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Using Your Fundraising CRM Software to Its Full Potential

Blackbaud

Make Progress and Stay Organized with Project Management When I joined the foundation in 2019, I met Warren Campbell, a wonderful database consultant and project manager with Campbell Consulting LLC. In the past five years, we have exceeded expectations. Our first achievement: we no longer have duplicate records. But weve done it.

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Stop the Boilerplate Burnout: How to Keep Your Grant Story Fresh Without Losing Your Sanity

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

New leadership, shifting priorities, evolving language around DEIeverything changes constantly, and if youre not careful, your boilerplate starts to look like a relic from 2019. But heres the deal: your narrative is your organizations handshake, resume, and elevator pitch all rolled into one. Lets break it down. Think of it like LEGOs.

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4 no-nos and 5 must-dos for for great fundraising photos

Future Fundraising Now

The right photo can propel you to fundraising success. It can say more, more powerfully than the best-written copy ever could. But that same power can sink your fundraising. All that power — pushing in the wrong direction — can make sure your fundraising doesn’t work as it should. It is a story. Too abstract. Always caption photos.

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Community-Centric Fundraising: Equity, social justice, and an abundance mindset 

Candid

In 2019, the concept spread as the CCF Founding Council wrote articles, created videos, and discussed ideas. The Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) movement was founded by and centers BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities worldwide. What is Community-Centric Fundraising?

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Year-End Fundraising | Seven Things to Do When There Are Only 6 Days Left

Pamela Grow

Gifts by DAF (Donor Advised Funds) increased by 83% from 2019 to 2023.Ensure Every one of you Ive talked to recently every last one has told me that your year-end campaign went out late. Hey, it happens. Its been a year. But have no fear. if youre behind on your goals, you can still do plenty between now and December 31.

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Foundation funding by state: Where do grant dollars come from and where do they go? 

Candid

In the “Map,” “Trends,” and “Subjects” tabs, you can explore funding patterns by state from 2019 to 2023. In the “Map” tab of either dashboard, you can easily see which states are awarding or receiving the most—and least—foundation funding for each year between 2019 and 2023, over multiple years, or for the entire five-year period.

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Arts nonprofits saw revenue fall in every category in 2024. What lies ahead? 

Candid

Since 2019, U.S. To help navigate the increasingly complex challenges ahead, SMU DataArts analyzed trends based on financial data from 6,498 arts nonprofits that submitted a Cultural Data Profile between fiscal years 2019 and 2024. However, this trend reversed in 2024, when it declined 6% from the previous year.