October, 2024

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Preparing for the Inevitable: How Grantmakers Can Thrive Amid Climate Events

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A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Hurricanes. Wildfires. Floods. Prolonged droughts. Climate events are no longer a once-in-a-generation occurrence. Modern grantmakers must be prepared and ready to support their communities when—not if—a climate disaster hits.

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4 Essential Financial Management Practices for Nonprofits

Achieve

Driving your nonprofit’s mission forward requires your team to manage many different activities, from fundraising to strategic planning to marketing your cause in your community. But one critical aspect often gets pushed to the back burner: financial management. Proper financial management ensures your organization has the resources it needs to deliver services, engage its community, and simply keep its doors open.

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Corporate Giving Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Plan for Securing Company Donations

The Modern Nonprofit

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Corporate Giving Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Plan for Company Donations In the dynamic landscape of nonprofit fundraising, relying solely on individual donors can limit your organization’s potential. Diversifying your fundraising efforts is not just a strategy—it’s a necessity. One powerful avenue that often goes untapped is corporate donations.

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3 strategies for more meaningful donor engagement 

Candid

Donors are an important part of any nonprofit’s mission. Yet, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , donor retention rates have been falling since 2020. Nonprofits may need to reimagine their donor engagement strategies to go beyond occasional outreach or standard fundraising appeals and forge relationships that resonate with their values and inspire continued support.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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How Ignoring Staff Emails Drains Nonprofit Momentum

Bloomerang

Nonprofit boards play a critical role in guiding the organizations they serve, helping steer decisions, ensuring fiscal health, and offering strategic oversight. However, one glaring issue that’s often swept under the rug is the lack of prompt responses to communications from executive directors and nonprofit staff. Emails and important requests from staff frequently go unanswered or receive delayed responses from board members.

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The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Fundraising in 2025

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Fundraising Fuels Your Nonprofit’s Mission Fundraising is the lifeblood of nonprofits. It’s the fuel that powers their programs, services, and ability to make a difference in their communities. This comprehensive nonprofit fundraising guide provides essential information and practical strategies to help nonprofits secure the funding they need to thrive.

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Middle School Fundraising Ideas: Creative Ways to Raise Funds

Donorbox

Middle schools need additional funds to pay for class and student supplies, events and extracurricular activities, field trips for classes and school groups, and more. Fundraising for these necessary expenses can be a challenge. That’s probably why 67% of principals turn their school’s fundraising decisions over to the PTO or PTA. The purpose of this […] The post Middle School Fundraising Ideas: Creative Ways to Raise Funds appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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AI Fundraising vs. Wealth Screening: Which Strategy Wins for Your Organization?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Simon Yost , Founder of Glued Network — an AI fundraising leader who uses software to automatically identify your top donors and AI to find similar new ones. In the evolving fundraising landscape, nonprofits have more tools than ever to engage donors, grow their base, and achieve their missions. AI-driven fundraising and wealth screening are the most powerful tools available today.

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Are You a Nonprofit COO?

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofit COOs are the operational glue that hold our teams together. You foster collaboration, implement robust systems, and ensure regulatory compliance. Your leadership is essential and your impact is changing lives. Yet, many COOs are underutilizing a powerful resource – the nonprofit team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS for nonprofits offers tailored solutions to help you streamline operations, enhance collaboration, strengthen data security, and scale your impact without increasing costs

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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AI Initiatives in Associations Recap: A Fusion of Innovation and Actionable Insights for Association Professionals

.orgSource

The atmosphere at the recent AI Initiatives in Associations was electric, buzzing with the shared excitement of association professionals eager to harness the power of AI. This wasn’t just a passive learning experience; it was a launchpad, propelling attendees into a future where AI transforms the very fabric of association management. The day began by setting the stage for a future where AI isn’t just a technological advancement but a fundamental shift in how associations operate an

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Data-Driven Strategies to Revolutionize Your Association’s Content Marketing

Association Analytics

The role of the marketer – particularly in associations, and especially focusing on content delivery – has changed drastically over the last decade, perhaps and only seems to be speeding up. Associations are facing an issue of an increasingly digitized membership, and need to roll with the times to make sure their messaging and content reach the right eyes and ears, at the right time.

