“It is okay to expect an economic return from doing good!”
Jason Saul
Technology has democratized donor dollars, and the giving landscape continues to evolve.
The fundraising landscape has changed. The challenge for 21st century fundraising is to strategically apply and integrate the fundamental skills of developing and cultivating relationships with donors into digital, mobile and social platforms.
Fundraising strategies and efforts are intimately tied to issues of advocacy, communication, and evidence of impact.
May 20 - 26, 2013
Apr 15 - 21, 2013
Editor's Pick
Forum 2013
Impact Investing Gets Real at the Skoll World Forum
The Skoll World Forum should be commended this year for showcasing impact investing in a refreshingly vulnerable light, making an important contribution to the difficult task of matching barriers with solutions.
Apr 8 - 14, 2013
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Forum 2013
Forum 2013
When Measuring Impact, Ask the Right Questions
Data can tell you anything – or nothing at all. To quote the Cheshire Cat, it depends a good deal on where you want to get to. In other words, it depends a good deal on which questions you are asking.
Article
Forum 2013
Forum 2013
The Secret Sauce to Fundraising Effectively
In my workshops, I often get questions like these: how do I talk about money for my cause in a way that I don’t feel like I am losing my soul? How do I not walk away from interactions where money is being discussed feeling exhausted and burned out? How do I relate to someone more deeply than on the basic level of money?
Mar 25 - 31, 2013
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Social entrepreneurs must focus on financial management
The Guardian
Many emerging social enterprises are reluctant or unable to acquire and actually use, good financial information, in a strategic way to build a sustainable future business model.
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Global financial flows, aid and development
European Network on Debt and Development
This paper, written by Eurodad for CONCORD’s Aidwatch coalition sets out all the financial resources potentially available for development, examines their key characteristics, and discusses their poverty and sustainable development impacts, and the implications for aid.
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Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity
The Atlantic
One of the most surprising, and perhaps confounding, facts of charity in America is that the people who can least afford to give are the ones who donate the greatest percentage of their income. In 2011, the wealthiest Americans—those with earnings in the top 20 percent—contributed on average 1.3 percent of their income to charity. By comparison, Americans at the base of the income pyramid—those in the bottom 20 percent—donated 3.2 percent of their income.
One of the most surprising, and perhaps confounding, facts of charity in America is that the people who can least afford to give are the ones who donate the greatest percentage of their income. In 2011, the wealthiest Americans—those with earnings in the top 20 percent—contributed on average 1.3 percent of their income to charity. By comparison, Americans at the base of the income pyramid—those in the bottom 20 percent—donated 3.2 percent of their income.
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As Nonprofit 'Research’ Proliferates, It Must Be Viewed With Healthy Skepticism
Chronicle of Philanthropy
The rise of so many research groups increases the importance of understanding what—in the slew of reports and articles being e-mailed, tweeted, and otherwise distributed—is based on careful data gathering and analysis and what is not.
Mar 11 - 17, 2013
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Why Don't the Best Nonprofits Grow?
Harvard Business Review
Let's just invest in what's working. The idea is intuitive and compelling, especially in this historical time of constrained resources. If social-purpose organizations are generating superior results, we should support them financially so they can expand and more people can benefit. Sadly, this rarely happens. Because we don't have evidence of what works and what doesn't, few organizations grow very large.
Let's just invest in what's working. The idea is intuitive and compelling, especially in this historical time of constrained resources. If social-purpose organizations are generating superior results, we should support them financially so they can expand and more people can benefit. Sadly, this rarely happens. Because we don't have evidence of what works and what doesn't, few organizations grow very large.
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Celebrities Help Unicef Turn On ‘Taps’ for Clean Water
New York Times
Droga5, the New York-based advertising agency that has worked to develop the Unicef Tap Project since it was introduced in 2007, has created a special Facebook app that lets users make a $5 donation, via PayPal or text message, to the campaign, and then turn on their own tap of water. This then allows them to send water to two friends, who are given their own opportunity to donate to the cause. This activity is mapped within the Facebook app.
Droga5, the New York-based advertising agency that has worked to develop the Unicef Tap Project since it was introduced in 2007, has created a special Facebook app that lets users make a $5 donation, via PayPal or text message, to the campaign, and then turn on their own tap of water. This then allows them to send water to two friends, who are given their own opportunity to donate to the cause. This activity is mapped within the Facebook app.
