Fri.Jun 06, 2025

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The Four Core Statements of Nonprofit Financial Reporting

Blackbaud

Managing your nonprofit’s finances is no small task, but there are four standardized financial statements that provide clear benchmarks to help you make decisions. Without them, it’s nearly impossible to assess your organization’s performance or plan for the future. Not only are they important for your audit, but they are also they are powerful tools that illuminate how your resources are being used and what adjustments can drive greater impact.

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Self-Care Isn’t Selfish: Grants for Mental and Physical Well-Being

GrantNews

Self-care isn’t selfish, it’s survival. To wit, self-care is actively caring for your own mental and physical health needs, something many of us forget to do in favor of putting others first. However, think of the flight attendant who reminds us to put on our oxygen mask before assisting others. She’s not wrong. Taking care of our own mental and physical health is the first step to showing up for your family, your community, and your mission.

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The Biggest Challenge for Fundraisers: Getting That First Prospect Meeting

Blackbaud

If you’re a fundraiser, this might sound familiar: An experienced development team at a mid-sized university foundation is doing everything right to hit their goals for prospect meetings. They have a well-researched prospect list and a personalized outreach plan. What’s the problem? They’re not getting that first one-on-one prospect meeting. Time and again, they find their meeting requests with prospects ignored or rejected.

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How to know who to ask at fiscal year end

The Fundraising Coach

Happy End of the Fiscal Year to all who observe! If you’re like many nonprofits, your fiscal year ends in June. So you’re in the final weeks of your fiscal year. If you’ve made goal – congratulations! If you haven’t, there’s still time. One of the best things you can do this month is look at two lists: Donors who gave last fiscal year but haven’t yet this year.

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AI for Grant Writing: 20+ ChatGPT Prompts You Can Use

This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.

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4 Email Templates to Boost Payroll Giving Participation

Double the Donation

Payroll giving is one of the simplest and most effective ways for nonprofits to secure steady, recurring donations. Yet many organizations struggle to fully leverage this fundraising channel, largely because they lack clarity and compelling communication with their supporters. That’s where well-crafted outreach⁠, such as these email templates to boost payroll giving⁠, comes in.

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Momentive Software Expands Association Management Software Portfolio With Acquisition of Cobalt

NonProfit PRO

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The Art of Unscripted Film 

HSF House

While working on Lane Splitting , I have been developing a wide range of research and professional skills that are already pushing me beyond my previous experiences. I am learning how to construct a compelling narrative that balances the personal stories of the Motoboys with the larger political and economic systems that shape their lives. Being on the ground in São Paulo has sharpened my field production skills in real time, whether it is filming while riding on the back of a motorcycle, conduc

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10 Best Ways to Communicate With Donors and Prospects

NonProfit PRO

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Reinterpreting Heritage in a Networked World: Exploring the Geometric Soul of Islamic Architecture

HSF House

By Zizhou Lyu Hello! My name is Zizhou Lyu, and I’m a fifth-year architecture student at Syracuse University. This summer, with the support of the Tyler Fellowship, my teammate Beining Xue and I—also a fifth-year architecture student—will embark on a research journey from Syracuse to Spain and Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to explore the geometric soul of Islamic architecture: Muqarnas.

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'We Need to Be Strategic’: How WGBH's Leader Makes Hard Choices After Federal Funding Cuts

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Susan Goldberg discusses running a nonprofit accused of bias against the Trump administration, among other challenges. By Alex Daniels Rebecca Ferullo, GBH News “Some things you might have to do more slowly, some things you may have to stop, but we do need to keep marching into the future as best as you can,” said WGBH President Susan Goldberg in an interview with the Chronicle.

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Community Response to Climate Change in Seville: Exploring Local Community Initiatives for Climate Action 

HSF House

By Reagan Claggett Hello! My name is Reagan Claggett, and I am originally from Denver, Colorado. I am currently a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biology, with a strong interest in sustainability and conservation. Outside of my academics, I enjoy traveling, hiking, reading, and spending time with friends.

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Enlivening Indigenous Voices in an Indonesian National Park: Recentering Forest Conservation Priorities through Oral Histories

HSF House

By Gabrielle Kics Growing up in Illinois, my early understanding of land use and environmental impact was shaped by countless rows of commercialized corn and soybean fields. Now, as a Global Environmental Science student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, my perspective has expanded beyond solely Midwestern fields. Learning about environmental issues stretching from the atmosphere to the ocean and everything in between, I’ve come to appreciate the complexity of human-environment relati

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Preparations for London

HSF House

By Kaysyn Jones At this stage of my project, my work primarily takes the form of preliminary research and preparation for the site-based research I will be conducting in London starting in late June. Part of that means a lot of reading. I am researching a literary movement that I’m not overly familiar with — the British Black Arts Movement — and so I’m becoming familiar with some of the active short story writers and poets of the era through anthologies such as these: I’m also learning about a d

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Blood and Empire: On the Genealogy of Nations

HSF House

By Lucas Baker My name is Lucas Baker. I was born in Houston and raised in Austin, Texas. I’m currently studying German at Austin Community College, and when I’m not in class or at work, I’m usually reading, gardening, or immersing myself in the German language. I’m most passionate about two things: culture and ecology. Not necessarily where they intersect, but each on its own.

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Photography Project in the Dominican Republic

HSF House

By Sean Eaves Hello! My name is Sean, and I am from Upstate New York! I am currently attending SUNY Oneonta studying a Bachelors in Fine Art with a concentration in Photography! Currently in my free time I spend a lot of it taking photos, go figure right? Usually if I have the day off from work I find some sort of interesting place in the upstate area to photograph!

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The Role of Social Media and Tibetan Buddhism: An Ethnographic Study of Tibetan Diasporic Communities in the Kathmandu Valley

HSF House

By Nikhil Stewart Hello, my name is Nikhil Stewart! I am a senior at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) Mānoa pursuing a double bachelor’s degree in religious traditions and political science, with a certificate in Sanskrit. Originally, I hail from Long Beach, California—a place known for good music, great people, and bodacious skate parks. I’m quite typically Californian: I grew up surfing, skating, and sailing in the summers at the Leeway Sailing Center, where I later worked my first job as a coac

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Some Rest for the Restless: Examining T-cell Exhaustion and Obesity 

HSF House

By Shannon Huang Hi! I’m Shannon, and I’m a second year at UC San Diego studying bioengineering with a focus in biotechnology. I’m really interested in T-cell biology, and specifically how we can use their biology to make immunotherapies more effective. This summer, I’ll be going to the Obenauf Lab at the Vienna Biocenter in Austria to study a type of immune condition called T-cell exhaustion and how obesity can affect it.

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