Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2019

When you solicit a prospective supporter, you need to be prepared with data, compelling testimonials, personal knowledge of what motivates the donor as an individual, and a concrete plan of how their major gift will help you make major changes. That way, these gift records are linked together for easy reference, tracking, and reporting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Some focus primarily on traditional fundraising like monthly gifts, planned giving, online fundraising, and special events like galas. Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Be familiar with the organization’s case for support, annual reports, theory of change, and other collateral materials. For example, could people who donate every year be cultivated for a larger or monthly gift? It doesn’t have to be a gift.

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Qgiv

JULY 8, 2022

Karen brings over 30 years of experience in the nonprofit community and has provided counsel to more than 70 organizations, offering her expertise in major gifts fundraising, feasibility studies, and capital campaigns. On Tuesday, June 21, Giving USA released The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2021. billion in 2021.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Over the course of 2020, MacKenzie Scott announced grants totaling almost $6 billion. At the time, we did not know anything about the grants themselves. Because Scott is not using a foundation, she is not required to release grant-specific data. These grants represent about $2.4 Grant size distribution.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

of those gifts were given anonymously. This jives with my own anecdotal research talking with nonprofits who receive these gifts. This jives with my own anecdotal research talking with nonprofits who receive these gifts. They report being able to discover the identity of approximately 95% of their DAF donors !

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2023

Philanthropic responses to the Turkey and Syria earthquakes Candid has been tracking philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake and reporting on major giving by public corporations and foundations. Here are a few highlights of what we have learned in the past month: Candid has identified 310 grants worth $143.9

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Giving USA 2022: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2021 is the most comprehensive report on philanthropy in America. Luckily, we’ve got you covered with our breakdown of the most important findings of the Giving USA 2022 Annual Report. Giving by foundations grew 3.4% and raised around $90.88

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Qgiv

JUNE 16, 2021

For over 60 years, Giving USA : The Annual Report on Philanthropy in America, has provided comprehensive charitable giving data that are relied on by donors, fundraisers, and nonprofit leaders. The research in the annual report estimates all giving to charitable organizations across the United States. Foundations: 2018-2019: +15.3%

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Candid

JUNE 11, 2021

Many nonprofit leaders say that increased financial support from funders and the government helped their organizations fare better through 2020 than originally anticipated, a report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds. Sadly, others were largely left out of this essential support.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn is a major gift fundraiser and nonprofit communications expert who uses technology to amplify her impact and do more with less. Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 23, 2024

Donors may start to feel taken for granted and that definitely won’t motivate them to give. The real problem comes when you don’t tell the donor what you did with their gift, particularly before you ask for another donation, or you fail to even thank them for their donation. Days turned into weeks, and I never heard from anyone.

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Bonterra

APRIL 11, 2024

Request a demo Go beyond the check Empower your grantees to sustain grant funds, diversify revenue, and build a broader base of community support. Impact reporting Track and measure the progress and outcomes of participating nonprofits, demonstrating the impact of your philanthropic investment.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Personally emailing your annual report to donors or funders and describing how their support was central to your success. Sending custom receipts recapping donors’ 2022 gifts to make tax season easier. Find out if you qualify for a free year of Foundation Directory as part of our Go for the Gold program.)

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I could request books not already in the collection, and sometimes my wish would be granted. It also demonstrates how each ebook that is added to the Bookshare collection is a brick in our members’ foundation of independence and inclusion. I began a reading binge. To continue this work, we depend on the support of generous donors.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to build a nonprofit mailing list: Dear Charity Clairity, We’ve relied in the past on government and foundation grants, but since many of these sources are drying up we need to develop an individual fundraising program. Have a challenge grant from a business?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

According to the latest report by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy , i n the first half of 2020 more than $11.9 Community foundations awarded more grants than any other grantmaker type (49 percent of total awards) . Gifts by independent foundations accounted for at least $1. 7 billion .

