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In today's episode, we are going to be taking a look at a report that highlights the growing use of crowdfunding, highlight a couple of huge corporate grant programs that just committed more than 1.5B dollars, and wrap up with the ethics behind the use of opt-out donations which got a ton of attention this week. To Learn More Check Out The Links Below: Crowdfunding Report - https://bit.ly/32asJbSCrowdfunding Article - https://bit.ly/3a9lfu2Ford Foundation 1 Billion in Grants - https://bit.ly/3dd67xWCorporate Giving Programs - https://bit.ly/3uFUs0cEthics of Opt-Out - https://bit.ly/3e1yzC3Trump Donors NYTimes - https://nyti.ms/3dd9Ifb

In this week's episode we take a look at the 5 economic indicators projecting 2021 to be a good year in fundraising, highlight how charity:water is doubling down on fundraising through Twitch and video game streamers, examine family dynamics with regards to decision making on charitable giving, quickly talk about about how foundations are coming up short on Covid relief, look at how a 25 million dollar gift is causing political issues in San Fransico, and finally wrap up with a good news story about Mr. Beast and his new charity. To learn more about these topics check out the links below. 5 Economic Indicators for Fundraising in 2021 - https://bit.ly/3wdOhCs​Charity:Water and Streaming - https://bit.ly/3dmDAVu​Family Dynamics on Charitable Giving - https://bit.ly/3rCjDyT​Foundations and Covid - https://bit.ly/3rC7HgG​25 Million Dollar Gift and the Politics of San Fransisco - https://bit.ly/3wgBoHx​Mr. Beast New Charity https://bit.ly/3cCsNra

In this week's episode, we will take a look at the new stimulus bill that was recently signed into law and what it means for our sector, highlight some trends in the world of fundraising, review a new nonprofit jobs report, check out two stories from the world of Corporate Social Responsibility and end with a good news story to get your week started. Links to Articles https://www.philanthropy.com/article/fedex-awards-100-million-to-create-an-institute-at-yale-to-reduce-carbon-in-the-atmosphere https://www.philanthropy.com/article/10-billion-bezos-earth-funds-new-ceo-expected-to-provide-strategy-and-transparency https://www.philanthropy.com/article/nonprofits-hail-antipoverty-measures-and-1-billion-for-americorps-in-new-stimulus-measure https://www.philanthropy.com/article/buoyed-by-small-donors-giving-grew-10-6-in-2020-study-finds https://www.philanthropy.com/article/the-nonprofit-work-force-is-7-4-percent-smaller-than-a-year-ago https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/13/us/iyw-man-donates-120-gallons-of-blood-trnd/index.html

In this week's episode, we take a look at a new report from Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy that highlights important trends from 2020, we will then head into the world of donor-advised funds to see how community foundations distributed money, we'll take a quick look into peer to peer fundraising trends, highlight Zoom's new philanthropic department, we'll wrap up with a story about a new program that trains athletes in advocacy and philanthropy. To learn more about the stories in this episode see the links below https://www.philanthropy.com/article/community-foundations-report-41-bump-in-grants-from-donor-advised-funds https://www.philanthropy.com/article/events-in-which-donors-raise-money-from-friends-saw-steep-revenue-declines-in-2020 https://www.philanthropy.com/article/zoom-hires-head-of-social-impact-for-its-new-philanthropic-arm https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-puts-1-in-3-nonprofits-financial-jeopardy-93d410c99425f0ac54b3190a656db200 https://www.issuelab.org/resources/38039/38039.pdf

Tim Clarke and Janelle Cronk are the Co-Founders of the nonprofit UNCrushed. UNCrushed's mission seeks to change the way mental health is perceived and treated in our society, ending stigmas and breaking discrimination. In this interview, we talk about the road to founding the organization, Tim and Janelle's personal stories of uncovering struggles, and provide some tips for how employees and employers can address mental health in the workplace. To learn more check out www.uncrushed.org.

