How Social Media Will Impact Giving Tuesday
As Giving Tuesday approaches, Americans everywhere are choosing to save their Black Friday dollars for a more noble cause. While their causes vary, nonprofits everywhere rejoice in the trend toward giving and away from consumerism. Such is the spirit of giving during the holiday season that last year’s Giving Tuesday that organizations big and small are getting into the spirit. Last year, tech giant Facebook announced a Giving Tuesday match of $7 million, which was met in just a matter of seconds.
Year-End Fundraising: 5 Strategies for Small Nonprofits
The year-end fundraising season is the single largest opportunity for nonprofits to raise the needed donations to fuel their next year of activity. This is especially true for small nonprofits, often operating with smaller staffs, fewer fundraising resources, and a smaller donor base. These organizations need to make the most of the holiday giving season. However, fewer resources can also make it difficult to conduct a successful year-end fundraising push. Smaller nonprofits need to navigate the season with efficiency, focusing their efforts in a way that will get results without expending too much of their time and money.
Can Nonprofit Organizations Unionize?
Despite the historical decrease in worker unions, they’re piquing more interest as of late. Everyone from nurses to day laborers across the country are working to unionize in places where they haven’t previously. And, while nonprofit workers have not sought unionization on a large scale in the past, is it something they can do? Since they are workers--passionate, awesome ones--they can indeed unionize if they desire. A brief history While unions have often been created for blue-color jobs, recent years have brought on a surge of white-collar unions.
What nonprofit Executive Directors should know about accounting
To be an executive director in the nonprofit world is no small task. It takes hours upon hours of hard work, dedication to the mission, and multitasking. They’re more committed than most, but must also be business savvy, a stellar communicator, and knowledgeable within their industry. Executive directors are unicorns of sorts, which can make it easy to expect too much of them. And, it’s easy for them to expect too much of themselves.
How Nonprofits Can Give Back During the Holidays
Nonprofits give back to the communities they exist in throughout the year by offering services in areas that for-profit companies often neglect. At various points in the year, they offer food, clothing, and access to services, which they’ve worked hard to curate with the assistance of fantastic volunteers. Still, some hope to broaden their service around the holidays--and fortunately, this is easy to do! Partner up A great way to expand your impact during the holidays is to find another organization to partner with.