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🌟 Maximizing Impact on Giving Tuesday 🌟 Giving Tuesday is just around the corner, and it's your chance to make a significant difference! Check out this guide on how to maximize your impact on this global giving holiday: https://lnkd.in/gPb7QXfS

Here is Part 2 of our three-part series sharing how and why we changed the language to better reflect our organization and our work. Part 2 "How Community Partners Guided Our Refined Grant Strategies" shares our (modestly) updated grantmaking goals + guidelines, to be more clear about what we support and why, by trying to use consistent language, and offering examples and definitions. The important takeaway here for #philanthropy is that how we move resources must be centered in what our communities need from us, and that requires us both to ask them what they need, and then to honor what they tell us by putting our funding, time, connections, and support where they need it.

Take some time to read this brilliant article from folks doing some of the most important work there is, reweaving culture, politics and economics to build power for transformation.

Revenue diversity is a good hedge against the unexpected, but diversity alone is not enough when your nonprofit’s budget is threatened or dismantled by outside forces. Each piece of your revenue pie needs to be well managed, clearly forecasted, and carefully monitored for ROI. And you need a plan B and C for each one.    Here are three ways you can manage your diverse revenue streams to prepare your arts and cultural nonprofit for whatever lies ahead. 

Calling all Colorado Nonprofit Association members! Join our bi-monthly roundtables to be a part of important nonprofit conversations in Colorado. This month we have: 🗣 The DEAI Roundtable on April 10 from 9 - 10 a.m. 🗣 The Volunteer Management Roundtable on April 11 from 10 - 11 a.m. 🗣 The Communications & Marketing Roundtable on April 30 from 9 - 10 a.m. Don't miss out on these valuable conversations. Sign up today! #CONonprofits #DEAI #VolunteerManagement #NonprofitMarketing

Another month, another series of roundtables! Join us for an opportunity to collaborate with, learn from and connect with nonprofit professionals. 🌟 Our Fundraising Roundtable on March 14 from 9 - 10 a.m. Conversations will be facilitated by nonprofit development leaders throughout Colorado to help strengthen your organization's fundraising program. 🌟 The Operations & Finance Roundtable on March 19 from 9 - 10 a.m. Strengthen your organization's operations and finance departments, all while growing your professional network. Sign up today! #CONonprofits #NonprofitFundraising #NonprofitOperations

How can you reignite the passion of lapsed donors and reshape the future of philanthropy? Donors are the heartbeat of our mission at Apple Marketing Group. We're dedicated to reigniting their engagement through genuine, personalised connections. By contacting lapsed donors directly, we've unveiled their heartfelt intent for legacy giving and ensured their contact details are current and accurate. It's not just about reactivation; it's about fostering meaningful relationships that endure. Join us at the FIA National Conference from February 28th to March 1st, 2024, at the Brisbane Exhibition Centre to chat about our innovative approach to philanthropy.

"Too often, community organizing, and arts and cultural organizing are viewed as distinct and separate rather than inextricably intertwined. In philanthropy, foundations often put these efforts into different funding streams—and can sow division by fostering competition for resources. If we divorce governance from culture, we end up with institutions and developments that lack the context of our rich, meaningful history." In this piece for Nonprofit Quarterly, Jessica Norwood, Allen Kwabena Frimpong, Tia Oso, and Nwamaka Agbo, MPA collectively reflect on the essential role that art and culture play in reclaiming neighborhoods and communities. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gHdNyuHf

It's wild to think about how quickly this year's SiouxperCon event is approaching. I have the pleasure of being a board member for this amazing nonprofit organization, and for being tasked with helping secure sponsorships for our annual event (which directly supports REACH Literacy, Make-A-Wish, and multiple other local nonprofit groups). Here are some of my favorite things about SiouxperCon, as a person that isn't necessarily 'into' a lot of pop culture: 1. It's a nonprofit that does a ton of great work in our community to promote literacy, life-skills, and STEAM education (primarily in younger audiences and underserved communities) 2. It brings more than 10,000 people from all over to the Sioux Falls area in a SINGLE WEEKEND. This drives up our economic impact year-over-year with how much this event grows annually, which directly gives back to our local business scene. 3. It is family oriented. The majority of attendees are families with young children, and because of that, SiouxperCon has a dedicated Family Day and a KidZone throughout the whole convention weekend full of family fun, entertainment, and learning. 4. They really work hard to uplift marginalized groups. From doing a pre-opening on Family Day to allow neurodivergent children a less overwhelming environment to enjoy the event to sourcing celebrity guests specifically that are working hard to break barriers in their respective industries- SiouxperCon truly cares about representation for ALL. 5. It's just plain fun! I personally know very little about most things pop culture, comic book, and fandom, but seeing how much joy it brings to countless people of all ages right here in our community, I can't help but to love it. If any of the above reasons has resonated with you, I would love to spark a conversation about how your business can get involved as a sponsor this year. Sponsoring is not just an investment into showing people WHO your business is, but also that your business CARES about people and about our community. Feel free to send me an email at [email protected] to learn more!

If you are an organization in the Philadelphia region including South Jersey, then you can be awarded up to $150k if you meet the following: 1. Nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status 2. Budgets between $250,000 and $5 million 3. Organization must operate in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania OR Burlington or Camden counties in New Jersey Founded in 2021 by Forman Arts Initiative (FAI) and Philadelphia Foundation, Art Works is a joint $3 million grant program designed to support Philadelphia arts and cultural organizations and artists working in partnership with Black, Brown, Indigenous, people of color and historically under-resourced communities. Three to Four community-based organizations will be selected annually to receive two-year, unrestricted grants ranging from $75,000-$150,000. Organizations will be chosen based on how closely their work aligns with Art Works‘ programmatic goals.