Hands-On Fundraising

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

If you fixed just 6 fundraising mistakes, you’d raise more money. And I know, like it isn’t hard enough being a small organization, right? Not enough staff. Not enough time. And definitely, not enough money. You get used to making do. Find shortcuts. You work a lot. But too often, you don’t do the things that […] The post 6 big fundraising mistakes small organizations make appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.

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Clairification

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Soliciting donations from your supporters is hard work. It requires identifying prospects, building relationships, and ultimately asking them to contribute to your organization. Luckily, your donation page can do some of the heavy lifting for you! When optimized for the donor experience, your donation page can help potential new supporters form a positive first impression of your organization and inspire them to contribute.

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Tony Martignetti

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Russell James: Quantitative Fundraising Research You can stop relying on conventional wisdom passed on through webinars and conferences. There’s a plethora of quantitative research on how to optimize storytelling to get your best fundraising outcomes. What is social emotion, how do you evoke it and why should you? How much story detail is not enough … Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for September 23, 2024: Quantitative Fundraising Research → Russell James: Quantitative Fundraising

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

High-quality, immigrant-focused journalism can help cut through denigrating comments and dispel misinformation. By Alicia Bell and Mazin Sidahmed Carolyn Kaster, AP Springfield, Ohio, has been at the center of recent false rumors about immigrants, leading to threats against the Haitian Times , a local publication. High-quality, immigrant-focused journalism can help cut through denigrating comments and dispel misinformation.

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GrantNews

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

With the new 2024/25 school year well under way, it’s the perfect time for schools, nonprofits, and other organizations to take the opportunity search for K-12 STEM grants to fund education programs. Most of us are aware of the STEM teaching philosophy but don’t give it much thought beyond the acronym itself. While STEM does stand for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, there is much more to the concept.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

According to 2023 IRS data, there are about 1.9 million registered nonprofits in the United States vying for charitable giving from individual donors and institutional grantmakers. What do we know about the causes and states each type of funding flows to and the factors that affect giving trends? In this article, we highlight key insights from our report, Dollars and Change: A Look at Individual and Institutional Giving Across the United States From 2015 to 2022 , which combines data from Candid

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A new report reveals the impact of wealth concentration, geography, and economic factors. By Sara Herschander iStockphoto Where do the country's charitable dollars really flow? A new collaborative report reveals a complex landscape of giving, with patterns shifting dramatically across time, geography, and donor types.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Despite the rise of digital, traditional channels like direct mail are still crucial. Here's what's going on in nonprofit direct mail now.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Identify the needs of your members and how to best meet them. Explore the benefits of gathering feedback and ready-to-us examples to help you create a meaningful survey to enhance member experience and drive improvements.

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GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Crunchy, colorful leaves. Pumpkins. Football. Bonfires. Fall is in the air, and with it comes many opportunities to finish up this calendar year strong. Your fiscal goals are within reach. What is your nonprofit doing to creatively expand your audience and steward your donors with your fall fundraising? We have some ideas (and tools) that can help!

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Megadonors like Ken Griffin, Paul Singer, Michael Bloomberg, and Reid Hoffman are collectively giving hundreds of millions to candidates and super PACS to influence voters. By Eden Stiffman Chronicle Illustration; World Economic Forum, Paul Elledge/University of Chicago, Jon Tadiello/MIT Media Lab, Johns Hopkins University, Michael Lisnet/Simons Foundation From left, Paul Singer, Ken Griffin, Reid Hoffman, Michael Bloomberg, and Marilyn and Jim Simons.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Peer-to-peer fundraising has revolutionized the way nonprofits engage their supporters, and with GivingTuesday on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to explore the incredible potential of this fundraising strategy. In fact, in our 2023 Giving Study , we found that 71% of donors are willing to aid organizations they support in their fundraising efforts.

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The frequency and intensity of natural hazards, including hurricanes, wildfires, and floods, are reaching unprecedented levels and devastating communities across the globe. Just last year, we witnessed the destruction caused […] The post A Moonshot for Disaster Prevention: Building a Framework for Transformative Change appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Karen Cincotti, Mary Sorensen and Noel Beebe discuss the findings of a survey evaluating the peer-to-peer fundraising landscape in 2024.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

