage nonprofits accounted for 66.7 billion won (about $9.7
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
APRIL 3, 2025
By Sara Horowitz You can feel it when you walk into a mutualist space for the first timewhether its a worker cooperative in North Carolina , a community garden , a labor-housing cooperative , a cohousing group in New York City, a nonprofit building in Portland, Oregon , or a social cooperative in the Italian Alps.
Blue Avocado
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Blue Avocado exists to help nonprofits succeed , and our community of nonprofit experts, leaders, and trailblazers continues to share their wisdom, strengthening us all. Make sure you check out all the real-world advice that nonprofit leaders have contributed this year. Why not ripe?
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
JUNE 6, 2025
Managing Corporate Reputation in the Age of AI Reputation management is perhaps one of the most critical aspects of every company’s functioning due to the advancement of artificial intelligence technology. With the advancement of AI, strategic management becomes both a risk and a benefit for a business to deal with.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JUNE 24, 2015
When something is overwhelming, like, let’s say, your job as a nonprofit communicator, it’s very hard to feel like you are getting anything done or making any progress at all, no matter how dedicated you are. Think about what governs your time and the tools that you use to manage it. Are you calendar driven?
The NonProfit Times
JANUARY 9, 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, continues to evolve and become more commonplace, many trade and professional associations and nonprofits are turning to AI technology to enhance their operations and decision-making processes and benefit their members and clients. By Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, Esq. Data Privacy.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Image credit: Facing Race Founded in 1981, Race Forward is a nonprofit racial justice organization with a mission of “helping people take effective action toward racial equity.” I joined the staff back in 2014 to manage the production of the Facing Race conference. Leslie Grant-Spann: This year is my tenth anniversary on staff.
Selfish Giving
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Before I get to my review of Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding (BNB) go now and learn more about the contest the authors are hosting for nonprofits. To help put the book’s teachings into practice, the authors are launching a contest for nonprofits based in North America. Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding has a lot of good answers.
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NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 29, 2025
Clothing production contributes to rampant pollution, from microplastics clogging water systems to carbon emissions and toxic chemicals used in textile processing. Fashion schools largely concentrate on longstanding methods of design and production, often sidelining sustainability to elective courses or specialized programs.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 17, 2021
By Brian Greenwald , Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a human-centered technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact and sustainability organizations and causes. Simply put, “Tech Team Aug” means establishing a dedicated tech services partner for your nonprofit.
Blue Avocado
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Know what they fund and what matters most to them and know who you are as a nonprofit and what your funding priorities are. Alice Rossignol, Nonprofit Consultant Avoid AI Shortcuts and Put Yourself in the Donor’s Shoes Some suggest grant writing can be done by AI. Know your prospective funder in depth! Your Voice Matters!
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
MAY 6, 2025
Autocratic governments, nihilistic oligarchs, escalating climate impacts, dynamic pandemics, menacing technologies, rampant misinformationall of these forces and more conspire to leave Americans and people around the world feeling less safe, more uncertain, and more frightened about the future.
Ann Green
AUGUST 27, 2024
Although nonprofits and businesses seem different, they share many similarities. Discover lessons nonprofits can learn from their for-profit counterparts here. Certain strategies apply to organizations in both industries—and nonprofits can experience major benefits from following in the footsteps of certain successful businesses.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Image credit: “Sister Secrets ” by Renée Laprise Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” They also had access to forests where they could collect timber and non-timber forest products such as mushrooms.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
APRIL 24, 2025
By Jim Fruchterman & Steve Francis What happens when a nonprofit program or an entire organization needs to shut down? At the present moment of unparalleled disruption, the entire nonprofit sector is rethinking everything: language to describe their work, funding sources, partnerships, and even their continued existence.
Get Fully Funded
JULY 16, 2023
When you hear the words “Nonprofit Board Meeting,” what comes to mind? If you are like most nonprofit leaders, the thought of a Board meeting creates feelings of dread, the blahs, the “let’s get it over withs”, the “I don’t have time for this” mindset, or the “I don’t know why we even bothers”. How do you feel? In one word, “UGH.”
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different?
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Image Credit: Photo by Mikhail Nilov on Pexels Nonprofit boards often uphold outdated power structures, prioritizing elite control over true community accountability. By shifting from power-hoarding to power-sharing, nonprofits can create governance structures that truly align with their mission.
Bloomerang
APRIL 29, 2021
So much is going on in the world outside of the realm of nonprofit board service. It is no wonder some boards are finding it difficult to be productive due to this bickering, eye-rolling, microaggressions, bias, silence, or absence. Now more than ever, it is time to check ourselves, and even nonprofit boards.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
The AI Mirror by DALL-E 3/OpenAI.com/DALLE Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Its just about efficiency and productivity without thinking about what the broader goal of it all is.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 25, 2023
Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
MAY 27, 2024
As a dedicated nonprofit professional, you understand the critical role of continuous learning in the field. The nonprofit sector is dynamic, shaped by technological advancements, ever-evolving trends, and shifts in marketing and public relations strategies. This is where nonprofit professional development comes in.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 28, 2022
Many nonprofits use an accounting approach called fund accounting. Productivity goes up compared to maintaining separate information “silos”; everyone has access to the same information, reducing “back and forth” communications that waste time. Improve grant management by linking all relevant financial activity to a particular segment.
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The Boston Impact Initiative , founded in 2013, has invested more than $10 million into businesses, co-ops, and nonprofits led by entrepreneurs of color. The Boston Ujima Project , formed in 2017, manages a $4.5 Another front is building governing power and creating more co-governance tools.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
AUGUST 15, 2024
Ethics and Nonprofits by Deborah L. Packel Unethical behavior remains a persistent problem in nonprofits and for-profits alike. The Hollow Prize for Leaders of Color by Chanda Causer What looks like racial progress at many nonprofits can set up leaders of color to fail. Rhode and Amanda K. Shepard, Jr.
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Candid
JUNE 26, 2025
The potential for AI to transform grantmaking While AI has enhanced personal productivity and streamlined workflows , few AI solutions reflect the real-world challenges of grantmaking, where success depends on relationships, equity, and trust. The potential of AI is to enable the sector to reimagine philanthropy, not simply automate it.
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