The Diversity Crisis: Do Nonprofits Need Quotas? - 101fundraising

The Diversity Crisis: Do Nonprofits Need Quotas? - 101fundraising: "Increasingly the for-profit sector has woken up to a simple truth: diversity in leadership is good for the bottom line.

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Brave, bold and daring ... the new US group challenging charities' bad press | Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian

Brave, bold and daring ... the new US group challenging charities' bad press | Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian: "Pallotta feels that umbrella organisations such as Independent Sector and Council on Foundations have legitimate roles, but believes the US sector is “missing some functions”. Established in 2013, CDC’s mission is to defend the work of US charities by countering negative press, positively promoting the sector and providing a legal defence fund.

The Massachusetts-based CDC threw its first punch as a charity “anti-defamation force” in August, with the issue of a media advisory criticising US news organisations ProPublica and NPR over their investigation of the American Red Cross’s reconstruction activities in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake."



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NYU Trustee Chandrika Tandon Gifts US$100 Million To NYU Polytechnic | Wealth-X

NYU Trustee Chandrika Tandon Gifts US$100 Million To NYU Polytechnic | Wealth-X: "NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering in Brooklyn is getting a US$100 million contribution and will change its name Monday in recognition of the large gift."



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Digital Annual Reports Click With Donors - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

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Digital Annual Reports Click With Donors - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "The trend of interactive, digital annual reports has been gaining steam since at least 2011, according to Scott Martin, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Hauppauge, N.Y.-headquartered design firm Curran and Connors. “It started with a PDF version and migrated to microsites,” said Martin. “There’s a trend of (reports) becoming more rich and robust because more content is going in. There’s a lot more you can do with the content.”"



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How Long Should It Take? Timetable for a New Major Gift Program

How Long Should It Take? Timetable for a New Major Gift Program: "So when there is a situation where an organization wants either to start a major gift program or hire a new MGO, we tell management that it will take 8-10 months for that MGO to be fully functional. Here’s why:

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Can You Measure Return on Investment on Philanthropy? - NonProfit PRO

Can You Measure Return on Investment on Philanthropy? - NonProfit PRO: "ince Hurricane Katrina, Loads of Hope has completed more than 60,000 loads of laundry for 21,850 families across the nation. In the wake of floods, hurricanes and wildfires, Tide shows it cares more about the people they serve than the product they sell. It’s a powerful message. And to be fair, it’s a powerful marketing strategy."



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Penn State criticized for lauding ex-official of Sandusky charity | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Penn State criticized for lauding ex-official of Sandusky charity | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State’s decision to honor a former board member of Jerry Sandusky’s Second Mile charity — a man who said he witnessed Sandusky enter showers with children — has drawn more than 100 complaints to the university in less than 24 hours.

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Sweet Briar’s New Signal | Nonprofit Quarterly

Sweet Briar’s New Signal | Nonprofit Quarterly: "Sweet Briar College, now open under new management after the prior board tried to shut it down last spring—you can read all about that here, here, and here—has a big communication challenge in front of it. The last board and administration had fallen out of communication with many of their stakeholder groups, and when they voted suddenly to close the college, those groups got very active: They took risks, they gave money, they advocated and pressured. The many students, alumnae, faculty, and locals from the area who got involved in saving the institution have every right to expect to continue to be informed about what’s happening as it recovers its footing."



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Opinion: After Marriage Victory, Philanthropy Still Has Work to Do - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Opinion: After Marriage Victory, Philanthropy Still Has Work to Do - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "So where are the next struggles for LGBT people, and what role can philanthropy play as a partner?

Many foundation leaders, even those who recognize the ongoing needs of the LGBT people, will reluctantly explain that their funding priorities are focused in other areas like youth and education or health or criminal-justice reform. They express a genuine desire to help but are unable to do so because there aren’t enough resources to earmark for LGBT grant making."



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Gay-Rights Focus Turns to Stopping Violence and Intolerance - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Gay-Rights Focus Turns to Stopping Violence and Intolerance - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "When the Supreme Court ruled in June in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, it was mission accomplished for Freedom to Marry. The 12-year-old nonprofit, after all, had been founded with the singular goal of marriage equality.