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How Creating a Custom GPT Can Help Automate Tedious Tasks and Save Time 

The MatrixFiles

Listen to this article I’m always on the lookout for ways to make life easier for myself and my clients. Recently, as I was using Chat GPT to summarize the transcript of my monthly MatrixMaxx AMS Q&A session , I realized that the process I use every time was the same. I could probably create a custom GPT to both make the process faster and also have the results be more consistent from month to month.

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501(c)(6) vs 501(c)(3): Simplifying Nonprofit Classifications

Wild Apricot

Learn the key differences between a 501(c)(3) and a 501(c)(6) organization. How do these classifications impact your revenue streams and how to maintain compliance.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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7 Ways to Grow Your Nonprofit Donor Base With Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Julia Campbell, host of the Nonprofit Nation podcast and founder of the Nonprofit Social Media Summit , a free all-virtual event created to help nonprofits navigate the fast-changing social media landscape to drive more donations. There is no doubt that social media, no matter the platform, remains a powerful way for people to build communities and connect with the causes and nonprofits they care about. 29% of online donors say that social media is the communication tool that most inspires t

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Year-End Fundraising in 2024: What to Expect

NonProfit PRO

Because nonprofits place great emphasis on year-end campaigns, it’s crucial to understand how year-end fundraising is shaping up this year.

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AI and Innovation Take the Spotlight:  Insights from.orgCommunity’s 9th Annual Solutions Day

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Solutions Day brought together some of the brightest minds in associations, technology, and innovation. This year’s event was a deep dive into the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it is reshaping the association landscape. From cutting-edge AI applications to member-focused strategies, the event was packed with insights on how associations can stay ahead in an increasingly digital world.

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What Do Members Want?

Association Analytics

Members are the backbone of any association. Not a deep thought, not particularly revelatory, just something that is. This is the thought that should – and for the most part does – drive the actions, plan, and thoughts of what association professionals do in their day-to-day and their long-term planning. And yet, time and again, the biggest need, the most basic question that associations have is, what do members want?

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

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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The more you know: Key facts about Black nonprofit leadership 

Candid

A key factor in understanding the impact of Black-led nonprofits is the representation of Black leaders across the sector. The data reveals important insights into disparities in leadership, funding, and support. Two new fact sheets from Candid, produced in partnership with ABFE , offer a snapshot of nonprofits with Black CEOs and majority Black leadership.

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How to Recruit Volunteers from Start to Finish: 4 Phases to a Successful Volunteer Program

Wild Apricot

Recruiting volunteers doesn't have to be difficult. Create your own recruitment process and engage your volunteers with tips from this amazing guide!

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New! Earn 2025 Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Marketing & Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AI is not going to replace digital marketers and fundraisers, but when used effectively, AI can help you become a more efficient and successful digital marketer and fundraiser. The 2025 Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Marketing & Fundraising program will provide an honest, balanced approach to using AI for nonprofit marketing and fundraising and illuminate why human creativity is more valuable than ever.

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Report Shows Impact of Strategic Volunteer Engagement Investments at Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

A study shows volunteers who are trained, supported and strategically deployed can add value to nonprofits seeking to increase their capacity.

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

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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Embracing AI: Opportunities and Challenges for Associations 

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a buzzword for years, but it’s no longer just a concept reserved for tech giants or science fiction. Today, AI is transforming industries across the globe, and associations are beginning to recognize its immense potential to revolutionize how they operate, engage with members, and create value. However, along with its promise, AI presents some unique challenges that organizations must navigate to fully harness its power.

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The 2024 Nimble AMS Xcellence Award Winners

Nimble AMS

Nimble AMS is excited to celebrate continuous innovation, growth, and success in the association, non-profit, and member-based organization industries. That’s why Nimble AMS is thrilled to announce the Nimble AMS Xcellence Awards to recognize and honor the incredible achievements of our clients. Continue reading to learn which outstanding clients won the 2024 Nimble AMS Xcellence Awards.

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Strong boards make strong nonprofits: What you need to know

Candid

A nonprofit is more like a public company than a private enterprise in that it’s governed by a board of directors as well as its executive team. Federal and state laws require a nonprofit’s board members to assume responsibility for the organization’s well-being–meaning it can be held responsible if something goes wrong financially or operationally.

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Nonprofit Direct Mail Fundraising Tips and Best Practices

Wild Apricot

Nonprofit direct mail fundraising is a great way to find new donors. Here are our best tips for making sure your campaign is a success.

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Nonprofit Technology Kick Start: Free World Class Board Meeting Software

Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.