Nonprofits and Cuba: Past and Future - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Nonprofits and Cuba: Past and Future - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: "The background story is that at the U.S. State Department, staff have long advocated reestablishing ties with Cuba, much as a small number of U.S. nonprofits have suggested through direct advocacy and through exemplary programming. "



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Our Top Philanthropy Obsessions in 2015 - Inside Philanthropy: Fundraising Intelligence - Inside Philanthropy

Our Top Philanthropy Obsessions in 2015 - Inside Philanthropy: Fundraising Intelligence - Inside Philanthropy: "As the New Year gets underway, we could conjure up a list of "top trends" in philanthropy for 2015 or make a bunch of predictions that we would probably regret twelve months from now, along with all the junk we ate over the holidays. 

But we're going to skip such exercises and instead offer up a quick tour of the obsessions, favorite causes, and pet peeves that we'll be indulging this year. If you're still wondering what the agenda is at Inside Philanthropy, you've clicked on the right post. 

Here's what we'll be banging the drum about:"



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Pamela Barden-Donor Retention: Stop Talking, Start Doing : FundRaising Success

Pamela Barden-Donor Retention: Stop Talking, Start Doing : FundRaising Success: "It's hard to pick up a publication, read an e-news or go to a conference without being confronted by the ugly fact: Donor retention is at a crisis level. Perhaps three in four first-time donors never give again; this is a massive group of "one and done" donors, and a significant loss to nonprofit organizations. Overall attrition is often in the 50 percent to 70 percent range, and acquiring donors seems to get more expensive every day."



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Monterey County Gives! sets record with $1,347,191 in donations to 100-plus local nonprofits. - Monterey County Weekly: People

Monterey County Gives! sets record with $1,347,191 in donations to 100-plus local nonprofits. - Monterey County Weekly: People: "There’s a lot to love about Monterey County Gives!, starting with the local nonprofit agencies well worth enthusiastic support.
As Gives! co-sponsor Community Foundation for Monterey County finalized numbers this week, there was more to like.
The best part: The sheer amount of people who gave. In the end, donors numbered 1,712 all told.
Individuals ultimately found the change in their heart to donate $969,325 in 2014, including a kid who gave $0.43."



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Nonprofit Leadership Alliance names WMU program best in the U.S.

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance names WMU program best in the U.S.: "The undergraduate program in nonprofit leadership at Western Michigan University--a program that allows students to actually award grants to meet community needs--is the one in the nation that exemplifies overall best practices.

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance announced Jan. 7 that WMU's Nonprofit Leadership Program is this year's winner of the Sprint Program Excellence Award. T"



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Honor Someone Who Is Changing the World! | SYS-CON MEDIA

Honor Someone Who Is Changing the World! | SYS-CON MEDIA: "nyone can submit a nomination in the following six categories: Philanthropist, Volunteer Fundraiser, Corporation, Foundation and Youth (two awards, Individual and Group).
Nominations must take the form of a short, "selfie" video—a person talking to the camera about the impact the nominee has made. No bells, whistles, special formatting or gimmicks are needed. Just speak—from the heart—about how your nominee is changing the world."



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Nonprofits Win Key Victory in Overhead Battles With Government - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Nonprofits Win Key Victory in Overhead Battles With Government - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Rather than focusing on what Congress will (or won’t) do in the new year, foundations and other nonprofits would do well to take a close look at a little-noticed overhaul of federal grant-making rules—in the works for three years and that took effect the day after Christmas—that could provide meaningful traction for ending the so-called nonprofit starvation cycle.

Last month, the federal Office of Management and Budget formally recognized in new rules called the Uniform Guidance that when governments hire nonprofits to provide services, those nonprofits legitimately need to incur and be paid for their "indirect costs"—which is government-speak for overhead and administrative expenses."



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10 Ways to Kill Your Nonprofit - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

10 Ways to Kill Your Nonprofit - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: "For the record, we would never suggest that you actually do it. Kill your nonprofit, that is. You work so hard to make it go, and most days you want it to fly free and carry your dreams for a better world. But not everyone is like you. Clearly (from what we see out there) some people really do want to kill their nonprofit. So this article is for them, not for you. This is for those people who really do long for a darker world."



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Top 2015 Nonprofit Content Marketing Challenges Are Budget and Buy-In

Top 2015 Nonprofit Content Marketing Challenges Are Budget and Buy-In: "One of the top takeaways from the CMI’s report, entitled “2015 Nonprofit Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America,” is that 23 percent of nonprofits have documented content strategies in place. That’s a low number, and it could explain why it’s difficult for so many organizations to effectively manage and run their campaigns—especially those that integrate with other channels."



