.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

Our colleague, Hugh Lee, owner of Fusion Productions, had this advice on the value of correctly matching people and responsibilities. You can have the best governance model, but with the wrong people on the team, you won’t be successful.” The Myers-Briggs Foundation offers this perspective on the process.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Your audit might explore any, or all of, these seven areas: Technology systems Policies and procedures Security Productivity Communication Culture Professional development How you present this initiative to your employees is critical. An appropriate workspace as well as adequate office supplies are also important for comfort and productivity.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 17, 2024

Special thanks to Eric Antebi from the California Health Care Foundation for this one Bigger is Different The high-level lesson across these stories is that bigger is different and that data/plastic from the past doesn’t just disappear. According to the World Wildlife Foundation, the average American consumes a credit card a week.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Giving USA uses this updated information in the models for estimating both sources and uses of giving each year. Foundation contributions, at $103.5 Gross Domestic Product grew by 6.3% (2.5% Foundation giving exceeded the $100 billion threshold for the second year in a row, with giving hitting $103.5 billion, up 1.6%

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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Journal Local News Fund 96

Candid

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

One of the most unexpected twists in my career was becoming the first-ever head of technology at the Walmart Foundation in 2011, thanks to a chance encounter with its president. New to the world of corporate philanthropy, I dove into the complexities of grants management, logic models, and theories of change.

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sgEngage

JUNE 3, 2022

Topics covered in this episode: Due diligence models. Streamlining operations and increasing productivity. Tip Sheet: 15 Questions Foundations Should Ask as Part of Their Grantee Due Diligence. Grant applications and risk identification. Governance. Information Technology and internal controls.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. More than a million tax-exempt organizations exist in the United States, including public charities, private foundations, and civic organizations—not counting the 220,000 religious congregations that are also registered. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models?

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

You are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model. As the company started to grow, having a clear foundation and keeping it alive and well, was a key component of Zappos’ business success. “As Remote work is challenging teams.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2024

Often, the reason a foundation declines a grant has nothing to do with you. Funders seek a return on investment With so many applicants and limited funding to go around, foundations view a grant as an investment. Outputs: Outputs are different from outcomes ; they’re the immediate, direct products of your activities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Halfway through the six-month trial, most respondents said there has been no loss in productivity – and some actually reported significant improvement. Other research has shown that having a four-day workweek can include cost savings, increased productivity, and employee retention. data : Microsoft Japan increased sales by 40%).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2021

Today’s Q&A is with Alicia Dicks, President & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties. Q: What led you to working at a community foundation? Q: What accomplishment are you most proud of as the President & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Groups spend hours crafting these statements; so, we think of them as foundational. One goal was to identify how the pandemic impacted their business models. In 2013, CEO Reed Hastings committed to moving from being a content distributor to becoming the creator of award-winning productions. The response surprised me.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 8, 2024

Kahn explains that AI depends on three components : Algorithms Computing Power Data What AI does : AI processes massive amounts of data, looking for patterns to model decision-making. Within the next five years, Kahn predicts AI will disrupt almost every industry and enterprise, with vastly increased efficiency and productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Panel at Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit Last month, at the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit in Seattle hosted by Microsoft, I moderated a roundtable, “Empower Employees with AI Productivity Tools,” with leaders from three nonprofits: Alex Duncan,, British Heart Foundation; Jon Townsend, National Trust; and Joel Ramjohn, Agape Source.

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Adopt People Nonprofit Skills 79

Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

We then kicked off a conversation with early Demographics via Candid partners Satonya Fair of PEAK Grantmaking , Grant Elliot of Foundant Technologies , Dawn Stone of Center for Nonprofit Management , and Michael Wright of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to discuss their first-hand experiences collaborating with Candid on this initiative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation this year, I’ve been experimenting with a lot of models for workshop delivery and curriculum for social media. Community Foundation of Monterey. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. The resources can be found here.

