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Credibility Counts: How to Boost Your Nonprofit’s Trust and Transparency.
Learn how to boost your nonprofit’s credibility and attract more funding with trusted tools like GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and the Foundation Directory. This guide highlights essential resources to build transparency, gain donor trust, and strengthen your nonprofit’s profile for long-term success.
Maximize Your Year-End Giving Campaign: A Step-by-Step Success Guide for Nonprofits
Get ready for the busiest time of the year! This blog offers a step-by-step guide to creating a successful year-end giving campaign, helping nonprofits maximize donations and engage supporters during the critical giving season.
Creating a Purpose-Driven Nonprofit Board: Steps to Recruit and Engage Leaders
Discover how to build a strong, mission-driven nonprofit board with passionate, strategic members who understand their responsibilities. Learn recruitment tips and access free resources to create a cohesive and engaged board that supports your organization’s success.
Why Trust-Based Philanthropy Matters Now More Than Ever
At its core, trust-based philanthropy moves beyond traditional, top-down grantmaking to a partnership model that values equity and collaboration. By treating nonprofits as true partners and being open to honest feedback, funders can avoid common pitfalls—like ghosting nonprofits, requiring excessive communication, or hosting one-sided dialogues—that undermine trust and impact. Trust-based philanthropy is about fostering genuine, two-way relationships that empower both funders and nonprofits to achieve their shared goals.
Trends in Philanthropy: Strategies for Nonprofits in 2024
In 2024, nonprofits face a complex landscape shaped by economic shifts, high inflation, and an election year. To navigate these challenges successfully, it’s crucial to adopt strategies that address current trends in philanthropy. Emphasizing planned giving and bequests, deepening donor relationships, leveraging technology, and exploring innovative fundraising formats can help your organization thrive. By focusing on recurring donations and investing in new tools and methods, you can ensure a resilient and impactful approach to fundraising.
Mastering Nonprofit Donor Visits: 5 Tips for Success and 5 Mistakes to Avoid
Craft Successful Donor Visits: Essential Tips Checklist. This blog post demonstrates how to optimize nonprofit donor visits for maximum impact. Discover essential strategies for successful engagements, from respecting time constraints to crafting meaningful conversations, while avoiding common pitfalls that can hinder donor relationships
Six Free Tools for Nonprofit Event Planning.
Discover essential free tools for planning flawless fundraising events! From budget management to marketing, our blog offers expert insights to elevate your event planning game. Unlock the power of technology and optimize your strategies with our curated toolkit.
Game-changing AI Tools for Nonprofits
This article outlines top AI tools for nonprofits - from Canva to Calendly and everything In between!
Spring into Success
Discover how your nonprofit can harness the vibrant energy of spring with our curated list of innovative and engaging fundraiser ideas. Elevate your fundraising efforts this season and make a lasting impact with these creative and successful strategies.
Building a Culture of Philanthropy
Crafting a culture of philanthropy can ensure that your organization is not just healthy, it’s happy. It’s critical that all levels of staff, volunteers, and those closest to your organization are full bought in and see fundraising as key to an organization’s success.
Redefining Support: The Core of Trust-Based Philanthropy
At the heart of trust-based philanthropy lies a commitment to fostering a philanthropic environment that is more equitable, transparent, and collaborative, moving away from the traditional, often unilateral, methods of giving.
14 Ways Nonprofits Can Share the Love This February
Nonprofits thrive on the connections they foster with donors, volunteers, staff, and the broader community. With Valentine's Day at the heart of February, it's the perfect time to deepen these relationships through heartfelt and engaging activities. Here are 14 unique ways to show your appreciation and involve your nonprofit's supporters in a month filled with love and gratitude.
Welcome to 2024: Setting Your Nonprofit Up for Success
Hi, and welcome to 2024! As we step into a new year, it's the perfect time for your nonprofit to lay the groundwork for a productive, impactful, and successful year ahead. The start of the year offers a fresh opportunity to reassess, realign, and reinvigorate your strategies and operations. Here's how you can start the year off strong by creating efficient calendars, implementing time-saving tools and technology, scheduling structured professional development, and aligning everything with your strategic plan and goals.