DAFs remain controversial, but their size and influence continue to grow. Gifts from the accounts totaled $52 billion in 2022. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images DAFs remain controversial, but their size and influence continue to grow. Gifts from the accounts totaled $52 billion in 2022.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Habitat for Humanity International unveiled the next phase of its MicroBuild initiative, which has helped to mobilize $1.22 billion for affordable housing finance and directly supported over 236,000 families to build or improve their homes. It is estimated that 2.8 billion people live in inadequate housing, including 1 billion people in can be described as slums and informal settlements.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Find the perfect grant management software for your nonprofit. Explore top options to simplify grant tracking, reporting, and compliance and boost your organization's efficiency and impact.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In my role as an educational programming manager at Candid, I hear this question nearly every day: “Is it a good time to start a nonprofit?” I hear it from people who are passionate and committed about a certain issue in their community or in the world. They see a problem and are certain no solution is being provided—and they want to be that solution.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The group’s board is thinking about restructuring that would make OpenAI a public benefit corporation. By Matt O'Brien, Kelvin Chan, and Thalia Beaty, AP Business Writers Bryan R. Smith/AP OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman (center) says the recent departures of key executives are unrelated to the potential restructuring. OpenAI's history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By Richard H. Levey Are the good times for nonprofit fundraisers, if not back, at least on the horizon? More than four in 10 (46%) who were surveyed said their overall revenue had increased during the past 12 months, while just more than one-third (34%) said their revenue had remained the same. A plurality (44%) indicated they met their revenue goals for the year.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Social gatherings are essential for growing your network. If you find small talk uncomfortable, here's how to sharpen your social game.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In 2023, nonprofits raised over $3.1 billion across various platforms for GivingTuesday! With the numbers growing each year, the bar is set for another huge GivingTuesday in 2024. We understand that a big contributor to a successful GivingTuesday is your fundraising campaign site. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to prepare for December 3, and then execute a solid campaign.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By Lisa Schohl iStockphoto Tips from experts that can help you measure results, share them in meaningful and inspiring ways, and avoid common pitfalls.

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GrantNews

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Homeowners associations (HOA) are the lifeblood of many communities, managing everything from maintenance to amenities with funds primarily derived from member assessments. However, what happens when those assessments aren’t enough to cover all the costs? Instead of resorting to raising dues, which can be unpopular, consider exploring alternative methods to boost cash flow.

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This Article is Certified Gold Avocado Gold never goes out of style — and neither does good advice. The Gold Avocado series showcases some of the very best content that Blue Avocado has for nonprofit leaders, based on overall popularity, reader response, and quality. Creating a draft of your nonprofit’s accounting procedures manual from scratch can feel like a daunting task, and one that may be tempting to put on the back burner for another day… or month… or even year.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The first-ever DAF Day is coming up on October 10. Do you know how to tap into donor-advised fund (DAF) giving, an increasingly popular way to give, including among younger donors? Here’s what you need to know about the way DAFs work, the benefits and challenges to donors and recipients, and how nonprofits can take advantage of their growth. The basics: What is a donor-advised fund?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Not only are people from the U.S. territories unable to vote or access government benefits, they’re also largely ignored by grant makers. By Javier H. Valdés and Winny Chen Chronicle Illustration; Creative Commons, Getty Images Flags of the U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico, left, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Residents of the territories are denied basic political rights, the authors argue.

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GrantNews

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Grant-makers and grant-seekers work together to cultivate a better future for us all. Grant-makers and grant funders award funding and resources to dedicated professionals enriching our society with parks, education, school safety, medical research, and more. Their dedication to supporting vital causes inspires us all to help those in need. Because of this, the team at GrantWatch wants to remind our subscribers how important it is to recognize our funders’ impact on our world.

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Future Fundraising Now

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

I’m going to show you a paragraph from a direct mail appeal that directly harms the effectiveness of the piece it’s in. You might say, I see paragraphs like that in fundraising constantly! And you’d be right. You also might say It’s a perfectly reasonable thing to say. You’d be right about that too. But this paragraph — and its thousands of cousins that litter fundraising messages everywhere — is not really fundraising.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

By Richard H. Levey The $557.2 billion U.S. donors gave to nonprofits during 2023, according to data from Giving USA, is a high-water mark in terms of current dollars, and the amount exceeds pre-COVID-19 pandemic-giving, which peaked during 2019. But inflation nibbled at the value of the 2023 dollars. Even though actual giving ticked up from 2022’s level. a 4.1% inflation rate meant real-dollar giving declined by 2.1%.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Vivian Long talks about how to make grants with long-term impact, ease the pressure on nonprofits, and navigate giving priorities of different generations. Vivian Long talks about how to make grants with long-term impact, ease the pressure on nonprofits, and navigate giving priorities of different generations.

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GrantNews

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

If your community is rebuilding after a calamitous weather event or environmental crisis, there is grant funding to provide aid. Disaster relief grants can help support communities in the aftermath of natural disasters. They offer a lifeline to folks in need. Whether it’s for hurricane recovery, wildfire relief, or flood damage, nonprofits, local governments, and organizations can rely on disaster relief grants to quickly mobilize resources.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For refugees, achieving self-reliance—being able to meet their essential needs without being fully dependent on aid—is a crucial milestone toward building stable lives in their host countries. This goal is increasingly critical as the number of forcibly displaced people globally continues to increase at record levels. In recent years, fewer than 3% of refugees each year have found lasting solutions by returning to their home countries, securing legal status in their host countries, or resettling

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