In this week's video, we will be walking through a number of topics including, some drama that came out of the latest DAF statists, a look at how large nonprofits could benefit from the new stimulus bill, a new initiative from Bill and Melinda Gates to get more people to become everyday philanthropists, challenges with mega-donors in the art world, and lastly, Dan Price's hot take on Billionaire Philanthropy. To learn more about these topics check out the links below. https://www.philanthropy.com/article/donor-advised-fund-claims-spark-pushback-from-critics https://www.nber.org/papers/w27888 https://www.philanthropy.com/article/stimulus-bill-would-make-some-larger-nonprofits-eligible-for-forgivable-loans https://www.philanthropy.com/article/bill-and-melinda-gates-celebrate-power-of-everyday-givers-at-virtual-summit https://www.barrons.com/articles/bill-and-melinda-gates-aim-to-spur-more-individual-giving-01614121740 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/arts/design/leon-black-moma-jeffrey-epstein.html https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/dan-price-70000-minimum-wage-ceo-billionaire-tax-philanthropy-washington-state-hb-1406.html https://www.axios.com/ecommerce-warehouses-human-workers-automation-115783fa-49df-4129-8699-4d2d17be04c7.html

In this week's episode, we take a deep dive into the Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report for 2020. Learn about overall giving trends, online giving trends, and some takeaways that can help your organization understand where giving is going in the year to come. https://institute.blackbaud.com/charitable-giving-report/online-giving-trends/

In this week's episode, we highlight some issues at the United Way, the impact of Covid on Higher Education, How Donor Advised Funds are making bank, a look at America's 50 Biggest Donors, some year-end fundraising trends, and two good new articles to start the week. United Way CEO Steps Down - https://bit.ly/3ddTNxK United Way Lawsuits - https://bit.ly/3jVYAVN Covid Crushes Higher Ed - https://bit.ly/3poPHp0 Donor Advised Funds Making Bank - https://bit.ly/3rOVsOm Year-End Fundraising Trends - https://bit.ly/3b7XQsJ Generous Millennials - https://bit.ly/3rZtAau American's 50 Biggest Donors - https://bit.ly/37iuTJx Jack Dorsey Donation Spreadsheet - https://bit.ly/2OH0xKl Alex Trebek Clothing Donation - https://bit.ly/3dfLmlo Doe Foundation - https://www.doe.org/

In this week's episode, we run through the most important news, stories, trends, and research from across the nonprofit sector. We start by taking a look at a Superbowl Ad that benefits St. Jude's Children's Hospital, look at new research about donor advised funds, some good news about donor attitudes in 2021, a quick shoutout to women in philanthropy that was featured in the New York Times. We then shift and review some troubling information about grantmaking organizations giving funds to hate groups, an article about the lack of multi-channel marketing in the nonprofit sector, and finish with a look at how museums are considering auctioning off their artwork to survive Covid 19 downturns. Check out the articles below. Inspiration 4 Super Bowl Ad Forbes - https://bit.ly/3a27duM Inspiration 4 Website - https://inspiration4.com/ DAF Research - https://www.nptrust.org/reports/daf-report/ NY Times - Women in Philanthropy - https://nyti.ms/3aQI3ys DealAid.org Research - https://bit.ly/3aQffG5 Hate Groups and Grant Making - https://bit.ly/3rDzVb8 Nonprofits Not Using Multi-Channel Marketing - https://yhoo.it/3tGf4WH Met Museum of Art Auctioning - https://nyti.ms/2NchF9Q

In this week's episode, we quickly run through a number of topics including, mental health collaboration, a hospital that offered top donors the Covid vaccine, Blackbaud's most recent lawsuit, fundraising, and marketing reports for 2021, the latest from DAFs, and as always a feel-good story to start your week. Check out the stories, articles, and research from this week's episode below. Mental Health CEO's Collaborate - https://bit.ly/3cseoOh Unified Vision for Transforming Mental Health - https://bit.ly/3j5nVwj Health Care News Top Donors Offered Covid Vaccine - https://cbsn.ws/2MceL57 Blackbaud Lawsuit - https://bit.ly/3csF5mf Blackbaud in 23 Lawsuits - https://bit.ly/2YzBsT8 Fundraising News 2021 Fundraising Hard to Predict - https://bit.ly/2YyWrp62021 Nonprofit Marketing Benchmark Report - https://bit.ly/2NVbXtx Donor Advised Fund Stories Push for Charitable Giving Reforms - https://bit.ly/2MHVqIUDonors Gave 3.8B Through Schwab Charitable - https://bit.ly/2YyRInE Schwab Charitable 2020 Giving Report - https://bit.ly/3j2MppM Hank Aaron Philanthropy - https://bit.ly/3cumQN8

