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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:…

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…

GrantStations’ State of Grantseeking

GrantStation’s “The State of Grantseeking Survey and Report“offers insights into help nonprofits in their grantseeking. This report provides data on private foundations, corporate giving and…

Wonder What the Value of Volunteer Time Is?

Volunteers are an important part of the nonprofit social compact. Giving one’s time or talent to support the vital work of charities delivers tremendous value.…

Why You Should Recruit Millennials to Boost Your NPO

By Lincoln Arneal Last week, we wrote about how to recruit life-time volunteers for your nonprofit instead of relying on one-time helpers. Today, we are going…

Tips for Getting More Out of Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Followers

For many nonprofits, sharing messages on Facebook is part their marketing strategy.  But this has become more of a challenge in recent months as Facebook’s…

What Social Media Platforms Charities Should Use

At our recent Membership Assembly, citing all the algorithm updates and changes in post reach, a member asked if they should even bother using Facebook…

Five Tips for Building Impactful Relationships with Nonprofit Partners

Waggener Edstrom Communications (WE) did what most companies should do: learn more about their nonprofit partners in order to strengthen their partnerships. This mirrors the…

Millennials Can Help Businesses Put the Value of Profit, Society and Cause on Equal Footing

MCON14 | June 18-19, 2014 | Register Now By Sarah Ford This past week in his article, Where Profits Aren’t Enough, Marc Ross stated, “If we…

The Relationship Between Innovating and Achieving Transformative Scale

By Bill Shore During a recent address I gave to social entrepreneurs at Duke University, Professor Joel Fleishman asked me about the dramatic increase over the…