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Advocacy matters a great deal to over all effectivess but many nonprofit organizations struggle with confidence or strategy, or both. This training powered by 7 state associations is an invaluable resource to advance your advocacy efforts, whether you’re a seasoned professional or new to the sector. #nonprofit #leadership #advocacy

On Valentine's Day, we're showing the love for the nonprofit organizations we protect! 🥰 From churches to group homes to community action agencies — we CARE about insuring these organizations who are vital to the community. Agents, when it comes to your nonprofit and social services accounts, there's only one name to trust: https://lnkd.in/eK_qweuV #buildsuccess #nonprofitinsurance #socialservices #CPSCares

What percentage of $11B will your organization secure this year? If you are a registered 501c3 with a program, your answer should be at least $10K in single donor contributions per year. If not...you need the Donor Hierarchy List (DHL) ™ The Donor Hierarchy List (DHL) ™ is our proven resource designed to help nonprofits build their $100K Donor List. It is especially important to the journey of nonprofit leaders and their boards because it emphasizes the importance of leveraging the right relationships at the right time with the right intentions. We just got news of another organization using the DHL to secure $15K last week. It can do the same for you, visit www.thebrandhospital.com to schedule an appointment to see how we can help your organization get on track to tap into that $11B donation pool using the DHL. #s2brandhospital #donorhierarchylist #nonprofit

By celebrating Juneteenth, we honor the struggle for freedom and justice that benefits every American, and we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable future together. This Juneteenth, I encourage you to donate to charities dedicated to racial justice, equality, and equity. Charities to Support: - ACLU - NAACP - National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) - Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) - Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Let's recognize Juneteenth as a time for unity, reflection, and progress. #Juneteenth #InclusiveFuture #RacialJustice #SupportNonprofits (image attribution - designed by Freepik)

I'm over the moon to announce that Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs ("WLC") has received a $900,000 gift from MacKenzie Scott! This is the single largest donation in WLC’s 55-year-old history. Situated in the nation’s capital, WLC is on the cutting edge of #civilrights battles that affect communities across the country. Our key focus areas include #educationequity, #disabilityjustice, #fairhousing, #workersrights, #immigrantrights and criminal legal system reform. We celebrate MacKenzie Scott’s recognition of #civilrights litigation as an essential tool in the fight for #racialequity. With this transformational gift, we will deepen our partnerships with low-income communities of color to advance #racialjustice. Together, we will strive to dismantle systems of racial oppression and to pursue lasting change in the Washington, DC region and the nation. The gift coincides with the launch of our #strategicplanning process. WLC will leverage this gift to raise another $1 million dollars in 2024 to: * Make fair housing a reality by preserving affordable housing, fighting for safe habitable housing, and opening doors to housing for returning citizens * Promote economic justice by fighting for education equity for students with disabilities, winning back stolen wages for workers subjected to wage theft, protecting workers subjected to harassment or discrimination * Reform our criminal legal system by ending police brutality, halting abusive prison practices, promoting decarceration, and supporting reentry for returning citizens Whether we’re running #workersrights clinics or representing prisoners subjected to abuse or suing white supremacists for attacking a Black church – the WLC uses every tool in the toolbox to eradicate systemic racial oppression. Our mission is to create a more just, inclusive, and equitable society. And our mission has never felt more urgent – as we gear up for a monumental election year in 2024, for Washington, DC, and the nation.

As giving circles and collective giving groups learn and discuss issues in their community, data can help inform funding decisions. We encourage you to check out two recent reports 👇 📊 Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)'s State of Nonprofits 2023: What Funders Need to Know: https://bit.ly/49rsgTS 📊 Giving Gap's State of Black Nonprofits 2024 Report, the first report on the state of Black-led nonprofits in the U.S.: https://lnkd.in/g9U8xpnM #Philanthropy #SocialImpact #Data

"For more than 20 years, Judith Van Ginkel, PhD, ran Every Child Succeeds, a regional nonprofit she founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, that focuses on early childhood development by providing home visitation and support for parents. During Van Ginkel’s tenure at Every Child Succeeds, the nonprofit provided more than 675,000 home visits and served more than 27,450 families. Now Van Ginkel is sharing the secret to her nonprofit success. In Chasing Success: The Challenge for Nonprofits." To read the full article, click the link bellow. https://lnkd.in/grR-vkvn

Friends of the Children-Boston Executive Director Yi-Chin Chen is sharing her thoughts on the significance of individual giving for nonprofits! Read more about the conversation with Yi-Chin and Jim Klocke, CEO of Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, to explore how individual giving changes the game for nonprofits and its impact on equity and community engagement. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3POMsqV

2024 State of Black Nonprofits Report now available. <<The 2024 State of Black Nonprofits Report underscores the pivotal role of Black-founded nonprofits as service providers, agents of positive change, and champions of racial equity and justice.>> #nonprofits #civilsociety #racialequity #racialjustice #communitydevelopment https://lnkd.in/ef-XQFew

Philanthropy works to increase opportunity, especially to those historically excluded. The lawsuit against Fearless Fund is an attack on the rights of philanthropic organizations to give in line with their values, as protected under the First Amendment. Attempts to restrict the values-driven work of philanthropy impact so much great work happening around the country and in our region. This would have great consequences for initiatives like the grant we provided to revitalize small-town grocery access for rural residents in North Dakota. Read the op-ed by leaders of Council on Foundations and Independent Sector: https://bit.ly/3TVbFmy Read more about the creation of the Rural Access Distribution (RAD) cooperative, a 2020 Community Innovation grantee: https://bit.ly/408VK4O