The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 13, 2025

Nonprofit executives Jordan Shenker and Keena Friday share tips on how to recruit and keep great staff members.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Thats where recruitment marketing comes in. In this guide, well review the essential components of recruitment marketing so you can acquire the best talent and set your nonprofit up for long-term success. Keep these key parts of recruitment marketing in mind: Employer branding is how your nonprofit is perceived as a workplace.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

At Candid, we get a lot of questions about nonprofit boardsfrom how to recruit members, to what their obligations are, to how executives can best work with them to advance their organizations missions and growth. Recruiting board members of colorin a meaningful, respectful way, not tokenizingcan be tricky. Ready to learn more?

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 12, 2025

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takeson the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. There are multiple aspects of value here. Image credit: Digits.co.uk.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 26, 2025

In this guide, well explore top tips for recruiting a robust volunteer community, as well as suggestions to help you manage and retain your volunteers. Most businesses know that its easier to retain existing customers than to attract new ones, and the same logic applies to recruiting volunteers. Lets get started!

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2025

Image by Joel Muniz from Unsplash Idealist and VolunteerMatch, two nonprofits dominant in the space of digital volunteer recruitment, are merging, according to an announcement this week.

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Ann Green

MARCH 10, 2025

However, recruiting and retaining these essential team members is not always easy. Whether this is a simple Google Doc or an automated path in your LMS, your checklist should cover basic activities and tasks such as: Learn about the nonprofits mission, values, programs, and leadership.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 4, 2023

Recruiting top talent is crucial for any nonprofit organization, and your website is often the first point of contact between potential candidates and your organization. However, many nonprofits struggle to use their website effectively for recruitment. Highlight your mission and values. Showcase your team.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Partnerships between nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies to boost workplace volunteering and community impact can create significant value for both parties. Recruit potential board members. Moreover, 84% set departmental goals related to community engagement, and 68% include community engagement in performance reviews.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Regular training, open conversations, and diverse leadership help everyone feel respected and valued. Public recognition through newsletters or social media can also boost morale and show prospective hires that your organization values its people. Make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of your organizations DNA, not just buzzwords.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Peter Drucker stressed the importance of strategic recruitment, emphasizing the need to select individuals based on their competencies, character, and dedication. Tailoring your recruitment efforts to find individuals whose skills and expertise align with your organization’s mission is fundamental.

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

A membership is a type of business plan where individuals pay a recurring fee—dues—to access the value an organization creates. How can or do we add value to their lives? Each approach targets an essential aspect of membership recruitment and engagement, offering a clear roadmap to expand your nonprofit’s base.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

AUGUST 6, 2024

However, you can only cultivate a diverse and skilled team by making the recruitment process accessible to all, regardless of their abilities or background. In this guide, we’ll provide you with expert tips to transcend traditional recruitment practices and standards by adopting universally inclusive interview tactics.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Marketing is all about communicating what’s called the “value exchange.” But it always has some kind of value that has been communicated through marketing and to get that value, you exchange money for it. In nonprofits, we also have value exchanges, but what we are exchanging with people is a bit more complicated.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 2, 2023

But it’s not just about a leader’s skills and expertise; great board members fundamentally align with your nonprofit’s mission, values and culture. To recruit more passionate team players to serve on your nonprofit board, make sure your organization is asking itself these four questions. Do you have a board diversity matrix?

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The Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Social media is a powerful, yet affordable, way to inform, engage, and recruit volunteers. Here are 7 tips to help your organization get the most value from social media. Did you know that 47% of nonprofit leaders say recruiting sufficient volunteers is a big problem for their organization? Here are 7 tips that can help.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Marketing is all about communicating what’s called the “value exchange.” But it always has some kind of value that has been communicated through marketing and to get that value, you exchange money for it. In nonprofits, we also have value exchanges, but what we are exchanging with people is a bit more complicated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

You’ll be able to leverage the popularity of these networks to help you recruit new members to your organization. If you build a strong brand identity on social media, people will be able to understand what your members stand for and whether your values align with theirs. Many people value things that they can see.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

. — Jessica Macy from The Do Good Collective Recruit a Serious and Engaged ‘Get ‘er Done’ Board Most of all, nonprofits need engaged, “Get ‘er Done” members willing to join committees and help the staff accomplish operational issues. They had recruited a nearly all-new board in critical professions. .

