NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2022

In this session, we'll review the results of our 2022 Top Funder Decision Factors survey of foundations, charitable trusts, and corporate giving programs from across the country and define how nonprofits can use outcome-focused data to stand out and secure more funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

One of the major barriers for the billions of people who lack safe water and sanitation is access to financing to fund the solutions they need to survive. Water.org’s monthly donors are truly transforming poverty to possibility one person, one family, one community at a time. Creating powerful solutions. The value of efficiency.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In our May 2023 CharityVillage Connects podcast episode, we took a hard look at the world of philanthropy, especially how foundations, both public and private, operate in Canada. For this episode, we interviewed Andrew Chunilall, CEO of Community Foundations Canada.

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Charity Village

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Metcalf Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2024 Opportunities Fund, which aims to improve the livelihoods of low-income people and communities in Toronto. This is an open call for innovative ideas and approaches that improve the economic livelihoods of low-income Torontonians.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

7) Electronic Frontier Foundation Shop :: supporters.eff.org/shop. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas. Offer to write letters of intent or grant requests for the organization and possibly even submit them to foundations or companies. Help the organization by researching and compiling information on foundations in your area or state.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2021

With a net worth of $65.3B, there are a lot of MacKenzie Scott funds available. . Here’s What We Know About How To Apply To Receive MacKenzie Scott Funds. Three LAPA clients have received MacKenzie Scott funds in the millions; here’s what we know: 1. A donor advised fund is NOT a private foundation, nor does it operate as such.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

That’s why it’s key to market your peer-to-peer fundraisers in your community. This way, your posts are seen by people beyond your immediate community. Develop ads for social and Google that you can target toward people in your community. Then, include tip sheets for how to best raise funds for your mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

However, nonprofits are guided by a mission- like providing education in under-served areas, supporting research to find cures to diseases, creating community among a specific group of people, and more. Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds. This method?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. With so much to keep track of, it can be hard to know where to start aligning your communications so your fundraising initiatives are successful and support your brand. Hint: they should!)

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Charity Village

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Canadian Women’s Foundation is now accepting proposals for Community Needs Grants, which provide short-term support for organizations conducting gender justice work with a focus on smaller grassroots organizations to meet a range of immediate needs.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. reported for “informal helping.”

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Candid

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Northwest Area Foundation has been a longtime funder of Native communities. We’ve come to understand that Native communities need to determine their own futures, not funders. We’ve come to understand that Native communities need to determine their own futures, not funders.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

But community and labor leaders, housing and other advocacy groups, and environmental justice organizations are fighting back. There’s a push from the ground up to strengthen civic participation, increase affordable housing, and secure resources for schools and communities.

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Candid

JUNE 12, 2024

Every year, Candid fields the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, asking large U.S. private and community foundations to share information about their grant payments and grantmaking practices. Every year, Candid fields the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, asking large U.S. The median community foundation awarded 6.6%

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Candid

JULY 19, 2023

With these challenges at play, how did inflation affect foundation giving decisions in 2022 and beyond? Last month, Candid published results from the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, an annual survey of large U.S. private and community foundations. Here’s what we found. We added 8% to each grant award.”

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2024

As part of that shift, many funders are looking to ensure their staff, leadership, and board reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of their communities. For foundations with few or no staff, ensuring equitable representation and implementing racial equity practices can be both a complex and critical endeavor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Don’t be afraid to reach out to event sponsors, grant funders and major donors to see if they’d be willing to work with you on how unspent funds are allocated, such as event table sponsorships. If fundraising via events, instead find creative ways to continue to raise funds virtually.”. “We What new skills do you want to cultivate?

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Candid

JULY 2, 2024

Two days after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the Boston Foundation set up a special fund to provide rapid-response support to local nonprofits serving communities disproportionately affected by the outbreak. million, relying on nonprofit leaders closest to the community for guidance.

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Candid

AUGUST 14, 2024

Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant applications? As part of Candid’s annual survey of foundation giving trends , i we posed two questions about generative AI: Have you received grant applications created by generative AI? foundations. A convenience sample of 527 foundations responded, a 24% response rate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

There is no doubt that social media, no matter the platform, remains a powerful way for people to build communities and connect with the causes and nonprofits they care about. Along with urgency, clearly spell out how the funds will be used. This is where data and statistics come in, combined with a powerful image that tells a story.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We also explored how he arrived at the decision to give his money to nonprofits that support his favorite animals in perpetuity through his own donor-advised fund. Considering the dollars at play, let’s now shift our focus to the important considerations for nonprofit fundraisers who may want to get in on some DAF funding action.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Do you know how to tap into donor-advised fund (DAF) giving, an increasingly popular way to give, including among younger donors? The basics: What is a donor-advised fund? A DAF is a charitable fund set up by the donor to be managed by an investor at a community foundation or investment firm. How do they work?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities. 12) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop. 21) Surfrider Foundation Store :: shop.surfrider.org. 25) World Wildlife Fund Gifts :: gifts.worldwildlife.org.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. What Are Restricted Funds? What are Unrestricted Funds?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Grants are an integral lifeline for many nonprofits, providing the necessary funding to launch new initiatives, sustain critical programs, and ensure operational stability. Why Diversifying Your Funding Is Essential With nearly 2 million nonprofit organizations in the United States, the competition for funding from all sources is stiff.

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Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

In response to the simultaneous global pandemic and racial equity movement, philanthropy committed to act with urgency to better support nonprofit partners, as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of these dual events. Pledges were made to reduce barriers, shift power, and engage in more equitable funding practices.

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Candid

JUNE 29, 2023

private and community foundations to understand recent grantmaking trends and forecast where giving is headed. The Foundation Giving Forecast Survey provides timely estimates and helps inform the Giving USA annual report on philanthropy. Source: Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, 2017–2023. philanthropy?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. For example: 1.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 5, 2024

The full ruling is available here: [link] “The majority ruled that an 1866 law designed to provide economic freedom to newly-freed slaves actually prohibits the Fearless Foundation from providing grants to Black women. We disagree,” attorney for the Fearless Foundation Jason C. The ruling from the U.S. We are still open for business.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. What is the Foundation 1000? In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. private and community foundations. foundations in a given year (see chart below).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

Startup nonprofits, nonprofit newbies, umbrella organizations, community foundations, mentors… there are a lot of ways people may think about or refer to fiscal sponsorships, even if they’re unfamiliar with the term “fiscal sponsorship.” Many times these funds are raised by an individual, not a charitable organization.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Kindness is a foundation for equity and inclusion. Budget funds for upgrades to home offices. We never cease being grateful for the joy that participating in the association community brings to our work. But kindness means that you treat everyone with respect and that criticism is offered in the spirit of support and caring.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2024

These trends are a direct result of the “redlining” of communities of color for generations, which prevented investment dollars from improving those communities and encouraging homeownership. In 2023, with funding from the Wells Fargo Foundation and the Citi Foundation, Living Cities awarded grants totaling $3.2

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Many non-profit organizations rely on grants from foundations, corporations, and government agencies to round out their fundraising efforts. Go to a board meeting and let your board members know that you are conducting grant research to determine which foundations to apply to for grants for the coming year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

In this environment, building a community of loyal advocates for your cause is more important than ever before. While paid ads and steeply-priced lead lists may deliver short-term results, long-term donor relationships are built on trust and community. Here’s how you can do it: Prioritize community-building over sales pitches.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2021

For example, watch the 2020 Raise the Region Gala from the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia: ?. 8) Add a short live auction and fund-a-need to the end of your event. Many of our organizations have added live auctions and fund-a-need to the end of their pre-recorded programs. 4) Live chat with your viewers.

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