Ann Green's Nonprofit
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Diverse revenue streams provide a sustainable financial foundation for nonprofits. Explore revenue streams your nonprofit should pursue in this guide. Its important for you to diversify your revenue sources. This is especially important now because of the current chaos of eliminating (and then not eliminating, at least for now) federal grant funding.
Clairification
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The work of philanthropy facilitation is very personal. And, fundamentally, its based on trust. Which is why establishing and building trust should be part of your nonprofit and personal mission. Amid times of change, one truth remains: trust is the foundation of progress — Edelman Trust Barometer 2025 Alas, I rarely see this in mission statements.
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Pamela Grow
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Nonprofit events are a powerful way to showcase your mission and raise critical funds. From the excitement of bidding in an auction to the inspiring stories shared on stage, these events are unforgettable experiences for your attendees. However, many organizations make the mistake of letting all that energy fizzle out when the event ends. Without a thoughtful follow-up strategy, the momentum youve worked so hard to build fades, leaving attendees and supporters with awkward silence.
Joe Garecht Fundraising
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Early in my fundraising career, I was tasked with calling through a list of major donor prospects. These were cold prospects people who had given to other organizations in our mission field but never to our organization. The goal for the calls was to set up meetings for our Vice President of Development. We had mailed out information packets to each prospect, and now my job was to call through about 100 donors to see if they would be willing to meet.
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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.
Millionaire Grant Lady
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
How a Grant Consultant Can Amplify the Impact of Your Fundraising Team Many different staff positions fulfill fundraising duties. Depending on the size of the nonprofit organization, just one person may handle all fundraising tasks, while in other organizations the fundraising team may be comprised of a dozen individuals each with a unique focus. In a large fundraising team, leadership and strategy may be assigned to the Director of Development or a Major Gifts Officer, while donor relationships
Get Fully Funded
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Often, the first step in getting a grant is a Letter of Inquiry (sometimes called a Letter of Intent ) – or LOI, for short. A Letter of Inquiry is a quick way to introduce your organization to a prospective funder and to open up a conversation about how a grant would make a positive impact on the community you’re serving and change lives.
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Blackbaud
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
As a nonprofit finance professional, you want all your data to be accurate. And payroll and grant reporting are two areas of your financial processes where accuracy is non-negotiable. You want your staff paid fairly, and you want to maintain good relationships with your grant funders. Maintaining compliance can protect existing funding, as well. But allocating your payroll and time to your grants can be a cumbersome, manual, and time-intensive process.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The teachings of the late Aga Khan IV, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, point to the role of civil society as a bulwark against the "frightful despotism that George Washington warned about. By Eboo Patel Sipa USA via AP Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan IV, a champion of pluralism and the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim community for nearly 68 years, died earlier this month.
Future Fundraising Now
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Donor love can transform your fundraising. And your fundraising career. But what, exactly, is donor love? It’s a set of tactics aimed at winning the donor over by putting her into the story. It’s honoring, thanking, and listening to the donor. But donor love is also an attitude, a mindset. It’s not unlike “being in love” — it sits in the background (sometimes in the foreground) of everything you do, guiding your thinking and behavior.
GrantNews
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Youth sports and outdoor activities inspire teamwork, build confidence, and encourage a lifelong love of movement. Think back to your own childhood and remember what it felt like to be a part of a team, and how it felt to score your first goal, conquer a hiking trail, or learn archery. These experiences helped promote your physical and mental well-being.
Blackbaud
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
A strong operating reserve in a time of crisis helps everyone focus on helping the people who need to be helped. But its not a blank check either. If you expend all your operating reserves, you can put your organization in a pinch going forward. With the right policies and strategies in place, your nonprofit organization can draw from your operating reserves during and after an emergency without putting future operations at risk.
