Clairification

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I generally counsel nonprofits to call and thank their donors. It’s personal, unexpected and just plain nice. We could all use a little more “nice” in our lives. But there’s a right and wrong way to express gratitude One is authentic and meaningful. The other is robotic and meaningless. Maybe even off-putting. A Thank You Phone Call/Message Gone Awry Here’s a transcription of a voicemail left for me last week from a well-known national charity with local branches: The post Don’t Leave a Voicema

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

By Drew Lindsay Expanding its work on disability rights and inclusion, the Ford Foundation Tuesday announced a first-of-its-kind national fund targeting discrimination in technology against people with disabilities.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Writing a thank you letter should be the easiest task on your to-do list. There are just two simple words: thank you. And these two simple words are so powerful, showing gratitude and making the donor feel valued. Yet, it can feel hard sometimes to write a good thank you letter. Maybe you don’t know what to write. Or where to start. You want your letter to sound sincere, not like a form letter.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MARCH 1, 2023

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us got our first taste of working from home. If your experience is anything like mine, then I think there is good reason to be cautious about the benefits of working from home. One of the things that makes the office more productive is peer pressure. It forces you to show up on time and leave on time. Moreover, in the office, you are in a competitive environment and the social pressure for performance is immense.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 1, 2023

If you’re considering quitting your nonprofit job, you’re not alone. GiveButter reported that burnout is affecting more than half of all nonprofit employees. And a recent study found that the average tenure for new development directors was roughly 16 months. There’s nothing better than finding the right fit for you. Some of my favorite readers have been with their organizations for five, ten, or even 20 years.

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Tony Martignetti

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

One of the things I love about the grant profession so much is the diversity of backgrounds that bring people to the field of writing grants. If you talk to five different grant writers/grant professionals, you will hear five different stories of the paths that brought them to the work they do today. It isn’t as clear as an undergraduate major that is the “usual” track for people to enter this work.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 1, 2023

This year, 87% of online traffic is expected to be 100% video, Matt Carpenter, story architect at Beard & Bowler, said. But a video doesn’t need to be extremely polished and professional to get attention and make an impact. Here's how you can do it right from your phone.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 1, 2023

By Emily Haynes Getty Images Nonprofit managers should check in with fundraisers early and often and show appreciation for their achievements.

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Veritus Group

MARCH 1, 2023

When you look at the data, your giving club may be doing more harm than good. How can you break out of that transactional mindset? The post Get Rid of Your Giving Club appeared first on Veritus Group.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

Do you wish you had a round-the-clock assistant that could handle repetitive tasks or help draft fundraising appeals, freeing up time to focus on more pressing tasks? Well, there’s a solution. I’m referring to ChatGPT , a revolutionary language model developed by OpenAI that’s changing the game in every industry. Since its launch in November 2022, millions of users have used the platform to do their homework, summarize content, translate text, and even write code.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

To help nonprofits set their priorities for the year ahead, NonProfit PRO, powered by NAPCO Research, conducted the “2023 Nonprofit Leadership Impact Study." Here are some of the key takeaways from the study, which was conducted in November 2022.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 2, 2023

By Alex Daniels In Maryland, nonprofits want to create a $100 million fund designed to give priority to small organizations led by people of color. Across the nation, nonprofits are watching to see if they can promote a similar idea.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Exhale. You worked hard to meet last year’s fundraising goals, and now you’re able to look ahead at a new year filled with new possibilities. For many nonprofits, donation data consistently spikes in October, November, and December and declines in January and February. If this is true for your organization, don’t let a slower start to the year discourage you from getting a head start on achieving your annual goals.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

To understand how resignation trends impacted nonprofits, sector leaders must look below the headline figures to understand employee motivations. The post Re-evaluating the Great Resignation appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Effective online marketing can open up many opportunities to engage with your supporters. Optimize your nonprofit digital content with these five ideas.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 1, 2023

By Alex Counts, Sejal Desai, and Jay Sehgal Young professionals may not have a lot of money to donate, but they can offer their time, energy, and ideas. Here's how several nonprofits in India get young people involved in their work.

