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How Do we Scale Social Change?
By Nell Edgington This week I attended the 5th annual Social Impact Exchange Conference in New York City. It was an interesting gathering of funders, change makers and…
Stop Calling Millennials Selfish, 87% Of Millennials Donated To Charity Last Year: Report
By Bobbie Couch A lot has been said about millennials and what they expect out of life. The turn-of-the-century generation has been known to be filled with…
Case Study: Finding Ways to Match Nonprofits and Millennials
By Lincoln Arneal Nonprofits need an eHarmony for Millennials. Much like the dating world, the interest is there, but often there is disconnect between finding…
Millennials and the Social Sector: What’s Next?
By Derrick Feldmann & Emily Yu Achieve and the Case Foundation started five years ago with a simple supposition: Millennials are poised to become the Next Greatest Generation.…
Learning from Millennials: #MCON14
By Jen Bokoff If you’ve been following @grantcraft or #MCON14 on Twitter, you’ll have some idea of how driven, intelligent, and selfless the millennial speakers have been. They come…
Impacting Youth Through STEM Initiatives, Ethics and Leadership, Character Building, and Strong Outdoor Education
National Capital Area Council (NCAC), Boy Scouts of America is the largest youth-serving organization in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area which includes Virginia, DC and…
Volunteer Opportunities Help Employers Attract Talent, Report Says
By Megan O’Neil Well-articulated company policies on giving and volunteerism help employers attract and retain young talent, according to a new survey. The 2014 Millennial Impact…
4 Tips for Measuring Outcomes Instead of Activities
By Jason Saul In my last post, I wrote about why it’s important for nonprofits to measure outcomes rather than activities. I was excited to see…
Increased social network can have big payoff for nonprofits, study shows
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Charitable fundraising once depended primarily upon a charity’s size, efficiency and longstanding reputation. That was before Razoo, Kickstarter, Facebook and Twitter came…
Charities Try New Strategies as Fundraising Rebounds
By Alex Daniels Charitable giving may not be mired in a “lost decade” after all. Donations will climb back to their 2007 pre-recession peak sooner…
Lifestyles, Attitudes, and Technology Are Shaping Millennials’ Giving
By Megan O’Neil Instant access to information and a migration away from institutional affiliations are shaping how members of the millennial generation engage with philanthropic…
Annual Philanthropy Numbers On The Rise: U.S. Giving Nears Pre-Recession Levels
By Tom Watson Those who don’t seek charitable donations for a living can usually be forgiven for one of the most common misperceptions in American philanthropy:…