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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Boosting your visibility and funding by listening to the people you serve
People are paying more attention to how nonprofits listen to the people they serve. Leading foundations increasingly value nonprofits that have strong feedback practices. They want to support organizations that actively solicit—and act on—feedback. Information about how specific nonprofits gather and respond to feedback is also becoming more visible to individual donors every day. What does this emphasis on feedback mean for your nonprofit?
Monday, February 22, 2021
Donor Perspective: Leveraging Charity Navigator to Benchmark deserving nonprofits
This is a follow up to the blog posted on December 8, 2020: "Donor Perspective: Leveraging Charity Navigator to find and support deserving nonprofits.”
Charity Navigator has played an important role in my philanthropic planning -- my wife and I use their ratings to surface fiscally responsible and effective charities for consideration. With so many different organizations to consider supporting, we’ve found benchmarking an important step in selecting the right charity to make an investment in.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
The Battle to be Heard: Preserving the Native American Vote
and donors to consider aspects of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
in their decision-making.
assistance to Native American tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
#LoveACharity: Giving Nonprofits a Little Valentine’s Day Love
Another year means another Valentine’s Day is on its way. No matter how you celebrate the holiday, whether you’re exchanging sweets and greeting cards or simple “I love yous”, it’s a time to show the important ones in your life a little extra love.
Monday, February 8, 2021
In Challenging Times, Channeling Negative Emotions into Impactful Giving
What drives someone to give? While it’s safe to say that many associate the primary force behind donating comes from a positive place, that may not always be true. Many times, the initial spark of desire to donate originates from somewhere else. Maybe we read something or saw something online that angered, scared, or made us feel overwhelming sadness. These feelings are what forces us to realize that something must change. It’s these emotions that deeply impact us and sometimes propels us to act.
Monday, February 1, 2021
Why Give Black?
Americans gave away more money in 2019 than ever before: $450 billion to causes they believe in. That’s a wonderful thing. 2020 looks good too. $11.4 billion was donated to the fight against COVID-19, for instance, and $7.6 billion went toward racial equity. A recent survey reports that 25 percent of donors say they’ll give even more this year.