5 Good Nonprofit Infographics | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog

5 Good Nonprofit Infographics | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog: "Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format. Here are five good nonprofit infographics worth looking at."

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Charity Navigator Appears to Question Continuing Relevance of United Way

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Charity Navigator Appears to Question Continuing Relevance of United Way

50 BEST NONPROFITS TO WORK FOR 2011- The NonProfit Times April 1, 2011

50 BEST NONPROFITS TO WORK FOR 2011- The NonProfit Times April 1, 2011: "Steven Nardizzi, president & CEO of the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) in Jacksonville, Fla., doesn't just try to encourage his employees to find fun in their work. He awards them. 'If there's a great work environment that's fun and positive they're going to be much better at achieving our mission,' he said."

Third of Britons 'have no interest in volunteering or fundraising' - Third Sector

Third of Britons 'have no interest in volunteering or fundraising' - Third Sector: "Research commissioned by Parkinson's UK finds 61 per cent of population have never volunteered

Almost a third of the British public have no interest in helping charities through volunteering or fundraising, according to new research commissioned by the charity Parkinson's UK."

10 Things Fund-Raisers Won't Say - SmartMoney.com

10 Things Fund-Raisers Won't Say - SmartMoney.com: "1. 'We're getting desperate.'

Times are tough for fund-raisers and the nonprofits they serve. For decades American individuals and institutions have increased their annual donating by an average of about 3 percent. But in 2009 they gave $304 billion, 3.2 percent less than in 2008, the worst drop since the 1980s, according to the GivingUSA Foundation. The result: An estimated one-fifth of the country's 1.2 million nonprofits have smaller budgets in 2011, with 7 percent at risk of shutting down."

Aggie organizes 24-hour football game - The Battalion - News

Aggie organizes 24-hour football game - The Battalion - News: "College students might feel like they are putting in a 100-hour workweek and still feel like they don't have any money. There are more than 7,000 children in Ghana and western Africa who go through this every day.

The plight of these children inspired Chris Fields, class of 2005, to do something to help. When he returned from a mission trip in 2009, he set out to raise money to aid these child slaves. The non-profit Mercy Project was founded to help in the economic development of western Africa to ease the reliance on slave labor. Since its incorporation 18 months ago they have been active in our co"

5 Questions: New fundraiser for Art Museum is in enviable spot

5 Questions: New fundraiser for Art Museum is in enviable spot: "hat a difference two years made. The economy might not have fully rebounded, but the museum's prospects sure have. The campaign started in December 2009 — one year later than originally scheduled — and the museum is close to meeting its $145 million goal of contributions and pledges."

An ABC of direct response | SOFII

An ABC of direct response | SOFII: "By Jonathon Grapsas, Pareto Fundraising Limited

Direct response fundraising often doesn’t make sense. It’s often simple and boring and sometimes it’s downright counter-intuitive."

States Offer Charity ‘Checkoffs’ To Give Through Taxes | Nonprofit News

States Offer Charity ‘Checkoffs’ To Give Through Taxes | Nonprofit News: "Though tax season is dreaded by most, it brings with it an added bonus. Tax refunds are the silver-lining of filing tax returns and, though for some they can be an essentially needed financial boost, they also provide opportunities to give back.

Many states offer “Checkoffs,” a list of nonprofit organizations that taxpayers can contribute to directly from their tax refunds. By providing a simple, straightforward way to donate, this small step is going a long way to help others."

Disasters leave charities struggling

Disasters leave charities struggling: "Charitable benefactors are giving less to their usual causes as they throw their support behind Queensland's flood and cyclone victims.

Some fundraiser organisers are supporting disaster relief instead of their traditional causes, while others have postponed events until Queensland is better recovered."

Like Individual Donors, Fewer Foundations Gave More- The NonProfit Times April 11, 2011

Like Individual Donors, Fewer Foundations Gave More- The NonProfit Times April 11, 2011: "Like Individual Donors, Fewer Foundations Gave More

The country's more than 76,000 grantmaking foundations paid out an estimated $45.7 billion in 2010, virtually unchanged from 2009. According to Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates (2011 Edition), released by the Foundation Center, 2010 giving was 2.1 percent below the record high of $46.8 billion awarded by foundations in 2008, despite the fact that foundation assets were still close to 10 percent less than their 2007 peak."