Strategic Grants
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
While its true that a well-written grant application with a robust project plan that meets funder criteria is a huge part of the grant application process, a positive relationship with funders is critical to long-term grants success. Now is a good time to ask yourself are you showing your funders the love? Toensure that your relationship with funders will stand the test of time, weve put together some of our top tips. ( And for more on effective funder stewardship, visit our popular blog post h
Grant Writer Team
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
A stellar website is essential for your nonprofit. Why? A website serves as your digital headquarters and the foundation of your nonprofit’s online presence. However, a website is more than just a digital space. A nonprofit’s website established credibility, helps improve its reach, increase donations, and amplify its impact. Users visit a nonprofit’s website to learn their mission, donate to the cause, and/or to learn the virtual volunteering opportunities are offered.
GrantNews
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
February is all about partnerships, whether in love, friendship, or philanthropy! Nonprofit Matching Grants work the same way, creating a perfect funding match between grant makers and organizations working toward meaningful change. To clarify, these grants require recipients to raise a portion of the needed funds, which the grantor then matches, effectively doubling the impact.
Blackbaud
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
As bridge builders whose success depends on forging authentic relationships with donors, fundraisers can sometimes find the line between the professional and the personal becoming blurred. This can be particularly complicated if the institution makes decisions that the gift officer disagrees with personally. Inevitably, a donor or prospect will ask, But what you do you personally think about?
Grant Professionals Association
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Grant consultants are part of a profession that blends grant development alongside entrepreneurship. Continuing education is a powerful way to grow as business owners. In this article, Ill reflect on three conferences I attended in 2024 (apart from GrantSummit ) and offer several takeaways that aim to help grant consultants thrive. These three conferences were: 1) ROI Conference by Hello Seven, for women and persons of color who own a business (or who want to), focused on closing the racial and
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Legislation passed in 2018 makes it easier for companies to follow the Newman's Own model, by allowing foundations to own corporations, with some conditions. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Charles Krupa, AP file photo As of 2022, Newmans Own said it had given away $600 million to charities over the years, with a focus on supporting children. Legislation passed in 2018 makes it easier for companies to follow the Newman's Own model, by allowing foundations to own corporations, with some conditi
GrantNews
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Wildfires, also known as bushfires or forest fires, play a natural role in ecosystem cycles. However, climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of wildfires, amplifying their environmental impact. Understanding these effects is key to developing effective mitigation and adaptation strategies. Because of this, GrantWatch lists grants that help communities rebuild after a wildfire disaster and research wildfire prevention.
CauseVox
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
A donation page is like your nonprofits digital giving hubits the place where supporters can easily contribute and feel connected to your mission. Having a dedicated donation page ensures that giving is simple, accessible, and distraction-free. In this article we will go through 7 easy steps on how to create a donation page for free, ways to optimize your page for conversions, and tips to promote your donation page to maximize contributions.
Center for Effective Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
In times of increasing uncertainty, from shifting federal priorities to crises like the wildfires devastating Southern California, nonprofit organizations face growing challenges in sustaining their work and responding to the […] The post Rethinking Scale: Community-Led Approaches to Strengthening Sustainability During Uncertain Times appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
The philanthropic group has distributed checks to 3,000 people across L.A. so far to help them meet immediate needs By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. Etienne Laurent, AP photo A recipient receives a check during an event put on by The Change Reaction in Pasadena, Calif. The group handed out about 1,000 checks of between $2,500 and $5,000.
GrantNews
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Payroll Grants are rare, but like precious gems, you can find them, if you know where to mine! If you’re new to grant seeking, you may quickly realize that most funders don’t cover payroll expenses. In fact, wages, salaries, rent, debt, and general operating costs are often listed as ineligible expenses. So, what exactly are payroll grants where can you find them?
Future Fundraising Now
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
From the Better Fundraising Blog, here are eight foundations (plus my comments) for success in fundraising: Communicate with your donors regularly. When you go silent for weeks or months at a time, you fade from donors awareness. You lose them. A lot of fundraisers worry about too much communication. Most of us should be worried about too little communication.
