Posts in 'nonprofits'

📅 No word yet on the cleanup of this past month’s IRS's public batch #financial filing mistake as reported by CNN and The Chronicle of Philanthropy . *** Incomplete files and incorrect financials were found online and confirmed by news sources. 💲 The error affects an undisclosed number of...

When groups like my client Woodhull Freedom Foundation use ASL interpreters for their interactive, educational, and impactful panels and seminars, it empowers folks who hear differently, effectively bridging populations and people closer to their human rights mission. How can you take the same...

With a plethora of national and international – not to mention local – commemorations these days, it can prove impossible to avoid a conflict. Today is World AIDS Day, but it is also Giving Tuesday. Many charities that serve people living with HIV are creatively integrating the two. In November, a...

Trends in technology, style, websites, and the like certainly come and go. However, one constant remains: storytelling. Feeling a little stuck in this area? Here’s a short checklist of questions to help spark your storytelling: A. Can you aim to inspire empathy in your audience? B. Do you have an...

While some institutions are set up with the intention of eventually closing ( The Atlantic Philanthropies comes to mind), they tend to be the exception. However, the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting economic fallout have prompted a number of nonprofit leaders to consider the difficult...

Phew, what does all that even mean? While there are distinctive approaches to each of the above processes, each one represents a variation of exploring your capacity to create aspirational plans with achievable results. Five Reasons for Why in the World Should You Do This : ** Planning a campaign? *...

++ 40% of 7,004 donors surveyed say they gave through Facebook and 12% through Instagram ++ 1/3 have given to nonprofits outside the country ++ 1/3 say email is the communication tool most inspiring to donors to give ++ 57% of donors in Canada and the U.S. are enrolled in a recurring giving program...

Learn to love ( or at least come to terms with ) them or you may be lost without them: 1. Monthly giving tools and automatic renewal processes 2. Seamless website-CRM integration and data cleansing practices 3. Virtual events/components to events and engagement before, during, and after the...

Why is the entity needed? How will you innovate? What problems will you solve? I recently met Walinase Nyirongo , Founder of Forces Trust Zambia . His seed idea came from his service with British Forces in Afghanistan, seeing firsthand the resulting programs that veterans require. There he realized...

Scoring donors and business prospects is a little bit art and a dose of science. Building or changing a score is best done with data that correlates with gifts. Determine what qualities and behaviors most correlated with contributions or sales. The list should not be exhaustive – start small so you...