Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Types of organizations to which they’ll give. They may need to whitewash their reputation, especially if they’ve recently received negative press. The Human Resources Department has different business objectives. They may seek volunteer opportunities your organization can offer. Purpose of the grant (e.g., BOTTOM LINE 1.

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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? Even if the content isn’t perfect from the get-go, it’s a huge time-saver and value-add, especially for nonprofits with limited resources. Well, there’s a solution.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

It may be hard to believe but there is a near future when your organization will likely be hiring a AI Prompt Architect to build custom applications for your staff and stakeholders. Grant Proposals : AI writers can help nonprofits create persuasive grant proposals that secure funding and support for their initiatives.

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Qgiv

APRIL 10, 2021

Sponsorship letters are one of the best ways to start a conversation between your nonprofit organization and a potential sponsor about forming a mutually beneficial partnership. Organization. Signature of a leader in the organization. Organization. Signature of a leader in the organization. City, State ZIP.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

Organizations that rely on donations and grants for funding are being forced to look at their revenue portfolios and determine whether their revenue streams will be sustainable in the foreseeable future. Several organizations across the U.S. Step 1: Get organized. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Step 2: Conduct a venture audit.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Time to start the RFP process to make sure you find the best vendor for your organization. While creating a Request for Proposals can be labor-intensive, time consuming, and stressful, we've put together some tips to make the whole process go a little smoother. So your nonprofit needs a new vendor or consultant.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 26, 2013

This is part two of Carolyn Owen''s series on gathering and using data for grant proposals. So how do you intertwine data in the proposal so that it supports and amplifies your cause rather than obfuscate it? This is where local data is important – find data to demonstrate why this is a particularly pressing issue in your area.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Hiring a VA can be a perfect solution when your organization does not yet have the financial resources and stability to hire staff. A good VA can revolutionize your work-life balance and be instrumental in the growth of your organization. Don’t give your VA access to your organization’s bank account or finances.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

Capital campaigns are among the biggest fundraising undertakings that nonprofit organizations tackle, and they only come around roughly once a decade. Imagine this scenario: Your organization has been operating smoothly with tight but consistent resources. It might be time for a capital campaign.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Second, year-end giving gives nonprofits an opportunity to use a big chunk of their resources to meet their annual fundraising goals, and it gives donors a last chance to get a tax-deductible gift out the door. How has COVID impacted your organization? What is a realistic goal for the timeline and your community?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 17, 2018

When your nonprofit needs a new vendor or consultant, the standard course of action is to send out a Request for Proposal (RFP) - indicating that your organization is interested in receiving information from vendors. A detailed, yet precise RFP will help you attract the right vendors with the right solutions for your organization.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Organize : Once you have clarified each item, organize them into projects and next actions. As we move into the age of AI, we propose an evolution of the 2-minute rule: The AI 2-minute rule. Because tools change so quickly refer to this generative AI tool resource.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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Gyrus

JUNE 14, 2016

In fact, you would be hard pressed to identify matching features across the entirety of the industry. Resource Management. The number one item on our cool stuff list is Resource Management. Surprisingly Cool Things You Can Do with an LMS. Not all Learning Management Systems are created equally. Custom APIs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Capacity building is not a one-time effort to improve short-term effectiveness, but a continuous improvement strategy toward the creation of a sustainable and effective organization” (National Council of Nonprofits, 2017). For many organizations, capacity building would fall into the “overhead” category.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This keeps us focused on projects that offer the greatest social impact for the resources invested. We established Benetech Labs because we needed the space and flexibility to explore new software-for-good ideas with the potential to successfully meet pressing social needs. We have a pipeline of ideas, not teams.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2012

Since then, we’ve been using these data to share key nonprofit sector trends on issues like the rising demand for services, shrinking government support, and the precarious financial health of organizations. Granted, there are very real limits to the time and resources that a volunteer board can give.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

develop templates for proposals and contracts (Nolo Press is a great resource for contracts). The Small Business Administration also has lots of resources ( www.sba.gov ). Will you tier your fees for different sized organizations? Deal with legal and administrative stuff, such as: get a business license.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2012

The good folks of the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center are hosting a 26-stop Disaster Preparedness Roadshow beginning April 23. These free events will help nonprofits identify critical technology components within their organizations, and implement best practices to continue operations in the event of a disaster.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 12, 2020

