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Reading this article made me think of a few things: 🔵 It is critical to know your supporters...DATA is key! 🔵 Recurring gifts are crucial to a healthy portfolio. 🔵 Don't rely on one particular type of donor. Have a balanced portfolio of funders; major donors, middle level, recurring, events, foundations, corporations and planned gifts. 🔵 Peer-to-peer fundraising can be a great way to engage supporters, specifically those that want to do more and maybe not able to write those big checks. https://lnkd.in/eF6Rdy3g #Philanthropy #CharitableGiving #Giving

Think about what this article describes. We have to do a better job as nonprofits to sell ourselves.

The Giving USA report has certainly generated some concern amongst nonprofits, but it should not be a surprise. The response to the report has involved a lot of data sifting and many questions in a search for causes. The answers, however, are not simple cause and effect; they require a more complex view of the philanthropic terrain and a deeper understanding of why people give or don’t give or, more specifically, what they are willing to give. The “generosity crisis” may even require us to redefine what constitutes generosity and what forms it takes beyond monetary contributions. This Vox article digs into some of the questions we need to ask. Well worth your time to read. https://lnkd.in/eiwtYc6C

Are we in a generosity crisis? Check out this Vox article covering the state of charitable giving in the US and continue to follow JFC for #TuesdayTips on increasing your donations and more: https://lnkd.in/gGm3zjTY.

I appreciate this writer's perspective following the release of recent Giving USA data. Giving adjusted for inflation is down and fewer Americans are giving to nonprofits than in the past, but what about the spirit of generosity in our country? Is it thriving? As the writer suggests, we see generosity expressed in the many ways that people come together to help neighbors, volunteer time, and give informally through crowdfunding campaigns. Even as we as we recognize expressions of generosity beyond charitable giving to nonprofits, I think there is some fragility to the spirit of generosity that has been a mainstay of American culture. The underpinning of generosity is community and the value that people place on the collective beyond the self. Many of the institutions that have inspired community involvement in the past, like churches and civic organizations, have dwindling membership. We need to find new ways to engage and enliven communities. Community foundations, like Arlington Community Foundation, are uniquely structured to serve as connectors and as incubators for new ideas to build and strengthen communities. And I see many, many examples of local nonprofits working hard to create real relationships, not transactional ones, to connect community members to community needs and the work they are doing to address them. What are your ideas? What inspires you or what would inspire you to get involved in your community? https://lnkd.in/eqYyuvHm

If anyone wonders what it is I do all day here's the latest media highlights. Bit of a bumper edition covering June and July as it's just been myself in the Press team whilst we recruit our fab new officer and assistant as the previous brilliant hardworking team flew the nest. Needless to say it's been a busy summer so far with the genny lecs, some horrific high-profile instances of VAWG (violence against women and girls) and launching our first ever Summer Appeal. https://lnkd.in/dE5g_63r Male violence sadly shows no sign of slowing down, and this month a report from NPCC & COP shared that 3,000 VAWG offences are recorded by police each day. This is the tip of the iceberg as many women don't report the crimes they have endured, for a myriad of complex reasons - mostly fears they won't be believed or taken seriously, or that nothing will be done anyway. If on reading about the prevalence of male violence you feel compelled to act please consider supporting Refuge's Summer Escape Appeal with a donation: https://lnkd.in/d47E_gf3    #VAWG #violenceagainstwomenandgirls #domesticabuse #survivor #Refuge #PR #Media #Comms #Charity #ThirdSector #CharityComms

Institute For Fiscal Studies does #watchdog journalism in election time In this pre #ukelection2024 period, where there are debates between politicians and manifesto launches, the role of journalism and holding politicians to account on what they say and promise is crucial. Some journalists do it accurately, others don't and give politicians a free pass. Others, especially in the UK #printmedia are partisans and will support a particular political party on the basis of ideology, and avoid scrutiny of their preferred party, or at least bury it within the paper, pages away from the headline, whilst subjecting the party they don't like to overbearing scrutiny. Sometimes politicians actively avoid scrutiny by skipping hard-hitting interviews. Think of Boris Johnson missing the debate on climate change, and then skipping the Andrew Neil grilling in 2019. However, a non-journalistic and non-media company is providing as good a scrutiny of politicians and their economic manifestos, the #thinktank Institute of Fiscal Studies. The IFS only deals in economics, they don’t take any cultural or civil society policies into account, just numbers. Each major UK political party has released their manifesto, where they claim its fully costed and they claim X money raised from Y resource will pay for Z policy. The IFS has stepped in and provided a non-biased review and analysis of each manifesto, from Labour to the Conservatives, to the Greens to Reform and shown firstly, if the money they claim they can raise actually makes sense, and how much money the policy actually needs. Almost in every case, they've found that the maths doesn't add up, and pointed to mathmathical shortfalls, and outlined consequences to those. Some are worse than others by pure maths terms. This level of analysis I've found extremely enlightening, as it shows an impartial take on expectation vs reality and how far apart they are. This kind of work isn't really journalism, its academic investigation, its economic forecasting, number crunching etc. However, it has the same effect of journalism, and #watchdog journalism a phrase that media academic Silvio Waisbord pioneered, which informs the public on what to expect, based on pure economic analysis. Whilst it's not journalism in its purest sense, it's been used as a primary source for #journalism, being reported in numerous online publications, bringing it directly to readers who are interested in how promises match up, based on impartial calculations. In elections especially, we need cold, hard, impartial scrutiny, when so much can be disguised by fanciful oratory, and populist rhetoric. I think these kind of thinktanks boost #publicservicemedia in carrying out watchdog journalism, and make the public aware of exaggerated promises and provide a dose of realism at a time where PR political campaigns are creating a lopsided reality. #uk #election #politicalmanifestos #publicrelations #economics #economicanalysis #politics

Yet another threat to local journalism—and democracy—unfolding. Support independent local reporting by paying for a subscription to a high-quality, for-profit news operation or making a donation to a nonprofit news organization. You can find a list of nonprofit news organizations at the Institute for Nonprofit News. #journalism #nonprofits #BrooklineNews

Hot off the press!! I co-authored a chapter in the newly released book "Social (In)equality, Community Well-being and Quality of Life." "CLCI is one of the few organizations across the US that has focused on both neighborhood revitalization and educational outcomes. Ultimately, this case study shows that school-based revitalization can succeed if the lead agency engages in meaningful community engagement, has a staff officer that acts as a “quarterback”, and brings together public, private, and non-profit agencies that provide the core management and planning competencies." Check out the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/gxyQkFmN #CommunitySchools #Education #NeighborhoodRevitalization

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