Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. This is why service programs should be youth-led and youth-driven, she added.

Leadership 98

Leadership Foundations Activism Collaborations 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 2024

The pullback comes after years of effort to push these firms on climate, serving as proof that they were greenwashing the financial sector all along. For effective critiques and strategic movements against asset managers, we have to answer a set of questions: How powerful are asset managers?

Management 126

Management Public and Social Policy Governance Universities 126

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. Having been the only one in my business school class who chose a career in the nonprofit sector, I was able to use my MBA training to lead change and turnarounds.

Nonprofit governance and management 96

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Leadership Finance 96

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Every time Tina James walked into a room, she found herself silently counting the number of individuals who looked like her. I know there are individuals like me who are qualified to be in leadership positions in the community. Today, we are thrilled to announce the 20 fellows selected for the 2023 program.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Yet community development corporations , a $28 billion sector of over 6,200 nonprofits that support local community economic development, are largely invisible in the national conversation. But the field ignored who the CDCs were. We organized. We protested. We gained political power. We were still poor.

Community Development 115

Community Development Public and Social Policy Governance Production 115

Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

Who has money to give (and what strings are attached)? Corporate foundations — These foundations are associated with a company and will also have a 990 you can review. Corporate giving — This is simply giving by a company (but without a 990). This would be applicable for both corporate foundations and corporate giving.

Fundraising 91

Fundraising Fundraising Foundations Nonprofits 91

Clairification

APRIL 1, 2024

That’s too simple; we don’t want to talk down to our donors. We need to say more about our accomplishments. We need to describe numbers of people served; that’s what’s impressive. That’s not our corporate style. That’s not how we do things. That’s not how I talk. That’s not what our donors are used to.

Fundraising 65

Fundraising Fundraising 65

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” Do you feel how because it’s a bit cool right now, there’s a crispness to the air we breathe?” “Yes,

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 111

Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s okay to apply for a corporate grant and sponsorship at the same time: Is it okay to make an ask for a sponsorship (say, for an event) from a corporation AND separately to that corporation’s independent charitable foundation?

Homelessness 110

Homelessness Foundations Values Advertising 110

NonProfit Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

We may serve different causes or operate in different areas of the world. However, we all need donations, and corporate giving is a reliable way to generate those funds. Giving USA 2023 found that corporate giving totaled approximately $29.48 It also estimates that corporate giving increased by 3.4%

Charitable Contribution 47

Charitable Contribution Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Values 47

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It’s one of the only ways that we can really, truly check the legislature on some things,” says Rachael Belz, CEO of Ohio Citizen Action, a nonprofit advocacy organization that helped lead the door-knocking campaign to defeat Issue 1. We have been increasing our base. It’s a stopgap measure that can come from voters.

Governance 98

Governance Energy Activism Leadership 98

Selfish Giving

JANUARY 11, 2023

Serve Minnesota could use ?‍♂️ We did some research with customers on which charities resonate with them and St. According to the CEO of email service provider Aweber , this is the ideal time to send your corporate partnership newsletter. Corporate Partnerships Project Manager, The Trevor Project , Remote ($75k - $90k) 3.

Children 130

Children Food Health Associations 130

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A “donor plant” refers to a person who attends your gala / special event with the intention of making a significant donation. Finding donor plants Donor plants should usually be obtained from your current donor base, focusing on those donors who have wealth capacity as identified through prospect research.

Philanthropy 95

Philanthropy Nonprofits Energy Activism 95

Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It's a wonderful business because it's built on me serving you first. However, one thing I haven't been clear enough on is all the different ways we can work together. Someone who is leaning over their shoulder saying, "Don't do that, do this!" Do me a favor and take a moment to think about how we could work together in 2022.

Marketing 130

Marketing Marketing Children Food 130

CNPE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Das Rooprai Named CEO of Center for Nonprofit Excellence Das Rooprai Named CEO of Center for Nonprofit Excellence Rooprai brings corporate and nonprofit experience to CNPE’s mission with an emphasis on innovation and team building Aug. He is a visionary leader who understands what it takes to bring an idea to life.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Organizational Development Foundations Finance 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 8, 2024

Research from the Building Movement Project’s Race to Lead initiative found that 63 percent of POC leaders cite a lack of access to individual donors as a fundraising challenge, compared to 49 percent of white leaders who say this is a challenge. We need BIPOC leadership. For me, the answer is a clear no!

Nonprofit governance and management 103

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Leadership Non-Profits 103

Selfish Giving

APRIL 1, 2020

How I've monetized my newsletter with corporate support - but only after serving my audience and building trust and loyalty! Also for United Way, DraftKings will donate $1, up to a total contribution $1 million, for every person who shares their rally cap on social media using the official hashtag #DKRally. Diabetes Canada is!

Recruitment 130

Recruitment Children Food Health 130

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When schools and daycares shuttered, when food and other supply chains broke, who delivered baby supplies to parents juggling virtual work and young children? Who opened emergency childcare centers for the frontline workers who didn’t have the luxury of working from home? Who brought food to housebound elders?

Governance 95

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 95

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Not long ago Tasman (or 'Tas' as his friends call him!) - who's an accomplished corporate partnership professional and fundraiser in his own right - wrote asking me if their retail partner should ask shoppers to round up to a specific amount as opposed to the nearest dollar. We need more data. Sponsor ??. Senior Mgr.,

Retail 130

Retail Food Associations Production 130

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Community development, however, began as a movement of organizers who understood that they needed to mobilize together to protect their places of belonging. Community development…began as a movement of organizers who understood that they needed to mobilize together to protect their places of belonging.