Nonprofit News Weekly Rundown Episode 12 is Out Now In this week's episode, we take a look at a new nonprofit industry jobs report from The Johns Hopkins University, we review a letter sent to President Joe Biden from 75 National nonprofit leaders asking for pandemic support, examine research from The Chronicle of Philanthropy that explores the gender pay and opportunity gap and end the episode with two good news stories from WriteGirl and Bernie Sanders. To learn more about the articles featured on the episode take a look below. Nonprofit Job Losses - https://bit.ly/3opmUQN Nonprofit Gender Wage Gap - https://bit.ly/3a1jcYn Nonprofit Leaders Send Biden a Letter - https://prn.to/3ohdAOz Bernie Sell Sweatshirts of Meme for Meals on Wheels - https://bit.ly/2YecuIQ Nonprofit that Mentored Amanda Gorman - www.writegirl.org

In this week's episode we take a look at the new stimulus plan and how it will impact nonprofits, examine which state is the most charitable, deep dive on strategies for fundraising campaigns in 2021 and wrap up with some good news with nonprofits using universal basic income programs to reduce homelessness. To learn more about the stories featured check out the articles below. https://www.philanthropy.com/article/... https://wallethub.com/edu/most-and-le... https://www.philanthropy.com/article/... https://www.fastcompany.com/90593240/...

Lisa Goldblatt Grace, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of My Life My Choice, one of the most innovative and prestigious survivor-led anti-trafficking organizations in the United States. Our conversation touches on the state of trafficking in the Covid-era, innovation in the anti-trafficking world, signs for parents to look out for, and ways that you can help fight this horrendous activity that takes place in all of our communities. Beyond tuning in, I encourage anyone that can to donate to My Life My Choice at mylifemychoice.org. Website: www.mylifemychoice.org Donate to My Life My Choice - https://bit.ly/2XGF7hy A Path Appears PBS Film - https://bit.ly/35Hsc3j Melissa Farley: https://bit.ly/3snhusx

In this week's episode, we examine Elon Musk's rise to the richest person on earth along with his ambition to become more philanthropic. We also take a look at two nonprofits that are headed to the Supreme Court to challenge a California law requiring them to disclose donor information. Lastly, we take a look at a new study on giving to causes that support women and girls in the United States. As always, we'll wrap up the episode with some good news from our industry. Bloomberg Billionaire Index - https://bloom.bg/35uMa1e Musk Jumping Into Philanthropy - https://bloom.bg/3i4klBL Nonprofits Head to the Supreme Court - https://reut.rs/39gtdQY Women and Girls Index Report - https://bit.ly/3sdZfFL Good News - Prisoners Help Student - https://wapo.st/35sK8P4

Explore the 5W's of Wealth Screening for Nonprofits. What is wealth screening for nonprofits? Why should your organization wealth screen? Where should this data come from? Who should do this work? When is the appropriate time to run a wealth screen? How should you run your wealth screens? These answers in more in the latest installment of Five Minute Fridays from the Nadelman Nonprofit News.

