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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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Sustainability at Classy: Project Green and Our Corporate Commitments

Classy

Organizations like the Environmental Defense Fund, the Clean Air Task Force, the Trust for Public Land, the Arbor Day Foundation (to name a few) are on the frontlines of the sustainability and climate crisis. We’re proud of Project Green’s contributions as they’ve moved beyond just education and towards inspiring action.

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Classy Welcomes Ford Foundation COO Depelsha McGruder to Its Board of Directors

Classy

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. I view it as an extension of my work at the Ford Foundation. Please join us in welcoming her to the Classy family.

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Demographics via Candid: Building a movement to promote equity in the social sector

Candid

Watch the video clip At the recent Demographics via Candid launch event , Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green opened with a powerhouse keynote, followed by Ann Mei and Anna Koob, senior research lead at Candid, to further set the stage with details on the initiative and the demographic data Candid collects.

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Reframe, commit, and expand: How to meaningfully invest in Black leaders

Candid

Since 1987, Echoing Green has identified visionary leaders with bold ideas for transforming the world and invested in their ideas and leadership. According to the Council on Foundations , only 10.3% of CEOs and leaders of surveyed foundations are people of color. . Black voices, Black spaces.

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Digital Strategies for Community Foundations: COF Knight Digital Media Center Workshop Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.”

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Which Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software is Best for Your Nonprofit?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Dr. Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier , CFRE, CNP, CNC, Executive Director of the Jordan Thomas Foundation and Owner of AQP Consulting. 3) Little Green Light :: littlegreenlight.com. Little Green Light has incredible functionality for such a small investment. Fundraising comes down to one thing: relationships.