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Using Research to Raise More Money

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Some excellent journals that publish work related to the nonprofit sector regularly include Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, and the Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing. .

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What To Do About Fundraising’s Dark Side

The Agitator

As Craver points out, not only do the organizations topping CIR’s worst list engage in misleading fundraising, they do so by piggybacking the brands of ethical nonprofits. Familiarize yourself with the AFP’s Donor Bill of Rights , which begins with this statement: Philanthropy is based on voluntary action for the common good.

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I Hate The Way We Fail New Fundraisers

The Agitator

And storytelling is brilliant for doing that.’ Ken Burnett, from Advancing Philanthropy , 2016. You should meet some lesser-known giants from the history of voluntary action too – Emmeline Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence , Dr Thomas Barnardo , William Quarrier, Peter Benenson, Cecil Jackson Cole, Eglantyne Jebb.