Annual Traditions, COVID-19, Fundraising, Giving Trends, Marketing & Communication, Social Impact Architects
At the end of 2021, readers of The Boston Globe were asked to describe the year – the top word: “exhausting,” followed by “rollercoaster.” One reader noted that there were “some highs and lots of lows.” Each year since 1956, social...
Annual Traditions, Communicate, COVID-19, Fundraising, Giving Trends, Marketing & Communication, Social Impact Architects, Storytelling
Americans have always been generous. But, as in other trying times, 9/11 or the Great Recession, Americans stepped up their giving. Indiana University’s Women’s Philanthropy Institute released a report that 56% of U.S. households engaged in charitable giving during...
Annual Traditions, Book Reviews, Communicate, COVID-19, Fundraising, Giving Trends, Marketing & Communication, Social Impact Architects, Storytelling
Americans are very generous – in fact, more Americans give to charity than vote. In the first six months of 2020, despite more than half of the U.S. workforce experiencing unemployment or reduced income due to COVID-19, Americans have stepped up to support important...
Annual Traditions, Business Planning, Collaborate, Communicate, COVID-19, Fundraising, Giving Trends, Guest Blogs, Issue Based Blogs, Marketing & Communication, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements
Last week, everyone, including our team, focused on the big-ticket item for nonprofits – the CARES Act and its grants/loans. It is vitally important that your nonprofit organization considers applying for this money in order to leverage it as working capital in the...
Annual Traditions, Book Reviews, Communicate, Fundraising, Giving Trends, Marketing & Communication, Social Impact Architects, Storytelling
Last week, Giving USA shared its long-awaited report, Giving USA 2019: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year of 2018. In this post, we not only share a synopsis of giving trends from the report, but as always, we provide actionable steps you can take to keep...
