Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2023

Philanthropy is Fueled by Daily Acts of Heroism As a fundraising trainer and consultant who’s had the privilege of working with hundreds of nonprofit leaders and their supporters, I can strongly make the case that the philanthropic sector is full of heroes. Build Meaningful Relationships with Your Volunteers Get the eBook 8.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 30, 2024

Event experience expert and producer Joey Goon joined us to talk about how you can harness your event to deepen donor relationships with Digital Storytelling Joey Goon is the president of Utopia Experience , a woman-founded, minority-owned event and video production company. Build hype by using your own evangelists.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2021

This post on adopting a culture of philanthropy is part six in a six-part series. Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Organization-wide internalizing and externalizing an attitude of adopting a culture of philanthropy.

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Ultimately, this helps major gift teams focus on what matters most—building relationships with donors and helping their organization make an impact. Build relationships with your community : As a major gift officer, your goal is to build long-lasting relationships with donors.

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Greater Giving

MAY 9, 2023

Incorporating corporate philanthropy into your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy is a great way to cultivate long-term relationships with companies and increase your organization’s revenue. Here are four strategies to help you incorporate corporate philanthropy into your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Considering the major benefits that corporate partnerships can offer, your nonprofit needs a defined strategy to raise more from corporate philanthropy and build stronger relationships with businesses. Here’s what we’ll cover: What is corporate philanthropy? What is corporate philanthropy? Let’s begin!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It’s a dynamic yet often overlooked relationship. Emily’s transformation: A volunteer’s journey to philanthropy Enter Emily, a fictional yet representative example of the many volunteers who make this transition. She witnessed firsthand the profound impact of medical care on individuals and the community. donors also volunteer.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2022

Writer’s Note: The following recommendations were originally shared in Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , a report published on May 25, 2022 by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid. Build an equitable response. Support capacity building. Flex your funding. Fund operating expenses.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Strong relationships are built on trust. A trusting relationship with donors contains shared perceptions and values, openness, transparency, and a willingness to grow the connection. Here are some strategies your organization can consider for improving donor retention by building donor trust in your brand.

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Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s. billion by the summer of 2020. .

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sgEngage

MAY 13, 2022

Philanthropy has had a history of being notoriously opaque and inaccessible to organizations seeking funding. Not only does this lack of transparency exacerbate the already uneven power dynamic that exists between funders and nonprofits, but it also inhibits the possibility of a relationship rooted in trust and mutual accountability.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

The momentous impact the gift will have on the trajectory and pace of the organization and its work. The Role of Trust-Based Philanthropy The growing interest in giving larger, unrestricted—and in many cases multi-year— commitments reflects a widening embrace of “trust-based philanthropy” (TBP) among select funders.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . Because you are the one person, or one department, actually charged with living and breathing philanthropy on a daily basis. You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You’re part of the problem.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Philanthropy loves “new” things. Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

One of the themes raised up as the GEO/Monitor Institute conference came to an end was the importance of trust and relationship building in networks. The philanthropic exploration of networks potentially offers a new platform or frame to talk about the need to explicitly value process and relationship-based work. John Esterle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2022

Are you acknowledging those differences in the way you build relationships with these supporters? On the other end of the spectrum, there are nonprofit leaders who neglect philanthropy psychology. The Millennial Impact Project studied why donors across generations start giving. Donate for religious or altruistic reasons.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2023

To maximize the full potential of this period, organizations must explore innovative strategies to drive engagement, increase conversions, and amplify their overall impact. One potent but underutilized tool at your disposal during this time is employee giving⁠ —a form of corporate philanthropy that directly engages a company’s staff.

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sgEngage

APRIL 21, 2021

If you work in philanthropy, odds are that you have heard some buzz about trust-based philanthropy. Trust-based philanthropy is so far from the compliance-oriented culture of traditional philanthropy that it can raise a lot of eyebrows. Underlying all of that is a commitment to recognizing and redistributing power.

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EveryAction

JULY 31, 2023

Understanding matching gifts Matching gifts are a type of corporate philanthropy where companies pledge to match employees’ donations to eligible nonprofits. This empowers qualifying individuals to double the impact of each dollar they give, ultimately enabling nonprofits to do more with the funds they raise.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Earlier this week, I had the terrific opportunity to participate on a panel at the US launch event for “Philanthropy and Social Media”, a whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust. The last few years, though, have been dramatically impacted by the real-time web. Impacts to Society.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By taking a long-view at how philanthropy has remained stable through a number of major recessions over the last several decades, we can map a pathway to stability. There have been 11 economic recessions in the US since 1948, each making its own impact on the philanthropic sector. Your communications shouldn’t be “one-size-fits-all.”

