NonProfit Pro
February 25, 2015
In a continued effort to self-regulate, Independent Sector, a membership organization of nonprofits, released a set of 33 principles for charities to follow when their members meet in the boardroom, solicit donors, manage their operations and report their finances.
“Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice: A Guide for Charities and Foundations” is an update on a similar set of guidelines the group compiled in 2007.
February 25, 2015
(Press release, Feb. 24, 2015) — Peer-to-peer fundraising programs are growing quickly among groups that lead events that fall outside of the traditional run, walk and ride event model. But a number of longstanding, high-profile programs are continuing to see declines, according to the peer-to-peer fundraising industry's annual roundup.
February 25, 2015
The TurboTax of the nonprofit world has been hacked. The Urban Institute, a prominent think tank in Washington, D.C., alerted charitable organizations around the country Tuesday that its system for filing tax forms was breached. Hackers were able to access usernames, passwords, IP addresses and other account data for nonprofits that use the Urban Institute's National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) to file their taxes.
February 25, 2015
(Press release, Feb. 24, 2015) — Anthony Carbajal — the creator of a poignant Ice Bucket Challenge video that has raised $3.8 million for the ALS Therapy Development Institute — has been named the 2015 recipient of the Cash, Sweat & Tears Award.
February 25, 2015
(Press release, Feb. 25, 2015) — Interact Intranet, the intelligent intranet software company, announced War Child as the overall winner of its annual Nonprofit Competition. War Child is a small, U.K.-based organization providing life-changing support to the most vulnerable children whose families, communities and schools have been torn apart by war. As the overall winner of Interact's global Nonprofit Competition, it wins a fantastic Interact Intranet software package worth $60,000, which will include consultancy, training and project management.
February 24, 2015
The opinions, thoughts and feelings of our prospects, supporters and donors exist whether we seek them or not; 100 percent of the risk lies in ignoring them.
February 24, 2015
Recent tweets on fundraising (#fundraising).
February 23, 2015
(Press release, Feb. 20, 2015) — Network for Good has announced the launch of The Recurring Giving Challenge, a special campaign and training series that empowers nonprofits to invest in recurring giving and inspire donors to give monthly. The challenge includes a free online course devoted to monthly giving, as well as a combination of free and client-exclusive campaign materials to arm nonprofits with expert guidance and the online fundraising software needed for a successful monthly giving program.
February 23, 2015
Recent tweets from folks you should following.
February 23, 2015
The triannual meeting of the board of governors of the Jewish Agency opened on Sunday following days of quiet and not so quiet grumblings regarding the leadership of director-general Alan Hoffmann. The campaign has evidently gained so much traction that agency Chairman Natan Sharansky was forced to draft a letter to employees worldwide to defend the administrator while attending the funeral of slain Jew Dan Uzan in Denmark last week.