The celebration was joyous. But after the guests departed, its leaders found themselves at the end of the road.

Freedom to Marry has already closed its Washington office, turned off its "donate" button, and started to shed employees. Some were scooped up by other nonprofits eager to benefit from their experience."



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7520 Rate for October Down at 2.0% | Planned Giving Design Center

7520 Rate for October Down at 2.0% | Planned Giving Design Center: "For purposes of determining the present value of an annuity, an interest for life or a term of years, or a remainder or a reversionary interest, the applicable federal rate under section 7520 for October 2015 is 2.0%; down from September."



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Red Cross Fights Disasters With Social Media, Mobile Apps GOOGL - Investors.com

Red Cross Fights Disasters With Social Media, Mobile Apps GOOGL - Investors.com: "In response, disaster relief organizations are creating mobile apps and better leveraging technologies like geographic information systems (GIS) and social media to improve their reach and services.

In September, for instance, the Red Cross launched an interactive "Map Journal" designed as a one-stop resource to assist with the wildfires that hit the Western states. The map shows location and size of fires, evacuation zones, road closures and shelter locations. It even tells you where to take pets, among other information."



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Crowdfunding In Every Day Giving - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

Crowdfunding In Every Day Giving - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "Crowdfunding is no Field of Dreams: If you build it, they might not come. If you build it, you need to push it out and tell everyone about it, and then they will come, according to nonprofit technology and fundraising experts.

If your organization is dipping its toes in crowdfunding, it probably has some base of support from traditional fundraising efforts. But, what if it doesn’t have that base?

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Annual State of Montana Employees’ Charitable Giving Campaign

Annual State of Montana Employees’ Charitable Giving Campaign: "e state Capitol was full Monday with 400 non-profits eager to get state employees to donate to their cause.

This is all an effort to raise $600,000 in the annual drive."



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Facebook Reverses Ban on Sight-Loss Charity's Video Ad - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Facebook Reverses Ban on Sight-Loss Charity's Video Ad - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "After barring a Royal National Institute of Blind People advertisement that asks viewers to consider how they would feel if they were losing their sight, Facebook did an about-face Wednesday and cleared the clip, The Guardian reports. The company drew fire on social media for initially refusing the ad, saying it violates internal guidelines that favor "neutral or positive" messages and disallow "threatening" language."



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Opinion: Donors — Especially the Newly Wealthy — Need to Make Scientific Research a Priority - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Opinion: Donors — Especially the Newly Wealthy — Need to Make Scientific Research a Priority - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "We — philanthropy, government, and business working together — need to fund basic science if we want to transform efforts to help the more than one billion people worldwide who suffer from devastating brain disorders, and we must sustain this investment."



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Ted Leonsis’s Charitable Giving Part of Quid Pro Quo on New Arena in DC | Nonprofit Quarterly

Ted Leonsis’s Charitable Giving Part of Quid Pro Quo on New Arena in DC | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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Time we ditched fundraising’s personality cult - UK Fundraising

Time we ditched fundraising’s personality cult - UK Fundraising: "The 113-word description of the opening plenary devoted most of those words to talking about the presenter, not about what he was actually going to say.

Which highlights something that’s niggled me about our sector for a while – quite a while – but I’ve not really been able put my finger on why until the events of recent months brought it into focus.

We have a cult of personality in fundraising. I don’t think I’m saying anything surprising or controversial here. There are a few – probably just a handful – of dominant individuals (almost all male) who tend to monopolise the conference circuit, and they are in great demand."



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Paris 2024 leaders launch crowdfunding campaign | FOX Sports

Paris 2024 leaders launch crowdfunding campaign | FOX Sports: "PARIS (AP) Leaders of the Paris bid for the 2024 Olympics put on a show of unity at a festive meeting involving French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and more than 150 athletes for the official launch of a crowdfunding campaign on Friday."



