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How to find free things: nonprofit students edition 

Candid

The University of San Francisco was the first school to offer a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration less than 40 years ago, and the first School of Philanthropy was created just nine years ago at Indiana University. Candid also offers a wide variety of borrowable e-books by topic: DEI, management, fundraising, grant writing, advocacy, etc.

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Giving USA 2021 Key Findings: How to Retain and Upgrade Nonprofit Donors Before Year’s End

Bloomerang

If you’re wondering what the future holds for fundraising, you’re not alone. What might this mean for philanthropy and fundraising moving forward? Fearing the sky was falling, they thought people would hunker down and fundraising would be a disaster. Giving by foundations jumped 17% (15.6% Foundations grew 2% (0.8%

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Funders: Considering Collaboration? Start With a Light Touch and See Where It Leads

sgEngage

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Still, many foundations shy away from working together, assuming it will require considerable time and a loss of independence. . Benefits of Funder Collaboration .

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A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Here’s a guest post from my colleague Steve MacLaughlin that is a great example of “ data informed fundraising.” ” A Fundraising Cliff? Over the past few months I’ve been asked a lot of questions about giving trends: What explains the flat trend in overall fundraising?

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Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors of the Future?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. Also, fundraising may not be your first objective with mobile. You need to ask and answer the same questions you would for any communications, marketing, or fundraising strategy.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why do people give charity?

See3

It turns out that much of what fundraisers think they know is right, but there is a lot of subtlety. percent from the mid-’70s to the mid-’90s, according to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. For Good, Measure This article is about how foundations have found Jesus in metrics. which often works with charities.

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Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report | Nonprofit.

sgEngage

The coalition includes the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , GuideStar USA , the Foundation Center , the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics , the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Blackbaud. Reasons cited for the decline in foundation funding include lower grant amounts and non?renewed