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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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7 Database Goals for Your Independent School’s Capital Campaign

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Several organizations I’ve worked with have had Fund and Campaign records set up backward, which caused a struggle when adding multiyear pledges and producing consistent pledge reminders. This could be especially troubling in a capital campaign when an influx of new pledges quickly becomes overwhelming.

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GAAP for Nonprofits: How to Reconcile GAAP and Non-GAAP Results

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Created in the wake of the stock market crash of 1929 and the resulting Great Depression, GAAP was developed and continues to be maintained by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the SEC, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Do your development partners count conditional pledges?

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What counts as racial equity funding?  

Candid

We began tracking grants and pledges based on press releases and public announcements to tell a real-time story. . contacted us with two primary concerns about the way the data was presented: the distinction between racial equity and racial justice funding, and the mixing of grants and pledges. generate and?reinforce

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5 Qualities That Make Someone A Successful Nonprofit Board Member

Bloomerang

Successful board members also make an effort to be well-informed about the organization’s mission, services, policies, and programs. Before asking others to contribute, they confirm their dedication by pledging and paying an annual contribution.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Download this Board of Directors Fundraising Worksheet to help your board members execute their board pledges to raise or give donations. 50 helps us feed one child for a week.”).

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Phased In Giving – A Creative New Trend in Setting your Board’s Give/Get Policy

BoardAssist

As New York’s leading personalized nonprofit board matching service, we spend a lot of time working with nonprofit boards to help them craft their nonprofit’s give/get policy – or how much board members should be asked to annually generate for the boards on which they serve. That’s where the challenge comes in.

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