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10 Best Blogging Practices for Nonprofit Organizations

NonProfit Hub

This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community. You could write longer posts to share a beneficiary’s story or explain a complex issue relevant to your mission.

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An Unlikely Story of Digital Success in 2020

NTEN

We all know versions of this story. The good news is, the story had a happy ending. While so many things were collapsing around us, 18Doors secured a PPP loan, and staff were urged to practice self-care. My husband and I would alternate stealing minutes anywhere we could work, and it wasn’t adding up to much.

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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

Candid

For example, about 75% of Candid’s grants data is sourced from Forms 990). Isn’t this the same old story? Due to the time lag associated with IRS 990 filings” is practically a mantra among social sector researchers and experts. Instead, we need to figure out alternative ways to get recent data about the sector.

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Reframe, commit, and expand: How to meaningfully invest in Black leaders

Candid

This requires funders to examine their practices including grant applications, reporting requirements, decision-making structures, and program design to determine whether they reflect the inequities they seek to eliminate. Identify and change internal and funding practices that uphold inequity. .

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

One such data story is this: Though long suspected, we finally have the data to confirm that 39 percent of our grant applications are duplicative across funders. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Alternative Supports (<1 percent). Organizational Budgeting, Revenue Practices, and Forecasts (20 percent).

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5 Ways To Recession-Proof Your Nonprofit

NonProfit Hub

This data point alone should prompt nonprofit leaders and gift officers to pause to consider modifications to their fundraising practices in the near term as inflation persists.” Business best practices recommend maintaining an emergency fund equivalent to at least three months (or more) of operating expenses.

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Success Stories — the Fine Print

Tech Soup

Read more about the TechSoup Telework Story Challenge here. The January 2015 TechSoup Telework Story Challenge (the "Challenge"). Visit the Success Stories landing page at [link] to enter your submission. (a) b) Story Submission. A submission form must be submitted for each story submission.

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