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10 Universities With the Largest Financial Endowments - US News

10 Universities With the Largest Financial Endowments - US News: "Financial endowments grew an average of 11.7 percent in the 2013 fiscal year, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Early data show that the 2014 fiscal year may have brought ​even greater gains, the group says.

[Find out which colleges and universities claim to meet full financial need.]

In the 2013 fiscal year, the 1,165 ranked universities that reported endowment figures to U.S. News in aggregate had a gain of 7.6 percent in the size of their endowments. The average endowment among them was about $355 million at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30,​ 2013, up from about $330 million the previous year."



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Community lending circles go mainstream - Business - The Boston Globe

Community lending circles go mainstream - Business - The Boston Globe: "Now, nonprofits in Massachusetts and across the country are trying to bring these lending groups into the mainstream, formalizing these networks to provide low- and moderate-income families a gateway to traditional financial services. Their aim is to help people develop or repair credit histories and build financial identities that allow them to borrow from banks and credit unions without paying exorbitant interest rates."



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Group That Invests In Nonprofits Loaned Record-High $15M In 2014 | Wisconsin Public Radio

Group That Invests In Nonprofits Loaned Record-High $15M In 2014 | Wisconsin Public Radio: "An organization in Wisconsin that lends money to nonprofits had its biggest year ever in 2014.  

Forward Community Investments aims to put money where it can improve the life of others. They've lent money and provided advising services to food pantries, health clinics and daycares in 40 counties around the state."



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Vital Records: Births and Deaths in the Nonprofit Sector - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Vital Records: Births and Deaths in the Nonprofit Sector - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly:



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The Nonprofit Marketing Blog

The Nonprofit Marketing Blog: "Wine and cheese tastings. Fancy dinners. Receptions. What do all these events have in common? They are generic. Any nonprofit can host these events. They are not special to your donors. They are not especially meaningful. To paraphrase Lynne Wester, The Donor Relations Guru, in our popular Nonprofit 911 webinar:  Donors gave you money. They can buy themselves dinner. Hosting an event to honor and recognize your donors is good practice, but make sure that the face to face experience you give them is unique to your organization."



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To Grow, One Association Focused On Value Instead of Milestones: Associations Now

To Grow, One Association Focused On Value Instead of Milestones: Associations Now: "So how’d they do it? Three years ago, shortly after Stuart Binstock was tapped as CFMA’s new president and CEO, the organization made a significant change to its strategic plan: Leadership agreed to remove membership growth as a priority, deciding to focus instead on delivering greater member value."



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Awesome Games Done Quick: How Gaming Gurus Reinvented Telethons: Associations Now

Awesome Games Done Quick: How Gaming Gurus Reinvented Telethons: Associations Now: "he charity event Awesome Games Done Quick, a weeklong gaming livestream featured on the video-streaming site Twitch, raised more than $1.5 million for charity research earlier this month. How they did it says a lot about the value of embracing niche audiences online."



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Catholic Charities USA Names Sister Donna Markham First Female President : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

Catholic Charities USA Names Sister Donna Markham First Female President : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: "(Press release, Jan. 12, 2015) — The Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) board of trustees announced that Sister Donna Markham OP, Ph.D., president of the Behavioral Health Institute for Mercy Health, has been selected as its new president. Sister Donna, the first female president to lead CCUSA in the organization's 105-year history, has a doctorate in clinical psychology and a proven track record in organizational leadership. She succeeds Rev. Larry Snyder, who served as CCUSA's president since 2005, and will officially be seated as CCUSA's 10th president on June 1, 2015."



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U.K. Report: Wealthy Young People More Likely to Invest Ethically : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

U.K. Report: Wealthy Young People More Likely to Invest Ethically : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: "The younger generation of millionaires is less concerned with just making profits when it comes to investing and is more likely to have ethical or social investments, according to research released by the Charities Aid Foundation."



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5 New Year’s Resolutions About Nonprofit Measurement – Measuring Up - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

5 New Year’s Resolutions About Nonprofit Measurement – Measuring Up - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "As we enter 2015, we’re more excited than ever for what the New Year has in store for the social sector. And this is an opportune time for us all to look ahead and think about how to make the most of the year. Here are five resolutions we recommend to help us all have even greater impact in 2015:"



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