What motivates donors to give? …Matching Gifts
January 2023
An estimated $4-$7 billion in matching gift funds goes unclaimed per year. This, according to American Charities, a 501(c)(3) membership-based nonprofit that promotes workplace giving. In their Facts & Statistics…
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New terms and words that funders and grantseekers have been using recently
December 2022
New Language and Terms (at least for some of us) BIMPOC – Black, Indigenous, Multiracial, People of Color. This more inclusive term is becoming more popular in philanthropy trade journals…
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About Those 990PFs…
December 2022
More than half the research that Access Philanthropy provides about foundations comes from 990PFs, the annual tax reports that foundations must submit to the IRS every year. But lately… well,…
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Fundraising Event Experience survey
November 2022
Classy, a leading online fundraising platform and thought leader, highlighted donors’ 2022 Fundraising Event Experience in a survey of 1,000 event attendees: — 26% attended live events, while 36% went virtual because there was…
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A Social Psychologist On Five Elements Of Good Writing
November 2022
As grantmakers become more isolated from most grantseekers, and most grantseekers become less visible to grantmakers, the art of writing becomes more and more critical to relationship-building success. There are…
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Virtual Volunteers
November 2022
For years, Grantseekers told grantmakers that the only way they’d receive a grant was if a corporate employee was on their board of directors. The pandemic sort of wrecked that…
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The Equitable Evaluation Framework
November 2022
Insights for Grantseekers… when funders place equity at the center of their giving The Equitable Evaluation Initiative group recently published a paper in partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations entitled…
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Best day and time to ask for a contribution
November 2022
When’s the best day and time to ask for a contribution? A Giving Way survey says that Tuesday and Fridays are the best days to ask, and weekends are the worst). The survey…
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Funder Affinity Groups
November 2022
Funder Affinity Groups Funder affinity groups are ongoing open-facing collaborations of grantmakers interested in a specific area of grantmaking (health, environment, K-12 education, for example). Inside Philanthropy explains Affinity Groups: —…
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Impact of Mega Grants on smaller nonprofits
October 2022
Most philanthropoids seem okay with the huge McKenzie Scott-size grants that foundations are putting out for good causes. But some foundation employees are side-barring concerns about the impact these grants are…
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A look at the funding shifts in Mental Health in MN
October 2022
Mental health has long been a neglected issue area among funders. The money designated for mental health usually went to hospitals. But, during the last decade, we have seen funders…
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