Community Development 115

Community Development Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership 115

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Image credit: sinseeho on istock.com If you want an example of how once-radical ideas can become entrenched in the fabric of US society, the five-day workweek serves well. Common Future is serving as a fiscal sponsor and incubator for WorkFour. How do we try things that folks say are not possible?”

Collaborations 108

Collaborations Environmental Health Production 108

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Well, it's October 28th and we can either talk about Halloween on Saturday or the election on Tuesday. Who wouldn't recognize an MDA Shamrock ?! But I think we need one more costume. It's hosted by two great retail insiders who know their stuff! Assistant Director, Corporate Partnerships, BCRF , NYC ($85k - $92k) 4.

Retail 130

Retail Marketing Marketing Food 130

Selfish Giving

APRIL 15, 2020

Join me and Megan Strand as we discuss our first book: From Generosity To Justice: A New Gospel Of Wealth, which you can download for FREE here. On Monday, April 20th @ 10am ET , I'm joining two fantastic cause marketing colleagues from the UK for a webinar on How to Shift Your Corporate Partnerships Approach in Response to Coronavirus.

Marketing 130

Marketing Marketing Governance Food 130

Selfish Giving

AUGUST 18, 2020

Higher Productivity and Retention An employee who feels engaged and inspired is 125% more productive than the satisfied staffer. Bain & Company ) Employees who find passion and purpose at work are more than three times as likely to stay with their organizations as those who don’t. ( New York Times ) 3.

Volunteerism 147

Volunteerism Volunteerism Production Technology 147

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sara Razavi: Within the CDFI [ community development financial institution ] space, we are a nonprofit loan fund. We have a relatively small asset size, just under $20 million. We have served over 3,500 businesses. On top of that, we administer grants and couple all of this with technical assistance.

Nonprofit Management 109

Nonprofit Management Management Sociology Collaborations 109

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

More often than not, that means speaking to people who do not share the same identity as you. I am an enrolled Citizen of the Cherokee Nation who also has an Irish-German mother. I use this self-named “mixed-identity” to my advantage when I work with clients who represent identities different from my own. . Know You Will Fail.

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Production Education Education 85

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 17, 2024

This has led me to the conclusion that if we want to close the racial wealth gap, we need to get serious about public banking. Why a Banker Became a Public Banking Advocate If we want to close the racial wealth gap, we need to get serious about public banking. How did I come to adopt this position?

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Disaster Relief 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From 2019 to 2021 corporate boards increased their diversity by 50 percent , just as many social sector boards have responded to societal wakeup calls by recruiting more members who can represent the communities they serve. How can we overcome those barriers before, during, or after our meetings?

Nonprofit governance and management 101

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance Leadership 101

Fundraising Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2023

University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill, who in her testimony to Congress upheld freedom of speech and suggested that calls for genocide of Jews does not violate the university’s code of conduct, was forced to resign. To those cynics who tell CEOs, “stay in your lane” and disparage them as woke , we ask, “What lane do you mean?

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Leadership Culture Children 109

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The team and I worked together to adjust so that we could participate in this significant day. We are here to build advocacy that will help us serve our clients and constituency better.” We took our polished pamphlets and fact sheets into each meeting. We took our polished pamphlets and fact sheets into each meeting.

Foundations 97

Foundations Education Education Nonprofit Organizations 97

Pam Moore

OCTOBER 9, 2017

It's in our DNA to want to connect with other human beings who believe in the same things we do. We tell stories. We become part of something bigger than ourselves. You share with them who you are, what you care about, why you are doing what you do. When you share a story you share a piece of you.

Foundations 166

Foundations Marketing Marketing Communication 166

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

These are just some of the things that we should have but that capitalism has robbed from us. 3 A couple of years ago, during a podcast interview, Maurice BP-Weeks (a cofounder of the Action Center on Race & the Economy, where we work) highlighted the importance of this extraction. It is to that theme we turn below.

Non-Profits 95

Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management Finance Nonprofit governance and management 95

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

That’s how I got acclimated to the idea of being an organizer, even though the work that we were doing wasn’t necessarily very rigorous—it was more of a discussion group than anything else. We became storm refugees, and I was homeless. And I’m tech savvy, so we were able to apply for FEMA aid. But who answers those questions?

Governance 115

Governance Public and Social Policy Homelessness Production 115

Selfish Giving

MAY 8, 2017

If I was a potential corporate partner visiting their web site for the first I would definitely think I was on the right track. Most nonprofits don't think of their websites as calling cards for their donors - and especially not for potential corporate partners. In the drop-down box, I clicked on Become a Corporate Partner.

Healthcare 203

Healthcare Nonprofits Production Fundraising 203

NonProfit Leadership Center

MAY 18, 2023

Having been part of eight CEO selection processes at the Nonprofit Leadership Center, I can say with confidence that this was the best and most talented candidate pool we have ever seen. Building communities is the heart of what we do. That involves all of us going together. I’m energized to get started.”

Nonprofit Leadership 105

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Universities Nonprofits 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

On August 14, Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled in favor of the group of 16 young Montana residents who brought the country’s first constitutional climate lawsuit and first youth-led climate lawsuit to trial. Founded in 2010 to serve the public interest, the firm has recently filed a similar suit representing youth in Hawaii.

Environmental 120

Environmental Governance Law Energy 120

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

These cultural districts offered a network of support such as community centers, faith-based institutions, resources for those most vulnerable, and access to the small businesses that serve the unique needs of community members. In 2011, we were organizing tenants in Astoria and Flushing.

Values 102

Values Community Development Culture Race and Ethnicity 102