Lightning Fast Grant Writing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – How often do you need to repeat your message? A lot… One of the most sobering things about running a non-profit charity is to realize how hard it is to get out the charity’s name and message. Large corporations manage to buy visibility for their brands by purchasing large print ads, riveting video ads, and radio spots.
Hands-On Fundraising
OCTOBER 1, 2024
It can be the toughest part of your fundraising communications to grasp. Like a slippery fish, it keeps jumping from your grasp. I’m talking about your fundraising offer, of course. The gap that describes your need. The central part of fundraising that’s so easy to slide over, or step around. The guts of the whole […] The post Mind the gap appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.
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Pamela Grow
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Sometimes finding the right story for your year-end appeal can be tough. How do you capture stories in a way that truly invites your reader into the picture? The stories that inspire action? Spend the best 30 minutes of your day as Natalie Monroe, Community Engagement Manager at MemoryFox, shares the secrets to identifying and crafting compelling stories that drive engagement and inspire action.
Clairification
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
People are unpredictable sometimes. They’re also predictable. If you see someone yawn, you’re likely to yawn too. If I tell you seats are limited, you’re likely to purchase a ticket now rather than later. What if you knew getting people to donate to your nonprofit could be a predictable consequence of something you did? It turns out you can encourage people to act in desirable ways, simply by applying a few lessons learned from neuroscience, psychology and behavioral economics.
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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.
Ann Green's Nonprofit
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Want to reach new audiences to expand your nonprofit’s supporter base? Explore these ideas to engage with new groups of potential supporters. By Jay Love Is your nonprofit looking to reach new audiences with your fundraising appeals , volunteer events, and advocacy opportunities? You’re in the right place! Reaching new audiences is critical to growing your organization’s supporter base and fostering reliable revenue to fund your cause.
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Tony Martignetti
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Amy Sample Ward: AI, Organizational & Personal Artificial Intelligence is ubiquitous, so here’s another conversation about its impacts on the nonprofit and human levels. Amy Sample Ward, the big picture thinker, the adult in the room, contrasts with our host’s diatribe about AI sucking the humanity out of nonprofit professionals and all unwary users.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Addressing drops in giving starts by giving fundraisers enough support to excel in their jobs. By Armando Enrique Zumaya Getty Images Addressing drops in giving starts by giving fundraisers enough support to excel in their jobs.
GrantNews
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida on Thursday, began as a category four hurricane and became the most powerful on record to hit Florida’s Big Bend before moving north into Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee. The storm, which downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday, has led to severe flooding and mudslides. Although Helene has moved past North Carolina, its effects are still deeply felt across the region.
amplifi
OCTOBER 3, 2024
It’s no secret. Donors want to know the real impact of every donation. We’re talking about specific, tangible ways to help donors understand the difference they make through their support. In fact, 80 percent of donors feel it is important to know the real outcomes of their charitable giving or volunteer work, according to an Accenture survey. Your donors don’t have the same inside perspective as someone who is involved with your work daily.
Strategic Grants
OCTOBER 1, 2024
I am fortunate to meet over 100 for-purpose organisations yearly to discuss their projects and services, philanthropic strategies, and the funders they work with. These meetings continue to inspire me, and it is always interesting to learn how charities secure funds for their work and how they plan to maintain projects through what can sometimes be funding uncertainty.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 3, 2024
An effort in Bend, Ore., backed by big funders looks for answers to youth homelessness. By George Anders Oregon State University – Cascades Erik Nelson, a housing program specialist with the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, talks with citizen delegates. An effort in Bend, Ore., backed by big funders looks for answers to youth homelessness.
GrantNews
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
When you hire a grant writer, the first logical question is, “How much will it cost?” It is only natural to to worry about the price tag involved with hiring a professional grant writer since many of us see grant writing through a fog of confusion. This key question determines how you will approach the process of winning the grants you seek.
The NonProfit Times
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Fundraisers are scrambling to comply with an October 12 deadline to register without penalties with the State of California regarding the Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act. Passed in 2021 , it establishes a new statutory framework regulating online charitable fundraising platforms. California’s solicitation laws did not specifically reach online platforms, leaving what state officials called “a gap in the regulatory framework with respect to a fast-growing and
Aly Sterling Philanthropy
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Donor relationships help keep your nonprofit running, and many of your donors may make for great volunteers. Discover how to engage them with these tips. The post Building Donor Relationships through Volunteering: 5 Tips first appeared on Aly Sterling Philanthropy.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 1, 2024
The large number of nominations in the literary arts space indicates a desire to tell important stories, a MacArthur staffer said. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press NEW YORK John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, AP Jason Reynolds, a writer for children and young adults, and former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is among the 2024 honorees.
Center for Effective Philanthropy
OCTOBER 1, 2024
In the organizing world, a key tenet of power is that “power is the product of relationship,” meaning people in strong relationships with one another produce power. At EdTrust-West, we […] The post The Power of Partnership: Insights from the CORE Collective Program appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.
