Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You see, if the email doesn’t get opened, you get no donations. Your fundraising email subject line has ONE job: to entice the recipient to open the email. Dismissing the subject line will cost you opens and it will cost you donations. There is a split second when we decide whether or not to open the email. Big mistake.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to : Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 23, 2024

Celebrate and Empower: Volunteer Orientation for Your Board and Committees during Volunteer Week This Volunteer Week, let’s not only celebrate the incredible impact volunteers have on our organizations, but also empower our Board members and event committee members to be champions for volunteer engagement.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The introduction of ChatGPT from Open AI makes for jittery breakroom conversation. Skill building is a foundational strategy for retaining talent and attracting bright new employees to your organization. When employees attain new levels of ability, reward those accomplishments and celebrate success both individually and publicly.

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

We value and celebrate the diversity of our ideas, backgrounds, and experiences as they help us better understand one another and better serve our communities and constituents. Candid was formed in February 2019 with the merger of GuideStar and Foundation Center. When did Candid’s DEI journey begin?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Brown, PKF O’Connor Davies and customers from Headwaters Foundation for Justice and Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. Celebrate each other and the work you do! Each moment of bbcon is designed to help you embrace the power of good and celebrate the impact that you and others make in the world.

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Qgiv

JULY 3, 2023

Disability Pride Month is a great awareness month dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and the importance of people with disabilities in our communities, promoting the visibility of people with disabilities, and honoring the inherent right to a better quality of life for people with disabilities.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Donna Fischer, director of development for UnityPoint Health – Grinnell Regional Medical Center Foundation, offers a reminder to time your communications “so those giving from IRAs have time to process their contribution requests, so their check arrives before end of year.” Deadlines are amazing at inspiring action.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A trusting relationship with donors contains shared perceptions and values, openness, transparency, and a willingness to grow the connection. Such a pledge can be your foundation for trust. A trusting relationship requires listening and openness to feedback. Strong relationships are built on trust. Trust is about consistency.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life,” said famed writer and producer Sidney Sheldon. Funding includes large awards such as $1 million from the Annenberg Foundation to the United States Library of Congress.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2021

By: Jas Finnell, Digital Strategy Manager at Riley Children’s Foundation. However, take time to identify well-known key stakeholders and brand advocates who have an influence in your community, like your CEO, local celebrities, and those impacted by your mission. Digital Strategy Manager at Riley Children’s Foundation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 29, 2022

Registration is now open! We promise that this year’s Summit will help you craft better relationships with the people who care about your cause and build a stronger foundation to thrive, no matter what’s next. The Future of Funding: Expanding Partnerships with Foundations. Don’t believe me?

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

While the research revealed a disappointing reality, it also highlighted opportunities for foundations and HBCUs to work together to make a greater impact. Joseph Awards After-Party and meetups in between, there was plenty of Black joy and celebration. Panelist Dr. Steven E. From karaoke night and the Sneaker Ball to the James A.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Pride Month is a great time to celebrate and reflect on the work activists and nonprofit organizations are doing to support the LGBTQ+ community. Elton John AIDS Foundation. Prism Foundation. Pride Foundation. PFund Foundation. Horizons Foundation. The Vermont Community Foundation. Leeway Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to : Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Qgiv

APRIL 4, 2023

For organizations like the Red Cross and other agencies, opening up their volunteer opportunities to the broader public became necessary to escalate humanitarian services and respond quickly and more efficiently to crises around the world. The 2023 theme for National Volunteer Week is “Celebrate Service.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

One of the best ways to gauge whether open source would work for your organization is to look at some actual examples. To read about how open-source software might benefit your nonprofit or public library, check out part one of this series. Making the Right Decision About Open-Source Software. Human Resources Management (HRM).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2024

We’re honored to be in such great company and to have our work with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ( HHMI), Vilcek Foundation, and AARP recognized. Voting is simple and open to everyone through April 18th at 11:59 pm PDT. The post Celebrating Our Webby Award Nominations & Honorees appeared first on Forum One.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 13, 2021

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

. —– In a previous post, I discussed some of the highlights from recent reports about the impact of celebrities and data on Millennial donors. The conclusion was that building trust with your constituents is the closest you can come to a silver bullet for fundraising – not slick online tools or celebrity endorsements.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2021

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2020

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The team is raising funds for Cross the Line Foundation and K9s for Warriors , two organizations dedicated to fighting veteran suicide. As the race draws closer, the four are preparing for the reality of 40 or 50 days at sea in an open boat. In a recent conversation, they described the preparations underway and their training routine.

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Candid

JUNE 2, 2021

LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, underscored a major theme during the opening keynote that carried through the rest of the conference: together. It’s one of the main reasons we became Candid—by bringing together data on nonprofits and foundations, we can help our sector accomplish so much more together. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Celebrate success. Remember that thankfulness and appreciation are the two most important values you can share with our employees and teach them to live by: make them the core foundation of your culture. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Praise in public, censure in private.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It’s about setting a robust foundation for the infrastructure you’ll build on in the coming months. A tailored message acknowledges the individual behind the donor mask, making them feel seen, valued, and more likely to open their wallets. Setting Clear Objectives Half the battle won is knowing what your endgame is.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Forum One has partnered with NRDC to develop its website as well as additional digital assets, such as an immersive storytelling experience to celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary in 2020 and an offshore drilling position tracking tool to help constituents easily find their legislators’ positions on offshore drilling.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (NSPAM) is celebrated every September. You can check out programs like the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Talk Away the Dark or attend a training by the American Association of Suicidology. Donate to support their mission here.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2023

When you add bequests and gifts from family foundations to individuals, this share of the philanthropic pie is about 85%. By all means, welcome gifts from corporations and foundations, but prospect lists must emphasize individuals, because in the words of the infamous bank robber Willie Sutton: “That’s where the money is.”

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Today marks 2017’s Digital Learning Day, a day where we celebrate technology’s role in how we learn. As a technology company that powers the world of social good, Blackbaud’s solutions help nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate giving programs advance their missions and make a positive impact on the world each and every day.

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