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Join Us! Great Rivers Conference 2024

VisionLink

This year, we are presenting workshops on Data Quality & Data Standards, APIs and the Strategic Use of Data Exchange, and Tips and Suggestions for Successful Grant Writing and Funding (which we are pleased to co-present with the United Way from Omaha, Nebraska).

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What gives in Nebraska? The Buffett effect and a culture of giving 

Candid

The ‘Buffett effect’ Warren Buffett, the CEO of Omaha-based conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway and currently the sixth wealthiest person in the world , has an outsized impact on the state’s giving landscape. The Omaha Community Foundation is the 12th largest community foundation in the country, awarding more than $280 million in 2023.

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Marketing and Engagement: Making the most of your Emails

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, I visited Omaha, Nebraska, and had a great time presenting to the PRSA Nebraska chapter. I shared results from the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R Strategic Services. Below are my slides and a round-up of tips for getting started with a more engaged membership responding to your emails!

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Teaching The CEO To Fundraise And Even Like It

The NonProfit Times

The above data points are numbers that a CEO, and executive leadership, can understand. ** Randall Hallett is founder of Hallett Philanthropy in Omaha, Nebraska. Your responsibility is to show them the biggest effect of philanthropic revenue, which comes from the largest categories of your fundraising opportunities.

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Finding Donors: Where Donor Research Can Make a Huge Difference

Qgiv

in 2017, Ryan raised funds for the United Way of the Midlands (Omaha, NE), and Omaha Home for Boys. Strawhecker, Inc., a non-profit consulting firm in its 26th year. Prior to re-joining Paul J. Strawhecker, Inc. In 2016, he received the CFRE designation.

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Cool App Roundup: Arts Organization Edition

Tech Soup

Discovering Public Art with Public Art Omaha. Public Art Omaha created a searchable online database and mobile apps (for Apple and Android ) that do just that. Public Art Omaha created a searchable online database and mobile apps (for Apple and Android ) that do just that. engage with public art?

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From the Kids’ Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Similarly, Lyn Wallin Ziegenbein, Executive Director of the Peter Kiewit Foundation, a private independent philanthropic trust in Omaha, Nebraska, says, “We place a high priority and value on building enduring relationships with our grantees. As we see it, the Omaha community is relationships.”.