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Beyond fundraising: How building community strengthens nonprofit sustainability

Candid

What if the key to resilience lies not just in raising funds but in building a stronger community of stakeholders? Community buildingcultivating a network of engaged donors, volunteers, board members, and beneficiaries who share a sense of belonging and commitmentmight be the most overlooked strategy for long-term success.

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Community-Centric Fundraising: Equity, social justice, and an abundance mindset 

Candid

The Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) movement was founded by and centers BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities worldwide. It is a gathering of knowledge about interacting with supporters in ways that honor their personhood with dignity and promote BIPOC communities’ well-being.

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Weaving Empathy into Action: The Crucial Role of Storytelling for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your organization’s brand story holds immense power, especially for nonprofits striving to engage donors, volunteers, and partners. Powerful storytelling is the key. By sharing real stories of the real people or communities you serve, you can appeal to the hearts of potential donors, volunteers, and partners.

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Your Brain On Good Stories: Why Storytelling Matters For Nonprofits

TechImpact

While the ROI of storytelling is a difficult one to measure , what’s important to understand is that it does work. Essentially, storytelling is something that not only helps nonprofits engage with their communities, but it also harbors the potential to help nonprofits fundraise, too. The formula.

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HubSpot — The Anti-CRM CRM for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Disruption of Traditional CRM Systems Historically, nonprofits have relied on CRM systems as the single source of truth to manage donor relationships, track contributions, manage programs, align caseworker and volunteer information, coordinate outreach efforts and marketing, and more.

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Why Volunteers Make Amazing Donors

The Fundraising Authority

Your volunteers are already some of your most committed supporters. In fact, recent studies show that each volunteer’s time is worth over $23 per hour. Here are three reasons why you should make the ask : #1 – Volunteers Already Understand the Good You Do. 2 – Volunteers Have Sweat Equity.

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How to Collect Compelling Stories to Use in Your Fundraising Work

The Fundraising Authority

Storytelling has become a hot topic in non-profit fundraising. There’s a reason for this change: storytelling is extremely important to good fundraising. Two Types of Non-Profit Storytelling. In my experience, when we talk about “storytelling” in non-profit fundraising, we’re talking about one of two separate things.

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