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Ways We Can All Help Advance Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment

Connection Cafe

Women’s and girls’ empowerment is a sweeping topic, defined and shaped by family beliefs and cultural norms in the community and country where one lives. Some people associate the empowerment of women and girls primarily with challenges faced in communities where poverty and lack of access to education determine one’s level of empowerment.

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How a Community of Long-Term Monthly Donors Make a Long-Term Difference

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Water.org’s monthly donors are a powerful driver of long-term change and scale because their sustaining gifts create sustainable solutions. Monthly donations to Water.org create the kind of long-term change a committed donor expects, and the repeated gifts mean the impact gains momentum. The value of efficiency.

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Donation Drives: Catalyzing Change Through Collective Giving

Greater Giving

The Dynamics of Donation Drives Inclusivity and Empowerment At its core, a donation drive fosters inclusivity, inviting people from diverse backgrounds and walks of life to participate. Matching Gift Programs Partner with donors or businesses willing to match contributions during a specific period, doubling the impact of individual donations.

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Lynne Wester : The Four Pillars of the Donor Experience

NonProfit Hub

We see this in the fact that 95% of our gifts come from 5% of our donors, and in higher education, the alumni giving rate is falling each and every year. It’s important to understand that donor behavior should dictate our communications behavior — not the amount of the donor’s last gift.

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How You Can Help Haiti Relief Efforts

Qgiv

You can learn more about their work and make a gift here. Global Empowerment Mission has already deployed one ship full of supplies to Haiti and is continuing to raise funds to aid in their distribution efforts. You can make a gift to Team Rubicon’s Ready Reserve Fund here. You can support their efforts here.

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5 Strategies To Nurture Active Board Engagement

Bloomerang

These meaningful gifts say “thank you” in a big way. Taking it further: Boosting empowerment through calendars You can also use calendars to support growth. The annual banquet – A big thank you Making this idea even bigger, giving out awards or gifts at the yearly banquet truly embodys the concept of appreciation.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

By definition, board members should be counted on to make sacrificial gifts or at least to consider the organization a high priority for their philanthropy. Too often being elected to an organization’s board becomes a sort of gift to friends or dedicated volunteers. Reality 2: It’s all work and no pay.

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