NonProfit Pro

Reddit announced it would donate $82,765.95 to the Electric Frontier Foundation (EFF), a group that defends civil liberties in the digital world. Together with technologists, activists and attorneys, EFF works to defend free speech online and fight illegal surveillance, in addition to its other advocacy work. Reddit is donating 10 percent of its 2014 revenue to a number of noteworthy organizations whose missions fall in line with that of the Reddit community. It named its recipients after 80,000 users cast their votes for U.S.-based nonprofits they deemed worthy of getting the funds.

The 2015 BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Index reveals that philanthropy is growing worldwide, increasing by five points on average in 2015. Out of the four regions, Europe is now almost level with the USA, with a strong increase in current and projected giving. Trends emerging in the third edition of the index show that “impact/mission investing” is seen as the most promising trend by most philanthropists (52 percent each) worldwide.

U.K. charities could do much more to help people who take part in fundraising events for them, according to a Blackbaud survey of more than 1,000 event fundraisers. The research found that around three quarters of the event participants receive no advice on how best to fundraise; in addition, 58 percent of them say their fundraising efforts were “not properly acknowledged” by the charity they were fundraising for.

As part of her research for Humber College, Rebecca Farrell conducted a survey and received responses from 128 charities in Canada. Of those, 44.53 percent said they did not have a planned giving program in place. When the perception is that there is no time, knowledge and resources to implement a planned giving program, it is understandable that so many charities in Canada are missing out on what is one of the most rewarding and satisfying relationships an organization can have with its donors.

Tweets from the DMA Nonprofit Federation's 2015 Washington Nonprofit Conference (#DCNP2015).

"We pay volunteers to fundraise." Even as I write this sentence I realize that the words themselves sound ludicrous. And yet, I see my nonprofit clients try to do it over and over.

If you ask most senior-level nonprofit professionals they would admit succession planning doesn't exist or the plan sits and gathers dust.

Knowledge matters in fundraising, but that's not all. What each of us brings to the job matters, and I am convinced that a daily commitment to these six habits is critical to be excellent fundraisers.

(Press release, Feb. 26, 2015) — Nonprofit organizations deliver many of the crucial social services Americans receive, yet weak financial management often threatens their ability to continue doing so. A new report released today, The Skills to Pay the Bills, an Evaluation of an Effort to Help Nonprofits Manage Their Finances, demonstrates how building the skills of nonprofit leaders can help them improve the financial management of their organizations.

Robert Taub, acting chairman of the U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission, summed up the state of the USPS in 2015 during his DMA Nonprofit Federation Washington Nonprofit Conference keynote: "Very few people wonder if the mail will be there — it's always there and always has been … but will the mail be there in the future?"