In this weeks video, we take a look at how the new stimulus bill will impact nonprofits and donors, explore a new report about donor confidence for the new year, look at the top donations for 2020, and wrap up with some good news from our industry to start your week. Learn More About the Stories in the Links Below New Stimulus Bill and Nonprofits - https://bit.ly/2X9N0vL Asking Donors for Stimulus Check - https://bit.ly/2MxWvTw Donor Confidence Article - https://bit.ly/3hKjohO Campbell Rinker Research - https://campbellrinker.com/ Top Donations for 2020 - https://bit.ly/2L1yDan TikTok Ratatouille - https://nyti.ms/2Xd43Nz

In 2013 Dan Pallotta gave a TED Talk that changed the nonprofit world. Dan's lecture entitled, "The way we think about charity is dead wrong" pushed forward the idea that society views charity incorrectly. In this episode of the podcast, we revisit the speech and highlight what has changed and what has stayed the same in the past 7 years. Intro music by Swamp Dogg - "Do You Believe"

In this week's video, we take a look at how small nonprofits are faring in 2020, examine the role of AI in Fundraising, and highlight a group of philanthropists looking to reform charitable giving laws. As always, we will finish the episode with some good news from our industry. To learn more about the stories in this episode check out the links below. Small Nonprofits in 2020 Story - https://bit.ly/3nV4ms9 2020 Growth in Giving Report - https://bit.ly/38F5cCJ AI and Fundraising Article - https://bit.ly/2WTrhbs State of AI in Advancement Report - https://bit.ly/34PNdZ7 Philanthropist Push for Reforms - https://bit.ly/2WTrkEa Accelerate Charitable Giving Initiative - https://bit.ly/2M4bAMb Good News Story of the Week - Ahmed Muhammad - https://cnn.it/3aKUdKN

Weekly news rundown for the week of December 21, 2020. In this episode, we highlight the Go Fund Me decade in review report, discuss changes to the Rockefeller Foundation's investment strategy, look at Twitch as a donation platform, and finish the episode with some good news (MacKenzie Scott). Video Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Pp3P92YIw Links from Episode 7 Go Fund Me - A Decade of Giving- https://www.gofundme.com/2020 Rockefeller Foundation Divest from Oil - https://on.mktw.net/3rhj6n0 Twitch Philanthropists - https://bit.ly/2Jc7Nvm Gaming for Good Podcast - https://bit.ly/2J7M8Er MacKenzie Scott NPR - https://n.pr/3aCFG3T MacKenzie Scott NYTimes - https://nyti.ms/3h5uePr Mackenzie Scott's Medium Blog- https://bit.ly/3pdJGMg

For the past two decades, a number of companies built businesses rating nonprofits. These ratings have a real-world impact on donors when they are evaluating which organizations are deserving of their gifts. In this episode, we look at these organizations, why they matter, and why they probably shouldn't.

In this episode, we explore the idea of restorative justice with the Founder and Executive Director of the Community Justice Center of Lincoln Nebraska. Over the course of the conversation, we learn about the basics of restorative justice, Jim Jones's path to nonprofit leadership, and some tips for how to grow an organization from idea to well funded and effective program. Check out CJC - https://communityjusticecenter.org/ Video Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFvRkR3muDU

In this week's episode we talk about the findings from One Cause's “Fundraising Through the Pandemic” Report, highlight the ongoing struggles across the nonprofit industry, take a look at the 7 Numbers that show the state of giving in 2020 and wrap up with some good news from none other than Guy Fieri. To learn more about the stories highlighted see the links below. Guy Fieri Donates 21M to Restaurant Workers - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-03/guy-fieri-flavortown-mayor-raises-21-5-million-for-workers-bloomberg-50-2020 Donations Soar But Nonprofits Struggle with Pandemic - https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-us-news-seattle-coronavirus-pandemic-36dbb533e7a1908353c74f0eea9a41cc 7 Numbers to Explain the State of Giving Today - https://www.philanthropy.com/article/7-numbers-to-explain-the-state-of-giving-today?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1809511_nl_Philanthropy-Today_date_20201211&cid=pt&source=ams&sourceId=5029399&cid2=gen_login_refresh One Cause - Fundraising Through the Pandemic Report - https://discover.onecause.com/rs/527-FNH-344/images/OneCause-Fundraising-Through-a-Pandemic-Report-EB.pdf?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1JMFpUaGpOalV3TVdaaiIsInQiOiJGZHI5NG82TG1xRUJKNE9vcWVjbkZYc0phKzFSYjZQMmRwSUlvQmM5QnZLUjJXa1NPbkdIakU5eGhHSFQ5XC9VVVZvWTVEcXN3OWZQWkh6S0tZN1lNNDF0SVA1cnEwbCs2d2FLRElhazJPVUcwSjBcL2xQdWdaQmQ5ZXFCSzZBcVF4In0%3D

