In our current virtual work environment, effective leadership skills and strategies are more important than ever. There are behaviors that have helped leaders guide their nonprofits forward while working remotely. To be an effective leader, show your trust and respect for the people you manage. Your team members should know that you have complete confidence in their ability to fulfill their responsibilities. Go out of…

Fundraising events have taken on an entirely different form in the past two years, with many shifting to online venues or some hybrid component of in-person and virtual. Each supporter or donor is different in how they feel about attending events and a new survey examines precisely their preferences when it comes to their attendance. The 2022 Fundraising Event Experience Report by Classy, a San…

A research lab focused on improving the quality of nonprofit data available to social good organizations, researchers and the media, with a focus on nonprofit firmographics and operations, has been launched by GivingTuesday and Humanitas. The Humanitas Research Hub is hosted within the GivingTuesday Data Commons platform, and can be accessed here: https://data.givingtuesday.org/humanitas Humanitas is a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of artificial intelligence-powered tools to…

Nonprofit cybersecurity organizations have launched Nonprofit Cyber, a coalition of 22 global nonprofits pledged joint action to improve cybersecurity. All coalition members are nonprofits that serve the public interest by developing, sharing, deploying, and increasing the awareness of cybersecurity best practices, tools, standards, and services.  Coalition members must be a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) nonprofit if organized under U.S. law or hold an equivalent status if…

It was a big year for cryptocurrency when it came to philanthropy in 2021, with all signs pointing up. The annual volume of crypto donations and average donations all soared in 2021, according to an annual report by The Giving Block, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that helps nonprofits accept donations of cryptocurrency. The annual volume of crypto donations jumped from $4.2 million in 2020 to…

Black and Latinx women make up only 5% of tech workers and a coalition of nonprofits and for-profits is working to change that low number. Accenture, Broadridge, Girls Who Code, the Girl Scouts of America and Workday have been added to NPower’s Command Shift Coalition, a project of New York City-based NPower. Command Shift Coalition is a consortium of business leaders, community organizations, corporations and…

The years 1999 and 2000 were exciting times in nonprofit technology. Three firms were launched that became household names in nonprofit constituent management (CRM) systems and fundraising – Convio, GetActive and Kintera. The competition for investment dollars and clients was fierce. The three firms received tens of millions of dollars in private equity funding and investment. Kintera and Convio even went public. Leadership at the…

Charity Navigator, a nonprofit evaluator based in Saddle Brook, N.J., has become the latest platform that will host the Global Giving Circle Directory, an information compilation on 2,500 donor groups that pool financial donations in support of a wide range of charities and philanthropic causes. The directory enables potential funders to connect with like-minded donors in support of their favorite causes. Since 2000, at least…

Servers that host information on more than 515,000 people receiving aid from the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement were breached by cyberattacks, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced. The attacks compromised information on recipients of Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s Restoring Family Links services, which reconnects people separated by migration, violence, war and other causes. The servers, within which both…

With the pandemic threatening to close more than 1 in 3 U.S. nonprofits during the next two years, according to estimates from Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, now is the time for organizations to expand their leverage on social platforms.  Social media provides opportunities to engage audiences and to create conversations between audiences and companies. Rather than spending time and money on paid…

The pandemic caused an uptick in nonprofits’ financial liquidity and it led to an acceleration in technology adoption, according to a new survey. Nonprofits where there was an influx of revenue during the past year might have more unrestricted net assets than they previously were able to maintain.  Leaders at almost one-third of organizations surveyed (31%) reported increased donations as a result of the pandemic,…