8 Strategies to Overcome 2024’s Biggest Fundraising Challenges
Published February 19, 2024
By Todd Baylis, Qgiv CEO. Todd Baylis founded Qgiv in 2007, a digital fundraising platform that provides user-friendly fundraising software to more than 6,500 across North America. It’s no secret the last few years have been challenging for the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit professionals face several challenges: declining donor numbers, dwindling donor retention rates, a […]
Hot Take: Digital Marketing Is Not What You Think It Is
Published February 12, 2024
By Danielle Rice, Chief Technology Officer, Dunham+Company When someone says they do “digital”, a variety of things may come to mind – anything from social media content creation to website development to sending emails and texts. These channels are so common in marketing strategies these days that marketing professionals must find a way to integrate […]
What Divides and Unites Us in Charitable Giving
Published February 7, 2024
By Lori Collins, Senior Vice President, Giving Sciences, Truesense These Divisive Times There is much talk of the divisiveness in today’s political climate. There seems to be a lack of tolerance in accepting viewpoints that are different from one’s own – not just different from cultural norms. Historically, religion held a prime spot for dividing […]
5 Key Traits That Make Ted Lasso an Incredible (Advancement) Leader
Published December 11, 2023
By Venancio Batista-Pedro, Director of Business Analytics and Senior Researcher, Advancement Resources A Ted Lasso craze is sweeping television viewers everywhere. The show revolves around an American football coach who has been hired to coach an English football team—a sport Americans refer to as “soccer.” The catch? Ted Lasso knows nothing about English football, so […]
How EDI Practices Can Help Nonprofits Attract Talent in a Challenging Labour Market
Published December 5, 2023
By Ellie Rusonik, Vice President, Search + Talent, KCI By Samantha David, Associate Vice President, Search + Talent, KCI “Charities and nonprofits contribute to addressing some of the most pressing social and economic inequities. But having a social mission doesn’t mean an organization is intentionally and meaningfully incorporating equity, diversity and […]
Future of Philanthropy: How Impact Investing Is Advancing Philanthropy
Published November 16, 2023
Written by Jeffrey D. Byrne, Co-Founder + CEO, Byrne Pelofsky + Associates Foundations and nonprofit organizations have been engaging in impact investing since the 1960s. Only in the last decade has the nonprofit sector started adopting a more strategic approach to incorporating impact investing into fundraising. By aligning endowments, investment portfolios, and cash management tools […]
A Time for Thanksgiving Should be a Time to Act!
Published November 8, 2023
Written by Missy Gale, CFRE (Certified Fund-Raising Executive), M. Gale & Associates In November, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving by expressing gratitude for a bountiful harvest and by giving thanks for family and community. This year, I hope our expression of gratitude is more than a good feeling, because it is an opportunity to act by being […]
Mega Gifts Aren’t the Problem. We Are.
Published November 2, 2023
Written by Jessica Browning, principal and EVP, Winkler Group A sweet older couple I met gives $1,000 gifts to about ten organizations each year—nonprofits of all sizes across different sectors. These are new gifts to organizations they’ve read about in the news or have heard about for years. It’s their annual tradition, and they find […]
5 Steps to More Personalized Donor Experiences with the Responsive Maturity Model
Published October 26, 2023
By Gabe Cooper, Founder and CEO of Virtuous Software Giving is to a charity intrinsically personal. Donors give their money and time to nonprofits because they have a deeply personal connection to a cause. They give to cancer research because cancer has impacted their family. They give to the local food bank because they see […]