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Candid

MAY 19, 2021

Reprinted from The Atlanta Women’s Foundation. According to the same Kaiser Family Foundation report, forty-seven percent of women have reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder compared to 38 percent of men in December 2020. Foundation. Number of Grants Awarded. Bulow Campbell Foundation.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In fact, $52 billion was granted to nonprofits out of DAFs in 2023, a number that has grown an average of 20% per year over the last five years. Many people are turning to donor-advised funds over setting up private foundations because they’re easier to manage. There’s no minimum payout requirement compared to a foundation’s 5%.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

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. You assign several team members to assess the extent of the attack and summarize their findings into a clear report.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

Now that your new nonprofit is up and running, developing a solid foundation for financial management should be a top priority. The ins and outs of nonprofit accounting may seem overwhelming at first, but effectively recording and reporting your organization’s finances is essential to fund your mission.

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Candid

AUGUST 20, 2021

August 19, 2021 Lincoln Center in New York City has announced a $20 million gift from Lynne and Richard Pasculano to help revitalize opera, jazz, theater, and dance programming across its campus, the New York Times reports. Independence Public Media Foundation awards grants totaling $4 million.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Foundations fund and coordinate mission-based work. TechSoup also has a new foundation resource area for software donations. I know that by the numbers, there are far fewer foundations than nonprofits in the US (94 percent charities versus 6 percent foundations), but most foundations are relatively small.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

I’ve heard that to be a major gift officer you have to have access to people with money, be comfortable socializing with them, and speak their language. Is major gift officer the only viable career in fundraising ? I have worked for nonprofit organizations for most of my professional life, and I have never been a major gift officer.

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sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2022

And it usually resides within the parent organization, making the reports harder to access on a regular basis. Donor restricted funds make up a large part of the resources for charitable foundations associated with parent institutions, such as for-profit hospitals, public school systems, and private universities without a 501(c)(3).

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Candid

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Foundations, charities report $352 million in 2019 disaster funding. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York City has announced a $50 million gift from Mike and Maria Repole and the Nonna's Garden Foundation to establish a research and patient care initiative. November 11, 2021. November 10, 2021.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

We’ve recently witnessed an unprecedented number of what many consider to be “transformational gifts” across the social sector. The momentous impact the gift will have on the trajectory and pace of the organization and its work. The common thread? Put simply, it’s an opportunity mindset.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 15, 2021

He has worked in capital campaigns, major and planned giving (including charitable gift annuities) grant writing and donor research. But aren’t mid-level donors who we take for granted the most? You might also consider them as someone who has given to your organization in the last 24 months directly below your major gift level.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. For example, I was working with a small community foundation and they put out a call for “innovative proposals.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education. To help keep girls learning, Malala Fund has awarded new grant funding to Champions leading pandemic response initiatives.

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Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Many will remember Franklin Thomas as the president of Ford Foundation, fewer will realize that he was the first Black foundation president in America, but I knew him as my boss and mentor. I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Find the first installment of this series, Developing a Grant Project here , and the second installment, Researching Funders Part One – Government here. As Stephanie Gerding mentions in her piece, “there is not one directory, web site or database that will neatly list all the grants that match your specific project.”

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Kindful

JUNE 3, 2021

Businesses, unlike foundations, aren’t in the business of giving away money. Corporate foundation grants. Matching gifts. In-kind gifts. Matching employee gifts. According to Giving USA ’s latest report, that amount totaled 21 billion dollars. They’re in the business of making money.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 5, 2023

Your nonprofit’s CRM will dictate how your organization communicates with donors , organizes events, and manages essential reports. Assign tasks, monitor service deliveries, and view your reports in a unified, pre-built dashboard. Grantmaking. Operations.

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Candid

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This approach also maintains consistency with their end-of-year financial reports. Corporate philanthropy initiatives such as matching gifts and sponsorships. Grants funding provided by government entities and foundations. The three main types of functional expenses are: Program costs.

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2011

The Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , has released Giving USA 2011: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2010. Below are some key findings and information from the 56th annual report. Giving by foundations remained steady in 2010, falling an estimated 0.2

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