ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Lost Your Tax-Exemption? What Next — posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center The IRS has begun to revoke the tax-exempt status for those nonprofit organizations that have not filed some form of a 990 (information report) for three years.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 2, 2011

In my last post , I highlighted the current status of Arizona's philanthropic sector, based on a research report released by Arizona Grantmakers Forum in January 2011. The report was based on 2008 tax data for both institutions and individuals. If they had increased their contributions to the U.S. I look forward to reading your ideas.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

We welcome your comments and feedback. In April of 2011, a story broke regarding The Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization. The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance. Does your nonprofit need board governance assistance?

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NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

So, I thought I’d share five ways your organization can increase peer-to-peer fundraising revenue. Find out how they raised their money and what additional help your organization could have provided. Tell them your initial plans for 2011 and listen to their feedback. Make Top Fundraisers Part of the Family.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

We welcome your comments and feedback. In 2011 I gave to over twenty different nonprofit organizations. Conversely, I gave $250 to a Christian humanitarian organization and received a thank you letter with an electronic signature. Organizations have good reason to be concerned about reciprocity.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Working on our 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we noticed something interesting when looking at year-over-year data by sector: The share of online revenue from monthly giving for International groups seemed to decline from 2009 to 2010. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? We decided to do some deeper digging to see if we were right!

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. However, a small organization with a small budget can make some pretty big changes. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. Or: “not many of us are on LinkedIn, how should we use it to help the organization?”

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 18, 2011 Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunteer?" We welcome your comments and feedback. The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. For 2008, the CPS put the Arizona volunteering rate at 25 percent. One in three.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview in 2011, please let me know in the comments. 2011 Aneesha Raghunathan, Owner, Hope Line Fashions Coming soon! They have new job titles, work someplace else, and in some cases, have new names! The way they're titled below is how they were listed at the time of the interview.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 13, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The cockroach under the refrigerator: scandal and malpractice in philanthropy posted by Travis Butterfield , Project Coordinator ASU Lodestar Center Ever since I worked with Laura Tan on editing her recent blog post , I have been thinking about the unintended effects that volunteer service can have.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2011

The survey identified cloud computing as the top technology priority for CIOs in 2011. ” Organizations do not want to invest in infrastructure when they can using the Internet to give their people to access technology and enabled services. That is what cloud computing and Convio’s software delivery system is all about.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1.

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,430 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,430 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21 million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) 4) Location will matter, again.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Nonprofit organizations would get far better results from improving their own online giving experience. Will they generate significant revenue for your organization, give again, and remain loyal? Only 501(c)(3) organizations? What about the 27 other types of tax exempt organizations in the US? Probably not. Probably not.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

The Blackbaud indices include organizations that raised money specifically for Haiti relief in the year-over-year analysis. Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,434 nonprofit organizations representing $2.19

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. We’ll be matching people based on their skills and interests with organizations around the world that need their input.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Invitations to participate in the survey were sent by the six partner organizations to their constituents. 37% of charities reported a decrease in giving, a noticeable improvement over 2009 when 51% of organizations reported a decline. For the responding organizations in the International sub-sector, 60% expect an increased budget.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Key Trends in Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 7th, 2011 Blackbaud has released two new groundbreaking research studies that reveal insights about peer-to-peer event fundraising.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,376 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 Medium sized organization, those with annual revenue between $1 and $10 million, continue to struggle with a decrease of 2.2%

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on June 2nd, 2011 I’m starting a new series of short interviews with people who are really changing what’s happening in the nonprofit sector. Are they doing it well?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 20th, 2011 Nonprofit organizations are a big target for online credit card fraud. Here are steps organizations can take: 1.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,468 nonprofit organizations representing $2.25 Large and medium sized organizations had a negative growth trend, but smaller organizations continued to experience positive growth.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 Nonprofit organizations responded to the disaster and so did their supporters. The Chronicle has a very good breakdown of what organizations raised and what has been spent so far. Is your nonprofit organization doing something similar?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,412 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 Medium sized organization, those with annual revenue between $1 and $10 million, continue to struggle with a decrease of 5.8%

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This group is comprised of 14 very large nonprofit organizations with data from 2009. Based on an aggregate of all donors from all organizations. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 14, 2010

This group is comprised of 14 very large nonprofit organizations with data from 2009. Based on an aggregate of all donors from all organizations. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Federated campaigns often "help" their donors make giving decisions by prominently publishing such ratios next to the organizations names. Zooop — fast-forward to 2008: Charity Navigator gets new executive leadership in Ken Berger. Its an exciting time.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking It’s the Seating Chart, Stupid Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 18th, 2010 Where should the Internet team be on the organization chart? blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: Does Your Nonprofit Exist in 10 Years?

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 2, 2011

Every organization tracks different types of income. There is no way out of the box in reporting to compare 7/1/2008-12/31/2008 vs 7/1/2009-12/31/2009 vs. 7/1/2010-12/31/2010. So when we run this report we see the results of the entire fiscal year 2009 and 2010 and only up to where we are now in 2011.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The study asks nonprofit leaders to report on some of the management strategies they’re using, and the degree to which they anticipate changes in their organizations this year and next. reported their organizations are having trouble getting funds for general operating support. cited direct mail as the top driver.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

For many organizations, simply getting an e-newsletter out regularly, with enough content — let alone enough good content — is a win. NTEN is a small organization. We shook up our e-news format again in November 2008. That November, we saw an 80% increase in blog traffic over November 2008. Here’s how: The Chore.

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