Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. The first grants are to be awarded later this year.

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Journal Local News Fund 94

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning can help your organization meet challenges effectively and take advantage of new opportunities. One study found that 86 percent of respondents believed that having a strategic plan positively impacted revenue generation through grants, donors, events, and other avenues.

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Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 122

sgEngage

JUNE 3, 2022

The process of satisfying legal requirements impacts many areas within an organization— mission alignment, stewardship, duty of care, reputation, outcomes & impact, and overall effectiveness to name a few. Topics covered in this episode: Due diligence models. Grant applications and risk identification. Governance.

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Podcast Practice Blackbaud Stream 82

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy. Philanthropy loves “new” things. Fast forward to today….

Knowledge 71

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 71

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

The art aspect refers to how well an inspired writer describes a project and the grant-seeking organization. Grant funding can be a great way for a nonprofit to boost its revenue, with giving by corporations and foundations in the United States in 2013 amounting to $67 billion. Unclear and unconvincing project descriptions.

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Grant Effective Tips Proposal 40

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re struggling to make ends meet, you’re probably using a broken funding model — meaning your organization cannot survive into the future on the funding you are receiving now. Broken Funding Models for Nonprofits Truly, it’s not your fault. Broken Model #1: Self Pay. Broken Model #2: Sole Source Funding.

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Money Raise Ideas Work 126

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

2020 has challenged grants managers at foundations in ways that no one could have anticipated. Overnight shifts to remote work and remote learning models. Any one of these factors might have created a shift in the operating model for many foundations. Choose the right grants management system.

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Grant System Management Evaluation 32

Candid

MAY 9, 2024

In 2020, we launched the Closing the Gaps Network —22 cities whose public and civic leaders are working to identify, support, and model real, tangible solutions that go beyond platitudes and partisan arguments to address the lasting effects of the systemic discrimination that continues to affect our economy.

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Community Memphis Tennessee Minnesota 84

sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2023

From community involvement in your grantmaking decisions to better ways to think about risk, the current trends in grantmaking can help you make more effective decisions and more clearly tell your impact story. For example, bringing your community leaders closer to the decision-making process creates more effective grant programs.

Trend 75

Trend Participatory Philanthropy Grant 75

Candid

JULY 27, 2022

foundations’ giving. Candid also alerts the cohort of nearly 900 funders who share their grants data with us. We inform them that we are tracking a particular crisis and invite them to send us information about their grants related to the crisis. For grant seekers, the data shows who’s providing funds to address a crisis.

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Data Ukraine Pledge Grant 88

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. More than a million tax-exempt organizations exist in the United States, including public charities, private foundations, and civic organizations—not counting the 220,000 religious congregations that are also registered. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models?

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Model Fund Social United States 53

sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

The sector itself continued to change, but it was a challenge to effectively adapt questions to match those changes. Simply put, the people who write grant applications may be surprised to discover how difficult it can be for respondents to understand and answer their questions.” We needed to change up our questions.

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Question Application Reflection Philanthropy 89

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 29, 2023

To help nonprofits tackle this quandary, we teamed up with two other business professors , Arian Aflaki and Goker Aydin , to develop a mathematical model to guide nonprofits on how to divvy up their spending to optimize both current performance and future resilience through their spending priorities.

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Research Ohio Fundraising Long Beach 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Investing in education has an incredible multiplier effect as it leads to increased prosperity not just for individuals, but also for their communities and societies. Roy emphasized that The MasterCard Foundation will be focusing on evidence-based approaches and will capture and disseminate lessons learned to key stakeholders.

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Education Philanthropy Africa Foundation 164

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I have been on this quest for some time, sharing the message that there is no bad grant. Heroes emerge, who recognize that a strong grants management function leads to a funder’s ability to operate more equitably, with nimble practices rightsized and appropriate to the nonprofits and communities it seeks to support.

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Grant Philanthropy Model Roles 59

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2021

Today’s Q&A is with Alicia Dicks, President & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties. Q: What led you to working at a community foundation? Q: What accomplishment are you most proud of as the President & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties?

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Foundation Community Childhood Articulate 49

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

The Trust Based Philanthropy Project is a five-year funder initiative that addresses inherent power imbalances between foundations and nonprofits. Multi-year, unrestricted funding gives grantees the flexibility to assess and determine where grant dollars are most needed, and allows for innovation, emergent action, and sustainability.

Philanthropy 76

Philanthropy Literacy Gift Grant 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2011

This week I attended Center for Effective Philanthropy’s conference “ Better Philanthropy: From Data to Impact &# where I participated on a discussion panel about social media, foundations, and grantees. This refers to grants for projects that were ahead of their time or more experimental.

