Star Wars: Force For Change charity campaign raises $2 million

Star Wars: Force For Change charity campaign raises $2 million: "The Star Wars: Force For Change charity campaign is over. Yesterday, Daisy Ridley urged fans to donate one last time!

Yesterday was May the 4th, the previously low-key and now very much mainstream “Star Wars Day.”"



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The Power of One and the Power of Community: Part 3 | Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly

The Power of One and the Power of Community: Part 3 | Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly: "How does this relate to NPQ readers?

You’re probably wondering what this has to do with my column at NPQ. And you’re also probably wondering what this has to do with your nonprofits and your board members, your fundraisers and your fundraising.

A whole lot, as far as I’m concerned. Just read the articles in NPQ. Share them with your boss and boards. What are the implications and applications for your NGO?

Just look at the reviews of nonprofits and their boards and their staff. NPQ reminds us to read these."



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14 Observations for the next Executive Director | Intermountain Impact Investments

14 Observations for the next Executive Director | Intermountain Impact Investments: "We had been discussing this move for nearly a decade, so it wasn’t a big surprise for us.  In our final days, however, my successor as Executive Director asked if I might jot down some recommendations and observations.  Then, he could totally ignore them at his own discretion.  If they are words worth his lack of attention, I bet you might benefit by ignoring them too."



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Where’s the Community Accountability in Impact Investing? | Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly

Where’s the Community Accountability in Impact Investing? | Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly: "The concept of impact investment, which has the explicit purpose of supporting economic and community development, is receiving a growing amount of attention from an increasingly diverse set of financial players. This emerging trend is one of the most exciting, and at the same time potentially problematic, trends I’ve seen over the last decade. As with any new field, impact investing raises consequential questions and issues, with the answers and intended results remaining up for grabs.

Let’s consider the following questions to start:"



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Glitch Torpedoes Give Local AmericaThe NonProfit Times

Glitch Torpedoes Give Local AmericaThe NonProfit Times: "Technical difficulties brought Give Local America to a screeching halt yesterday, forcing some communities to extend the 24-hour crowdfunding event for at least another day."



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How to discourage donors from making a difference - Future Fundraising Now

How to discourage donors from making a difference - Future Fundraising Now: "Fundcrushing is a form of anti-fundraising that works on the mistaken assumption that people will want to respond to a situation if they understand how huge it is."



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After naming controversy, alumni call for organization-specific donations

After naming controversy, alumni call for organization-specific donations: "In light of the University’s recent, controversial naming decisions — which many members of the Yale community argue were motivated by the preferences of wealthy donors — two Yale College alumni are asking their peers to donate to Yale organizations that promote diversity and inclusion rather than to the University generally."



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Philanthropy Can Help Save Rust Belt Cities, If Labor Helps Too - Forbes

Philanthropy Can Help Save Rust Belt Cities, If Labor Helps Too - Forbes: "But theirs is a story with a lesson that goes beyond Detroit—and could, if rightly understood, be extended to include—and give new life to—other Rust Belt cities. Like Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, St. Louis and especially Chicago are straining under the burden of “legacy costs” and a paralyzed politics that’s been unable to deal with them, even as city services erode. (So, too, does recently-notorious Flint, Michigan.) In a new paper for the Manhattan Institute, I run some numbers and find that a Detroit-style “grand bargain” approach could—with the same level of financial contributions from both big philanthropy and organized labor"



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California Charities Pan Philanthropic ‘Warning Label’ - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

California Charities Pan Philanthropic ‘Warning Label’ - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "Nonprofits in California are rising up in opposition against a proposed bill that would serve as a “warning label” to charitable solicitation in the state. About 800 state charities have come out in opposition."



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Press Releases |The Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Down

Press Releases | BlackbaudNews.com: "The Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Down

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Nicole McGougan
The Blackbaud Index reported that overall charitable giving to nonprofits decreased 0.1% while online giving increased 6.5% for the three months ending March 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015.
As reported in the recently released Charitable Giving Report, overall giving in the United States increased 1.6% while online giving grew 9.2% for the full year 2015 as compared to the full year 2014. To learn more about how nonprofit fundraising performed in 2015, download the full report at www.blackbaud.com/charitablegiving."



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Keeping It in Reserve: Grantmaking for a Rainy Day | Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly

Keeping It in Reserve: Grantmaking for a Rainy Day | Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly: "So, having only just gained some collective traction around the value of grants for general operations, it may seem premature to make a case for a type of grantmaking that, if anything, departs even further from the traditional program-focused model. Nonetheless, that is the case we will be making in this article: to highlight another potential item in the philanthropic tool kit for supporting and strengthening grantees. This is grantmaking that bypasses operations altogether and instead looks to strengthen the financial position of grantees by providing funding for financial reserves and liquidity."



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