Candid

JANUARY 29, 2025

Benchmarking against peers can help you refine your assumptions about what being financially sustainable could look likeor develop entirely new assumptions. It can help you decide on the revenue categories youll focus on, the likely mix of revenue from those categories, and the capabilities required to raise that revenue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2020

By Dana Bakich , founder and CEO of Positive Equation – a digital consultancy focused on equipping nonprofits with the tools and resources to build impactful digital strategies. For the example below, we’ll be building out a sample Facebook Live co-branded series. 82% prefer live video over traditional social posts. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Diversifying your funding is critical to your nonprofit’s stability and ability to achieve your mission. With the ups and downs of the past few years, many nonprofit organizations that were heavily dependent on just one or two funding sources found themselves in a tight spot. Consistency helps nonprofits to plan and forecast.

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Candid

JANUARY 23, 2025

What if the key to resilience lies not just in raising funds but in building a stronger community of stakeholders? Emphasizing community building allows volunteers, board members, donors, and beneficiaries all an opportunity to rally around your mission and take ownership of your success.

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

Smaller shares of grantmakers providing technology and tools, unrestricted funding The good news is that a significant majority of funders are now committed to streamlining grant applications (67%) and reporting processes (56%). Funding technology for equitable outcomes Why should this matter to grantmakers?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 31, 2025

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum to all executive departments and agencies requiring that Federal agencies identify and review Federal financial assistance programs and temporarily pause funding for these programs. Consider what information will help to tell the story of the future.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 8, 2022

While fund development planning requires a lot of time, energy, and resources, it’s critical for organizational success as it outlays a road map for your funding endeavors.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

So in 2021, Thorleifsson launched Ramp Up Reykjavk to fund the installation of 100 ramps in places with the most foot traffic across Icelands capitalcafs, restaurants, and shops. But in cities with historic buildings that predate modern accessibility standards by decades or even centuries, those challenges are even further amplified.

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Iceland Ukraine Environment Design 145

Candid

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Now were introducing AI tools to recommend new funders and funding opportunities personalized to your needs, eliminating work that might have taken hours and surfacing opportunities fundraisers might not have discovered on their own to help fundraisers find what they need even more quickly and efficiently. What do you think?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Many organizations attempt to provide this through a dropdown menu on the donation form, offering donors a list of programs, funds, or departments to choose from. CauseVox Fund Pages offer a better way to connect donors with the causes they care about. Here’s how the key components come together.

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Fund Design Product Module 84

Candid

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Forty years later, we remain an influential intermediary funder that raises funds from institutional grantmakers and individual donors. Here we’ll share our insights into how the practice of listening to the community and funding the supposedly “unfundable” on a small scale can achieve what traditional large-scale philanthropy cannot.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 25, 2024

Here are four steps to help you build an endowment with legacy giving. Is one of your New Year’s resolutions boosting legacy giving?

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

While some major donors are helping to boost overall giving in terms of dollars, the number of donors is shrinking. Some shortcuts include not building capacity — the fuel to fund their mission and the people to whom they serve. There are some nonprofit leaders who take shortcuts.

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Culture Build Philanthropy Donor 246

Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

With that in mind, this guide is designed to help you craft engaging, inspirational donation request letters to send to supporters. One of the best ways to do this is by sharing a story about someone whos benefited from your organization and how your donors helped make a difference in that persons life.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Charity golf tournaments are a viable option for nonprofits to elevate their reach, forge and strengthen relationships, and raise mission-critical funds. Sponsorships: From building attractive packages to effectively partnering with businesses, learn strategies that help boost your tournaments sponsorship outcomes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

With a heightened focus on building new partnerships, the importance of stewardship is often overlooked in corporate fundraising. Stellar stewardship can deepen your relationship with your partners and help build trust in your area of expertise that in turn translates to positive funds for your mission.

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Help Tips Retention Nonprofit 279

sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2025

Youll realize benefits even outside of the office, particularly as it comes to building trust with the public. That builds trust. Show You Have Nothing to Hide in Allocation of Funds Blackbaud Institute research found 76% of donors are concerned about what portion of their donation goes to overhead.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

As a nonprofit organization, securing funding is essential to fulfilling your mission and driving meaningful change in your community. It’s like a helpful program that makes managing grants easier. It helps with everything from applying for money to showing how you spent it.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Fund accounting. Here are tips for building an effective partner ecosystem for your grantmaking organization, including some common integration challenges to avoid. This is the first question you need to answer when building an effective partner ecosystem around your GMS. Data visualization. Document signatures.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Molly came and spoke to our entire company about their programs, where funding was most needed, and even had us perform some soccer drills they do with their kids. Having an event to officially launch the campaign helped increase excitement and engagement from our staff. Keep up the great work! Make it more personal to you (i.e.

