Candid

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Ford , Skoll , and Compton foundations have announced the launch of a donor collaborative to help strengthen the impact of moving image storytelling. Ford, Skoll, and Compton foundations press release 07/28/2021.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

About the Marine Corps Association & Foundation (MCA&F) The Marine Corp Association & Foundation (MCA&F) is a member-based organization dedicated to the professional development and recognition of US Marines. Read the rest of MCA&F’s story: The Marine Corps Association & Foundation Nimble AMS Success Story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

Water.org’s monthly donors are truly transforming poverty to possibility one person, one family, one community at a time. While the individual, monthly contributions may not be equivalent to a one-time grant from a foundation or multi-million-dollar corporate commitment, they add up. The value of efficiency.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 20, 2023

Thea Zunick, director of community engagement at The Jed Foundation, will be presenting “Nonprofit Technology Panel: Platform Selection and Implementation” at this year’s inaugural BridgeTECH. We spoke to Zunick to get a sneak peek at her session.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

As Blackbaud’s second virtual bbcon event approaches, we’re very excited about the fantastic session topics and speakers we’ve lined up within the Foundations track. To-date, close to 14,000 people are registered, and we’re expecting over 1,000 of your foundation and grantmaking peers to attend the event on October 13-15 this year.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

year-over-year in June 2022—the highest rate in over 40 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics—we asked foundations how inflation would affect their operations. But what about the implications for foundation staff? Meanwhile, salaries at community foundations have risen at a slightly lower rate with each consecutive year.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice , a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. Then 2020 happened and community needs spiked. When your community experiences increased need, there is a higher demand on your services in several ways, including: Overwhelmed Staff.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. Unlike the board of directors, which has oversight of the organization, advisory committees don’t have any oversight of the organization. Define the advisory committee’s focus.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to our board of directors! Natalye Paquin currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Points of Light Foundation, the largest nonprofit in the world dedicated to volunteerism and community service. He graduated with a B.S.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Trye Nichols prompted vocal support for social justice throughout the business community. The following numbers reveal that progress in the association community is not as rapid as we would hope. We commit to using these practices for our business and our communities.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Other associations post regularly on social media and cultivate vibrant online communities while yours just sends monthly email newsletters and occasionally meets over Zoom. In this guide, we’ll discuss three steps to creating an online community, starting with identifying the primary objectives and purpose of the community.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Whether it be convincing a board of directors, finding the time and resources, or seeking funds from grantmakers, many foundations face hurdles in creating an advocacy agenda. We had our grantmaking and community leadership committee really own sort of the nuts and bolts of developing our advocacy agenda.”. “A

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice , a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. Then 2020 happened and community needs spiked. The pressure of a demand spike—paired with the urgent desire to support communities in need—can feel insurmountable.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 23, 2024

The value is estimated from data collected in 2023, the figure illustrates the valuable and significant contributions volunteers make every day to support our communities and nation. Corporations also use the figure to calculate the value of staff volunteer efforts in communities around the country. It’s a 5.3% The increase of 5.3

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Charity Village

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF) and Challenge Factory are proud to be teaming up with Scotiabank to facilitate the Veterans and Small Business Community Challenge (VSBCC). The post Nonprofits invited to participate in the Veterans and Small Business Community Challenge in Ontario appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The list created by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to your organization’s financial health. Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2024

Today’s question comes from a development director who wants advice on how to enact board term limits: Dear Charity Clairity, We don’t have term limits for our board and, as the development director, I think this is becoming a problem. Look at your community; now, look at your board. Is the latter representative of the former?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For the past few years, the Fiver Children’s Foundation has used CauseVox to grow their fundraising efforts. Whether you have a #GivingTuesday strategy in the works or you’re starting fresh, check out some #GivingTuesday insights gleaned from The Fiver’s Children Foundation. About The Fiver Children’s Foundation.

