Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Board members are a vital resource for nonprofits: In addition to their responsibility for governance, they each bring unique perspectives and experiences to enrich the growth of nonprofit organizations and partnerships. A strong, involved board can transform an organization and take its work to new heights.

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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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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Stand Together Foundation, an organization committed to breaking the cycle of poverty and transforming communities, announced an up to $30 million initiative to support 100 nonprofits fighting poverty to accelerate their impact and transform how society thinks about addressing poverty and social barriers.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 25, 2023

Truist Foundation announced the launch of its second Inspire Awards Challenge, featuring a pitch and a capacity-building grant program for nonprofit organizations that are aiding entrepreneurs from undercapitalized communities.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

When the Two Ten Footwear Foundation began seeing an increased demand for their financial support as well as a need for financial, legal, and mental health counseling, they knew they had to take a long-term approach while also meeting the short-term needs of their community.

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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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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

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2025

In other words, the era of organic growth on social media is over. Due to the restrictive algorithms imposed by Big Tech, most nonprofits have realized that organic reach on social media is nearly non-existent. That said, with organic reach hovering between 1-3%, a budget for social media ads is necessary to reach your followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

Water.org’s monthly donors are truly transforming poverty to possibility one person, one family, one community at a time. Designed to create an ongoing, reliable source of revenue for the organization– monthly donations are a worthy pursuit for non-profits. The value of efficiency. Water.org on Social Media. Facebook.com/water.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 9, 2025

To ensure your donation reaches legitimate and impactful organizations, use tools like Charity Navigator , Candid (formerly GuideStar), and TEOS (tax-exempt organization search) to evaluate them before giving. CCFs Wildfire Recovery Fund supports communities through this time of immediate need and long-term recovery.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As a result, our cohort of small, rural organizations that had little experience with online fundraising was able to raise more than $34,000 in one-week — a notable figure amidst lockdowns and financial uncertainty. We offered small fundraising challenge grants that coincided with a statewide giving week.

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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

MARCH 17, 2025

At the Council on Foundations, were collaborating with the New Pluralists and Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) on a three-part report series exploring philanthropys investment in connecting and collaborating across differences. We know that for this work to continue, more organizations need to know how to implement it.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The motivation to build stronger relationships, both remote and in-person, resonated across the association community. Complacency doesn’t grow organizations or help members meet professional challenges. She explained how to use Blue Ocean Strategy to give your organization the edge in crowded digital markets.

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Charity Village

MAY 2, 2024

The Cause We Care Foundation is now accepting applications for its Community Grants Program, which supports programs and initiatives that empower single mothers. The Foundation aims to empower single mothers to achieve economic security, build capacity, and create a positive future for themselves and their children.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Key facts about nonprofits with Black CEOs and Key facts about nonprofits with majority Black leadership examine these organizations’ budgets, revenue, and subsectors and regions with the highest representation, among other data points. These leaders are already delivering results in their communities.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Small towns and remote communities face distinct barriers when tackling housing insecurity – from scattered populations across wide geographic areas to limited transportation and fewer emergency shelter options. These fundamental differences shape how organizations must approach both service delivery and donor education.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A new survey and report from the Made of Millions Foundation, a nonprofit mental health advocacy organization, found that only a small fraction of Gen Z youth relies solely on the internet to interpret their symptoms and make their own conclusions about a diagnosis or disorder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Make a one-time or monthly financial contribution to the organization. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps. This could be done annually or just one time.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What are the key qualities and skills you look for in potential board members?” That means they have to have time to commit first, then the skills we need — not all organizations need the same skills — and then the follow-through to get the work done independently.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Secretary of the Treasury to designate a nonprofit as a terrorist supporting organization and yank its exempt status was tacked to the bottom of a bill in the U.S. The letter would include the name of the organization or organizations the Secretary has determined provided material support or sources. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.).

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Candid

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It will take the affected communities years to recover. In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. million to the North Carolina Community Foundation to support recovery needs across Western North Carolina.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The Fast Company Impact Council is a private membership community of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. In 2023, Americans gave over $557 billion to charities from individuals, foundations, and corporations. Where to donate?

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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. For now, LinkedIn Pages outperform Facebook and Twitter in organic reach and engagement. To begin, and this is important, your nonprofit should conduct a search on LinkedIn to see if a page already exists for your organization.

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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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Candid

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Just like roads and bridges help us get to our destinations, intermediary organizations provide the infrastructure nonprofit organizations—and, increasingly, leaders of unincorporated projects or initiatives—need to reach their own destinations. What are intermediary organizations? pooled funds, regranting).

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Charity Village

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The Ontario Trillium Foundation invites applications for the Ontario Trillium Foundation Capital Grants. The objective of the grant program is to improve community facilities and physical spaces. The capital grants provide one-year funding to enable organizations to respond to the capital needs of Ontarios communities.

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Candid

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Over the past decade, it has become increasingly commonplace for those individuals to make mega gifts to other wealthy and at times famous people who have visibility, access, and power, as opposed to traditional nonprofit organizations that engage in social programming, capacity building, and direct services.

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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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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Modern grantmakers must be prepared and ready to support their communities when—not if—a climate disaster hits. Here are actionable steps and resources leaders at grantmaking organizations can use to ensure their operations continue smoothly and effectively during such events.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 15, 2024

.” This analysis not only highlights the current state of generosity but also offers a set of actionable recommendations aimed at empowering nonprofits, foundations, companies and policy makers to help promote and protect generosity. Utilizing social media platforms, community events, and other channels to feature these stories.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Yet long-established organizations often struggle to lead and reinvigorate multigenerational stakeholders—activists, board members, funders, and coalition partners—while keeping up with changing contexts. As People For the American Way Foundation wrestles with these same questions, we’ll share insights from some recent successes.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By assembling a diverse group of passionate individuals and organizations around your cause, your nonprofit can tap into more resources, skills, and perspectives to amplify your impact. Let’s walk through four basic steps to building productive community partnerships to bolster your mission. Identify your needs.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

But if youre a fundraiser for a nonprofit organization or school in the midst of an unfolding disaster, you can do more than raise money. But until the danger has passed and the urgent needs of the community have been met, apply your talents to strengthening relationships with supporters and neighbors. Recovery campaigns will follow.

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

According to the National Council of Nonprofits , 92% of nonprofits have annual budgets under $1 million, while the typical nonprofit is community-based, serving local needs. Outdated systems and inefficient processes are added burdens that make it harder to serve their communities.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

These questions can help design research and evaluations that are more inclusive when determining what is studied, how it is studied, and how the findings are used within nonprofit organizations and beyond. Explicitly address racial and ethnic inequities and identify solutions that are relevant and build on community strengths.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What is the secret to successful grant writing?” Align yourself with your organization’s highest intentions, and ensure your grant writer knows how to tell a compelling story that connects the dots between your needs and the funder’s interests.

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