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Don’t Blow Your Post-Holiday Opportunity to Thank Your Nonprofit Supporters

Clairification

For good things once a year is not enough. Why do so many of us only eat turkey once a year? Or pumpkin pie? Ive no idea! Its surely not rational. These are special foods we value and take great delight in. Yet we get into a bad habit of thinking on auto pilot. If it’s not Thanksgiving, the idea of roasting a turkey or making cranberry sauce doesn’t even enter most or our heads.

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Top 10 Kickstarter Grants for Your Startup Business!

GrantNews

Looking for kickstarter grants to jumpstart your business? Finding and applying for business grants can be challenging for both new and established businesses. Startup grants, in particular, can be tough to locate, and the application process often feels long and tedious. To make things easier, GrantWatch has compiled a list of 10 kickstarter grants for startup businesses, carefully curated from our nearly 200 Entrepreneurs and Startups Grants.

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The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Advertising

Wild Apricot

Advertising for your nonprofit doesn't have to be expensive. This guide will cover the basics of advertising for nonprofits, show you how to create nonprofit ad campaigns and provide real-world examples to help you make the most of your advertising budget and broaden your reach.

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Rising together: Supporting boys, men, and all communities 

Candid

In May 2024, Melinda French Gates emailed 12 people including meoffering each $20 million to spend on gender equality initiatives. All of us were surprised, but I doubt any were as surprised as I wasbecause I work on behalf of boys and men. I felt this was an important moment for philanthropy. While French Gates continues to focus most of her giving on women and girls, she also recognizes the need to help boys and men.

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AI for Grant Writing: 20+ ChatGPT Prompts You Can Use

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.

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Return on Mission: A Framework to Measure Success at Philanthropic Organizations

Blackbaud

As a nonprofit organization, which factor do you believe best showcases the success of your mission? Overhead to program expense ratio Having money left over to reinvest at the end of the year Programmatic statistics related to mission impact As with many multiple-choice tests, there is only one answer here that makes sense: programmatic statistics related to mission impact.

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Podcast: How to Set the Right Goal for Your Capital Campaign

Capital Campaign Pro

Season 4, Episode 21 In this episode, capital campaign experts Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt will help you think through the process of determining the right goal for your campaign. Youll learn that it takes more than simply knowing how much your project will cost. And setting the right campaign goal sets your campaign up […] The post Podcast: How to Set the Right Goal for Your Capital Campaign appeared first on Capital Campaign Pro.

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The Grants Transparency Act of 2023: Good idea or spitting in the wind?

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Ive been writing grant proposals since dinosaurs walked the earth and have seen various attempts to reform the federal grant-making process. Despite the intentions of reformers, there are few actual differences between the Rube Goldberg system I first encountered in the 70s and today, other than we use computers instead of typewriters and proposals are uploaded rather than being hard-copy submissions.

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Fundraising Weekly - December 31, 2024

Soapbox Exchange

Issue 231 Happy Tuesday, Fundraisers! As we close the chapter on 2024, I want to take a moment to thank you for all the passion and purpose youve poured into making the world a better place this year. Your dedication to change-making inspires us all, and were happy that the Fundraising Weekly gets to play even a small role in your work. May this final day of the year bring you the rest, joy, and inspiration you deserve as we look ahead to new possibilities in 2025.

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The NPT’s Dozen Top Stories of 2024

The NonProfit Times

Technology, regulation, fundraising and the people who power the nonprofit sector were the hottest topics online at The NonProfit Times during 2024. It was refreshing to see not one of the stories used the word Covid in the headline. Here are the dozen stories that made readers click-through in order of popularity. ** Ethical Issues Arise As Big Donors Get Personalized Service [link] ** 10 Ideas For Healthcare Staff Wellness [link] ** AI Helps Getting To Answers Faster When Trained [link] ** Ma