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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.

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How to Monitor & Adjust Your Fundraising Development Plan Throughout the Year

CauseVox

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of a well-crafted fundraising development plan. Revisiting Your Fundraising Development Plan It’s good to reevaluate and adjust your fundraising development plan at least once a year (mid-year), but it’s better to do it quarterly or even monthly.

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Don’t Get Lost in Translation: What Finance Needs from the Development System

sgEngage

But in a fundraising organization, Finance is heavily dependent on Development systems to furnish accurate, unambiguous fundraising data to the general ledger, so that correct annual and monthly financial reporting can be produced. If restricted, the nature of the restriction needs to be recorded – i.e., specific donor-intent.

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Use This Sample Letter With Your Board To Boost Year-End Giving

Bloomerang

I suggest you have this letter come from your CEO and the Chief Development Officer. It’s long been documented that the most successful nonprofits have (1) a board that plays a critical role in their fundraising and (2) built a strong collaborative partnership between the board and leadership staff. It could even be all three!

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Got Silos in Your Nonprofit? It’s Time to Build Some Bridges!

sgEngage

Every month, Barbara’s team had to do hours of detective work to find a missing pledge payment, or correct coding errors, or ask Alan’s team multiple times for reports on event sponsorship purchases. The pledge payments? The Benefits of Working Collaboratively. Why is this so hard?” Barbara asked me. Those coding errors?

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

The Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) initiative has announced grants totaling $132 million over three years in support of collaborative research to better understand the underlying causes of Parkinson's disease. HP, WWF expand forest conservation, restoration partnership. October 28, 2021. Read more. . October 26, 2021.

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Cracking into corporate giving

Candid

Cause-related marketing is a mutually beneficial collaboration designed to promote the corporation’s sales and the nonprofit’s cause. . For more information on developing corporate relationships, see our blog, “ Corporate Relationships in Action: Unlocking Corporate Needs and Interests. ” .

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