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

One often-overlooked opportunity, however, is workplace giving⁠—a form of corporate philanthropy where companies give to and encourage their employees to support organizations like yours. Develop corporate relationships beyond workplace giving. These include the following practices: Understand typical workplace giving programs.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

In your fundraising constituent relationship management (CRM) platform, the donations received and the goals you set for your campaign can seem abstract, but your fundraising successes and setbacks will have a major impact on the communities, causes, and people you serve. Additionally, money is only one aspect of giving.

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sgEngage

JUNE 3, 2024

But AI can’t build relationships. The personal connections fundamental to nonprofit fundraising and major donor stewardship and the strategic initiatives that drive impact cannot be replaced by AI, only enhanced. While AI can make workflows more efficient, it does have limitations. It can’t come up with truly ingenuitive ideas.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Philanthropy back to the drawing board: Shaping a Future Agenda , by Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea)  In the face of ever evolving and mounting crises, this book by Rien van Gendt urges philanthropy to stop looking to the past for answers. Here we highlight some of the most popular publications from 2023. 

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Cause marketing is a great way to build a relationship with a business to make your fundraising more sustainable. The relationship cause marketing helps you build offers you a previous connection you can approach for future sponsorships, collaborations, and matching gift programs. What is cause marketing?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

PEAK Grantmaking’s work centers on five core principles , each challenging our community of 8,000 philanthropy professionals to critically consider their internal grantmaking processes and perspectives, as a means toward operationalizing equitable grantmaking practices. This is the engine that drives transformation.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 6, 2024

Unlocking donor potential: The power of emotional engagement Unlocking the emotional triggers that inspire members to evolve into donors is key to amplifying the impact of any nonprofit. Social proof is a formidable force in philanthropy. Here’s a straightforward look at what stirs the heart and opens the wallet.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

A connected throughline of our shared humanity With that in mind, as I reflect on the influences, changes, and overall trends we have seen in employee engagement, philanthropy, and CSR in 2023, and those that are to come in 2024, I cannot help but be struck by the notion that it is not about specific trends or actions.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

While Scott is far from the first to focus on giving major gifts with no strings attached, the scale of her philanthropy is causing many funders to rethink long-held beliefs about what requirements should be paired with a donation. Or a major donor may provide funds specifically for scholarships or building a new wing for a hospital.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

Topics covered in this episode: What is trust-based philanthropy. How to cultivate honest funder-grantee relationships. Listen Now: Resources: Six Ways Grantmakers Can Embrace Transparency to Foster Stronger Relationships. Webinar: Transparency as a Grantmaking Strategy to Build Trust and Mutual Accountability.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Today, we’re introducing our first Salesforce.org Impact Labs cohort on zero hunger and their work on U.S Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. How might we inspire funders to work toward long-range impact? Food Insecurity.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Building a Robust Fundraising Engine: Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders The Intentional Fundraiser Learn how to build a robust fundraising engine that aligns your organization’s strategic vision with its fundraising efforts. Until next time, keep making a difference and watch your impact grow! Listen to this episode.

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Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2023

The four keys to build a fully invested board are: educate them about the organization’s needs, shift their mindset, engage them in meaningful ways, and recognize their role in fueling the mission. It’s important to help board members shift their mindset from fundraising to philanthropy.

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Qgiv

JUNE 11, 2024

Establishing transparent and open channels of communication with all of your contributors is key to ensuring that they’re well-informed about how their contributions are being used and nurturing a shared sense of ownership and impact of the work done for your community. Trust building. Strengthened community ties. Honest conversations.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

We hear about Trust-Based Philanthropy and having a more grantee-centered approach to grantmaking. These are core elements of trust and of any good relationship. If we know that the social impact sector can thrive with flexibility and that trust is ideal, why do we still fall short?

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2023

This is why it’s important to keep an eye on the trends impacting the philanthropic industry, and incorporating the ideas that make sense for your organization. It should be to make an impact and support nonprofits that align with your mission. And it starts with funders re-thinking risk.

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