Graphic Design is hard, but with these three tools you can create professional visuals for your nonprofit organization. Whether you are trying to source free stock photos, design amazing blogs, facebook, and instagram posts, or manipulating your photos in post production these tools will help get the job done for free. www.Canva.com www.pexels.com www.unsplash.com www.photopea.com Link to Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5DL-11LieY

John Jensen is the Senior Director of the Insights Team at Salesforce.org and the author of the most recent Nonprofit Trends Report, a study that measures the trends, challenges, and opportunities nonprofits face with regards to technology. In this interview John discusses the methodology and findings from the most recent report that focuses on digital maturity and the impacts of the pandemic. Check out the full report here - https://www.salesforce.org/blog/nonpr... Video Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnAFyyQKblA

Weekly news rundown for the week of 12/7/20, featuring Giving Tuesday results, Pennies for Charity report from the New York Attorney General's office, new YouTube Giving feature and an a reminder about some tax law changes that can help with end of year giving. Want to learn more about the stories featured? Check out the links below. https://www.philanthropy.com/article/... https://nonprofitquarterly.org/new-yo... https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files... https://www.philanthropy.com/article/... https://blog.google/outreach-initiati... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/yo... https://time.com/5916772/kid-of-the-y...

Amazon Smile is an Amazon program that donates a small percentage of every dollar spent to a nonprofit of the customers choosing. In this video we explore the basics of the program, the good aspects, the critiques, the ugly side of this operation, and end with advice on how nonprofits can work with Amazon Smile. YouTube Video of This Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWLqCHypWyo Amazon Smile Critiques: Why Amazon Smile Doesn't Make Me Smile - https://bit.ly/2JKZK8C Why Amazon is Smiling and Charities May Be Losing - https://bit.ly/37A6377 Why Charities Need to Stop Falling for the Amazon Smile Scam - https://bit.ly/3ooePvO

Nonprofit News Weekly Rundown Episode 4 - For the Week of 11/30/20 is out now. This week we highlight nonprofit's challenges with Facebook, we take a moment to remember Patrick Quinn, the co-founder of Ice Bucket Challenge, review two reports on the alarming trends of food insecurity from the The Brookings Institution and Feeding America and wrap up with a look at a cool nonprofit The Confess Project To Dig in to any of the stories featured, check out the links below. ABC News - Nonprofits Struggle With Challenges of Rising Hunger - https://abcn.ws/3mnlMgj CNN - Covid Increasing Demands for Nonprofits - https://cnn.it/39s53Vi Wired - Facebook Can Be a Boon to Nonprofits - If They Get Verified - https://bit.ly/33uBajq Remembering Patrick Quinn - https://bit.ly/2JxQkNS Brookings Institute Report on Food Insecurity - https://brook.gs/36r4Jo5 Feeding America - Impact of Covid on Food Insecurity Report - https://bit.ly/39t9xLu Confess Project - WBEZ - https://bit.ly/3qbBrRX Confess Project Website - https://bit.ly/2JmWqR9

Our first installment of 5 Minute Friday, where you get trips, tricks, ideas, and scorching hot nonprofit takes. This episode we provide a quick guide to nailing your last minute Giving Tuesday appeal. Maybe you didn't have time this year for a full plan. It's not too late. Check out how you can still pull of a great campaign with only 4 days of planning.

