Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2025

With all the economic uncertainty right now, you may be worried about your nonprofits finances. Maybe your giving has gone down and youve cut back on some expenses. While thats understandable on one level, you need to be careful before you nix something you think you cant afford. It may be something you should be investing in. Instead of going on autopilot and saying We cant afford this, think about how you can make the right investments.

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Joe Garecht Fundraising

MAY 5, 2025

Over the past 25 years, Ive worked with hundreds of non-profit clients. And the vast majority of those clients have heard me say one (or all) of the following maxims. I repeat these sayings often because they are true, and each captures something important that can help your non-profit better understand the fundraising process. Here are my top 3 fundraising sayings, in no particular order: #1: Big vision, big gifts.

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Clairification

MAY 5, 2025

Youve got your work cut out for you. I get lots of questions about what to include in donor surveys. But thats the wrong place to begin. First you must have clarity on why youre sending the survey. You cant bring top value to your donor survey unless youre specific about what value you want to receive and deliver. The great thing about donor surveys is theyre a genuine twofer.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 5, 2025

Its two weeks before a federal grant deadline , and you just learned about the opportunity and that you are eligible to apply for grant funding. Unfortunately, your fundraising team is busy preparing for your organizations annual event, and it is all-hands-on-deck. This federal opportunity is nice, but you just cant tackle it right now. Your staff are up to their eyeballs in program operations and other work to grow your mission.

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Future Fundraising Now

MAY 5, 2025

Here are six commonly believed fundraising untruths, from Clarification: Totally FAKE Nonprofit News: 6 Fundraising Untruths. Free yourself from these beliefs, and things will go much better for your fundraising: Hiring a fundraiser will do the trick. One super-smart, deeply experienced fundraising professional can have a big impact on your fundraising.

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Blackbaud

MAY 5, 2025

Even when your grant review process involves internal staff or people who have reviewed applications before, it can still be a bumpy process. Processes and technology change. Life happens. But when deadlines get missed and reviews take longer than expected, that delays getting funds to your grantees. Creating a streamlined and efficient grant review process can make sure you make data-driven and timely decisions so you can award your grants, and your grantees can drive impact.

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Candid

MAY 5, 2025

Roughly 1.4 billion adults around the world remain unbankeddisproportionately women, rural residents, and individuals earning low or irregular incomes. These groups often face multiple barriers such as distrust of financial institutions, lack of sufficient funds, limited connectivity in rural areas, lack of identification documents, and the resulting high transaction costs, which limit opportunity for economic participation for those who need it most.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 5, 2025

The donation from UCLA alumna Shirley Wang and her husband, Walter, supports a holistic approach to treating gastrointestinal disorders. By Maria Di Mento Walter and Shirley Wang UCLA alumna Shirley Wang and her husband, Walter, committed $25 million to the school. Plus, the National Academy of Sciences received $20 million, Agnes Scott College got $15 million, and three other universities received eight-figure gifts.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 5, 2025

For nonprofit marketers and social media managers who do it all, here are seven tactics to help you spread the good word about your cause.

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Grants Plus

MAY 5, 2025

by Lauren Steiner Ive been tracking critical signals from Washingtonand from the broader economythat point to growing challenges for grant-funded organizations. Mitch Stein s dispatch from Capitol Hill offers a must-read: after 16 meetings with congressional offices, he shares a clear-eyed view of whats likely (and unlikely) to move forward. Here’s where I want to […] The post What Grant Seekers Need to Know Now – and What to Do About It appeared first on Grants Plus.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 5, 2025

Findings from "The Generosity Report" show nonprofits must reimagine donor engagement strategies around long-term relationship building.

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Capital Campaign Pro

MAY 5, 2025

The newly released Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) report, which analyzes charitable giving in 2024, paints a stark picture: nonprofits are raising more money overall, but from fewer donors. If you arent familiar with them, FEP tracks giving trends across the nonprofit sector by conducting annual surveys, producing quarterly and yearly reports, and offering performance measurement […] The post What the 2025 Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) Report Means for Capital Campaigns

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Fluxx

MAY 5, 2025

Explore and rank essential government software solutions, see why grant management software ranks near the top, and learn how Fluxx integrates across teams.

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Capital Campaign Pro

MAY 5, 2025

Season 4, Episode 40 In this episode, Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt tackle one of the most pressing concerns for campaign leaders: the fear of failure. They explore the nuanced definitions of campaign success and failure, revealing that it’s not just about meeting financial goals but also about setting the right expectations and navigating unexpected […] The post Podcast: Why Capital Campaigns Fail appeared first on Capital Campaign Pro.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 5, 2025

Across the country, foundations are weighing the pros and cons of digging into their endowments. For some, increasing funding to grantees is a moral imperative. By Alex Daniels Weissberg Foundation The Center for Native American Youth, a grantee of Weissberg Foundation, works to improve health, safety, and well-being. Across the country, foundations are weighing the pros and cons of digging into their endowments.

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