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Empowering young women in philanthropy to create lasting change

Candid

Women have a unique opportunity to use their position to advance philanthropy and impact to tackle the pressing problems affecting human and planetary health. Why focus on young women in philanthropy? The vast majority of these giving circles are led and participated in by women. Significant giving by women is already under way.

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Gamification: Turning Donor Engagement Into a Competition Everyone Wins

NonProfit PRO

It’s not about creating adversaries — it’s about igniting motivation. Why Competition Moves the Needle At its core, gamified fundraising taps into fundamental human motivators — achievement, recognition and community. Recognize participants for their efforts, not just their results. rail-container).hide();

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An Opportunity to Build, In the Crisis

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Social sector actors are hardly alone in this regard, of course, but they have both the opportunity and a mission-driven motivation to respond. Yet as indispensable as providing more of philanthropy's core product will be, how that money is spent represents, perhaps, an even larger opportunity.

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Shifts in giving across generations: What motivates donors to give?

Candid

According to the report, the data points to one important thing: there is reason for optimism for the future of philanthropy as millennials and Gen Z donors mature. I think this is reflective of a well-documented correlation between religious participation and giving, said Dunham. What motivates donors to give online?

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COVID Cut Giving By Women More Than By Men

The NonProfit Times

Those data points are from a new study of 20 years of gender and giving trends in a new report “Women Giving 2024” from the Womens Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. These behaviors reflect broader gendered differences in giving motivations and priorities.

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When Does Interim Nonprofit Leadership Make Sense?

Blue Avocado

The interim also participated in the early stages of the permanent ED search, helping the boards executive committee to jump-start the process. The outgoing ED may even actively participate in the search for an interim and/or the permanent replacement and all key staff and stakeholders can be involved in a collaborative manner.

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13 Ways To Find New Donors For Your Nonprofit Organization​

Bloomerang

The most recent data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project shows that more donations are coming from an increasingly small donor pool and emphasizes new donor acquisition as a top priority for nonprofits: The decline in donor numbers is largely driven by low participation from the smallest donor size group (under $100), which saw an -12.4%