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Qgiv

MAY 4, 2021

The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (the Consortium) and Qgiv are partnering together to help education foundations throughout the state of Florida! Susan Copeland, Polk County Education Foundation executive director, has used Qgiv’s fundraising tools for the last 14 years. Read the Press Release.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 22, 2024

The competition is open to organizations and collaborations working in any field, anywhere in the world, according to Chris Cardona, MacArthur’s managing director, discovery, exploration, and programs. Some problems cannot be solved by grants of the size that foundations typically provide. communities in five years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

That’s exactly what the Latino Community Foundation did. Director of Programs and Policy answered a few questions about how they used learning and pivoting to get better results. Tell us briefly about the mission of the Latino Community Foundation (purpose, staffing/budget size, and fundraising history).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Amy Eisenstein, CEO and co-founder of the Capital Campaign Toolkit, and Adrian Sargeant, co-director at the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy, conducted a study titled “ Major Gift Fundraising: Unlocking the Potential for Your Nonprofit *.” . The total at the end of the campaign was $1.4 Professional development isn’t just for beginners.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2024

Foundation for Women’s report, Pocket Change: How Women and Girls of Color Do More with Less , as of 2017, the median foundation grant awarded to “organizations by and for women and girls of color” was $15,000. Women of color comprised 20.3% of the United States population in 2021, an increase from 18.4% According to the Ms.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Still, many foundations shy away from working together, assuming it will require considerable time and a loss of independence. . 1) Meeting Urgent Needs in the Community .

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We continue to grow our offerings in Nimble Communities and reach higher levels of member engagement,” said Michael Blake, Chief Technology Officer at American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA). Discover how the Council of Foundations successfully leverages Nimble AMS dashboards to optimize its data.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

Open, honest, and transparent communication with grantee partners can help minimize power imbalances and help foster a sense of mutual transparency and accountability that is critical to our success as grantmakers.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 23, 2023

“As a CAE, and having been a CIO at an association, I understand the unique challenges inherent in developing and maintaining a high-performing organization in our industry,” said Craig Dellorso, Director of Nonprofit Relationship Management Solutions at RSM US LLP. What does RSM like about working with Nimble AMS and Community Brands?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 10, 2012

By making a strong case to its finance committee and board of directors for a major technology investment, The Community Foundation in Jacksonville has significantly improved productivity, security and technology planning.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation. In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening communities and democracy by supporting local news.”

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Blue Fox

JUNE 18, 2023

We focus on spreadsheets and financial management platforms and forget about the enormous impact our clients (nonprofit and social enterprises) make in their communities and the world. STARability Foundation Tour ​Our first stop was the STAR Store and Studio in Naples, Florida. (We are accountants, after all.) Water is life.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

Few things are more critical to your nonprofit’s success than your board of directors. They’re also your biggest cheerleaders, advocating for your cause and spreading the word within the community. So, building a thriving, successful board of directors is one of the most challenging things an Executive Director (ED) must do.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Critical to the success of our planning, decision-making, and vision of a better world is the team that regularly works together on all of it, including our Board of Directors. At NTEN, all board members come from the community – they have been part of sharing and learning like thousands of others.

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2023

Philanthropic responses to the Turkey and Syria earthquakes Candid has been tracking philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake and reporting on major giving by public corporations and foundations. The IKEA Foundation , a Dutch foundation established by IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, has committed $21.4

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

However , these often were only as a last resort and gave way to board retreat weekends filled with activities, catered meals and a focus on community building. Community foundations awarded more grants than any other grantmaker type (49 percent of total awards) . How are foundations and nonprofits achieving these results?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking offers this definition: “Participatory grantmaking cedes decision-making power about funding–including the strategy and criteria behind those decisions–to the very communities that funders seek to serve.”. published by the Ford Foundation.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). Our mission is to develop neuro-inclusive communities for adults with autism and other intellectual or developmental disabilities to ensure that everybody has a place and a sense of belonging in the world.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2022

But whether in person or online, we were encouraged by the sessions, speakers, and other attendees and felt inspired by the overall theme of pulling together to support, strengthen, and empower Black communities. For example, even if an organization works in a different community, people can share about what HBCUs do with their own community.

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