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Rural Philanthropy: Advancing? Or Not?

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Rural Philanthropy: Advancing? Or Not?

One Simple Way to Give Your Twitter Chat Legs – Market the Repurposed Chat Summary

One Simple Way to Give Your Twitter Chat Legs – Market the Repurposed Chat Summary: "Twitter chats are an excellent source of content to repurpose. You get a few to dozens of people participating and sharing resources and ideas on typically a narrow topic. The conversation ebbs and flows, but there are usually good nuggets of information that can and should be pulled out and shared."

Harvard program helps retired leaders shift gears - The Boston Globe

Harvard program helps retired leaders shift gears - The Boston Globe: "But Denham is indeed attending Harvard, as part of the school’s Advanced Leadership Initiative, a yearlong fellowship for people with 20 or more years of leadership experience who, instead of retiring, want to spend the next phase of their lives starting socially conscious ventures. Fifty-five fellows have paid roughly $50,000 each to get help leveraging their past experience into starting new and meaningful projects."

Two Blueprints For Successful Donor Retention

Two Blueprints For Successful Donor Retention: "Two Blueprints For Successful Donor Retention

By Mark Hrywna

Retention programs are designed to keep supporters engaged on an annualized basis, and some such programs can be the most effective strategy to improve lifetime value of donors, with the ultimate goal to grow the donor file, maximizing revenue and building long-term value."

Cause Marketing, Selfishness Drive Consumer Giving | Cause marketing for nonprofits

Cause Marketing, Selfishness Drive Consumer Giving | Cause marketing for nonprofits: "New research out of the University of Michigan confirms what I always knew was true: I was right to name my cause marketing blog Selfish Giving. After giving college students the choice between donating through a cause marketing promotion or donating directly, the students that chose the former felt more selfish, less generous and even less happy.

Maybe I should change my blog to SelfishStingyUnhappyGiving.com"

Need seen for policy research | Philanthropy Journal

Need seen for policy research | Philanthropy Journal: "As the environment for nonprofits becomes more challenging because of high-profile scandals, rising needs, fundraising pressures and government budget crises, sector leaders see the need for more and better research on the effects of public policies on nonprofits, a new report says."

Interview - Jane Wales | .

Interview - Jane Wales | .: "Jane Wales founded the Global Philanthropy Forum ten years ago, with the aim of building a community of donors and social investors and enhancing strategic giving. Since then, the forum has grown from its Silicon Valley roots to encompass donors from around the world. Have the last ten years been as she expected in terms of both the forum and wider philanthropy, asked Caroline Hartnell, and what developments can we expect to see in the coming years?"

Heifer Blog | The Official Blog of Heifer International: Shoeless Heifer Hooves to Promote One Day Without Shoes

Heifer Blog | The Official Blog of Heifer International: Shoeless Heifer Hooves to Promote One Day Without Shoes

Benchmarking and Analyzing Salaries: A Fast How-To | Blue Avocado

Benchmarking and Analyzing Salaries: A Fast How-To | Blue Avocado: "To illustrate ways to analyze salaries, let's look at a simplified example of an environmental research organization. First we'll chart salary ranges, then add benchmark salaries, and then look at two ways to look at analyzing individual salaries.

The five salary categories in this fictitious organization:"

Marc Gold travels Asia paying it forward through little acts of kindness - CSMonitor.com

Marc Gold travels Asia paying it forward through little acts of kindness - CSMonitor.com: "Everywhere he goes, Gold performs acts of kindness, both random and preplanned. He hands out soccer balls and art supplies to children at a Tibetan orphanage. He helps an elderly scavenger in Sulawesi, Indonesia, open a small grocery store. He buys a year's supply of rice for battered women at a shelter in Jaipur, India."

Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks young philanthropists - Fosters

Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks young philanthropists - Fosters: "PORTSMOUTH — Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Seacoast invites community members in their 20s and 30s to apply for a new initiative, 'Young Philanthropists for Mentoring,' also known as YP4M."