Blackbaud
OCTOBER 4, 2024
For many years, the overarching narrative for annual giving in higher education fundraising has been the same: We’re getting bigger gifts from fewer donors. I hear myself repeating something similar when I host an annual webinar on emerging data trends for higher ed annual giving programs. With my co-host, Brian Kish, we pour over data from Blackbaud’s donorCentrics® and Fundraiser Performance Management.
Blue Avocado
OCTOBER 1, 2024
A small effort that gives you a big boost in your relationship with your board. I’ve known many situations where an executive director needed support from their board and didn’t get it, because the board members were essentially strangers to the ED and to the work. So, I recommend that you make sure to build time into each board meeting to show off the successes of your organization’s work.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 4, 2024
More than 70 percent of nonprofit employees said limited staffing and budget constraints are impediments to change. By Jim Rendon More than 70 percent of nonprofit employees said limited staffing and budget constraints are impediments to change.
Center for Effective Philanthropy
OCTOBER 3, 2024
A funder’s choice to collect grantee feedback by partnering with CEP on the Grantee Perception Report (GPR) signals a commitment to learning, improvement, and ultimately, effectiveness. This is particularly true […] The post ‘Words Matter’: An Interview with Houston Grantmaker Long Chu appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
As we approach the end of the year, it is crucial to spotlight the transformative role Black women play in the philanthropic sector.
CauseVox
OCTOBER 1, 2024
As nonprofit professionals, we spend a lot of time focused on major donors or on crowdfunding campaigns that target smaller donors. As a result, we can often miss the hidden gems of our donor base, the passionate, engaged, and consistently generous mid-level donors. Mid-level donors are those typically contributing between $1,000 and $10,000 annually and act as a crucial bridge between small and major donors.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 2, 2024
More than three-quarters of donors approaching retirement and those who have already retired say charitable giving plays a significant role in their lives. By Rasheeda Childress iStockphoto More than three-quarters of donors approaching retirement and those who have already retired say charitable giving plays a significant role in their lives.
Blackbaud
OCTOBER 1, 2024
The intersection of project management and prospect research is becoming more apparent as organizations strive to remain adaptable in an ever-changing landscape. As both fields involve managing complex tasks and achieving specific outcomes, understanding the value of agility can help nonprofits, schools, and higher education institutions optimize their approaches.
The NonProfit Times
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Donors who are age 50 and older are planning to engage in charitable giving during retirement with 78% of pre-retirees and retirees responding that they plan to prioritize it. Beyond providing financial support for charities, pre-retirees and retirees are also actively volunteering. More than two-thirds of pre-retirees (71%) and 55% retirees said that they volunteered during the past year.
Future Fundraising Now
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Stories power fundraising. Most people know that. But there’s an additional piece of knowledge that makes this truth useful: Not all our stories should be the same. Here’s a great post on the distinct types of story, from the Bloomerang Blog, at How To Tell A Compelling Fundraising Story : Unsolved problem story. This is the story you tell when you ask donors to give.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 1, 2024
To honor the former president, a star-studded concert in Atlanta has raised $1.2 million to support the Carter Center, and thousands of Habitat for Humanity volunteers are building 30 homes. By Thalia Beaty and Glenn Gamboa Associated Press Robert Franklin/AP Former President Jimmy Carter works with other volunteers on site during the first day of the weeklong Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, their 35th work project with Habitat for Humanity, in Mishawaka, Ind.
Blackbaud
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The primary focus of a private or independent school admissions team is to drive enrollment, but it shouldn’t stop there. Everyone in the school should to be committed to keeping families and students engaged so they want to return year after year. One thing that makes a huge difference in enrollment and retention—yet is often overlooked or under resourced—is the strategy and process of onboarding.
The NonProfit Times
OCTOBER 3, 2024
By Jane McGrath You have no doubt experienced being generous as well as receiving generosity both personally and as a fundraiser to the organization you serve. Reflecting on exactly what generosity is, and what it means to our donors, enables nonprofit leaders to steward it toward loyalty. When generosity becomes loyalty, it builds value for our causes.
Future Fundraising Now
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Here are the 5 most-read Future Fundraising Now blog posts in the month of September: Wacky envelopes work in fundraising 3 easy fundraising lessons Tom Ahern on Donor-Focused Newsletters that Raise Money [PODCAST] How to utilize the right words The mistake that could be hurting your fundraising Looking for some really good (and specific) advice for your fundraising?
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 1, 2024
A tax code tweak that replaces the deduction with matching grants could encourage everyone to donate. By Robert McClelland Shutterstock A tax code tweak that replaces the deduction with matching grants could encourage everyone to donate.
GrantNews
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Today’s GrantWatch spotlight is on grants for Utah businesses and nonprofits! GrantWatch lists a variety of grants, opportunities, and cooperative agreements for Utah businesses and nonprofits throughout the state. Funding is for a wide spectrum of programs and projects, including business startups, the arts, career development, and health education and services, along with energy and environmental initiatives.
Soapbox Exchange
OCTOBER 1, 2024
As a nonprofit professional, figuring out tax requirements is a complicated, yet necessary task that allows you to maintain your organization’s tax-exempt status and take stock of your fundraising progress. That’s why knowing the difference between each type of Form 990 is so important. As you likely know, there are multiple variations of Form 990 to choose from depending on your organization’s size and gross receipts.
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