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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. Single womens giving participation declined during COVID-19, but their average giving amounts increased.

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How To Calculate Donor Retention Rate?

Affnetz

For example, a Donor Retention study conducted at a mid-sized university revealed that by analyzing lifetime giving and predicting donation amounts, the institution increased its giving rate to 34 percent among alumni. Moreover, loyal donors are more likely to increase their giving and advocacy, which grows the impact within the community.

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Restoring Our Capacities: How an Asset Lens Can Serve Movements Today

NonProfit Quarterly

This “big green book,” as it is affectionately known, offered recommendations from a four-year learning journey undertaken by John, Jody, and a small research team from Northwestern University. He added, “That is different than some other movements which I think unintentionally instrumentalize the participants.”

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19 Creative Volunteer Recruitment Ideas You Should Try

Bloomerang

Your case for support should detail the impact volunteers can have through their participation and the personal benefits of volunteering. To help motivate your volunteers, consider offering a prize for the volunteer who recruits the most people, such as a free t-shirt or a gift card to a local restaurant. Clear role descriptions.

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Three Whys, Three Times (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This question reveals underlying motivations, values, and goals, and can help reframe action through secondary questions like if those are our motivations, is this work really what would best serve us at this time? For each question, I ask participants to write down the question, filling in the problem or challenge at hand.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

These developersengineers, data scientists, and tech leaderscan fall victim to the pressure to be the first and fastest, driven by profit motives and competitive market forces. The Brink , Boston University, February 23, 2023, www.bu.edu/articles/2023/do -algorithms-reduce-bias-in-criminal-justice/.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

1 AI promises to help scientists leverage massive datasets and brain simulations to test new diagnoses and treatments at scalewithout the need for risky or costly human participation. Yale Universitys latest estimates also propose that the countrys failing mental health systems cost the United States $282 billion every year.