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
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
These grassroots tracking efforts are largely self-funded and self-directed. Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP These grassroots tracking efforts are largely self-funded and self-directed.
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.
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Here's a look into how using accounts payable automation can help nonprofits gain efficiencies and insight.
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.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Philanthropy helped build artificial intelligence as a nonprofit research field. But as costs soar and corporations take over, donors and grantees are struggling to stay relevant. By Sara Herschander Getty Images Philanthropy helped build artificial intelligence as a nonprofit research field. But as costs soar and corporations take over, donors and grantees are struggling to stay relevant.
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.
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
While not all turnover can be prevented, here are three culture-building strategies that can help keep your nonprofit's employees happy.
GrantNews
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Foundation Grants for Nonprofits are among the most sought-after grants, and for good reason. Foundation application processes are often simpler than government grants, making them more accessible. Plus, foundation grants tend to have fewer restrictions, allowing for greater flexibility in how funds are used. Another advantage is the huge variety of grants available, with opportunities open to nonprofits , businesses , and individuals both nationally and internationally.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Offering individualized support to new CEOs can increase their chances of success and stabilize organizations during times of change. Here are key ways funders can make an impact. By Nick Grono istockphoto Offering individualized support to new CEOs can increase their chances of success and stabilize organizations during times of change. Here are key ways funders can make an impact.
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.
Center for Effective Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
This years wildfires in Los Angeles didnt only destroy homes and livelihoods they also revealed the longstanding inequities in disaster response. The workers who are clearing debris, the small business […] The post Leading with Trust: A Blueprint for Equitable Disaster Philanthropy in Los Angeles appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.
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.
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.
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
NonProfit PRO has compiled its annual trends list with your peers' insights on a variety of topics to ensure your organization is up to speed on all the latest tactics.
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
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.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
In a post-aid world, philanthropy can be a potent bulwark against authoritarianism and a powerful voice for human rights around the world. By Kellea Miller Jim Watson, AFP via Getty Images. A protest in support of USAID outside the U.S. Capitol. In a post-aid world, philanthropy can be a potent bulwark against authoritarianism and a powerful voice for human rights around the world.
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 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 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?
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
A long-term decline in Americans participation in charitable giving accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic. By Una Osili and Xiao "Jimmy" Han Say-Cheese/iStock via Getty Images Plus Although the pie is shrinking, the remaining slices are giving more. A long-term decline in Americans participation in charitable giving accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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