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Goal Fundraising Help Nonprofit 317

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

To help generative AI tools answer questions beyond the information in their training data, AI companies have recently used a technique called retrieval-augmented generation , or RAG. . Hebbia announced a $130 million Series A funding round in July and claims clients like the U.S.

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Research Build Technique Feeds 79

Greater Giving

MARCH 27, 2025

Building a strong online presence is one of the most exciting and impactful ways to amplify your nonprofits reach. The digital landscape is brimming with opportunities to connect with supporters, spread awareness, and raise funds. The Google Ad Grant can help amplify content that advances your mission. Craft compelling ad copy.

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Online Build Nonprofit Social Media 59

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

If you want to turn one-time donors into lifelong supporters, you need to build out a new, personalized donor cultivation journey. If you want help putting this into action at your nonprofit, download this free stewardship template. Stewardship strategies that include personalized donor journeys can help you achieve this.

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Gift Donor Build Celebrate 75

sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2025

When there is a flurry of activity that affect the entire industry, such as policy changes that disrupt current and potential funding for hundreds of organizations, you need to take the time to understand the risks for your organization and your grantees. Where possible, Kristina suggests helping with security and financial best practices.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Google.org , the tech giant's philanthropic arm, is investing millions of dollars into getting nonprofits up to speed on generative AI , part of a massive funding effort to empower organizations to adopt the tech, including Google 's own AI offerings. We've turned to generative AI to help us do more with our time and to fill knowledge gaps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

making donors feel appreciated goes a long way toward building long-lasting relationships. Details really matter, which is why it’s helpful to mention how the contribution was, or will be, allocated. Details really matter, which is why it’s helpful to mention how the contribution was, or will be, allocated. 4) Give outcomes.

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Candid

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. Hurricane Helene: The challenge of underinvestment Floods dont attract as much funding as hurricanes and tropical storms. million was disbursed, despite much more being pledged.

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Hurricane North Carolina Philanthropy Lesson 119

Candid

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In the wake of last weeks news regarding the Office of Management and Budget memorandum instructing federal agencies to temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, many of us are trying to understand the potential impact of a freeze on federal funding on the nonprofit sector.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The stakes are high; securing funds means supporting the needs of my own community. Here are some wellness tips to help you thrive: Rest as resistance Your worth is not tied to how many hours you work. Advocate for unrestricted funding Black-led organizations often operate with limited resources.

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Tips Fundraising Professional Reflection 21

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

A strong operating reserve in a time of crisis helps everyone focus on helping the people who need to be helped. Its hard to choose to put funds into operating reserves when that could help one more person transition out of homelessness. If you can give your organization a long life, you can help more people.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By advancing our understanding of these fundamental building blocks of life, we can pursue solutions in healthcare and environmental science that are unimaginable today. Evo 2 is available to global developers on the NVIDIA BioNeMo platform , including as an NVIDIA NIM microservice for easy, secure AI deployment.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 9, 2022

Gamification is proving to be a powerful tool that can help nonprofits meet their fundraising and awareness goals. Because people are naturally hardwired to seek rewards, it builds enthusiasm and drives funding.

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Fundraising Tips Social Awareness 278

sgEngage

JANUARY 9, 2025

Operating reserves provide a financial cushion to help nonprofit organizations weather economic uncertainty and make stronger strategic decisions. The extent that the following factors apply to your organization will help determine how large your reserve needs to be. But you establish an operating reserve anyway.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Having a fund accounting system can significantly streamline your finance function. Tools like Power Automate and Power BI can extend your fund accounting and transform your nonprofit accounting software into an even more powerful tool. You have automation, workflows, and dashboards immediately after implementation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2025

By Greg Fine a marketing consultant who leverages 30 years of for-profit marketing and advertising experience to help nonprofits create larger-than-life giving campaigns and marketing that connect. At face value, AI appears to be a gift from the fund development and marketing gods. Generative AI helps imagine what could be.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Maintaining compliance can protect existing funding, as well. The Importance of Accurate Time Allocation for Nonprofits Accurate time allocation is a cornerstone for nonprofit organizations, especially those with grant funding. Grants often come with specific stipulations on how funds should be allocated and reported.

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Grant Report Time Nonprofit 101

Bloomerang

MARCH 24, 2025

Circumstances change, community needs evolve, staff turnover stymies progress, supplementary funding falls through, and leadership priorities shift. Your next steps can determine whether your organization will receive future funding or lose the funder entirely. Use this as an opportunity to strengthen the relationship and build trust.

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