Blackbaud

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It’s every major gift officer’s nightmare scenario:You’re at a donor event, making small talk with an attendee you have never met before, and you’re struggling to come up with something to talk about. Uncomfortably, you glance at your watch, then look up to see a long-time major donor walking your way. You quickly jump into easy conversation with them, and you pat yourself on the back for cultivating and engaging with this important donor.

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Candid

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Well-intended, ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals are donating large sums of money to fund solutions for some of society’s most challenging problems. Over the past decade, it has become increasingly commonplace for those individuals to make mega gifts to other wealthy and at times famous people who have visibility, access, and power, as opposed to traditional nonprofit organizations that engage in social programming, capacity building, and direct services.

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Clairification

OCTOBER 21, 2024

What’s holding you back? Culture? Fear? How do you help people afraid of fundraising become comfortable in what should be a mission-aligned role for everyone associated with your nonprofit organization? After all, everyone benefits from increased philanthropy. Not just development staff. Increasingly, successful nonprofits are adopting cultures of philanthropy where everyone involved – administrative staff, program staff, board members, committee members, direct service volunteers and eve

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Nonprofit managers are scrambling to get clarity on how to proceed regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new “click to cancel” provisions requiring businesses to make it easier for consumers to cancel enrollment in recurring billing, such as memberships. In the case of nonprofits, it could mean anything from making it easier to cancel recurring gifts, to getting out of gym memberships or membership of any type to any pausing ongoing donor relationships.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 21, 2024

While most nonprofits and schools are eligible to receive matching gifts through their donors’ employers, select organizations have proven to be particularly successful in their efforts to do so. In this blog, we’ll cover one standout example⁠, familiarizing your team with the ins and outs of Save the Children’s matching gift strategy.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The singer songwriter’s donation to Mountain Ways Foundation will help people who lost their homes to flooding during last month’s hurricane. By Maria Di Mento Derek Cress/Dollywood Parks & Resorts Country music singer and songwriter Dolly Parton announces a $1 million gift to Mountain Ways Foundation, along with a matching $1 million from her businesses, to help residents of eastern Tennessee who lost their homes in the floods that followed Hurricane Helene.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A city in India is giving farmers affordable access to cold storage, powered with solar panels, for their crops, which reduces waste and increases sales. By Glenn Gamboa, AP Business Writer AP The success of the cold storage program in Rourkela, India, has been replicated in other Indian cities, and other countries are thinking about starting their own programs.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 21, 2024

To help nonprofits prepare for year-end fundraising and beyond, NonProfit PRO released its inaugural “2024 Nonprofit Fundraising Study.

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Soapbox Exchange

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Issue 221 Happy Tuesday, Fundraisers! Is your organization ready for Giving Tuesday? Check out this post, 8 Website Updates to Boost Your Giving Tuesday Campaign , to learn what changes you can make to your nonprofit’s website to get the most out of your Giving Tuesday campaign! From calls-to-action, to recurring giving upsells, to newsletter opt-ins, there are many ways to stay connected and engaged with your donors beyond Giving Tuesday.

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Veritus Group

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Too often, situations arise where a donor wants to do more but the fundraiser is not prepared. Do not let this be you. Be ready. Here's how. The post A Donor Offers to Give You Twice What You Expected appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Bloom Grant Consulting

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Establishing a clear budget, detailed program descriptions, and a long-term strategic plan will help maximize your partnership with a grant consultant.

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Capital Campaign Pro

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Season 4, Episode 11 In this episode, Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt dive into one of the most crucial aspects of campaign planning: setting a realistic and effective capital campaign goal. Whether you’re building a new facility, expanding your programs, or establishing an endowment, determining the right working goal is far from simple. Tune in […] The post Podcast: Setting the Right Capital Campaign Goal: Planning for Success appeared first on Capital Campaign Pro.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Momentive Software integrated its GiveSmart and MIP software, creating a connected fundraising and accounting solution suite.

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Capital Campaign Pro

OCTOBER 21, 2024

I’m sure you know the proverb: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.” Yet, so much of what we do in the nonprofit sector is feed people rather than teach them to feed themselves. In other words, you’re starving […] The post The Modern, Forward-Thinking Approach to Capital Campaign Fundraising appeared first on Capital Campaign Pro.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 21, 2024

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Fluxx

OCTOBER 21, 2024

While efficiently managing grants may be a challenge to any government, to tribal governments, this is even more complicated. Tribal governments must be constantly treading a tightrope between mastering federal regulations and laws and the peculiar challenges that each community has been facing.These types of challenges are not easy to handle, and specialized tools are often required to simplify and streamline the process.

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Critical Fundraising

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Rogare’s director Ian MacQuillin visited Australia and New Zealand in September with the support of Rogare Associate Member Giving Architects. In this blog he considers various aspects of that trip: Rogare’s ethics of school fundraising project The implications of this project being conducted in Australasia Alternative conceptualisation of a fundraising profession Māori philanthropy and fundraising.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Which has a bigger carbon footprint: the airline industry or healthcare? If you guessed healthcare, you’re spot on. Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time, impacting both the planet and our health. Eight years ago, 196 countries signed the Paris Agreement , a major step in global cooperation to fight climate change by reducing emissions and pollution.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Who needs a crystal ball when you have data? The role of a Chief Financial Officer has always been to use data to tell the story of your organization’s past, present, and future. CFO job duties generally include overseeing the finance team, analyzing and presenting financial statements, and budgeting and forecasting. While these are all still part of a typical CFO’s role, in recent years there has been an increased emphasis on having a future-oriented mindset.

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