4 Nonprofit Content Trends for 2022
In a changing world, many nonprofits are looking to expand their content strategies and find new ways to draw in potential supporters. To help nonprofit leaders keep up with the times and get creative with content strategy, some important trends have been identified for 2022. This article presents four such trends and provides guidance on how nonprofits can make the most of them.
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America’s Nonprofits Get Out the Vote
This publication presents findings from a new survey on the prevalence of nonprofit voter engagement and its intersection with race, leadership, and community served. For instance, seven in 10 voters say they think it is a good idea for nonprofits to offer voter support services, like voter registration, election reminders, and election day transportation. Additionally, nonprofits can effectively reach communities underrepresented at the polls, including low-income, young, and voters of color. Finally, nonprofit voter engagement significantly boosts voter turnout, especially among those otherwise underrepresented in America. The evidence is clear – nonprofit voter engagement is broadly supported, reaches underrepresented communities, and boosts voter turnout to foster a more inclusive democracy.
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Cryptocurrency for Nonprofits: Best Ways to Accept Donations
in 2022 In this article some major types of cryptocurrency are compared, such as Every.org vs The Giving Block vs Engiven. Guidance also is given about the best way for nonprofits to accept donations in cryptocurrency.
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Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits
When embarking upon what’s known in the nonprofit world as “donation season,” many nonprofits think about putting together a fundraising video or other media that demonstrate the impact of their work, and stories about that impact are often part of the mix. This article presents ways to tell stories ethically as part of a fundraising effort.
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Financing and Evaluating Nonprofits: Mapping the Knowledge Base of Nonprofit Management in the Human Services
This article reviews the literature on two critical aspects of nonprofit management – financing a nonprofit’s operations and evaluating its impact. It is based on an assessment of 328 journal article abstracts derived from a total sample of 2013 articles from the entire publication history of three major U.S. journals of
nonprofit management. To survive and thrive in a changing political and economic environment, nonprofits have had to develop and sustain a diversified financial base. At the same time, the increasing demands from funding sources and constituents for accountability have required nonprofits to develop systems to evaluate their service delivery and financial performance. The dual challenges and the rapid development of technology have pressured nonprofits to adopt mechanisms to integrate and evaluate service and financial and data. The review concludes with the beginnings of a research agenda related to revenue generation, resource allocation, and performance improvement.
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Gifts-In-Kind: New Reporting Rules for Nonprofits
Contributions of nonfinancial assets or so-called “gifts-in-kind” (“GIK”) can be an important source of financial support for nonprofits. These are the new reporting rules, which are discussed in this article.
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The Great Resignation—A Call for Change in Organizational Culture
In 2021, a record number of workers resigned from their jobs, including many in the nonprofit sector. Why? If one looks below the surface, it’s clear that organizational culture has significantly contributed to this flight, and this article explains how and why.
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How to Be a Great Supervisor: Insights Learned from 20 Years of Managing
Nonprofits call on employees more than ever to effectively balance their work life with increasing economic, health & safety, family, cultural, and political challenges. How can supervisors help their employees perform at their most productive level amid all the stressors in our lives? How can supervisors maintain consistency in their approach to managing their employees? What benefits can be derived for a nonprofit when supervisors display a thoughtful, positive approach toward managing their employees?
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How to Qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Avoid the Traps
The US Department of Education recently issued a statement on the federal student loan servicer website, myFedLoan.org, that should be noted by anyone with a federal student loan who works full time for a nonprofit, the government, or other public agency (veterans also qualify). Nonprofit organizations can help their workers by connecting them to this knowledge base.
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Los Angeles County's Workforce Landscape: Why Is It So Complicated for the Systems and the Individuals Who Need Services? (Report 1)
Los Angeles County has one of the largest workforce and education ecosystems in the nation Despite an abundance of resources and successes, the region faces many challenges leveraging these resources to advance the economic mobility of the County’s 10 million residents. This report is the first of three reports shared for the LAEDC series, “Bolstering L.A.’s Workforce Ecosystem: A 3-Part Funder Dialogue.” It also has information and insights relevant for nonprofit leaders whose organizations are part of this ecosystem.
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