Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Phil Harvey More and more nonprofits are turning to business models to achieve their social objectives. The internationally focused Acumen Fund, for example, invests charitable donations in for-profit companies that work in...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Katherine A. Martin In the 2016 Fundraising Effectiveness Survey Report published by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, data showed that American nonprofits, on average, gained 100 new donors and lost 96 previous donors...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Rena Coughlin It’s no secret that nonprofit organizations face stiff competition for talented, capable employees. Issues of salary, diversity, opportunity and professional development loom large in the effort to attract and keep...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Julie Livingston How do you get nonprofit donors, supporters and members engaged, excited about and motivated to support your organization above all others? Storytelling is an essential but often misunderstood marketing tool,...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Eileen Heisman Philanthropy is a $358 billion sector in the United States. It touches everyone’s lives in one way or another. Despite this, we rarely take a moment to think about how it began and how it grew to have such a...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Jeremy Beer If you run a nonprofit organization or manage a nonprofit’s development department, you know that finding relevant performance benchmarks is difficult. Most of the fundraising reports offer simply average numbers...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Christopher Purdy Philanthropic institutions and individuals gave away $358 billion to non-profit organizations in 2014, up from $63 billion (adjusted for inflation) in 1955. As reported by Giving USA’s annual report, much...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Tera Qualls In part 1 of this article, I described the foundation of an Equitable Talent Development System. In this part we will explore the intricacies of making our surface values of equity, inclusion, diversity, cultural...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Ann Canela Global Impact has put a lot of energy into answering several important questions: How can we democratize philanthropy and put the same tools that major philanthropists have into the hands of every...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Tera Qualls In this two-part article, we will explore how your organization can take your values around equity from your service into systems. A large majority of nonprofit organizations have had value conversations that include...