Patrick Quinn was diagnosed with ALS when he was 30. He dedicated his life to raising awareness and money to fight this disease. In creating the Ice Bucket Challenge, he started the first viral fundraiser and raised over 220 Million Dollars for research. This money produced real results and helped push the science forward by years. On November 22nd 2020, Patrick passed way. This video was created to remember him and the work he did. Donate to The ALS Association Today - https://www.als.org/donate

Walking through the top stories, trends, and research from the nonprofit sector. This weeks show highlights the following news. Giving Tuesday www.givingtuesday.org Classy's Why America Gives Report https://go.classy.org/hubfs/_integrated-campaigns/2020-11_why-america-gives/why-america-gives-2020.pdf https://www.philanthropy.com/article/40-percent-of-donors-expect-to-give-more-in-2020?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1735869_nl_Philanthropy-Today_date_20201119&cid=pt&source=ams&sourceId=5029399 Planned Gift Donors Are Pledging Bigger Gifts During the Pandemic https://www.philanthropy.com/article/planned-gift-donors-are-pledging-bigger-gifts-during-the-pandemic-new-report-says?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1735869_nl_Philanthropy-Today_date_20201119&cid=pt&source=ams&sourceId=5029399&cid2=gen_login_refresh https://www.martsandlundy.com/2020/11/19/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-gift-planning/ US Colleges Report a 43% Decline in New International Student Enrollment https://www.philanthropy.com/article/arts-groups-data-shows-fundraising-declines?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1735869_nl_Philanthropy-Today_date_20201119&cid=pt&source=ams&sourceId=5029399 https://theconversation.com/us-colleges-report-a-43-decline-in-new-international-student-enrollment-and-not-just-because-of-the-pandemic-149885 Arts Groups Data Shows Fundraising Declines https://www.philanthropy.com/article/arts-groups-data-shows-fundraising-declines?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1735869_nl_Philanthropy-Today_date_20201119&cid=pt&source=ams&sourceId=5029399 Good News https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/arkansas-schools-in-batesville-go-solar/ https://energynews.us/2020/10/16/southeast/this-arkansas-school-turned-solar-savings-into-better-teacher-pay/

Episode 2 of the Nonprofit New Rundown for the Week of 11/16/20 is Out Now Some great news and research was released last week including; the state of virtual events in 2020, eroding donor trust, a dramatic drop in volunteering, a new model for World Vision, foundation giving in the Covid era and more. I've linked all of the articles and studies below. Enjoy and let me know if you have any comments or suggestions for upcoming episodes. Episode 2 - https://vimeo.com/479706806/412e2fd0ac Virtual Events During a Pandemic - https://bit.ly/2H5bMIX Trust Becoming Less Important for Donors Trust is Becoming Less Important in Donor Decisions (Article) - https://bit.ly/32Q84uv BBB - Give.org Report on Donor Trust - https://bit.ly/3kBYfGL Volunteering is Way Down NY Times Article - https://nyti.ms/35ypopI Fidelity Charitable Report on Volunteering - https://bit.ly/3nyWXOB World Vision's New Model New Model for World Vision and Child Sponsorship - https://bit.ly/3nAx29j World Vision Video Promoting New Model - https://bit.ly/38OciXe Foundations Loosen Up and Give More Chronicle of Philanthropy Article - https://bit.ly/38MK7Id Center for Effective Philanthropy Report on Foundation Giving - https://bit.ly/3kB7arY New Yorker Nonprofit Program Manager Profile - https://bit.ly/36Kl3yS

Episode 1 - Week of 11/9/2020 - Walking through the top stories, trends, and research from the nonprofit sector. Covid-Era Fundraising by Big Charities: Special Report - https://bit.ly/2U4e7qw - Fundraising by Org - https://bit.ly/36k07OX - Fundraising in Uncertain Times - https://bit.ly/36amVRa - A Spike in Generosity Aids Big Nonprofits - https://bit.ly/3eH2PSo The Pitfalls of Hospitals Seeking Donations from their Rich Patients - https://bit.ly/2IiVfld Nonprofit Push Congress to Pass Emergency Aid Now That Election Day is Over - https://bit.ly/3n6oYg0 Nonprofit Jobs Recovery Slows to a Crawl - https://bit.ly/36jZFAf Feel Good Story – Lasagna Love Washington Post - https://wapo.st/3599hhV Lasagna Love Website - https://www.lasagnalove.org/

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