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How to Run a Successful Nonprofit without Grant Writing

Blue Avocado

Article In Brief: The Problem: Grant writing is a time and resource consuming activity that saps nonprofit productive capacity. Why it Happens: Nonprofits rely on grants as the single revenue source to fully fund their operations. The Solution: Diversity funding streams by fully integrating all services offered into a closed loop nonprofit funding model.

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What Makes Wealthy Donors Tick?

NonProfit PRO

As nonprofits become more dependent on larger donors, the more fundraisers know about them, the better. And, research shows they may have some traits that fundraising professionals should know about.

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[Free Webinar] The Giving Tuesday Cheat Sheet for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Last year, 35 million people and 80 countries participated in Giving Tuesday, and these numbers are steadily increasing each year. When the big day is over, more than one-third of annual giving happens in December alone. This presents an amazing opportunity for any size nonprofit to enter the New Year with new relationships, new insight into their retention strategies, and new ideas to engage their community online.

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Digital Must-Haves for Fall Fundraising Success Part 5: Digital Advocacy Forms

EveryAction

Editor’s note: this post was originally published in October 2020 and was last updated in August 2022. It’s never too early to start planning for your nonprofit’s GivingTuesday and year-end fundraising efforts. In this 6-part blog series, we’re highlighting key digital features your organization can start implementing now to boost fundraising this fall.

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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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Why your organization needs to reinvest in the state of its member data

Nimble AMS

What is the state of your member data? According to Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study, while data analytics is a higher priority for organizations, just one-third of association professionals report their data is excellent or very good. What’s causing this disconnect? It could be as simple as an organization is yet to set any goals, visions, or KPIs for its data.

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Digital Marketing Tactics to Combat a Looming Recession and Declining Donations

NonProfit PRO

While economic health can be unpredictable, there are tactics you can employ to help ensure your organization operates efficiently and effectively through uncertainty.

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Autism After 21 Utah Project: Lessons from a first-time fundraiser

Candid

In May 2021, I had to face the inevitable: I could no longer avoid fundraising. I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). As is often the case for smaller nonprofits, everyone was involved in development. I’ll be the first to admit that I had a lot of fears about fundraising (deep insecurity about my ability to make small talk, the general awkwardness of asking for money, etc.).

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Six key areas your association should identify to improve member engagement scoring

Nimble AMS

Successful associations prioritize improving the member experience. The Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study reports that 90% of association professionals seek to enhance engagement opportunities for their members. Of those surveyed, 59% of the association pros believe upgrading or integrating new technology is a priority to delivering superior member service.

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Facing the Giving Gap in Nonprofit Fundraising — From Foundations to PTAs

NonProfit PRO

In May of 2020, Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group published an article highlighting enormous budget disparities between Black and white-led nonprofit organizations seeking institutional funding in the early stages of their development. The numbers were staggering.

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Here’s What A Multimillion Dollar Gift Can Do For Your Organization

Bloomerang

You just landed a ten million dollar mega gift for your organization. It’s the donation that you’ve always dreamed about! For those of us who have accomplished this, exhilaration hardly describes all the emotion that comes with raising a multimillion dollar gift from one donor. Gifts like this don’t come along that often, but when they do, they can dramatically change an organization.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

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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Employment contracts: What nonprofits need to know

Charity Village

When you hire an employee in Ontario with no talk of a set end date, the presumption is that the relationship will continue more or less forever. Of course, this is not by any means a practical expectation. Employers change, businesses expand or sell or close, and changing business needs may mean the natural elimination […]. The post Employment contracts: What nonprofits need to know appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Announcing New Matching Gift Auto-Submission Functionality

Double the Donation

The Double the Donation team is constantly improving our matching gift solution to provide users with the best possible technology for their fundraising needs. Today, we’re announcing innovative matching gift auto-submission, now built into our software platform. This revolutionary feature will make it easier than ever before for donors to complete and submit their matching […].

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Do Philanthropic Giving Trends Matter and Which Reports Are Right?

NonProfit PRO

How should you interpret data from several different reports that seem to convey conflicting information? Let’s take a look at three reports to identify what they are individually evaluating, so we can start to understand what type of knowledge we want to take from each.

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How can nonprofits successfully engage the next generation of donors?

ASU Lodestar Center

Illustration generated by DALL·E. posted by Emily Santeler Fall 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. The sustainability of the nonprofit sector relies on cultivating the next generation of donors. Younger individuals from the Millennial generation, as well as some from Gen X and Z groups, will soon become the lifeblood of the nonprofit sector – being transitioned nearly $30 trillion over the next 20 years from their predecessors, the Baby Boomers.

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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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Ideas & Tools for a Rocking Annual Giving Campaign

Donorbox

As a nonprofit professional, you know how important fundraising for specific needs is for your organization. The more a donor understands the need behind their donation, the more likely they are to give. That’s why it can be tricky to run an annual giving campaign, where donors are giving to a more general fund to […]. The post Ideas & Tools for a Rocking Annual Giving Campaign appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Rethinking Recruitment and Retention Goals

VQ Strategies

For decades, volunteer engagement was summed up in 3 Rs: “Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition.” As the field of volunteer engagement changes and advances, these three practices are evolving and being redefined as well. Recruitment. Traditionally, recruitment focused on looking outward to find and attract people to engage in activities in support of the organization’s cause.

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Develop a Nonprofit Leadership Transition Plan

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofit board members are typically not ready to lead the succession planning. With no succession plan in place, there may be a long gap in leadership before another executive is on board. Nonprofits should manage leadership transitions in advance in case there are unexpected departures.

