The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 5, 2020

For many organizations, long (or super-long) snail-mail fundraising letters work. Assume this e-mail is being sent by the following organization: A homeless shelter in a major US city that serves 1,000s of people per year. The primary difference between offline fundraising letters and e-mail fundraising letters is length.

Mail 199

Mail Sample Profit Fundraising 199

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The mission of Transition Projects is to help people to transition from homelessness to permanent housing. The organization operates three emergency shelters and also provides free clothing, showers, bus tickets, rent assistance, computer access, job search assistance and many other things to help people become stabilized in their housing.

Homeless 63

Homeless Oregon Portland Library 63

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Your fundraising email subject line has ONE job: to entice the recipient to open the email. Let’s learn what works in a fundraising email subject line and how you can write winning subject lines that get results. I use this strategy myself and it really works! Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta .

email 130

email Open Donor Homeless 130

Twenty Hats

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In August 2020, I joined many of my peers having to scramble to find a new job thanks to the pandemic. I became the volunteer manager at a non-profit, FACETS , that works with people struggling with homelessness and poverty. The job had been vacant for about two months (and is a team of one!).

Homeless 69

Homeless Volunteer Job Group 69

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The new podcast series, a collaboration between Salesforce.org and iHeartMedia, highlights the exponential impact that businesses, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations can have on the world by working together. Homelessness doesn’t always mean someone lacks a community, nor does having a home mean someone feels safe.

Podcast 109

Podcast Global Hunger Homeless 109

Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Although much of our work over the past year and a half has focused on providing immediate support to communities acutely impacted by the pandemic, we’re on a mission to build a thriving San Francisco in the months and years ahead. Their work and in-depth knowledge of the communities they serve have fostered critical networks of care.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco Model Community Build 111

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Your fundraising emails have ONE JOB: get people to take action. Just remember, your job is to write a fundraising email that will get opened, get read, and get the action you are seeking: a donation. . Well, one of the families we were able to work with as a result of your gift just moved into their own apartment!

Results 122

Results email Fundraising Story 122

Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In the anti-rape movement, we see the work of ending violence as dismantling systems of oppression, like sexism, racism ableism, classism, homophobia, etc. These folks do the hard work of collecting data on how people think about certain topics, like climate change and racial justice. Frankly, people don’t want any more problems.

Advocacy 59

Advocacy San Francisco Story Digital 59

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 24, 2024

Asked about homelessness, poverty, healthcare, jobs/economy and housing, nonprofits had the most trust, but government was second when it came to healthcare and housing. The understandings we’re taking from this year’s study can help inform how IS and the rest of the sector go about our work.”

Poll 59

Poll Philanthropy Government Nonprofit 59

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . People think that if you’re in the news, you must be doing important work. . Look at your organization’s work as if you are a reporter. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

Story 122

Story News Press Local 122

Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2015

When we found out about Lovay Wallace-Singleton's new project to build a solar-powered organic garden in North Carolina, one that also brings rehabilitation and jobs to veterans, we had to talk to her. There are also many homeless and disabled veterans in the area. Work sheds that are powered by solar panels.

North Carolina 36

North Carolina Job Program Organization 36

Greater Giving

AUGUST 20, 2024

Strengthening Your Organization From the Inside Out As a nonprofit, most of your work is outward-focused. Every day you provide services to your beneficiaries, whether that means caring for homeless pets, tutoring at-risk high school students, or running sports events for the community. No one wants to work a dead-end job.

International 52

International Culture Guide Consultant 52

Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community. Be very careful here!

Donation 116

Donation Help Gift Nonprofit 116

Twenty Hats

DECEMBER 28, 2021

On the other hand, I feel like the existing posts do a good job of articulating my volunteer engagement philosophy: that quality volunteer engagement cannot occur without motivated, dedicated, and well-trained volunteer managers. What’s Behind the Why of Working with Volunteers. As the post notes, “our purpose is ever-evolving.

Volunteer 60

Volunteer Management Articulate Demonstration 60

sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Job cuts across all industries have increased 396% compared to the first quarter of 2022. Employees still on the roster often have a considerably heavier workload, resulting in 77% of workers feeling burned out at work. It also reduces the potential for error and duplication of work. Burnout is widespread.

Knowledge Worker 66

Knowledge Worker Fundraising Gift Gartner 66

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Furthermore, the outdated model that worked well at one time—identifying a problem and creating a program designed to solve it—is giving way to new, muti-sector approaches to create public value.” Eggers & Kettl : Making policy work isn’t a spectator sport. Among those ten core principles are: Reframe accountability.

Government 52

Government Chapter Case Study Homeless 52

Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2024

Strengthening Your Organization From the Inside Out As a nonprofit, most of your work is outward-focused. Every day you provide services to your beneficiaries, whether that means caring for homeless pets, tutoring at-risk high school students, or running sports events for the community. No one wants to work a dead-end job.

International 52

International Culture Consultant Proposal 52

Socialbrite

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Climate change, political gridlock, the pandemic, homelessness, war, wealth gaps, and racism are all around us, and they’re only getting worse as the days go by. Whether your medium is digital or physical, it is imperative that you choose to broadcast your voice in a way that works best for you and your audience.

