What is the ‘Yes’?
Veritus Group
JUNE 12, 2024
When your donor is unable to give, there may be other ways that they can continue to support your organization. The post What is the ‘Yes’? appeared first on Veritus Group.
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Can Your Volunteer Program Bring America Together? This Screenwriter-Turned-Charity Leader Thinks So.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 12, 2024
The dual mission of David Levinson's nonprofit Big Sunday: to build community as it does community service By Drew Lindsay Los Angeles The nonprofit Big Sunday is defying the downturn in volunteerism as it pursues founder David Levinson's dual mission: community service that builds community.
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A Mountain of Evidence: Donor Stories Work
Planned Giving
JUNE 12, 2024
Why Aren’t You Using Them to Their Full Potential? First-hand accounts back it up. The data proves it. And numbers don’t lie. But despite hearing over and over again that donor stories sell, they still remain one of the most under-utilized tools in planned giving. I said it in 1999, and no one listened. Backed by studies, I repeated it again in 2011.
How French Gates’s $12.5 Billion Could Move the Needle for Women
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 12, 2024
To change the economic and social structures that harm women, she should invest in caregiving, reproductive rights, and cultural change. By Amy Schiller Maansi Srivastava for The Washington Post via Getty Images To change the economic and social structures that harm women, she should invest in caregiving, reproductive rights, and cultural change.
AI for Grant Writing: 20+ ChatGPT Prompts You Can Use
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This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.
Protection for Non-profit Educational Institutions
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 12, 2024
Philadelphia Insurance Companies provides specialized, innovative protection to educational institutions in the non-profit and human services space. Coverages include private, academic, religious, vocational and charter schools. PHLY offers separate limits for General Liability, Educators Professional and Cyber Liability, Abuse & Molestation. Learn more.
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8 Common Donation Page Mistakes (and Simple Solutions!)
Blackbaud
JUNE 12, 2024
Donors appreciate the convenience of making online contributions, and this trend shows no signs of slowing down. According to the Blackbaud Institute , online giving saw an increase of 8% in 2022 and 12% in 2023. To participate more fully in online giving, your website is your most crucial asset. And your website’s most important asset is your donation form.
Going From From the Classroom to the Boardroom Helps Students Learn How Nonprofits Work
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 12, 2024
A class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison business school gives an overview of how nonprofits are structured and regulated, as well as how boards support the transparency and compliance of these organizations, which must serve the public. By Mary Beth Collins Hinterhaus Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images With deft leadership, nonprofit boards can capably steer the organizations they oversee.
Foundation giving remained steady in 2023. What’s the outlook for 2024?
Candid
JUNE 12, 2024
Every year, Candid fields the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, asking large U.S. private and community foundations to share information about their grant payments and grantmaking practices. i The survey is an opportunity to obtain timely data before official figures are released by the IRS, and the results inform Giving USA ’s annual report on charitable giving.
6 Ways a Volunteer Program Can Burst the Bubbles We Live In
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 12, 2024
One tip from a charity leader with a 25-year track record of success: Ask those on the receiving end of charity to help, too. By Drew Lindsay Courtesy of Big Sunday Volunteers fill boxes of food during Big Sunday’s annual 10K in May food collection in Los Angeles, which aims to distribute at least 10,000 cans, boxes, or bags of food. One tip from a charity leader with a 25-year track record of success: Ask those on the receiving end of charity to help, too.
How to Leverage E-commerce Platforms for Fundraising
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 12, 2024
Many creators have online communities that support them through payment. Here's how nonprofits can use e-commerce sites for fundraising.
6 ways to avoid being a spammer
Future Fundraising Now
JUNE 12, 2024
I don’t think any fundraiser wants to send their donors spam. But spam is in the inbox of the recipient. They define your email as spam, just by thinking so, and more importantly, saying so. And when they do that, you don’t lose just one address — you degrade the deliverability of all your messages. There are a number of ways to avoid being, from the Constant Contact Blog at How to Avoid Emails Going to Spam : Always ask for permission.
New Finance & Fundraising Trends Report
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 12, 2024
Download this report for new data, trends and insights from 1,000 nonprofit leaders on the state of nonprofit operations, fundraising strategies, automation and mission impact.
Incremental Improvement in Experimental Design
HSF House
JUNE 12, 2024
During May, I have been primarily working on fixing some of the issues that we previously encountered with our current way of developing chips. As we continue to work on the development of 3-D printed chips, the improvement of our current photolithography-based devices has become a priority. The current issues we have encountered are mainly due to leakage when experiments are being run.