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The Volunteer Hub

MAY 16, 2023

Discover the benefits of skill-based volunteerism and how nonprofits can engage and recruit top talent with these 5 essential tips. Effective promotion of skill-based volunteer opportunities creates a win-win scenario for both the organization and the recruited volunteer. Professionals want opportunity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2020

Today, we’ll teach you how you can use RemoteHub to recruit volunteers absolutely free of charge and even earn donations to your nonprofit organization! . The value of volunteers to nonprofit organizations can often be hard to gauge. Step One: Create a page for your organization on RemoteHub.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image Credit: itsnnnoa on unsplash.com Nonprofit facilities communicate, and we need to be more conscious, thoughtful, and vocal about what they say about who and what our organizations value. Community Inspiration Finally, at the top-most level, a nonprofit facility can signal both the value of its mission and the people it serves.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

We all know why nonprofits want monthly donors — fantastic ROI, high retention rates and higher lifetime value. You must recruit donors. Some orgs like setting a public goal of the number of new sustainers they would like to recruit in a campaign. Photo Credit: https://flic.kr/p/aVmeYp. So, how do we get them? First, the basics.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 10, 2023

However, volunteers can quickly become another challenge for your event team if you don’t know how to effectively recruit and manage them. To recruit a team of energetic and helpful volunteers for your next event, you need to actively promote volunteering opportunities to your community of supporters. Let’s begin!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

Here are some examples you could include in your fundraising calendar with clear deadlines and owners: Plan and launch a monthly giving program by July 1, and recruit at least 25 donors to the program. Recruit two volunteers to join the board development committee. Owner: Development Director. Train and have them in place by April 15.Owner:

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Depending on the various sale dates, financial sources estimated the value to be anywhere from $8 billion to $11.5 In the Fall of 2023, organizations top-rated by their peers advanced to a second round of review by an external Evaluation Panel recruited for relevant experience to the cause and underwent a final round of due diligence.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 28, 2021

Raise awareness, attract donors, and recruit new volunteers using Google search ads. Certified by Google, we equip over 400 nonprofits just like yours to maximize the value of the grant, creating as much exposure as possible.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 6, 2025

One powerful tactic to consider is recruiting member ambassadors. There are many ways ambassadors can benefit your nonprofit, such as: Recruiting new members. By actively engaging with members, ambassadors ensure that each individual continues to find value and feel involved in your nonprofits program.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 10, 2023

This cost includes marketing and recruiting for the position, the extra time it takes for other staff to adopt and complete the tasks to stay on target, and training the new employee. Nonprofits can create strong psychological contracts by aligning organizational values with staff passions.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 5, 2024

Nonprofits can foster a culture of respect by valuing contributions from employees of all generations, recognizing the unique strengths and expertise that each individual brings to the table. Encouraging empathy, active listening, and open-mindedness can help employees appreciate diverse perspectives and experiences.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 2, 2024

Reviewal of Values, Mission, and Beliefs Core values, mission, and beliefs serve as the foundation of every nonprofit organization. Established nonprofits periodically review and reaffirm their values, mission, and beliefs to ensure alignment with their evolving priorities, community needs, and societal trends.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 19, 2022

How to Calculate the Value of Volunteer Time. How to Recruit Nonprofit Board Members. In addition to new content from 2022, nonprofit leaders continued to rely on these resources to find success in our ever-changing sector: 7 Traits of Emotionally Intelligent Leaders. 6 Traits of Inclusive Leadership.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Recruit a match from a single donor or group of donors. Provide a shared value: “Julie, I know from your previous gifts that you care about kids learning math.“ Assess your performance to your goals: recruiting new donors, upgrades, average gift size, and total gifts. Filter by date. Remove this part in the third appeal.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Some challenges may be less tangible, such as cultural differences and values. This can be achieved by emphasizing the global values that unite us, regardless of what language we speak or what day of the week we worship. Principles that are a part of everything you do, starting with recruiting and onboarding.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 13, 2024

But at a time when most of our HR teams are knee-deep in the struggle to recruit and retain talent, we’ve got to remember that our marketing efforts are also a powerful tool for employer branding and staff engagement. It tells prospective employees about our culture, our values, and the difference they can make by joining us.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 28, 2024

Since you focus the majority of your nonprofit’s outreach on acquiring funding for your cause, volunteer recruitment can naturally fall by the wayside. However, a focused volunteer recruitment strategy can help your nonprofit tap into the over 60 million people who volunteer each year and harness their passion for your progress.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As a nonprofit leader, you know first-hand the value of your work and how necessary it is to help your beneficiaries. Plus, creating a positive work environment that values your employees’ well-being will help you recruit new talent for your team. If they could benefit from extra hands, consider recruiting volunteers to help.

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