Nadelman Nonprofit News

In today’s episode, we are going to be taking a look at a report that highlights the growing use of crowdfunding, highlight a couple of huge corporate grant programs that just committed more than 1.5B dollars, and wrap up with the ethics behind the use of opt-out donations which got a ton of attention this week.  To Learn More Check Out The Links Below: Crowdfunding Report - https://bit.ly/32asJbSCrowdfunding Article - https://bit.ly/3a9lfu2Ford Foundation 1 Billion in Grants - https://bit.ly/3dd67xWCorporate Giving Programs - https://bit.ly/3uFUs0cEthics of Opt-Out - https://bit.ly/3e1yzC3Trump Donors NYTimes - https://nyti.ms/3dd9Ifb

In this week's episode, we take a look at a new report from Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy that highlights important trends from 2020, we will then head into the world of donor-advised funds to see how community foundations distributed money, we'll take a quick look into peer to peer fundraising trends, highlight Zoom's new philanthropic department, we'll wrap up with a story about a new program that trains athletes in advocacy and philanthropy.  

To learn more about the stories in this episode see the links below https://www.philanthropy.com/article/community-foundations-report-41-bump-in-grants-from-donor-advised-funds https://www.philanthropy.com/article/events-in-which-donors-raise-money-from-friends-saw-steep-revenue-declines-in-2020 https://www.philanthropy.com/article/zoom-hires-head-of-social-impact-for-its-new-philanthropic-arm 

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-puts-1-in-3-nonprofits-financial-jeopardy-93d410c99425f0ac54b3190a656db200 https://www.issuelab.org/resources/38039/38039.pdf

Tim Clarke and Janelle Cronk are the Co-Founders of the nonprofit UNCrushed. UNCrushed's mission seeks to change the way mental health is perceived and treated in our society, ending stigmas and breaking discrimination. In this interview, we talk about the road to founding the organization, Tim and Janelle's personal stories of uncovering struggles, and provide some tips for how employees and employers can address mental health in the workplace. To learn more check out www.uncrushed.org.

In this week's video, we will be walking through a number of topics including, some drama that came out of the latest DAF statists, a look at how large nonprofits could benefit from the new stimulus bill, a new initiative from Bill and Melinda Gates to get more people to become everyday philanthropists, challenges with mega-donors in the art world, and lastly, Dan Price’s hot take on Billionaire Philanthropy. To learn more about these topics check out the links below.  

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/donor-advised-fund-claims-spark-pushback-from-critics 

https://www.nber.org/papers/w27888 

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/stimulus-bill-would-make-some-larger-nonprofits-eligible-for-forgivable-loans https://www.philanthropy.com/article/bill-and-melinda-gates-celebrate-power-of-everyday-givers-at-virtual-summit https://www.barrons.com/articles/bill-and-melinda-gates-aim-to-spur-more-individual-giving-01614121740 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/arts/design/leon-black-moma-jeffrey-epstein.html 

https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/dan-price-70000-minimum-wage-ceo-billionaire-tax-philanthropy-washington-state-hb-1406.html https://www.axios.com/ecommerce-warehouses-human-workers-automation-115783fa-49df-4129-8699-4d2d17be04c7.html

In this week's episode, we take a deep dive into the Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report for 2020. Learn about overall giving trends, online giving trends, and some takeaways that can help your organization understand where giving is going in the year to come.   

https://institute.blackbaud.com/charitable-giving-report/online-giving-trends/

In this week's episode, we highlight some issues at the United Way, the impact of Covid on Higher Education, How Donor Advised Funds are making bank, a look at America’s 50 Biggest Donors, some year-end fundraising trends, and two good new articles to start the week.    

United Way CEO Steps Down - https://bit.ly/3ddTNxK

United Way Lawsuits - https://bit.ly/3jVYAVN

Covid Crushes Higher Ed - https://bit.ly/3poPHp0

Donor Advised Funds Making Bank - https://bit.ly/3rOVsOm

Year-End Fundraising Trends - https://bit.ly/3b7XQsJ

Generous Millennials - https://bit.ly/3rZtAau

American's 50 Biggest Donors - https://bit.ly/37iuTJx

Jack Dorsey Donation Spreadsheet - https://bit.ly/2OH0xKl

Alex Trebek Clothing Donation - https://bit.ly/3dfLmlo

Doe Foundation - https://www.doe.org/

In this week's episode, we run through the most important news, stories, trends, and research from across the nonprofit sector. We start by taking a look at a Superbowl Ad that benefits St. Jude's Children's Hospital, look at new research about donor advised funds, some good news about donor attitudes in 2021, a quick shoutout to women in philanthropy that was featured in the New York Times. We then shift and review some troubling information about grantmaking organizations giving funds to hate groups, an article about the lack of multi-channel marketing in the nonprofit sector, and finish with a look at how museums are considering auctioning off their artwork to survive Covid 19 downturns. 

