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Three Ways To Help Support Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has been ten days since Hurricane Maria has devastated the Island of Puerto Rico. We have read the harrowing news reports about a lack of food, electricity, and water and people dying. As we watch reports of a disaster, we can give directly to people on the ground. Here’s my giving strategy for Puerto Rico.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. We invite you to dive into key findings from the report and explore granular data on our funding map. . Support local nonprofits and knowledge in the U.S.

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5 Text Best Practices to Boost Your Fundraising Success

Get Fully Funded

With Giving Tuesday and the end-of-year giving season fast approaching, your nonprofit is likely ramping up efforts to reach its annual fundraising goals. Any nonprofit can benefit from these best practices, even if you’re new to text marketing or have limited resources. Segment your list of contacts. Keep an eye on your metrics.

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As nonprofits prepare for the upcoming giving season, many fundraisers are understandably concerned about donor fatigue. Looking at donation totals to thousands of nonprofits around the world and covering each of six major disasters over the past two months, we’re not seeing major evidence of donor fatigue. since Aug.) since Sept.).

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Philanthropy Cloud Adds New Volunteer Management Capabilities for National Volunteer Week

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 2008, the Points of Light Foundation and the Salesforce Foundation conceived HandsOn Connect — a native Salesforce application designed specifically to make volunteering easier for employees and nonprofits — in a series of whiteboard sessions in San Francisco. The app was initially launched with Points of Light affiliates across the U.S.

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Addressing Maternity Care Deserts: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Cherot

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Clay Banks on unsplash.com Dr. Elizabeth Cherot is the senior vice president and chief medical and health officer of the March of Dimes , the leading nonprofit in the United States working to improve maternal and infant health, first founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938.

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Win Back Your Lapsed Donors

Bloomerang

And give us the weather report, because I always like to see that, because I’m a dork. Two of my favorite people, Kari and Jackie, are joining us from the Nonprofit Consulting Shop. If you don’t know these two, like I said, Nonprofit Consulting Shop. So this is a huge passion point for me to help nonprofits.

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