Organizations who are unfortunately so fiscally fragile that they permanently layoff staff a week after closing, or who have poor leadership who wouldn’t even think to cut C-suite salaries before getting rid of jobs,—these are not my audience. In whatever way made sense for your organization, whether it was big or small. You guys did.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

Families USA is an organization fighting for affordable health care for all Americans. Their web site tools provide useful information for grassroots advocates or anyone for that matter to stay informed on health care-related topics such as the proposed Medicaid cuts in the budget that are currently being debated in Congress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The press release from Chase describes the two-step process: In Round One of the Chase Community Giving program, Facebook users will vote for non-profit organizations they think should receive a portion of Chase's philanthropy funds. The next five organizations with the most votes will receive $100,000 each.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

may prove to be a key resource for solving some of our most pressing real-world problems," according to game designer Jane McGonigal in The Wall Street Journal. Gamers are exactly the kinds of people you want helping your organization succeed. Why are games important? When we play, we. have a sense of urgent optimism.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Or your board members think the thank you calls are a waste of time…and keep pressing you to write a miracle grant proposal to the Gates Foundation. Working for organizations where you’re the fifth development director in three years. Or, God help me, one of your board members wants to rent a billboard (can you imagine?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

Sam shared a story that illustrates the barriers that many nonprofit organizations face in adopting social media and harnessing its power leading to successful outcomes. Source: Working Wikily Sam's story illustrates the tension between working as an organization versus in a networked way or working wikily.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Every time we collaborate, we learn new ways to improve our process, organization and communication. We realize collaboration differs greatly for each individual and organization. Incredible assets, skills and resources to offer to your community but they are in need of more awareness, promotion, visibility and representation.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Susan is a grandmother, a cancer survivor and the major ingredient that differentiates organizations that truly make change from those that just make a lot of digital noise. Every grassroots organization has volunteers like Susan. So how can your organization begin to build or expand your own network of “offline volunteers?”

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

Some of the organizations I work with use #GivingTuesday as the launch of their year-end effort. Think about it from your constituent’s perspective—what is most important to them when considering making a gift to your organization? When should you start your End of Year campaign? Danielle . Building year-end content strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Here's the background information from the press release.    Twitter Vote Report was inspired by a techPresident blog post on October 6th proposing the use of Twitter for election monitoring. Please participate ??? we need lots and lots of voices heard on Election Day! s go and ???tweet??? this election!

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. 2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. The program provides focused attention on key compliance issues for both private foundations and charitable organizations, plus practical walk-throughs of an IRS audit and an Attorney General Investigation. Fundraising & Grants. Jan 17 - 19.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 The NPTech Blog Chatter Confessions of a non-profit IT director blog rasied ruckus with his proposal for creating a closed forum and new NTEN Affinity Group : nptechhelp.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 9, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes Maximizing Nonprofit Impact: A Roadmap to Sustainable Fundraising In an era where resources are stretched thin and the need for positive change is greater than ever, nonprofits face the critical challenge of not just making an impact, but ensuring their efforts are sustainable in the long run.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

We struggle to organize thoughts. A single compelling press release might land you a national television interview that leads to 100 new donors and $100,000 in funding. One of the organizations I ran, Sun Valley Adaptive Sports (SVAS), once excelled in shoddy writing. We suffer writer’s block. It’s all very humbling.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Donations are essential to the health of your nonprofit organization. However, collecting donations is easier said than done, whether you’re a small nonprofit just starting out or a large, well-established organization. What does this mean for your organization? We also have some good news for you.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

There’s really been this lack of data to help community organizers, philanthropists, policymakers,” says Jie Zong, senior research analyst at UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute and manager of the Latino Data Hub. “It It will be helpful [for organizers] to know how many voting-eligible Latinx communities are there? notes Zong.

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

Some organizations are facing unprecedented demand as they deal with the lingering effects of the recession while attempting a return to normalcy. So, you would think that the most pressing skill to build is in revenue generation, like fundraising , government grants, or fee-for-service programs. Tight budgets are just the start.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

I will be moving at a nice clip and I will be, at the end of the webinar, sharing some free resources. And if you’re in the room today, chances are you are part of a nonprofit organization or, what I like to call, a purpose-driven organization. We welcome your questions. Maybe you’re looking for, you know.

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