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Celebrate National Nonprofit Day on August 17

Greater Giving

National Nonprofit Day is observed annually in the United States on August 17th. National Nonprofit Day is an excellent opportunity for nonprofit organizations to raise awareness about their missions, engage with their communities, and celebrate the positive impact they make. This special day celebrates the estimated over 1.5

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6 Steps to Get the Press to Tell Your Story

NonProfit Hub

Even so, getting attention from the shrinking, but highly diversified, press pool still takes persistence and creativity. Here are 6 steps to get the press to tell your story: 1. A story on the local NPR station could lead to a national spot. Monitor the national media to hone your eye for what makes compelling stories.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

News articles on your website can serve the same function as blog posts on your website provided they are dated and written like a blog post, not a press release. 6) Share commentary and CTAs about current issues in the news. Second, search engines are consistently searching the web to index fresh content.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

Get Fully Funded

Keep the pitch focused on the issue, not what programs your nonprofit offers to help people. Write an op-ed piece from your Executive Director about the issue your organization works to address. Reach out to the media with a local angle on a national story. Step 2: Write a pitch or a press release.

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Advocacy for everyone: 6 ways to help your supporters take action

EveryAction

No matter how your nonprofit organization is making change in the world, it’s impacted by others’ decisions, whether those decisions come from local and national legislators, corporations, institutions, or others who hold power and shape the way we live our lives. Some have even described it as a grassroots rally on paper.

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Thursday Thoughts: attracting passionate nonprofit advocates

EveryAction

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. You need to activate your base and to move the needle on your issue.

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501(c)(4)s: Political powerhouses or misunderstood nonprofits? 

Candid

Unlike 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s are allowed to : engage in political campaigns (so long as that doesn’t make up the majority of their activities); tell voters how candidates stand on the issues they advocate for; and explicitly endorse candidates. Moreover, donations to 501(c)(4)s are not tax deductible, unlike donations to 501(c)(3)s.