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Foundation Reflection Community Hunger 93

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Meyer Memorial Trust is a private foundation in Oregon, USA, that has a pioneering spirit and is always up to something new, different, and meaningful – plus it is quite near to my heart. Meyer Memorial Trust is the largest private foundation in Oregon, established from Fred G. Meyer’s personal estate.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

In short: to meet the tremendous demand for our suite of products (current and future). So with this new funding, we’re doubling the size of our product and engineering organization over the next two years. We’ll continue to add features to our hugely popular payments product, Classy Pay. New Beginnings.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s okay to apply for a corporate grant and sponsorship at the same time: Is it okay to make an ask for a sponsorship (say, for an event) from a corporation AND separately to that corporation’s independent charitable foundation? – – Too Greedy?

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Grant Homeless Proposal Foundation 117

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Like the stickers are for food delivery, the trust as a service model is a great opportunity for most businesses today. The model is defined by two mains steps. Then, the next step is figuring out what satisfies that need and creating a product, program, or certification that fulfills it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings.

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Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 108

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Nonprofit organizations meant to support these communities have suffered a similar fate in the federal response while foundations try to fill the void. Foundation giving increased but only enough for a marginal increase overall. Nonprofits will see a rise in need stemming from people on the margins of the disaster recovery response.

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Social Model Nonprofit Fund 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. Many receive a combination of both. High-Level Requirements.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

When you make strategic purchasing decisions, you can set your organization up to fundraise more productively than ever before. This can help you start defining goals and considering which model strategic plan will best work for your organization. Generally, this model follows these steps: Define your organization’s mission and goals.

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Candid

JUNE 4, 2021

As more than ten thousand people a day continue to die from COVID-19 around the world, a report from the Rockefeller Foundation calls for urgent action and proposes financing models for ensuring equitable global access to vaccines. No one is safe from COVID-19 until everyone is safe, and that means being vaccinated.

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Global Accessibility Proposal PDF 59

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

And looking forwards through data modeling allows you to make predictions about the future. You are much more likely to have a good, productive day if you are neither hungry nor groggy. There are grassroots groups on social media, listservs, and informal peer groups for users of various Blackbaud products.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

They made Foundation Directory more accessible by removing the paywall for small nonprofits when they earn a Gold Seal of Transparency. They sought diverse perspectives in focus groups and made structural changes to address outdated language, power dynamics, and privacy concerns. They built a public API and released a public data set.

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Data Demographics Aggregator Participatory 91

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 5, 2021

By: Bose’ Akadiri , Program Manager, Employee Volunteerism at Salesforce, and Cécile Poyet, Director, Product Marketing, Philanthropy Cloud at Salesforce.org. Employees could participate in two volunteering activities: Read for good with Simbi Foundation. This year, Salesforce launched the Citizen Philanthropy program.

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National Virtual Volunteer Philanthropy 94

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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New York City San Francisco Nonprofit Oracle 72

Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

As CEO, Chris will build upon the foundation laid over the past 10 years, seven of which he served as advisor, investor, board director , and, most recently, as Classy’s chief operating officer. From there, I joined the team at Salesforce when there was only one product. A: Classy is evolving to be a true product-led company.

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Product Roles Companies Platform 76

Nimble AMS

APRIL 3, 2022

Making sure you have a strong technology foundation in place is one of the most powerful things you can do to help your organization work optimally and adapt processes as your organization and the world evolve.?. U sing Nimble AMS , your association can take advantage of the benefits of the continuous upgrade model.

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Director Associations Software Train 125

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings.

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Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 83

Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

Around 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food production, while the U.S. California State Parks Foundation. How California State Parks Foundation Takes Action on Earth Day. Connect with California State Park Foundation: . percent gets recycled. wastes 40% of all food produced. Twitter: @Energy_Leaders.

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San Diego San Francisco California Conservancy 126

.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Set the example by modeling the behavior you would like to see. A collegial attitude that contributes to productive relationships. In this age of unprecedented processing power, why is critical thinking important? The word critical comes from the Greek word kritikos, which means the ability to judge or discern.

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Skills Collaboration Communication Ideas 221

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2016

That's because a fleet of identical computers is easier and less expensive to support than a mishmash of different brands and models. Different users have different needs and preferences, and a mismatch can negatively affect productivity as well as morale. Tech Planning Success at Grand Rapids Community Foundation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The new model leadership we talk about in When Everyone Leads is a match for our turbulent times. Our model works because it places the challenge, not the person, at the center. Leadership position and leadership team are outdated terms from a model that no longer works. It is hopeful and forward-looking.

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Leadership Kansas Authoring Chapter 109