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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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