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | No Drop in the Bucket: Salvation Army Seeks $22 Million in Lawsuit

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | No Drop in the Bucket: Salvation Army Seeks $22 Million in Lawsuit: "April 1, 2011; Source: New York Times | One of the largest charities in the country is seeking the court's help to salvage the damage from what it claims were bad investment decisions made without its approval. The New York Times reports that in its lawsuit seeking $22 million, the Salvation Army's southern division alleges that the Bank of New York Mellon's 'misconduct' resulted in losses and left the charity with 'unproductive, toxic assets with extended maturity dates, the values of which have substantially declined.'"

'Quakebook': Bloggers Respond to Japan Disaster With Twitter-Sourced Charity Book - Scene Asia - WSJ

'Quakebook': Bloggers Respond to Japan Disaster With Twitter-Sourced Charity Book - Scene Asia - WSJ: "“2:46 Quakebook,” a Twitter-sourced collection of personal accounts of the quake and its aftermath that will soon be available for purchase here, is one group’s response to the disaster initiated by the local blogging community that aims to raise money for relief efforts (the title refers to the time at which the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck on March 11). All proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross."

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Nonprofit Leaders Respond to the Budget Crunch

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Nonprofit Leaders Respond to the Budget Crunch: "The Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal and the Nonprofit Quarterly cosponsored a panel discussion on “Crunch Time for Nonprofits” yesterday and learned the expected and the unexpected from the four panelists (and Hudson’s Bill Schambra): The crunch on nonprofits is real and massive, the solutions require both short term and long run, and not much will happen without nonprofits rising to the challenge, speaking out, and calling for the kind of changes. But what kinds of actions should nonprofits call for?"

Giving to disaster relief is as easy as your nearest ATM | StarTribune.com

Giving to disaster relief is as easy as your nearest ATM | StarTribune.com: "Wells Fargo customers logging into ATM machines this month found a new option on their screens. Next to the box that says 'Deposit Cash' is one saying 'Donate to Charity.'

Donate they did. In just 10 days, the ubiquitous ATM machines collected more than $1 million for Japan relief efforts by the American Red Cross. The experiment marks the first time ATM machines have been used nationwide -- by any bank -- to raise money for a charity, say national banking officials."

Dick Vitale seeks to turn Richmond joke into charity | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Dick Vitale seeks to turn Richmond joke into charity | Richmond Times-Dispatch: "mond.

The colorful ESPN basketball analyst not only is happy to eat crow for criticizing Virginia Commonwealth University's inclusion in the NCAA tournament — he wants to make money for cancer research with the banner that Venture Richmond created to poke fun at him."

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Ready for Another "Giving" Pledge?

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Ready for Another "Giving" Pledge?: "March 30, 2011; Source: FastCompany | First there was the 'The Giving Pledge,' which commits the richest Americans to give away the majority of their wealth to charity. Now comes the 'Palindrome Pledge.' Like that better-known pledge, it too is a promise by successful people – but not necessarily billionaires – to give. And instead of money Fast Company says the pledge is a commitment by signers – 100 executives from technology, venture capital, hospitality, and other industries – to spend at least a year serving on the boards on nonprofits that need their skills."

To collaborate or compete? | New Philanthropy Capital's Blog

To collaborate or compete? | New Philanthropy Capital's Blog: "To collaborate or compete?
Posted on February 8, 2011 by Belinda Vernon

Whether to collaborate or compete is a difficult question for many charities. Greater competition for funding is driving charities to compete more with each other and with private organisations, but positive outcomes often require collaboration amongst organisations, not competition. So is there a danger that greater competition will drive charities apart and destroy the collaborative working that is so important to achieving positive outcomes for individuals?"

keeping a close eye... by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: A Small Foundation Leads by Example with an Open and Transparent Midterm Review

keeping a close eye... by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: A Small Foundation Leads by Example with an Open and Transparent Midterm Review: "I’m either a philanthropy and social change geek who really likes reading good publications, or I’m a bit of a workaholic. Perhaps it’s a little of both!

In any case, I spent some time on my back deck this past weekend reading a new report from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation titled Helping People and Places Move Out of Poverty: Progress and Learning 2010. What a refreshing and thoughtful document!"