NonprofitPlan: philanthropic ecosystem
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Nonprofit Plan
Nonprofit Plan is about improving the philanthropic ecosystem, trying to make charities more efficient and successful while encouraging donors to become more impactful with their giving (time, talent & treasure). This concept and the upcoming blog (www.NonprofitPlan.org) is inspired by a book by Hall & Hinkelman of Strategic Business Planning Company. The Gift of Giving,…
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Nonprofits: Charity View
Charities need to be well organized in order to fulfill their missions. At the very minimum, they need to complete their tax exempt requirements. Achieving best practices helps the charity with funding, volunteers and grants.
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Nonprofit: Donor/Volunteer View
Donors (& Volunteers) should complete due diligence on the charities (and charitable causes) that they support. With large charities you can start with the Assessment Organizations. Smaller & Local charities require a similar review effort.
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Delphi AI: Homelessness Research
These are the prompts used to gather information about homelessness and to develop a Delphi Method study to research causes and possible interventions (locally). This is part of our Regenerative AI project; recreate as needed, when needed, with the GenAI engines available to you at that time. Select GenAI results as of April 2024 of…
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Funding: Grants from Foundations, Gov and More
All nonprofits need to be able to apply for grants. There are a few good sites that consolidate grant information and allow for searching to find the best potential sources for your charity. Before jumping into the grant search process, make sure that all your promotional materials and “trade dress” are in top shape. Your…
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Gemini: OpenAI as a For Profit + Nonprofit Hybrid Model
Me: Write an article about OpenAI and the decision to switch from a nonprofit to for-profit. Mention Microsoft.NOTE: The attempt for a info graphic at the bottom. Finally used ChatGPT to get the infographic on this article (with intentional errors). Also, look at a similar post using OpenAI’s ChatGPT; which one do you like…
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OpenAI: Profit + Nonprofit Hybrid Model
You: Write and article about OpenAI and the decision to switch from a nonprofit to for-profit… Modify this article to include a mention of the current ownership (related to Microsoft).NOTE: The following is completely generated by ChatGPT (by OpenAI) including the graphic for the article. Microsoft says that they have no ownership of OpenAI; however,…
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Kids teaching kids: Personal Finance with Easy Peasy Finance
There’s something magical about kids talking to kids about critically important issues. In this case, Personal Finance. Life can be hard in many cases, and financial issues amplify them 10-fold. Wouldn’t it be nice if kids learned young about personal finance a little at a time in short 2-minute burst from a whiz-kid finance guru?…
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Worldwide Happiness … and Benevolence …
Yes, there’s a happiness index. And, yes, there are countries where happiness is much higher than other countries. And, yes, there’s the annual World Happiness Report that tells you all about it. (The UN has designated March 20 as World Happiness Day, now in it’s 10th year of happy days.) You would think where the…
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Donor: Giving Tuesday
It is giving season, with Giving Tuesday after the long Thanksgiving weekend. Now is the best time of the year to reach into your coffers and give to your favorite charities. Also consider that donations can help reduce your taxes. GivingTuesday.org #GivingTuesday GivingTuesday.org is an “open source” environment to encourage giving and the philanthropic ecosystem.…
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Charity: Asking for Money
It is giving season, with Giving Tuesday here after the long Thanksgiving weekend. Now is the best time of the year to reach out to your Donors and make sure that they are thinking of you as they give thanks for the year and give donations into the end of the tax year. Check out…
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Chief Shoe Giver, The Art of Business Giving
“ ‘Chief Shoe Giver’. That is the job title Blake Mycoskie had at Tom’s Shoes from 2006 to 2019. Others would call him the founder and CEO [of TOMS shoes]” Thus begins a daily inspirational and motivation blog post by Harland Merriam, Nov 12 2023. TOMS is world renowned for giving away a pair of…
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Perpetual Innovation™: Club Management Workbook (Pi-C)
Wouldn’t it be nice if service clubs had a simple set of tools that they could use for more efficient management – easy to use questionnaires for the board and members that will provide a benchmark and help identify initiatives that will advance the club each year. The new book is Perpetual Innovation™: Club Management…
Got any book recommendations?