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13+ Best Volunteer Management Software Tools

Whole Whale

You already know where to look to recruit volunteers , but once you have them, how do you manage them? There are tons of tools and softwares out there to help you register, schedule, and communicate with your network of volunteers, and it can be hard to find one that’s right for your nonprofit’s needs. Part of choosing the right tool can also be figuring out the best types of virtual volunteering ideas your organization can benefit from.

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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.

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Why are Canadian nonprofits still not embracing digital transformation?

Charity Village

Why have some nonprofits missed out on the digital revolution? In our latest episode of the CharityVillage Connects podcast, we spoke to sector experts who say now is the time for Canadian nonprofits and charities to embrace digital transformation, especially as we’re in an economically challenged environment and still recovering from the effects of COVID-19. […].

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How Public Speaking Skills Can Help You Run Your Nonprofit

Achieve

As a nonprofit professional or leader, your days are full of conversations. You’re constantly engaging with others, whether it’s meeting with your staff about. connecting with younger donors. or communicating with major donors to win their support for an upcoming campaign. . Since you spend all day talking, it can be highly beneficial to set aside time specifically to. build effective presentation skills.

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Recycle, Reuse and Repurpose Creative

NonProfit PRO

Often, we fundraisers and direct marketers want to try something new because we were tired of it long before the donors are. We are always trying to come up with new stories, new ideas, and new approaches. But at some point, the creative juices stop flowing and we’re getting closer to burnout.

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How to Teach Your Boss to Do Better Sponsorship 

The Sponsorship Collective

Your company is trying to add new sponsors left and right, so you’ve begun reading my blog here at the Sponsorship Collective. Perhaps you’ve even joined my exclusive Facebook group where I share sponsorship training modules first. As a result, you’ve learned a lot, but your boss hasn’t. How do you teach them to get […]. The post How to Teach Your Boss to Do Better Sponsorship appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective.

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Donor Engagement Guide: 8 Key Steps to Better Retain and Engage Donors

Are your donors your biggest fans, or are you lacking donor loyalty? The truth is, your donors have expectations of what their relationship with your organization should look like. This ebook will help you learn how to live up to those expectations!

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Diversifying Your Grant Portfolio

Tech Soup

If your organization tends to receive funding from the same small pool of grant sources — perhaps benefiting from one or two government grant awards each year — then it may be a good time to start diversifying your grant portfolio. Investing your time and energy into generating a mix of different types of grant revenue lowers your financial risk by spreading your grant income across and within different types of grant support.

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9 Engaging, Event-Free Fundraisers for Teams on a Budget

sgEngage

As a nonprofit professional, you know how important fundraising is to the mission-driven space. Fundraisers raise awareness for your brand, drive donors to contribute to your organization, and push you closer to accomplishing your mission. However, fundraising events can be a source of stress and frustration for some nonprofits. Doing event fundraisers puts a strain on small organizations and teams working with tighter budgets.

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5 Keys to Balance Hybrid, Live, and Virtual Fundraising Events

NonProfit PRO

Here are five keys I’d put at the top of any list for not just surviving, but thriving like never before in a post-pandemic fundraising world filled with live, virtual, and hybrid options for events.

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The power of illustration: branding, storytelling and its impact

Big Duck

The post The power of illustration: branding, storytelling and its impact appeared first on Big Duck.

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Nonprofit Technology Adoption: Why It Matters and How to Be Successful

Organizations like yours are increasingly realizing that technology adoption is only as good as the technology you choose. Statistics from a 2014 NTEN study show that seriously investing resources in training for your staff corresponds to higher adoption and ultimately technology effectiveness. In this report, we’ll give you a high-level overview of how to get your organization in shape for technology adoption and best practices for facilitating this critical process.

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Leverage the power of young generations for the future of your nonprofit

Charity Village

For nonprofit organizations to remain vibrant and relevant well into the future, they must understand what drives younger donors and how they will expect to interact with organizations. We aim to bring a fresh perspective on the young mind and how these younger donors will impact the future of nonprofits with our upcoming webinar: Leverage […].

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 237: Workplace Wellbeing in a Post-Pandemic World

sgEngage

The shift to remote work post-pandemic has caused many employees to feel stressed, burnt out, and out of control of their workplace dynamic. Meico Marquette Whitlock, founder of The Mindful Techie , shares tools and strategies on how to regain control and relieve the stressors that face us. Topics covered in this episode: Major impacts of the pandemic on wellbeing.

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Cigna Foundation Announces Grant Availability for Nonprofits Working to Address Health Disparities

NonProfit PRO

The Cigna Foundation announced it is accepting applications for its Health and Well-Being grant program. This grant cycle will focus on mental health as part of the foundation’s continued commitment to improving access to care and eliminating health disparities.

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Introducing a New Community-Built Application Supported by Salesforce.org Commons

Saleforce Nonprofit

It’s easy to see how technology is evolving at an increasingly fast rate. With that evolution comes the need for organizations to have a deep understanding of how the landscape is changing and how they need to adapt. Whether it’s community services, donor relations, governance, volunteer management, or communications, data plays a critical role in telling the story and uncovering the insights required to develop a response. .

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Achieving Organizational Transformation: Pathways to Success

Association executives—and hopefully their boards—know that they are facing perilous times. Driven by the pace of cultural and technological change, they are experiencing major disruptions in the traditional business models that used to guide organizational growth strategies.orgSource offers a straightforward approach to navigating these changes and readying your organization for growth.