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How Fundraisers Can Reconcile the Competition that Exists Between Your Donors’ & Administrators’ Hero Stories

iMarketSmart

But a nonprofit is not just a fundraising organization. It might be a hospital, a university, or a museum. In the donor-hero story, charity administrators are minions. The administrator’s role is only to dutifully obey donor orders. What works for this group is the administrator-hero story.[1]

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The UN Disability and Development Report 2018 reveals that individuals with disabilities face fundamental challenges in nearly all aspects of life, including employment, health care, and education. Almost everyone will temporarily or permanently experience disability at some point in their lives, and currently, an estimated 1.3

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Why you must deliver value in fundraising, not just take the money and run

iMarketSmart

The noble dream Small nonprofits have needs. And besides, the struggling nonprofit is doing good things; it deserves a big gift. The crass reality This administrator-hero story feels noble. Back to fundraising So, why hasn’t that small nonprofit received its million-dollar gift? Participants each get money.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

.” This proved prescient: When our NGO’s legal documents could no longer be updated without my legal residence—after almost a year of failed attempts—I had to resign and pass the legal representation to our dedicated administrator, who had served the organization since its inception. ” When Is It time?

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Why Settle for Cookie-Cutter People and Culture Practices?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The reasons range from inertia (“we’ve always done it this way”) to questionable motivations (perhaps that employee wellness program isn't actually designed with employee wellness as its primary goal). Yet this, too, remains a common practice at nonprofits, foundations, and companies.

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Why you must deliver value in fundraising, not just take the money and run

iMarketSmart

The noble dream Small nonprofits have needs. And besides, the struggling nonprofit is doing good things; it deserves a big gift. The crass reality This administrator-hero story feels noble. Back to fundraising So, why hasn’t that small nonprofit received its million-dollar gift? Participants each get money.

Values 52
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Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

From 2000 to 2021, progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been anemic, registering less than 10 percent growth over 20 years. The same 2017 survey of nonprofits conducted by IBM found that 78 percent of nonprofits with advanced analytics capabilities reported higher effectiveness in performing their missions.