Nonprofit technology organization NTEN has launched a public data dashboard for Tech Accelerate, a free, comprehensive assessment tool about technology use and policies designed to help nonprofit staff with decisions, planning, and investments. NTEN conducted sector-wide research for more than a decade into how nonprofits invested in technology — from staffing levels to technology budgets — and surfaced the key indicators of practices and policies…

How to advance technology while safeguarding democratic values is the focus of a Ford Foundation-sponsored project bringing together leaders from the nonprofit, public and private sectors who are working to create a blueprint for the digital future. It’s a delicate balancing act at a time when the internet’s seemingly limitless possibilities for collaboration, commerce and information-sharing must contend with its growing misuse as a tool…

Nonprofits are doubling down on their use of text, webchat, and other digital technologies to better reach the people they serve, a trend that accelerated during COVID-19 and is expected to continue doing so.  The findings by Twilio, a digital engagement consultancy that works with businesses and nonprofits to improve how they communicate with clients, are summarized in a recent 42-page report the company compiled…

*Editor’s Note: This is breaking quickly and will be updated continuously. Mastercard has backed off its September 22 deadline to classify sustainer donations made via credit card as subscriptions, which would require giving those donors a notice every month of their option to cancel. Mastercard is now “extending the effective date of these requirements for nonprofits until March 21, 2023,” according to Shannon McCracken, CEO…

Technology firm Blackbaud has acquired Kilter in Madison, Wisc., a gamified, activity-based engagement app. The acquisition will allow Blackbaud to expand activity-based peer-to-peer fundraising engagement, support activity-based health and wellness initiatives for users, and to add to ways individuals can connect with the causes via Blackbaud platforms. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. A spokesperson for Charleston, S.C.-based Blackbaud responded via email that “we have not disclosed…

Since fundraising tactics have been forever altered through the evolution of digital technology and changing platform preferences of prospective donors, fundraisers must take charge of their strategies to engage the most donors. Combining first-party data — data collected and owned by a company or nonprofit on purchase histories, preferences, digital interactions, app use of individuals – and omnichannel marketing to edge past the competition in…

Public Interest Registry (PIR), the Reston. Va.-based nonprofit that coordinates dot-org website domains, has added dot-charity, dot-foundation and dot-gives nonprofit top-level domains to its offerings. In addition to dot-org domains, PIR also operates the dot-ngo and dot-ong domain names. The organization plans to add dot-giving to the domains it represents later this year. PIR did not indicate from whom it had acquired the three domains,…

The nonprofit BitGive has agreed to transfer all of its intellectual property and financial assets, including its trademarked GiveTrack cryptocurrency blockchain donation platform, to Heifer International in Little Rock, Ark. BitGive’s leaders had been in talks with Heifer for nearly a year. The platform recently stopped accepting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency donations and this week announced the asset transfer that includes the GiveTrack technology, brand…

Those who love American military history, especially the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War, but prefer their information in short, bursts should search online for Garry Adelman or Callan Shea. The two are the most prominent TikTok presences behind preservation nonprofit American Battlefield Trust (ABT).  Adelman serves as ABT’s chief historian, and is a frequent on-camera presence for the nonprofit’s videos.…

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…