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Social Media Foundation Work Media 102

Candid

APRIL 20, 2021

Six were Asian women: Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Xiaojie Tan, and Daoyou Feng. Foundation funding trends for AAPI communities. A recent analysis of Candid’s Foundation Maps data by Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy ( AAPIP ) found that between 2014 and 2018, approximately 0.2

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Pledge United States Foundation Grant 117

BoardAssist

APRIL 4, 2017

In this second part of the series, Alice Antonelli, Director for Advisory Services at NFF, shares more terrific advice and insights on financial health and nonprofit business models. Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part Two: Smart Nonprofit Business Models. What is a smart nonprofit business model? Thanks Alice!

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Model Business Practice Nonprofit 40

Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. Brad: Nancy, what a pleasure to talk with you today about this groundbreaking partnership between the Packard Foundation and Candid.

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Data Conversation Demographics Profile 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Team.

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Effective Program Work Review 96

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

They guide our relationships, how we craft grant solicitations, applications, and reports, how we review opportunities, track progress, and ultimately how we judge and support what’s possible. When organizations craft grant applications, they are expected to spell out specifically how their plan will work. But what if they are off?

Collaboration 75

Collaboration Impact Test Grant 75

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. The latest numbers from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), reveal the number of donors industrywide fell for the ninth straight quarter in Q3 2023. Nonprofit storytelling is the foundation of every successful marketing and fundraising campaign.

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Trend Storytelling Paypal Mail 59

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

That said, organic reach has been dropping slightly for LinkedIn Pages over the last year and will likely continue to do so, but the recent growth in its popularity, the demographics of its users, and the ability to connect with donors and engage corporate sponsors and foundations have made LinkedIn a must-use social network for nonprofits.

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Linkedin Practice Social Media Sponsor 360

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2023

We often hear that nonprofits should model themselves more like businesses. I’ll take that one step further: Nonprofits that need to stretch nickels into dimes even in good times have more motivation to make sure they’re running as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. There is little, if any, fat to trim.

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Help Gift Nonprofit Donor 63

Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 5, 2021

More specifically, the flagship land grant and top research university sought out this Salesforce CRM expansion to enable greater collaboration and insight into UVM researcher engagements with internal stakeholders and external partners. We’ve achieved a model for success that we can now use as a foundation to build from.

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Vermont University Research Alabama 59

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

In the panel Rethinking Strategy: The Intersection of Impact, Brand, and Business Model, three experts defined these terms and illustrated their use for effective nonprofit communications. Model Behavior. Jeanne Bell kicked off her discussion of business models by describing a challenging shift in the nonprofit landscape.

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Model Impact Business Case Study 55

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals.

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Benefits of corporate philanthropy Types of corporate philanthropy Corporate philanthropy trends 7 effective corporate philanthropy examples 7 tips to raise more through corporate philanthropy Once you understand corporate philanthropy inside and out, you can develop processes to grow this funding stream and better engage with corporate donors.

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Philanthropy Grant Sponsor Nonprofit 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

They have to do all this while regularly drafting and submitting grant requests from funders who have different and changing priorities. Measuring impact and managing outcomes is at the core of the work performed by nonprofits, academia, foundations, corporate social responsibility (CSR) teams, and more.

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Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

It provides critical data for nonprofit leaders, board members and funders to understand the effectiveness of organizations in serving their missions. Kellogg Foundation , PM is no longer about proving something works, but about generating information to better understand how and why programs work. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Measure Create Arizona Participatory 52

Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Demographics: Foundations and corporate funders will want to know who is benefiting from your nonprofit’s services. Required documents: To obtain grants, you need proof of your nonprofit status or fiscal sponsor. Do the necessary market research to learn which foundations—local, regional and national—are funding nonprofits like yours.

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Professional Leadership Develop Proposal 70

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Meetings: If we could work efficiently and effectively without holding meetings, we would all do it! There’s a lot to understand about social media to effectively drive supporters to your page. Increasingly, CRM tools are offering management of other aspects of the donor ecosystem, including grants, sponsors, and, even, volunteers.

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Tools Nonprofit Doc Google 105

DipJar

JANUARY 21, 2021

Once you build the foundation, then, and only then , ask them to increase their involvement volunteering or making a donation. The Theory of Change model is a great place to start. This model will help you connect what your organization does with your desired goals (your vision). Build Up to The Ask.

Money 98

Money Raise Fundraising Newsletter 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

At the “Learning in Public” breakout session, Beth Kanter, Jared Raynor (TCC Group) and Kathy Reich (David and Lucile Packard Foundation) sharing the Packard Foundation’s experience with learning in public. What are foundations willing to STOP doing in order to make time for learning?

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Culture Public Learning Reflection 91

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The new system allows them to visualize their logic model in action across programs in 24 offices in 14 countries. Tying together rescue operations, grants management, and donor data they have a full understanding of what is happening in various countries, quantified by data, showing that programs work.

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Experiment Impact Australia Nonprofit 111