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7 Database Goals for Your Independent School’s Capital Campaign

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Just as a successful capital campaign follows defined steps and milestones, so does the work of a database manager—nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes tasks to keep the campaign moving toward its goal. According to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) , 76.8% of dollars received in 2022 came from fewer than 2.2%

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How to generate advocacy calls from your supporters to elected officials

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Whether your organization advocates for policy change on the national, state, or local level, mobilizing your supporters to place advocacy calls to their legislators is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal—and with support from the right technology, it can also be one of the most convenient.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. Our goal was to provide a great forum for networking and meaningful conversations. The World Café is a strategy designed to deeply explore a series of topical questions.

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Answers to the Top 13 Questions Nonprofits Have About Giving Tuesday

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To help you capitalize on the start of the biggest donation season of the year, Classy.org is answering top questions from nonprofits that are zeroing in on the year-end giving season. To drive conversion and boost revenue, fundraising professionals will need to create campaigns that attract new supporters and prioritize donor experience.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

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.” 500 million is the starting number, it’s not the end goal,” affirms Im.

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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

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Over the years, we noticed that excellence in the sector was evolving, but our questions felt like they were behind the curve. The winning organizations were consistently exhibiting interesting characteristics, but we weren’t asking questions targeted at those characteristics. We needed to change up our questions. Take it out.

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[Case Study] First-Time Golf Tournament Exceeds Fundraising Goal for Habitat for Humanity of Chicago

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Chris, with the help of Associate Board member Brian Doyle of BMO Harris in Chicago and the rest of the planning team, set a conservative goal to raise about $8,000 for the tournament’s first year. The first-year tournament surpassed its fundraising goal, taking in $13,000. Second-to-None Support & Resources. The Solution.

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