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Nonprofit Crisis Response Tip-a-Day-DO-Dah!

Clairification

During the 2008-09 worldwide recession, many charities cut back on fundraising and marketing. No matter your politics, this is crisis time for many nonprofits who rely on federal grants and loans (about 30% of all charities ). Many of the resources on which folks once relied have disappeared or are at risk. Or the other shoe is about to drop.

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What History Teaches Us | How to fundraise NOW

Pamela Grow

I launched my consulting career smack-dab in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis. Id just come from working at a family grant-making foundation, and I witnessed something Ill never forget. Local nonprofit after nonprofit, small and heavily reliant on grants, shutting their doors for good. It was heartbreaking. But it was also eye-opening.

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Does Your Nonprofit Think Too Small?

Clairification

In 2008 during the big recession, and 2020 during the pandemic, all I heard was cut, cut, cut. I’m sure some will hate me for saying this, but after 30+ years in the nonprofit trenches and another 10+ as a coach and consultant, I’m still amazed at how small many of us think. Deep down we all know you must spend money to make money.

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

Candid

Fast and transparent funding with reduced reporting requirements In past crises like the 2008 recession or the pandemic, the federal government stepped in quickly, said Scott Schenkelberg, CEO of Miriams Kitchen. And we cant afford to burn out our people trying to bridge the gap, said Eric Cooper, CEO of The San Antonio Food Bank.

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

Blackbaud

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. Government downsizing may mean that support programs may take more time to reach people in need. The first step is to create multiple channels for feedback.

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Corporate Giving Declined in 2008

Tech Soup

overall in 2008. The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2008 assessment of corporate gving (PDF) reports that corporate giving was down nearly 8% overall ($30.78 The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2008 assessment of corporate gving (PDF) reports that corporate giving was down nearly 8% overall ($30.78

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How to License Hyper-V on Windows 2008

Tech Soup

Petri IT Knowledge Base, an excellent IT resource from Microsoft MVP in Israel, posted a plain-English post on Windows 2008 licensing concerns when using Hyper-V technology. Definitely bookmark-worthy if you are planning on virtualizing in the near future using this technology.