A NEW GLOBAL PICTURE OF ORGANIZATIONS SERVING PHILANTHROPY

March 8, 2017

Building the infrastructure necessary for philanthropy to operate and succeed is challenging. The first of those challenges is to increase the recognition of the important role of the institutions dedicated to this task, the value of whose work often goes unrecognized. The second challenge is to grow the field and make it stronger. As the report suggests, philanthropy infrastructure is usually weaker and less developed where it is most needed.

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Fundraising Institute Australia

Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA) is the national peak body representing professional fundraising in Australia. If you are involved in any aspect of fundraising, FIA membership will help you achieve your mission. At FIA, we are passionate about fundraising excellence. We champion and facilitate best practice, with our Code for ethical fundraising and through professional development, networking and advocacy for all our members.

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whitePaper | February 2, 2022

Employee volunteer programs are a vital part of your corporate social responsibility, employee engagement, and community relations efforts. If done well, your program can play an important role in building nonprofit capacity, engaging employees, serving stakeholders, meeting social impact goals, and ensuring your company’s sustainability – not to mention all the positive impact you will have on the community.

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whitePaper | April 6, 2020

Philanthropy has always been centered on individuals giving back to causes that ignite an emotional response. In recent years, this emotional connection to important causes combined with controversial political events has produced a new type of giving that many have dubbed “rage philanthropy” or “rage giving.” Americans today are making more political donations than they were two decades ago, highlighting the fact that they are engaged in political issues now more than ever before (Hughes, 2017). Political events and changes to major legislation can influence the way donors engage with your nonprofit—and understanding rage philanthropy can help your organization increase giving opportunities.

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2021 Nonprofit Technology Trends Report

whitePaper | May 10, 2021

Our 2021 Nonprofit Technology Trends Report highlighted some of the specific challenges nonprofits faced this year including decreasing funding, canceled fundraisers, and virtual programming. The survey also highlighted the myriad of innovations nonprofits have developed as a result of the pandemic.

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Business planning tools for non-profit organizations

whitePaper | December 26, 2019

SCORE is a more than 40 year old non-profi t with over 10,500 volunteers who provide free business counseling and no or low-cost workshops to new and emerging small businesses nation wide. In 2005, SCORE counselors volunteered over 1,000,000 hours in counseling and workshop services. While most of SCORE’s work has focused on small businesses, over the years it has assisted some startup and emerging non-profi t organizations, particularly on business issues. As a result of these experiences, SCORE strongly believes that to be effective, competitive and sustainable, non-profi ts must not only be caring and creative, they must run their operations as businesses.

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Fundraising Institute Australia

Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA) is the national peak body representing professional fundraising in Australia. If you are involved in any aspect of fundraising, FIA membership will help you achieve your mission. At FIA, we are passionate about fundraising excellence. We champion and facilitate best practice, with our Code for ethical fundraising and through professional development, networking and advocacy for all our members.

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