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You Ask Your Donors for More Money All the Time – Why Don’t You Ask Your Boss? - Resource Center - AFP

You Ask Your Donors for More Money All the Time – Why Don’t You Ask Your Boss? - Resource Center - AFP: "You have been going through training to be the best development professional you can be. You have learned all about asking the right person for the right amount of money at the right time.  Maybe you have closed your first major gift or upgraded several donors from mid-level to major giving, or have even started an annual giving program. "



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Who are you again? Fundraising as an Outsider - Resource Center - AFP

Who are you again? Fundraising as an Outsider - Resource Center - AFP

Say “Yes!” to P2P Registration Data | npENGAGE

Say “Yes!” to P2P Registration Data | npENGAGE: "Charity Dynamics just released a report that takes a deep dive into the registration form flow itself.
Their 2015 Walk Registration Benchmark Study evaluated seven organizations, 6,000 local walk events, and 700,000 potential participants over the summer of 2015. Using funnels set up in Google Analytics, they followed users through the six-step registration process that many of the top event fundraising organizations are currently using."



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Research about Doctors Soliciting Donations from their Cancer Patients | Nonprofit Quarterly

Research about Doctors Soliciting Donations from their Cancer Patients | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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Giving to Mass. Nonprofits by Top Corp. Donors Rose 19%

massnonprofit news ::: "September 25, 2015 — Total corporate charitable giving—cash and in-kind services—by the top 50 donors to Massachusetts nonprofits rose 19% last year, compared to two years earlier, although giving by the very largest corporate donors dropped by nearly 7%, according to a recently published listing.

Total cash gifts by the top 50 corporate donors rose 6%, while total in-kind giving increased 45%, according to the listing compiled by the Boston Business Journal (BBJ)."



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Economic Matchmaker Revs Up Next Phase of Philanthropy in Detroit - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Economic Matchmaker Revs Up Next Phase of Philanthropy in Detroit - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Mike Duggan, the mayor of Detroit, wants to keep the philanthropic dollars flowing. In February, he installed Ryan Friedrichs as chief development officer, a position that remained unfilled during the two previous administrations. Mr. Friedrichs, 38, serves as the liaison between city departments and foundations, working to stoke investment in local programs and find ways to work with a deep roster of local foundations, among other things."



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Crowdfunding In Every Day Giving - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

Crowdfunding In Every Day Giving - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "Crowdfunding is no Field of Dreams: If you build it, they might not come. If you build it, you need to push it out and tell everyone about it, and then they will come, according to nonprofit technology and fundraising experts.

If your organization is dipping its toes in crowdfunding, it probably has some base of support from traditional fundraising efforts. But, what if it doesn’t have that base?"



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MORE THAN A TICKET: RETHINKING THE ANNUAL REPORT

September 2015 | NTEN: "Every year, Seattle Theatre Group reaches thousands in the Pacific Northwest through music and theatre performances. But the audience for their annual report could be much greater. They recently took a leap and made their report digital, with support from Pyramid Communications. Here, a nonprofit leader and her agency partner share what they’ve learned by asking questions about how they can better tell and distribute their stories."



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Stephen Pidgeon: Our direct mail is more creative than in the US | Third Sector

Stephen Pidgeon: Our direct mail is more creative than in the US | Third Sector: "I'm just back from the US, where I'd been invited to speak to neighbouring chapters of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the US equivalent of our Institute of Fundraising. I was reminded of the different status fundraising holds in the US, where local charities provide many services that are provided in the UK by local or national government."



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Seniors moment: Baring it for a charity calendar - Naples Daily News

Seniors moment: Baring it for a charity calendar - Naples Daily News: "AKRON, Ohio - Grandpa and Granny are stripping again for charity.

Residents of Barberton, Ohio’s Pleasant Pointe assisted living facility recently posed baring (almost) all for their 2016 calendar. Last year, they did the same thing and generated nearly $9,000 for the Esther Ryan Shoe Fund, which provides shoes for children who attend Barberton schools."



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Another Gates Education Experiment Grinds to an End, Leaving Questionable Results Behind | Nonprofit Quarterly

Another Gates Education Experiment Grinds to an End, Leaving Questionable Results Behind | Nonprofit Quarterly: "Now, as the end of the seven-year time frame for the program approaches, the Tampa Bay Times is looking at how the program has worked in one of the districts that partnered with the Gates Foundation:

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