Building Reserves And Endowments In Phases
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Regardless of what mission a nonprofit organization might have, most come down to the simple idea of leaving the world a better place than they found it. Endowments can help organizations when it comes to sustainability — the ability to carry out activities that will achieve an organization’s mission while also developing and maintaining its ..read more
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Latter-day Saints Reintroduces Giving Vending Machines
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) has reintroduced its Light the World Giving Machines. The full-sized vending machines, which offer consumers ways to fund a variety of local and global nonprofits, have been installed in 10 cities throughout the United States. The campaign will run through Jan. 1, 2022. Items offered in ..read more
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Nonprofit Newsrooms Getting Record Local Support
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Nonprofit public media have been around for years but in the past decade newsrooms of all kinds have launched, or shifted, to nonprofit business models in response to a changing landscape for news media. Fundraising is more than just small-dollar donors and membership subscriptions — it’s also major gifts, which can lead to legacy gifts ..read more
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Getting Those New Donors Back
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As many as 81% of new donors to a nonprofit don’t return to give again, according to data in a survey by Classy, a San Diego-based fundraising platform. Getting them back doesn’t have to be like rolling a large rock up a hill. A 20-page guide, “13 Donor Retention Email Templates,” aims to convert more new ..read more
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Nonprofit Job Growth Slowed In November
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Most fields of the nonprofit sector are on pace to return to pre-pandemic levels of employment within the year, according to the latest estimates from the Center for Civil Society Studies (CCSS) at Johns Hopkins University. Nonprofits gained more than 5,000 jobs in November, reducing the total 490,464 lost jobs by 1.1%, compared with almost ..read more
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Showing The Numbers And Proving Them
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2y ago
A budget justification is a written narrative that explains each line item. Here are some pointers for a budget narrative that will help reviewers understand the numbers.  According to Barbara Floersch, grants expert and author of You Have a Hammer: Building Grant Proposals for Social Change, there are four major points of justification that a ..read more
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$50 Million ‘Transformative’ Gift to Brooklyn Museum
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The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs has given the Brooklyn Museum a $50 million gift. The money will go toward a variety of gallery renovations, upgrades and infrastructure projects within and to the 120-year-old landmarked building that houses the institution. Planned projects include creating a new gallery space devoted to the history of ..read more
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Passion Plus Knowledge: Educating For Nonprofit Stewardship
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2y ago
Crucial junctures in society are crucial junctures for our nonprofit sector. How we lead, work and collaborate in these historically fraught times across simultaneous crises of equity, justice, health, environment and democracy does more than reflect how we do good for our communities, it models the behaviors we hope for in our future nonprofit leaders ..read more
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General Ramblings: Why Was MacKenzie Scott Pressured To Fold?
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2y ago
It is astonishing how some leaders in the charitable sector like to walk both sides of the street, taking convenient stances often just to see their names bandied about so they’ll feel important when it’s really all about them and not philanthropy. It’s equally troubling when an uber-wealthy donor bends to the whims of those ..read more
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Episode 47: Navigating the Notches
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An increase from 3 to 4 stars on Charity Navigator can be associated with a 6% rise in contributions. For smaller charities, the impact can be as much as 11%. That’s not too surprising but what about when ratings drop? According to new research, there’s no impact on contributions. “There seems to be this asymmetric ..read more
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