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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. Here are the key findings and their implications for the field.

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

Candid

Historically, fundraising has been grounded in a competitive environment that creates a mindset of scarcity and cutthroat nonprofit survival. The movement was sparked by Vu Le’s blog, Nonprofit AF , in 2015. In 2019, the concept spread as the CCF Founding Council wrote articles, created videos, and discussed ideas.

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Climate mitigation philanthropy growth and gaps: What can nonprofits expect in 2025? 

Candid

Based on my more than two decades as a climate scientist and practitioner in the field, here Ill highlight some of the reports key findings about climate mitigation philanthropy as well as context for nonprofit leaders on recalibrating funding approaches amid limited resources. billion in 2023.

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

Candid

The dashboards’ maps and graphs show grant dollars from two complementary perspectives: funding awarded to nonprofits in each state, and funding awarded by private and community foundations based in each state. And policy makers can use this data to develop better policies to support nonprofits based on the current funding landscape.

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Using Your Fundraising CRM Software to Its Full Potential

Blackbaud

Digitally mature nonprofits are, in fact, 3.5 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. times more likely to hit their mission goals compared to peers with low digital maturity.

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

Pamela Grow

Heres a tip: give two (or more) of your friends $10 and ask them to donate to your nonprofit online, via your website. Gifts by DAF (Donor Advised Funds) increased by 83% from 2019 to 2023.Ensure Tailor our Donor Thank You Call Script to your nonprofits need and your style. Ask them to be brutally honest in their feedback.

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5 takeaways on giving to nonprofits serving communities of color

Candid

How much do individuals, foundations, and corporations give to nonprofits “primarily dedicated to serving communities of color”? The study includes nonprofits working in areas such as economic development, health care, and education that, if not exclusively focused on communities of color, dedicate 80% or more of program expenses to them.