Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Matt Reid, CMO of EZ Texting The reality of running a nonprofit organization is that you’re limited on funds. You don’t have the marketing budget to throw money at a variety of tactics and hope one proves successful. Marketers at...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Noah Barnett, Director of Research and Insights at Virtuous Anyone working for a nonprofit is probably familiar with the RFM model (Recency, Frequency, Monetary Value) for analyzing donor activity and likelihood of future...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Sapphira Goradia, Executive Director of the Goradia Foundation, and Courtney Rice, Director of Inclusion and Community Impact at the Robins Foundation It seems that every conference in 2019 has panel discussions focusing on the...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Richard C. Harwood In so many of the communities where I work, people are frustrated, dispirited and downright angry about broken promises and growing mistrust. This condition undermines our collective ability to get things...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Ayana Sadler and Ryne Jones As a land-grant university, NC State is committed to providing students hands-on, highly-engaged learning opportunities AND to providing research that is of direct, practical use to the...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Kim Donahue You’ve assembled an amazing board with a diverse range of experiences and accomplishments, but what happens when some members do all the talking, and others stay silent at meetings? Your nonprofit could be...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Peter Gamache, Ph.D. and Jackie Griffin, MBA, M.S., Turnaround Life, Inc. This is the third in a multi-part series from Turnaround Life, Inc. on the issues nonprofits face in building capacity. You can read the first two...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Stanton Jandrell, CEO of Fraxion There are 29 different types of nonprofit organizations, but one fact holds true for all, they are operating on limited budgets. Whether relying on donations from individuals in the community or...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Laurie De Armond and Adam Cole Nonprofits have always faced myriad challenges balancing the pursuit of their mission with long-term financial and operational stability, but those issues have been exacerbated in recent years by...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Christopher Purdy According to Giving USA’s 2018 numbers, the $427.7 billion that Americans gave to charities in 2018 represented a slight increase over 2017 donations, although the inflation-adjusted total actually declined by...