Active 111

Active Activism Activities Colorado 111

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Your programs may also rev up during the holidays, providing meals and gifts, keeping homeless people warm, or preparing for an influx of post-holiday pets needing homes. According to the calendar, we’re supposed to start counting our blessings around Thanksgiving and work our way up to total and complete joy by New Year’s Eve.

Personal 119

Personal Practice Journal Fundraising 119

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. That changed when LinkedIn was purchased by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2 For example: 1.

Linkedin 360

Linkedin Practice Social Media Sponsor 360

Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

My interview with Bob Lynn, the technology manager at the Omaha, Nebraska branch of Habitat for Humanity, is a lesson in the advantages of remote work tools. Habitat for Humanity has been working to serve the nearly 100 million homeless and 2 billion people living in slum housing around the world since 1976. spanhidden.

Omaha 36

Omaha Cisco Tools Work 36

Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Specifically, leading a 9 to 5 life at a job where you "increase shareholder value" and "exceed client expectations," while at night, you spend your precious spare hours working for a cause you love … maybe pug rescue, meals for the homeless, or mental health advocacy … all to make a difference.

San Francisco 66

San Francisco Social Model Homeless 66

Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 20, 2022

I’ll start with myself: I’ve been working for nearly 30 years in the nonprofit sector, and I have struggled with anxiety my entire life. My nonprofit work started with my family of origin and then grew into a career as a fundraising professional for many of the most remarkable nonprofits on the planet. It still isn’t true.

Hunger 75

Hunger Nonprofit United States Global 75

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Too many nonprofits think they’re doing a good job of building relationships, but they’re not. It’s your job to change that. For example, “Your donation of $10 will provide a day’s food and care for a homeless veteran. No one does the best work at the 11th hour, especially if you want donors to feel great.

Relationship 105

Relationship Donor Language Build 105

sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2021

Meanwhile, your colleague is exploring ways to end homelessness in your city or tackle the opioid crisis. You both lead your institution’s work in critical community partnerships. Their jobs require them to constantly assess both community need and the outcomes of programs to meet that need.

Fundraising 95

Fundraising Benefit Relationship Voice 95

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

I am not surprised, because I’ve been doing this work for four decades and it’s been ever thus. Charities feared last year donors would lose jobs, see income diminish, worry their nest eggs were insecure, and would consequently stop giving. Your job is to help them do so. I’ve used them over and over – and they work!

Trend 136

Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 136

The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

Through compelling visuals and narrative arcs, Instagram allows you to showcase the real-world impact of your organization’s work. Highlight the tangible benefits your work provides to beneficiaries. The “Five Whys” technique can help you peel back the layers and get to the heart of what drives your work.

Strategy 52

Strategy Storytelling Captivate Nonprofit 52

Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. They do a wonderful job of showing the impact of their services by telling personal stories of the people that they have helped. s homeless population.

Awareness 74

Awareness Organization West Virginia Homeless 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

This year’s Day of Service featured three different projects – a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC’s largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. Since Mark works solo, this is a useful tool. Event 360 was a sponsor for the Day of Service.

Story 95

Story Service Arts NTC 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Note from Beth: My colleague, Simon Mainwaring, has launched a new series of online courses “ WeFirst Works ” that help you find your purpose – whether an individual, company, or nonprofit. . How to Brand Your Nonprofit To Scale Your Positive Impact – Guest Post by Simon Mainwaring.

Impact 102

Impact Celebrate Profit Nonprofit 102

Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

The restaurant where she worked had recently closed, and losing her job meant she needed help getting healthy food for her two kids. But our work isn’t finished. Over 3,000 people in Combe County are currently facing poverty and homelessness—at least 1,000 of them are children. Will you help us change that?

Donor 95

Donor Chicago Gift Children 95

Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For example, if you are taking a volunteer for your homeless shelter that offers overnight accommodations and food service, you want to familiarize that person with the food service program, since that’s where they will be serving. Train Them On the Job. Your Fundraising Volunteers. Get Beyond the Barriers.

Volunteer 52

Volunteer Program Fundraising University 52

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, an organization that supports homeless families could have an Advisory Board made up of formerly and current homeless people. By serving on the Advisory Board, they are saying, “This organization’s work is important.”. During the second meeting, members share how they are engaging in the organization’s work.

Roles 111

Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

If you’re new to major donor work, you know what I mean. The more they tell you about what matters to them, the better job you can do of customizing an Ask for them that is an exact fit between your funding needs and their philanthropic desires. There’s nothing wrong with fun, but you need to be strategic in your work.

Relationship 126

Relationship Question Donor Build 126

Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

As a veterinary resident, part of her job involved teaching, and that responsibility did not end with the shut-in. Ali made her homegrown video work. One of my Northern Virginia colleagues, who works a very local organization – a homeless shelter – reported that she has a virtual volunteer from California.

Roles 70

Roles Virtual Volunteer Demonstration 70

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2011

Though not universal, it's true that people continue to volunteer and contribute money in support of organizations doing good work in our communities. I'm late for work and almost out of gas!), we also have individual concerns that are more outwardly-focused (Why are there so many homeless people on the street these days?

Donor 96

Donor Arizona Homeless Associations 96

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

How do you sum up your organization’s work in a single sentence? The goal is to capture the essence of your organization’s work. That means their mission statement isn’t working for them. So, let’s talk about what a good mission statement looks like so you can make sure yours is working for you. Well, good news!

Hunger 105

Hunger Nonprofit Examples Feeds 105