Check out the articles below. 

 Inspiration 4 Super Bowl Ad Forbes - https://bit.ly/3a27duM  

Inspiration 4 Website - https://inspiration4.com/

DAF Research - https://www.nptrust.org/reports/daf-report/

NY Times - Women in Philanthropy - https://nyti.ms/3aQI3ys

DealAid.org Research - https://bit.ly/3aQffG5

Hate Groups and Grant Making - https://bit.ly/3rDzVb8

Nonprofits Not Using Multi-Channel Marketing - https://yhoo.it/3tGf4WH

Met Museum of Art Auctioning - https://nyti.ms/2NchF9Q

In this week's episode, we quickly run through a number of topics including, mental health collaboration, a hospital that offered top donors the Covid vaccine, Blackbaud's most recent lawsuit, fundraising, and marketing reports for 2021, the latest from DAFs, and as always a feel-good story to start your week. Check out the stories, articles, and research from this week's episode below.   

Mental Health CEO's Collaborate  - https://bit.ly/3cseoOh

Unified Vision for Transforming Mental Health - https://bit.ly/3j5nVwj 

Health Care News Top Donors Offered Covid Vaccine - https://cbsn.ws/2MceL57

Blackbaud Lawsuit - https://bit.ly/3csF5mf

Blackbaud in 23 Lawsuits - https://bit.ly/2YzBsT8 

Fundraising News 2021 Fundraising Hard to Predict - https://bit.ly/2YyWrp62021 

Nonprofit Marketing Benchmark Report - https://bit.ly/2NVbXtx 

Donor Advised Fund Stories  

Push for Charitable Giving Reforms - https://bit.ly/2MHVqIUDonors 

Gave 3.8B Through Schwab Charitable - https://bit.ly/2YyRInE

Schwab Charitable 2020 Giving Report - https://bit.ly/3j2MppM 

Hank Aaron Philanthropy - https://bit.ly/3cumQN8

Lisa Goldblatt Grace, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of My Life My Choice, one of the most innovative and prestigious survivor-led anti-trafficking organizations in the United States. Our conversation touches on the state of trafficking in the Covid-era, innovation in the anti-trafficking world, signs for parents to look out for, and ways that you can help fight this horrendous activity that takes place in all of our communities. Beyond tuning in, I encourage anyone that can to donate to My Life My Choice at mylifemychoice.org.  

Website: www.mylifemychoice.org 

Donate to My Life My Choice - https://bit.ly/2XGF7hy

A Path Appears PBS Film - https://bit.ly/35Hsc3j

Melissa Farley: https://bit.ly/3snhusx

In this week's episode, we examine Elon Musk's rise to the richest person on earth along with his ambition to become more philanthropic. We also take a look at two nonprofits that are headed to the Supreme Court to challenge a California law requiring them to disclose donor information. Lastly, we take a look at a new study on giving to causes that support women and girls in the United States. As always, we'll wrap up the episode with some good news from our industry.

Bloomberg Billionaire Index - https://bloom.bg/35uMa1e

Musk Jumping Into Philanthropy - https://bloom.bg/3i4klBL

Nonprofits Head to the Supreme Court - https://reut.rs/39gtdQY

Women and Girls Index Report - https://bit.ly/3sdZfFL

Good News - Prisoners Help Student - https://wapo.st/35sK8P4

Explore the 5W's of Wealth Screening for Nonprofits. What is wealth screening for nonprofits? Why should your organization wealth screen? Where should this data come from? Who should do this work? When is the appropriate time to run a wealth screen? How should you run your wealth screens? These answers in more in the latest installment of Five Minute Fridays from the Nadelman Nonprofit News.

For the past two decades, a number of companies built businesses rating nonprofits. These ratings have a real-world impact on donors when they are evaluating which organizations are deserving of their gifts. In this episode, we look at these organizations, why they matter, and why they probably shouldn't.

Graphic Design is hard, but with these three tools you can create professional visuals for your nonprofit organization. Whether you are trying to source free stock photos, design amazing blogs, facebook, and instagram posts, or manipulating your photos in post production these tools will help get the job done for free.  www.Canva.com www.pexels.com www.unsplash.com www.photopea.com

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Our first installment of 5 Minute Friday, where you get trips, tricks, ideas, and scorching hot nonprofit takes. This episode we provide a quick guide to nailing your last minute Giving Tuesday appeal.  Maybe you didn't have time this year for a full plan. It's not too late. Check out how you can still pull of a great campaign with only 4 days of planning. 

Welcome to Nadelman Nonprofit News. In this quick intro I explain the purpose of this podcast and why you should give us a listen.