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‘We’re feeding more people with less’: What food security nonprofits need now

Candid

Across the country, food security organizations are facing a perfect storm of rising demand, plummeting donations, and cascading cuts to federal nutrition programs. Donations are down. Food banks, pantries, and community food networks have long been overextended but are now navigating a new era of scarcity.

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Reporting & Recognizing In-Kind Donations: 3 Best Practices

Get Fully Funded

Its no secret that effective fundraising fuels your nonprofits workbut not all of the donations that may be useful to your nonprofit are necessarily monetary. In-kind donations (i.e., In-kind donations (i.e., Knowing this amount is important for accurately tracking your nonprofits donation revenue in your financial records.

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How to Prepare Your Grantmaking for Economic Uncertainty (and Why Now is Different)

Blackbaud

Not to mention shifting political policies and higher prices on everyday items. Unlike the 2008 financial crisis, which was primarily a banking-driven recession, and the 2020 recession brought on by COVID-19, todays downturn is marked by a convergence of factors. Similarly, assess your stock market investments.

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The Elevator Opens: Are You Ready to Talk Planned Giving?

Planned Giving

Updated in 2003, 2008, 2017 and 2025. Pitch: Instead of cash, consider donating stock. Donating real estate can relieve you of maintenance, reduce your taxes, and create a lasting legacy. Pitch: With a trust, you donate an asset, receive income for life, and reduce capital gains tax. Originally Written in 1999.

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The Ultimate Nonprofit SharePoint App: The Case Management Database of Children's Network of Solano County

Tech Soup

It secures funding for children’s services and programs, influences policy at the local and state level, helps families get services, and collects and publishes data on the health, safety and well-being of Solano County children. Here’s what I asked Darren: Why you decided to build a case management database in SharePoint?

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TechSoup's a Nonprofit: Here's How We Work

Tech Soup

I've spent my whole adult career working for nonprofits that I believe do pretty darn good jobs of serving the needs of their communities, providing valuable services, advocating and educating on behalf of important policy decisions, and do all around good work for the world. TechSoup is high on that list from my vantage point.

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Why I Left My Job to Go to Work for the Nonprofit Sector

Tech Soup

The idea was that we would take used computers from a customer, the county of San Diego, refurbish them, and donate them to nonprofits, schools, and families. In the early part of 2000, I was working for a large engineering company, SAIC , when I was approached by two coworkers about setting up a technology nonprofit.