Written by Katya Andresen for Network for Good. At the recent Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was asked about donor premiums — those return address labels, mugs, etc. given to people in exchange for making a donation. From the research I’ve seen, premiums can work to boost giving in the short term but also create some [...]
Emerson & Church let us know about a new fundraising book, The Ultimate Insider’s Guide to Winning Foundation Grants. Here are five grant seeking tips that can make or break your next grant proposal. They come from Martin Teitel, a respected foundation CEO for most of his career. The single most important part of your [...]
Phil Buchanan, is President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy and posted this response to Dan Pallotta’s Ted Talk on Charity in the September 30th edition of Chronicle of Philanthropy. Dan Pallotta’s Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up for Itself and Really Change the World argues forcefully that nonprofits need a stronger [...]
Here are some valuable resources that relate to topics discussed at the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013 on March 21 at Fairlee Vermont. Agenda for the Day | Meet the Presenters | Meet the Attendees | Reading List | Conference Materials (more to come!) | Underwriters | Full Report | PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Leap of Reason: Managing [...]
Special thanks to these leading lights of our nonprofit sector–in Vermont and beyond–for sharing their expertise at the Vermont Nonprofit Conference on March 21, 2013 at Fairlee Vermont. Here is the complete Agenda of workshops and panels. Alex Aldrich | Executive Director | Vermont Arts Council | aaldrich@vermontartscouncil.org |802.828.3293 | www.vermontartscouncil.org Alex Aldrich brings 35 [...]
This national grant opportunity comes from GrantStation.com Funds Available to Bring Local Food to Schools Department of Agriculture The Farm to School Grant Program provides support to improve access to local foods in schools. The program provides grants for training, supporting operations, planning, purchasing equipment, developing school gardens, developing partnerships, and implementing farm to school [...]
From Nonprofit Quarterly. Next in the sequence of fiscal cliff standoffs is the renewal of the continuing budget resolution, which keeps the federal government running in the absence of an approved federal budget. That’s supposed to happen by March 27th, or else the government almost grinds to a halt but for certain essential services. Our [...]
Thanks to Network for Good for sharing this quiz. There are now 1 BILLION smartphones on the planet. You must make it easy for supporters to engage with your nonprofit on their mobile devices. Can donors easily make a donation to your cause via mobile? Do supporters have a good experience when they view your website [...]
IdeaEncore alerted us to this great resource produced by Vantage Point. A decade in the making, The Abundant Not-for-Profit infuses theory with tips, case studies and practical tools to show how organizations can attract, meaningfully engage and integrate all the available talent. From organizational culture to planning, from great governance to excellent people processes, the [...]
Kivi Leroux Miller offers great marketing advice at NonprofitMarketingGuide.com. Is your organization thinking about reaching younger supporters? For some of you, younger means Baby Boomers; for others it means Gen X or Y. What might that mean for your communications strategy? Let’s try to look at the big picture. Lumping hundreds of millions of people [...]
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