NonprofitPlan: philanthropic ecosystem
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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…
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Earth Day 2023: Invest in Our Planet
(This was originally published as sister site SustainZine. Note the discussion of Earth Day related charities below.) [With AI contribution from Bard.] I got my buddy Bard (AI from Google) to help with two blogs: World Water Day 2023: Accelerating Change in March and Earth Day 2023: Invest in our Planet in April (this blog…
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World Water Day 2023 – Accelerating Change
Originally published at SustainZine March 23 2023. World Water Day, Accelerating Change. World Water Day 2023: A Call to Action (https://www.worldwaterday.org/). Be like the humming bird, be the change you want to see in the world. Approximately 750m people worldwide do not have ready access to clean water. Double that for people without clean septic/sanitation.…
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Smile no more. Amazon.
For years credit cards, Amazon, eBay and others have had “affinity” programs where a charity could be designated to receive money associated with normal sales activities. In the case of Amazon, Amazon Smile program, 0.5% of qualifying sales goes to your favorite charity. “You shop. Amazon Gives.” The program has been very successful growing since…
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Scenario Planning for Nonprofits During Uncertain Times
Our sister site www.ScenarioPlans.com talked about the importance of scenario planning for nonprofits: Scenario Planning with Nonprofits. Of course it is great to do scenario planning every few years so the plans (and contingency plans) are already developed, but most organizations don’t do formal scenario planning, at best, they do worst, best and most-likely case…
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Tight Labor Market is Hitting Nonprofits Hard
Nonprofits generally pay less than other options, government or private sector. With high costs of living and a super tight labor market, nonprofits are seeing a double whammy. See an article by Kohli from the Boston Globe, In a tight labor market, nonprofits are losing out. They need to raise wages rapidly to employees, but…
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