Candid
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
At Candid, we get a lot of questions about nonprofit boardsfrom how to recruit members, to what their obligations are, to how executives can best work with them to advance their organizations missions and growth. Heres a curated collection of articles and resources covering a wide range of topics on nonprofit boards. As a starting point, check out: Strong boards make strong nonprofits: What you need to know.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The fundraising powerhouse uses every opportunity to let people know it accepts gifts from DAFs, and it tracks data carefully so it can make tailored appeals. By Rasheeda Childress ALSAC/St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital Patient families, donors, and volunteers come together to support St. Jude families at thousands of events across the country. The fundraising powerhouse uses every opportunity to let people know it accepts gifts from DAFs, and it tracks data carefully so it can make tailored
amplifi
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Its no secret,donors whomake repeat giftsare far more valuable for nonprofit organizationsthan those who only give once. You didnt need us to tell you that. But have you considered using a monthly giving program to boost fundraising revenue from your current donors? According to Bonterra, the average recurring donor gives 42 percent more in a year than a donor who makes one larger gift.
Center for Major Gifts
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Imagine a nonprofit that secures a multi-year pledge of $100,000 annually for five yearsrather than constantly scrambling for new one-time gifts, they can now plan with greater confidence. Multi-year commitments are pledges where donors agree to fund an organization over a set period, typically in annual or monthly increments. This shift from a one-and-done contribution to recurring support is a game-changer for nonprofits seeking long-term sustainability.
Blackbaud
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Valentines Day is all about showing appreciation and fostering meaningful connections, making it the perfect time to engage with your donors. Whether youre strengthening ties with longtime supporters or reaching out to new ones, the day offers the opportunity to show donors how much they mean to your organization. A Valentines Day-themed stewardship campaign is a fun and engaging way to strengthen donor relationships.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Turnaround expert Gregory Brenneman and his wife, Ronda, met at the university as students in the 1980s. By Maria Di Mento Washburn University Greg and Ronda Brenneman are recognized for their $50 million gift to Washburn University, announced during an event on the schools annual Day of Giving. Plus, the Canadian American billionaire Charles Bronfman pledged $25 million to Birthright Israel Foundation to increase the organization's endowment.
Future Fundraising Now
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
An organization I worked with was decided to add a direct-mail appeal to their line-up. As is often the case in that situation, we had no data as to what the appeals topic, offer, or approach should be. We needed to try something new, which can be both risky and difficult. An enterprising member of the team thought theyd see what ChatGPT could do to get us going.
Center for Major Gifts
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
During a recent webinar, New Administration: How Nonprofits Can Survive and Thrive , I uncovered some shocking numbers about the decline in individual givingnumbers that have largely gone unnoticed in the nonprofit sector. Using Giving USA 2024 and IRS Statistics on Individual Tax Returns , I discovered a massive decline in individual donations that could have long-term consequences for fundraising.
Blackbaud
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Employer matching gifts offer key advantages to nonprofit organizations, including increased individual donations, opportunities for additional corporate funding, improved supporter engagement, and more. If youre wondering if corporate matching gifts can boost donor retention levels, the answer is yes. Matching gifts and donor retention share a positive correlation, with each variable increasing alongside the other.
Candid
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
According to the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps, between September 2020 and September 2021 formal volunteerism across the United States fell to its lowest rate in nearly three decades. While recent data shows it is rebounding, going up to 28.8% in 2022-23 , its worth asking: What are the drivers behind Americans volunteering less, and how can we boost volunteer retention?
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
If you're looking to create or update your nonprofit's donation website, check out these templates from WildApricot + examples to get you inspired.
Future Fundraising Now
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Effective donor newsletters raise net revenue. Thats not their primary purpose (which is improving donor retention by showing them their giving matters). But when done right, they raise money. For some organizations (not all), they are just as effective as appeals at unlocking donor generosity. How do you make it work? Heres a great list, from Jeremy Reis on LinkedIn: What are some common mistakes with direct mail newsletters?
Blue Avocado
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What are your nonprofit’s priorities and goals for 2025?” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: Prioritizing Collaboration and Sustainable Funding Arts and Culture Alpine County (ACAC), a local arts agency, has obtained small grants from the Alpine County Board of Supervisors and Live Healthy, an organization under the Alpine County umbrella.
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