NonProfit PRO

MAY 20, 2022

At a recent strategic planning session, I was working with a nonprofit to create organizational values. Why should we take the time to focus on organizational values?”. As my team introduced the activity, a board member spoke up and said, “We’d like to focus on strategies and goals.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By Emily Haynes Phil Ashley, Getty Images Despite the year-over-year decrease in the value of gifts of $10 million or more, the number of those gifts actually increased 3 percent from 2021 to 2022.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 31, 2023

In an ongoing tight labor market, 86% of employees say it’s important to work for a company whose values align with their own. And 81% want to work for a company that has socially responsible business practices.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Having a proper logistics plan is essential to motivate donors, who are increasingly interested in seeing their money used as effectively as possible, for the best outcomes. Here are some ideas on how large nonprofits can ensure maximum efficiency and maximum trust with donors.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 22, 2024

One part of the problem is structural: Because industry value chains are both fragmented and globalized, even organizations that operate on a global scale find it difficult to effect change in conservation, at the industry level. Examples abound. A second part of the problem is that consumption is driven by unsustainable desires.

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Donorbox Nonprofit

AUGUST 16, 2024

Understanding fair market value (FMV) and how it relates to in-kind donations and those where donors receive something in return is crucial to providing your donors with accurate documentation they can use when doing their taxes. In this article, we’ll outline how to effectively manage FMV at your nonprofit.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

What is at stake is the ability to express our values through philanthropy—by giving to the causes, organizations, and movements aligned with those values. The ability to give according to our own values is essential to U.S. Highsmith The post Protecting the right to give according to our values appeared first on Candid Blog.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 12, 2024

Join us as you hear from the team at NAPCO Research share best practices in crafting an effective impact study. Learn the positive effects impact studies have on funding and donations. You will also benefit from first-hand insight from a non-profit CEO, whose organization recently completed an impact study of its own.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The motivation that gets someone to take the first step to support an organization (donating or volunteering) is quite different from their motivation to continue to be engaged. We do not need any further proof of this than the lousy retention rates that nonprofit organizations suffer year after year.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 12, 2022

Some organizations have implemented a special monthly donor concierge. It offers a fantastic opportunity for nonprofits to build relationships with their monthly givers. Nothing is a more powerful motivator than speaking to donors and finding out why they give monthly.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While there are challenges AI must overcome to be trusted by nonprofits, there are four ways it may help their finance departments.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Ogulcan Ercal on Unsplash The values attributed to success under capitalism are not the same values that lead to equity and sustainability for society. To build a more just society, it is imperative that we embrace flexibility in our thinking and adopt new values.

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Concord Leadership

JULY 29, 2024

Establishing and reinforcing your company values allows you to keep employees engaged and motivated to do their best. The post Why Are Company Values Important? Explore these tips to strengthen yours. 4 Tips to Reinforce Yours appeared first on The Concord Leadership Group, LLC.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 20, 2022

But because of their small size and private nature, they’re still unknown to many people who could get value from them. The post Lifelong Development as a Nonprofit Leader – The Value of Forum appeared first on Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 14, 2024

In this guide, we’ll discuss some of the ways your nonprofit can leverage AI to support its mission and walk through a framework for responsible AI use that will help you uphold your organization’s values as you incorporate these tools into your operations. Let’s dive in!

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 16, 2023

Supporters are more active than ever, but fewer are donating to nonprofits. Join Classy and Nonprofit Pro as we discuss what's driving this shift in donor behavior and strategies to combat it. Don't miss this opportunity to gain strategic insights and tools that will increase the lifetime impact of your supporters.

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Mission Minded

JANUARY 10, 2023

As you plan your 2023, put your values front and center. Here are three values-forward steps for a happy and successful new year. The post <strong>Find More Happiness at Work Using Your Values</strong> appeared first on Mission Minded.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

However, there remains one campaign rudiment that is still often left to rote standardization — the personalization of gift array values.

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Mission Minded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Engage your donors more meaningfully and effectively, use values-driven donor personas. The post Transform Your Fundraising with Values-Driven Personas appeared first on Mission Minded.

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NonProfit HR

JUNE 1, 2023

But we’re here to tell you that shared organizational values, as embodied by culture, influence everything else in an organization! It’s imperative to position your organization’s shared values as the Read more The post Promoting a Shared Values-Led Culture for Your Hybrid Workforce appeared first on Nonprofit HR.

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Ann Green

MAY 20, 2020

Over the years I’ve come to find the value of keeping things simple. In a way, the COVID-19 outbreak has forced us to keep things simple since we’re limited in what we can do, especially outside the house. Instead of running back and forth from place to place, we’re staying put, although we’re spending more time online.

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Prosper Strategies

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Nonprofit core values get a bad rap in the strategic planning world. While most nonprofit people dive into mission, vision and identity development with excitement and inspiration, core value development seems to elicit apathy at best. The post Seven Nonprofit Core Values Examples appeared first on Prosper Strategies.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 2, 2024

In this article, we look at how implementing sustainable changes to your household can impact the value of your property in a positive way. Chapters Understanding property value How much you bought your house for, or how much you may potentially resell it for in the future is not actually how much your home is worth.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

By Stacey Faella & Ryan Roberson Contrary to popular narrative, the core practices that define a trust-based approach can lead to increased resource efficiency and outsized impact through multiple pathways.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Yesterday and today, we welcome guest blogger Sean Kosofsky to explain an important marketing concept for all nonprofits to understand: Your Unique Value Proposition (UVP). In part 1 of this two-part blog series, we covered the first few steps of creating a Unique Value Proposition statement. What is it and how do you get one?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

By Christopher Hammett Its free money for nonprofits came with a cost. It led groups to push aside fundamental beliefs to accept easy cash from a corporate behemoth whose business model harms the very communities they aim to protect.

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Mission Minded

MAY 31, 2022

Organizational values that get misinterpreted by your key audiences lose their ability to help you attract and retain interest and loyalty. The post Your Organization’s Values May Be Working Against You. appeared first on Mission Minded.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2024

Clearly, raising awareness of Demographics via Candid and the value of sharing this data is essential to increasing engagement. Importantly, nonprofits value transparency—but transparency that works in both directions. The post Collecting demographic data: Nonprofits value transparency but need support appeared first on Candid Blog.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

What Nonprofits Can Do Now While free-speech advocacy groups have long advocated for Big Tech accountability from a digital rights and privacy perspective, organizations across movements have been at the forefront of a values-centered tech policy perspective.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I think one of the tenets of empathy is this whole ideal of being seen and valued, and Tony [Pickett] talks about that explicitly. It’s courageous to see people who have historically been invisible on purpose, and then it’s also equally or even more important to say, “I find value in you.”

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 11, 2022

Use this guide to help evaluate whether a streamlined software solution that manages many of your nonprofit’s core activities--such as accounting, CRM, and fundraising--will offer a good return on investment and enable you to maximize your impact on the communities you serve.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 14, 2022

The post Why Social Movements Require Entrepreneurial Values appeared first on Blue Avocado. When the news broke a few months back about my nonprofit Swipe Out Hunger acquiring the College and University Food Bank Alliance (CUFBA), we received an overwhelming positive response alongside a dose of skepticism about the term “acquire.”

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Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image via winnifredxoxo on Flickr This month's thought-provoking article in the Harvard Business Review is titled 3 Ways to Determine What Your Customer Really Values. Let's change the title to 3 Ways to Determine What Your PARTNER Really Values and see what we can learn about corporate partnerships. ⚖️ Commoditized vs Customized.

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