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. She’s worked with Movember, Dress for Success, USTA, American Idol, The Gary Sinise Foundation, Hashtag Lunchbag, and many more. .

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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? Over my last eight years working in marketing in the nonprofit sector, its become clear to me community isnt just about stewarding your donors. What better way to break through all the digital noise?

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Candid

JANUARY 29, 2025

If you work at a nonprofit, you already know the importance of developing a strategy for financial sustainability. In this article, well outline a three-step process adapted from our report Finding Your Funding Strategy: Benchmarking 101 , tailored to U.S.-based What are your expenses for the work? But where should you start?

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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. The order was quickly challenged in court and the ultimate impact is not yet clear.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

This Department of Defense-funded mission will see Astroscale's 660-pound craft refuel a satellite with the propellant hydrazine, then maneuver to a fueling depot to fill up with more fuel, and then refuel another asset. The point of the mission is to make sure all the different parts are viable and work," Thomas explained.

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Candid

DECEMBER 2, 2024

They knew those most affected by the problems we face also held the solutions, so they worked to democratize the sector and make philanthropy accessible to everyday people. Forty years later, we remain an influential intermediary funder that raises funds from institutional grantmakers and individual donors.

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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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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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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2025

Youll realize benefits even outside of the office, particularly as it comes to building trust with the public. Even if theyre not conscious of how its working behind the scenes. That builds trust. Or, if a donor wants to know where their funds are going, pull up an accountability summary of the gift.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Fund accounting. Now your grant management system (GMS) is the hub of your grantmaking organization, and simple API integrations allow you to plug in the systems that work best for you. Here are tips for building an effective partner ecosystem for your grantmaking organization, including some common integration challenges to avoid.

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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. SEE ALSO: Character.AI SEE ALSO: Character.AI

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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. Things like smart computers that learn, better ways for different programs to work together, and ways to customize how things are done.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

You can’t work in the social good sector without being very familiar with the concept of paying it forward. If you’re looking for fundraising ideas that really work, put our experts’ advice to good use. Best Fundraising Tips for Donor Engagement What works for one supporter does not necessarily resonate with another.

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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. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: Encourage donors to raise funds on your behalf.

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Candid

MARCH 24, 2025

Based on my 25 years experience working in global development, here are five tips to help nonprofits be ready to respond to unforeseen challenges. At Save the Children, we often have difficult conversations about exit ramps from communities where we have worked for decades. We raise significant funds from the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2023

How NOT to use social media Before you start planning your social media for Giving Tuesday , it’s important to know what’s not working. To build that connection, your graphics need to tell a story. Here are five things to avoid when creating effective social media content: 1. But random images won’t help you connect with your audience.

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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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Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The stakes are high; securing funds means supporting the needs of my own community. Recently, the challenges of the work, like race and gender biases, imbalanced power structures, and increasing political polarization have left me exhausted. But what if we reframed how we approach this work?

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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. Make it something theyll treasure by using photos of their gift at work and immersive storytelling to make them feel like theyre there in person. Have some favorite stewardship strategies you want to share?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

making donors feel appreciated goes a long way toward building long-lasting relationships. There’s a good reason why an iconic nonprofit like the World Wildlife Fund sends stickers and a stuffed animal to donors who sign up to adopt a tiger, a giraffe, or another animal. Building Lasting Relationships Boosts Donor Retention.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 24, 2025

In the ideal scenario, priorities align, the foundation recognizes the value of the proposed work, and the nonprofit receives a grant award. Circumstances change, community needs evolve, staff turnover stymies progress, supplementary funding falls through, and leadership priorities shift. Here are five steps to take.

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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. Join communities (like the Microsoft Power Platform ) and ask others whats worked for them.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A strong, involved board can transform an organization and take its work to new heights. This is the story of a board member going above and beyond, making connections, and contributing to the work of two organizations she is passionate about at once. Mary’s Pence accomplishes their work through two programs.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 9, 2025

When you work for a nonprofit organization, you dont hope for a period of unexpected demand or income fluctuations. The real takeaway here is to be able to articulate why the operating reserve fund exists for your organization and clearly understand the purpose, rather than getting hung up on the aggregate number.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

But beyond reporting standards, transparency is critical to building long-term, loyal support among your donors. Constraints That Nonprofits Face Those who previously worked in the for-profit space often face a rude awakening when they switch to nonprofits. As a nonprofit, you’re called to be a good steward of the money you raise.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Based on our work with the Equitable Intermediary Funder Cohort, we’ll explain the essential work that intermediaries do, and how foundations can support them—and, in turn, those on the front lines of the fight for justice and equity. pooled funds, regranting). What challenges do intermediary organizations face?

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Over a lifetime, we spend approximately 90,000 hours working. Maybe one reason people aren’t happy at work is because they don’t expect to find happiness there. When I Googled “How to create joy at work” these are a few of the best ideas I found. There’s a reason they call it work. Let’s make joy a priority.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

Why do you want to work in venture capital? Why do you want to work at Graham & Walker? By which point, I could see us working with any of them. But for a high-impact, high-trust role at a pre-seed VC fund like mine, it makes a world of difference. A very manual hiring process To be clear, I didnt review 597 resums.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC)fiscally sponsored and co-founded by Global Fund for Childrenworks to create organizational practices and cultures in support of safeguarding. Capacity-building and resource gaps: Many organizations lack the resources or expertise to implement comprehensive safeguarding measures.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Many nonprofit organizations have made the transition to working remotely due to COVID-19 health concerns. Like you, many of your constituents are also working from home, using their personal cell phones and email addresses. Work with Existing Partners In New Ways. Build A Multichannel Donor Strategy.

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Charity Village

JANUARY 23, 2025

Applications are now open for Toronto Foundations 2025 Vital Signs Grants, focusing on small nonprofits and charities, with operating budgets of up to $500,000, working to build their internal capacity. The funding opportunity includes a one-time grant to strengthen the capacity and charitable work of high-impact organizations.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Its hard to choose to put funds into operating reserves when that could help one more person transition out of homelessness. By tapping into operating reserves, organizations can bridge temporary gaps in funding without compromising their immediate operations.

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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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sgEngage

JANUARY 31, 2025

There are thousands of organizations in the world doing amazing work in your impact area. As a funder, you probably wish you could fund them all. What is an Eligibility Quiz for a Funding Application? Options could be, This grant provides between $5,000 and $10,000 in funding.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Let’s walk through four basic steps to building productive community partnerships to bolster your mission. Building a truly beneficial community partnership requires time and effort. For example, let’s say that a school is planning an auction to raise funds for its extracurricular programs and equipment. Identify your needs.

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