NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 3, 2023

Whether your nonprofit is applying for a government grant or support from a private foundation, what reviewers are looking for in grant proposals can feel like a secret. So, to improve your grant applications and give funders what they want, here are five tips.

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Hands on Fundraising

JANUARY 3, 2023

At this time of year, your mailbox and inbox are probably as crowded as mine is. Appeals from organizations you’ve supported. And appeals from new organizations, hoping to grab your attention. It’s overwhelming to you – a professional. Imagine how it feels to those kind donors? There are many ways to grab someone’s attention.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 3, 2023

Nonprofit professionals rely on strong relationships to help us grow our organizations, build trust with our communities, and advance our own careers. Here are three ways joining a networking group can help grow your nonprofit and how networking can help you, too.

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Elevation

JANUARY 3, 2023

As a nonprofit organization, your website plays a crucial role in communicating your mission, services, and impact to potential donors, volunteers, and beneficiaries. It's important to ensure that your website not only provides valuable and relevant information, but is also easy to use and inviting so that the user engages with the web content.

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Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 3, 2023

The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI is creating a new digital resource, the Equitable Giving Lab, that will bring an equity lens to philanthropy by measuring funding for under-resourced groups.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 3, 2023

MLK Jr. Day of Service 2023 is right around the corner, with all its potential and promise. Yet, are you stuck trying to recreate a model of service from 2019 or earlier? If so, I encourage you to rethink and reimagine. In a January, 2021 VQ blog post , I shared shared the following perspectives on Days of Service: Days of Service are a double-edged sword.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 3, 2023

If you’re a nonprofit organization, fundraising is an essential part of keeping your doors open. One way to make sure that you have consistent funds is to plan fundraisers throughout the year. There are many benefits to hosting your own fundraising events — from building donor loyalty and increasing visibility, to cultivating deeper relationships with supporters.

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Nonprofit AF

JANUARY 3, 2023

Hi everyone, I know today is a rough day, since many of us are getting back to work after, hopefully,

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 3, 2023

Organizations of all types, and especially those that provide direct social services, are frequently met with a lack of community support and even downright opposition. To counteract NIMBY attitudes, a two-step framework is presented for proactive community engagement that will build local support. The post Turning NIMBY into YIMBY! (YES in my Backyard!

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 3, 2023

The other day I saw a video about an AI app that writes fundraising letters for you. How cool. Can you believe it? Sad to say, the app appeared to feature letters cribbed from a godawful book I remember from the 90s, “101 Fundraising Letters.” Or something like that. It was left behind on a bookshelf at one of my jobs. You know, one of those nonprofit positions where you discover (too late!

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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Double the Donation

JANUARY 3, 2023

Human services is a field that meets a wide range of human needs by delivering services to specific groups in an effort to improve their quality of life. Human services agencies can provide community health services, programs for violence survivors, aging and disability services, and more. For these agencies, providing quality services hinges on maintaining […].

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 3, 2023

The post 7 Top Association Trends for 2023 + Free Ebook! appeared first on WildApricot.

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Double the Donation

JANUARY 3, 2023

It takes a lot to plan and execute a nonprofit event. From getting started with goal-setting and budgeting through organizing and promoting your event experience and finally hosting and engaging with donors, there’s a lot to juggle. Luckily, the right fundraising event software can make organizing an impactful event a breeze. But even the software […].

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

Manual typewriters. Paper checks. Handwritten ledger books. A bottle of bleach at the ready for ink-inscribed mistakes. This isn’t the start of a dystopian accounting novel. It’s what the nonprofit finance office looked like only a few decades ago. Managing change can be difficult, but in looking back over the past 30 years of technology, it’s easy to see the benefits of continued evolution.

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Advertiser: Digital Ocean

Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.

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Forum One

JANUARY 3, 2023

2023, here we are! 2022 brought much experimentation for most, if not all, mission-driven organizations as we heard during last year’s Digital Impact Summit where we were joined by nonprofit and public sector organizations to discuss what was working and what wasn’t with their digital strategy. So what are some of the mission-driven sector trends we can expect to see more of that leaders should incorporate into their 2023 digital strategy to maximize impact?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

Manual typewriters. Paper checks. Handwritten ledger books. A bottle of bleach at the ready for ink-inscribed mistakes. This isn’t the start of a dystopian accounting novel. It’s what the nonprofit finance office looked like only a few decades ago. Managing change can be difficult, but in looking back over the past 30 years of technology, it’s easy to see the benefits of continued evolution.

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