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The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 3, 2023

Originally posted in March 2014, updated in March 2023 One of the most enjoyable aspects of major gift fundraising is getting to build relationships with donors—relationships that last beyond one donation and remain strong even when it’s challenging for donors to give. But often nonprofits squander the relationship-building opportunities given to them by not doing any research.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

A lack of standardized demographic data not only hinders our collective work to create a more equitable sector; it also requires nonprofits to take time away from their mission-driven work to respond to disparate requests by funders for this information. To overcome these challenges, Candid, in coalition with a growing number of partners , set out to build a demographic data-led movement to meaningfully and measurably advance equity in the social sector.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 3, 2023

As exciting as new software can be, making the move to new technology can also seem intimidating. It requires change, and change can often bring anxiety. Here are seven things you can do to help ensure your new software implementation goes more smoothly and stays on track.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 1, 2023

By Daniel P. Aldrich and Yunus Emre Tapan Omer Alven, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images The earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria in early February 2023 have killed at least 47,000 people and disrupted everyday life for some 26 million more.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

Do you find the day-to-day management and operations are getting in the way of raising money? If so, you’re not alone. Data management and other internal components are increasingly becoming critical issues for organizations. Development operations is one of the most overlooked and undervalued areas in our field. However, this infrastructure is critical in allowing organizations to raise money and steward donors more effectively.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Philanthropy is often an important part of any company’s structure. Whether it’s providing employees with volunteer time off or starting a company foundation, there are plenty of ways for your company to get involved with giving back. But if your company is new to philanthropy, a great place to start is by starting an employee giving program! Use the links below to quickly jump to sections in this article: What is an employee giving program?

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 1, 2023

Millennial and Gen Z donors want to give (or give more), but are often constrained by finances and other economic realities. The solution? Allow them to Donate Now, Pay Later (DNPL). Your nonprofit gets all of the money upfront, but your next-gen donors get to pay over time (interest and fee free). Our CEO gave an excellent presentation recently on the realities of next-gen giving and DNPL.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 1, 2023

By M.J. Prest Lee Klafczynski, The New York Times, Redux Among the eligible institutions for the Lilly Endowment’s College and Community Collaboration is Indiana University. Also, the Citi Foundation has committed $25 million to improve food security worldwide, and Salesforce gave $1 million in unrestricted grants to 10 nonprofit groups with Black leaders.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The amount of available data about your website, your users, and your mission area is growing by the minute. If you have a website, you can access all sorts of information about how people are finding it, where they're navigating to, and whether they are engaging in a continued relationship with your organization. You can also use information about the changes in your sector to understand the impact your work is having and where it can expand in order to meet the most urgent needs.

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OneCause

MARCH 3, 2023

The post 13 Silent Auction Strategies: The Ultimate Guide for Nonprofits appeared first on OneCause.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 2, 2023

It’s a fact: the more information you have about donors and prospects, the more strategic your fundraising campaigns can be. And, the most efficient way to uncover this information is through wealth screening. Get the Wealth Screening Playbook to learn how to leverage all of your wealth screening results.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 3, 2023

By M.J. Prest Also, Cindy McCain will now lead the U.N. World Food Programme, and the Skillman Foundation has hired its first vice president of learning and impact.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2023

TechSoup partnered up with Tapp Network, a digital marketing and technology agency, to understand how nonprofits approach digital marketing. We surveyed TechSoup's member base between June 2022 and September 2022 and collected 110 survey responses. A majority of the responses we received were from small to medium-sized organizations (1 to 99 employees) located in the United States.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The updated CauseVox fundraising event ticketing form helps you create, manage, and report on your fundraising event. You have new options to brand and host your eventing ticketing form, collect additional attendee information, and manage attendees. These new features help you sell more tickets, simplify your fundraising, and save time on administration.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 1, 2023

No need to worry about the shutdown of Amazon Smile? There are actually way better, sustainable fundraising success strategies to really smile about, whether or not your nonprofit organization participated in the program. Join Barbara O’Reilly, CFRE, and guest fundraising expert panelists, including Mackenzie Burckbuchler from Double the Donation, for a highly interactive, panel conversation webinar, on Thursday, March 30th at 2pm ET, to learn how to not only easily replace this revenue stream,

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By Alex Daniels After a three-year absence from Capitol Hill, more than 250 grant makers and nonprofit leaders began a three-day gathering in Washington on Monday to press lawmakers to provide donors with more incentives to give and to provide nonprofits with an official voice in federal policy discussions.

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