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Register for our next Bootcamp, "How to Find Grants the Untraditional Way." Tuesday, June 11, from 10:00 am - 10:30 am via Zoom. The topic will be Register in advance for this Raising More Money Nonprofit Bootcamp: https://lnkd.in/eN96RJ6m After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. In this upcoming session, you will learn: Innovative strategies for identifying grant opportunities beyond traditional sources Tips for leveraging community connections to uncover hidden grant prospects How to utilize online platforms to find grant opportunities Best practices for approaching non-conventional grant makers

Attention local friends in tech! Interested in using your talents and skills to help local nonprofits? 🖥 👨💻 👩💻 Consider volunteering this year with Seattle GiveCamp! At last year's event, their talented volunteers built the inventory management system for Furniture Repair Bank, which has been a lifesaver for our small but rapidly growing nonprofit organization. I cannot imagine how we would manage without it! There are still openings for volunteers interested in website design, content/proofreading, and technical solutions. Read on below to find out more! #volunteer #seattlenonprofit #hackathon

Vote for tech board leadership! Board.Dev has two session proposals in for the 2025 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference, and we'd love your support. Log in at the link below and vote for: + Activating your board to raise money for tech + Tech board leadership: fast-tracking digital transformation You'll be raising the profile of tech governance in the nonprofit sector, and enabling more nonprofits to benefit from tech board leadership. And check out the dozens of excellent other proposals to preview how great #25NTC will be! #techforgood #nonprofittech

"Numbers don't lie . . . " Hmmm, they don't, but they can be used to support, well, let's not call them lies, let's assume positive intent and call them "Unsupported Assumptions." "What gets measured gets managed." Hmmm, well, Peter Drucker never actually said this and also I'm willing to bet a lot of us have been in places generating report after report after report that never got 'managed.' There's a few things that affect how we react to numbers & measurement: - Confirmation bias - if we believe something to be true, we can interpret the numbers to support that theory . . . e.g. "The economy is tough, people are struggling and giving, when adjusted for inflation, went down and giving by individuals is down to 67%" - How we interpret the numbers, maybe not knowing how they were calculated, e.g., "Corporate giving went up, we need to invest now in a strong corporate giving methodology!" - And the big one - to me anyway - our own attitude and framing. "Ugh, everything is awful and terrible and GivingUSA doesn't calculate everything anyway and it's no longer relevant and it just continues to show us that giving is going down." Or . . . we could say . . . "Regardless of methodology, GivingUSA this year is showing that in this country last year acts of generosity and kindness totaled over $557B - that's billion. Half a trillion dollars." Now, that's a number that's pretty solid, regardless of how its calculated. And it does point to the fact that, regardless of how they're interpreted or put together, that's an awful lot of generosity going on. Barbara O'Reilly, CFRE, Cherian Koshy, Erik Tomalis 🦬 & I are going to talk through all of this in just a little bit. I hope you'll join us -- or register to get the recording if you can't attend today. Huge thanks to Virtuous for putting this conversation together and hosting it! I'm choosing optimism. It's not easy, I'll admit - there's a lot thrown at us day after day after day . . . . but I work with donors primarily in the "low and mid-range" and I can tell you generosity and giving is alive and well and doing just fine. (My GenX loving heart is now quoting/paraphrasing Huey Lewis "the heart of rock n' roll (i.e. philanthropy) is still beatin' . . . ")

If you're looking for a good cause to support for Amplify Austin today, please consider donating to the United Way of Greater Austin! One of the pivotal goals of their work is their focus on high-quality early care and education. The first five years of every person’s life are foundational. Studies show that a child’s experiences during those early years literally build the architecture of their brain. Every $1 invested in early childhood education results in a $7 return-on-investment that benefits: - Local families, whose focus and trust lies in their children receiving high-quality care and support while they are working, - Our local economy, because it thrives with the talents of parents in the workforce, and  - Our community, because children are tomorrow’s workforce and leaders. Supporting early childhood education strengthens our region into one where everyone can thrive. Donate now and make that vision a reality. https://lnkd.in/gZGmXfnv

Some of you might be asking yourself why we’re co-hosting this year’s event. You might be asking questions like: ❓Doesn’t sharing the dollars raised mean less money for your organization? ❓What if people don’t carry their weight equally? ❓What happens if donors decide to give to one of the co-hosts and not you? I get it. For nonprofit organizations with very real budget demands, these are important questions. Fortunately, Women Unite! has the flexibility to try new things and start pushing back against these questions with some of our own. Questions like: ✅What would happen if we viewed community work as a collective movement rather than a competition for funds? ✅What if, instead of focusing on what’s equal, we focused on what best repairs some of the harms in this world? ✅What if, instead of viewing donors as “ours”, we view them as a critical part of our shared vision for Chicago and for our communities? We’re under no illusions that co-hosting one event will transform society. What we hope is that we’ll be able to accomplish way more together than we ever could alone. We hope that when you walk into Hairpin Arts Center on Saturday, December 7th, you’ll feel the collective energy and celebrate all we’ve done and all we will do. Get your tickets to this year’s event, co-hosted by Women Unite!, Chicago United Solidarity Project and The Evolved Network NFP: https://lnkd.in/gggtMM7h

As a nonprofit, finding new donors is crucial for sustaining and growing your impact. We’re working on some new guides at Parkes Philanthropy 👀 to help nonprofits with prospecting – the other week, we covered where to start and this week I’m sharing a few tools we find helpful: 🔍 DonorSearch to research donor giving behavior and affinities. 💻 Inside Philanthropy to stay up-to-date with the larger philanthropic ecosystem, key trends to monitor, and explore grant opportunities. 📧 Apollo.io Chrome Extension to help find contact information for potential leads. #Philanthropy professionals - what other tools do you love? Or #nonprofit leaders, what other types of tools or resources are you looking for? Let us know so we can work it into our upcoming guide!

Collaborate for Change: Nashville Nonprofits — the tech community is here to help you accomplish your goals to drive real change! Apply to #HackForTheCommunity #H4tC and let's create tech that matters together! ✨ #NonprofitTech #MakeADifference Link in Bio

The 2024 Fundraising Outlook Report shares how nonprofits like yours are addressing challenges, finding success, and offers strategies to take into the new year. Here's a peek at what 939 nonprofit professionals shared about their event fundraising plans & performance: ✳️ 83% of nonprofits plan to host at least one in-person event in 2024. ✳️ 1 in 3 nonprofits intend to hold at least one hybrid event, blending in-person and virtual components to engage diverse audiences. ✳️ 3 out of 4 nonprofits that adopted all in-person, or a mix of virtual and in-person events, reported achieving or surpassing their 2023 fundraising goals! Want to learn more? Download the study here: https://bit.ly/4aLGLTB

Did you know the average person knows about 600 people? This same person likely interacts with 16 contacts per day, and in their lifetime, they will probably meet around 80,000 people. So, what do these statistics mean for your nonprofit? You have to get really good at networking. By effectively leveraging these connections, you can expand your reach, build stronger relationships, and enhance the impact of your mission. Read 'The Power of Networking for Nonprofits': https://lnkd.in/gquqN2Pm