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28 Must-Read Fundraising and Social Media Reports for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Published by Georgetown University. 2013 Online Giving Report :: Download. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. Published by Philanthropy Age. Published by Blackbaud. 2014 Next Generation of American Giving :: Download. Published by Blackbaud. 2014 Nonprofit Storytelling Report :: Download. 2014 Key Facts on U.S.

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What All Nonprofits Should Know About Corporate Philanthropy

Tech Soup

While some may think corporate philanthropy means writing a check and calling it a day, many corporations seek multilayered, strategic partnerships with nonprofits that fall in line with their core business objectives. Understanding corporate motivations behind corporate philanthropy will help you structure a mutually successful partnership.

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Lucy Bernholz Named Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announced today that Lucy Bernholz will join the Foundation as a Visiting Scholar effective fall 2013 and through 2014. Since then, she has served as a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society where she co-leads the Digital Civil Society Lab.

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Struggling to get people to donate online?

Top Nonprofits

She officially started her full time business in 2013, and has designed hundreds of digital and real products. Laura MacDonald, President of Benefactor Group , is a certified fundraising executive with three decades experience in nonprofit leadership, fundraising, and philanthropy. She has loved every minute of it.

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Jump In Now to the Spring 2013 State of Grantseeking Survey

Tech Soup

Here’s how: Recency: We survey grantseekers, grant writers, and those involved in the grantseeking universe twice a year (spring and fall). The Spring 2013 State of Grantseeking Survey includes these five new questions chosen by participants: What is the household income in your service area?

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How can nonprofit organizations improve accountability to the populations they serve?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit organizations have a responsibility to embrace client perspectives, as serving clients often represents a primary purpose for many nonprofits (Twersky, Buchanan, & Threlfall, 2013). Implementing mechanisms to transfer power to clients provides the greatest opportunity to improve downward accountability (Benjamin, 2013).

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5 Trends in Giving That Will Reshape Philanthropy in 2017

Connection Cafe

2016 was a record-setting year for philanthropy, with Americans donating more than $373 billion and communities across the globe setting new standards for #GivingTuesday. The Philanthropy Outlook from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy projects a 3.6 Even better news? percent in 2018.