Former Nonprofit Chief Financial Officer Charged With Embezzling Tens of Millions of Dollars
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 12, 2024
The former chief financial officer for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy was charged with bank fraud and wire fraud in federal court.
Extracting Cellulose: It’s All in the Details
HSF House
JUNE 12, 2024
I have split up my project into three portions: extraction of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) from the algae, studying the nanofibers under different observation methods, and finally applying these nanofibers to the pervious concrete. Cody O’Brien, Civil Engineering major, Frappier Undergraduate Research Award After I more deeply explored the process of extracting these cellulose nanofibers with faculty, I realized that there is no prior research specifically Sargassum muticum cellulose nanofi
Former Nonprofit CFO Charged With Embezzling Tens of Millions of Dollars
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 12, 2024
The former chief financial officer for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy was charged with bank fraud and wire fraud in federal court.
Shifting Gears: Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Fission Analysis
HSF House
JUNE 12, 2024
Hello, Reader! It’s me, Ana P., here to update you on how my IDEA Grant project has been going so far. So, I wasn’t scheduled to start working on the fission analysis project I discussed in my first blog post until mid-June, but my advisor and I have encountered a hurdle that has resulted in me no longer studying this fission of 252-Californium. There were issues in compiling the data such that it could be analyzed by the software available to me, so my advisor and I have had to shift gears into
How a Powerful Impact Study Enhances Your Non-Profit’s Value
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.
Nostalgia and Grants: How Tetris 99 Mirrors a Full Grant Calendar
DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services
JUNE 12, 2024
I was having a moment of nostalgia this week… I grew up in the 90’s, which means that I grew up playing games like Tetris and Mario Brothers (we won’t talk about what my bangs looked like back then!). My daughter’s who are both teenagers have both recently gotten into a Mario Kart and Tetris 99 streak as a stress reliever during final exam season and I have found myself getting in on the fun, although I have lost all of my skills from the 90’s in both games.
NEW TEMPLATE: Year-round Fundraising Plan
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 12, 2024
Planning a year full of engaging, revenue-driving fundraising campaigns can be overwhelming. But have no fear! Maximize your mission year-round with a fundraising calendar template, monthly campaign ideas to spark planning, and a step-by-step guide for success.
Pomeroy New CEO At United Way of SLO County
The NonProfit Times
JUNE 12, 2024
Jane Pomeroy is its new chief executive officer of United Way of SLO County in San Luis Obispo, California. Pomeroy has long been deeply enmeshed in the community and is uniquely positioned to incubate, co-create, and fund United Way’s field-defining initiatives related to early childhood education, family financial stability, and community strengthening, according to a statement from the organization.
The Joy of Giving: Incorporating Gratitude into Fundraising
re:Charity
JUNE 12, 2024
As a fundraising professional, you spend so much time managing logistics, from setting up fundraising software to securing sponsorships to arranging auction items. Do you ever stop to think about. The post The Joy of Giving: Incorporating Gratitude into Fundraising appeared first on re: charity.
Uncovering the Mysteries of Scorpion Venom
HSF House
JUNE 12, 2024
Hello again, this is a quick update on everything that’s been going on with my project this last month, along with some potential issues that may be popping up soon. First and foremost, I dissected two male and two female scorpions for tissues to use for genome sequencing. While performing these dissections, I also preserved the venom gland tissues to use later for RNA sequencing.
This Silicon Valley Veteran Is Teaching Nonprofits to Harness A.I.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 12, 2024
Raffi Krikorian has built a robust tech team — including A.I. chatbots for nonprofits — at Emerson Collective, the philanthropy venture founded by Laurene Powell Jobs. By Sara Herschander Barb Kinney Raffi Krikorian is a veteran tech executive who once helped develop self-driving cars at Uber, ran a global engineering team at Twitter, and helped modernize the Democratic National Committee as its first-ever head of tech.
Begrudgingly Introspective
HSF House
JUNE 12, 2024
“My initial proposal expressed a special kind of vitriol for anyone who would dare interrogate the motivations of someone in a D/s relationship. Rather, a dynamic where one partner exerts an agreed upon amount of control over the other. My first attempts to explain such a relationship on paper were quickly scrapped, leading to the brief, sanitary sentence above that could never touch on every facet involved in such an arrangement.
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