The NonProfit Times

08/21/2025

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08/21/2025

Foundations Target $36.5M In Emergency Funding For Public Media

A combined nearly $37 million to provide immediate relief to public media stations at risk of closure following federal funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has been pledged by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Pivotal, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, the Schmidt Family Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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A combined nearly $37 million to provide immediate relief to public media stations at risk of closure following federal funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has been pledged by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Pivotal, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Founda...

08/20/2025

Wise Giving Alliance Applies AI To Vetted Charity Searches And Data

BBB Wise Giving Alliance (Give.org) has launched AskGive, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool intended to provide donors with trusted information about charities and giving in real-time.

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BBB Wise Giving Alliance (Give.org) has launched AskGive, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool intended to provide donors with trusted information about charities and giving in real-time. The tool ties together thousands of Give.org documents, including giving tips, detailed charity report...

08/13/2025

Compete To Prove Your NPO Is A Best Place To Work

Why do people want to work at your organization? What do you have that brought staffers to the nonprofit. It’s time to compete to be labeled a great place to work.
Employee engagement is vital to an ecosystem of success. Finding and keeping a workforce of social good specialists is not easy in a gig economy. Compete to become known nationally as a best nonprofit to work for in 2025.

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Why do people want to work at your organization? What do you have that brought staffers to the nonprofit. It’s time to compete to be labeled a great place to work. Employee engagement is vital to an ecosystem of success. Finding and keeping a workforce of social good specialists is not easy in [.....

08/13/2025

Applying Quality Assurance, Improvement To Grant Management

Quality assurance and quality improvement (QA/QI) is a process used in many business sectors to ensure that company products or services are consistent, safe, and meet or exceed the quality expectations of the end users – clients or customers. QA/QI is also a criterion funders often use in reviewing and selecting grant application requests to fund.

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(photo from pexels.com) Quality assurance and quality improvement (QA/QI) is a process used in many business sectors to ensure that company products or services are consistent, safe, and meet or exceed the quality expectations of the end users – clients or customers. QA/QI is also a criterion fund...

08/13/2025

The Importance Of A 360 Development Tool Executive Leadership

Effective leadership plays a pivotal role in driving organizational success of a nonprofit. Great nonprofit leaders exhibit self-awareness and a keen understanding of how their leadership resonates with others. CEOs and executive leaders, no matter their dedication, can greatly benefit from structured feedback to enhance their clarity, confidence, and overall effectiveness.

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(image from pexels.com) Effective leadership plays a pivotal role in driving organizational success of a nonprofit. Great nonprofit leaders exhibit self-awareness and a keen understanding of how their leadership resonates with others. CEOs and executive leaders, no matter their dedication, can great...

08/13/2025

Commentary: Grave Concerns Arise From Federal Grants Executive Order

The Grant Professionals Association (GPA) has reviewed the most recent Executive Order on federal grant funding, “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking,” and has grave concerns regarding many of the items in this Executive Order.

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08/12/2025

Philanthropies To Invest $1B Targeting Economic Mobility Via Tech

A coalition of foundations and philanthropists including Ballmer Group, the Gates Foundation, Stand Together, Valhalla Foundation and John Overdeck, have launched NextLadder Ventures, a $1 billion initiative to help drive economic prosperity of individuals and to focus on fostering technology and tools to expand economic oppportunity for
low-income Americans.

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(image from pexels.com) A coalition of foundations and philanthropists including Ballmer Group, the Gates Foundation, Stand Together, Valhalla Foundation and John Overdeck, have launched NextLadder Ventures, a $1 billion initiative to help drive economic prosperity of individuals and to focus on fos...

08/11/2025

Momentive Adds To Portfolio With VolunteerMatters

The acquisitions continue at Momentive Software with the firm acquiring VolunteerMatters, a provider of volunteer management software. It is Momentive’s third acquisition, following the recent purchase of association and certification management software provider, Cobalt, and learning management solutions provider, Blue Sky eLearn.

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(image from pexels.com) The acquisitions continue at Momentive Software with the firm acquiring VolunteerMatters, a provider of volunteer management software. It is Momentive’s third acquisition, following the recent purchase of association and certification management software provider, Cobalt, a...

08/11/2025

The Rogue CEO: Coping Mechanisms And Strategies

There is a type of dilemma found mostly, but infrequently, in moderate to very large nonprofits. It relies on a complicated mixture of personalities and the unspoken norm that a CEO gets some latitude for personal behavior, even if it makes others uncomfortable.

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(image from pexels.com) There is a type of dilemma found mostly, but infrequently, in moderate to very large nonprofits. It relies on a complicated mixture of personalities and the unspoken norm that a CEO gets some latitude for personal behavior, even if it makes others uncomfortable. This situatio...

07/25/2025

Kindsight Continues Growth Via Affinaquest Acquisition

Kindsight, a provider of fundraising intelligence software, has acquired Affinaquest, parent of Advancement RM (a constituent relationship CRM platform) and Athletics Data Solutions. The acquisition combines Affinaquest and Kindsight’s expertise in advancement operations, data strategy, and constituent engagement, along with their shared Salesforce underpinning.

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Kindsight, a provider of fundraising intelligence software, has acquired Affinaquest, parent of Advancement RM (a constituent relationship CRM platform) and Athletics Data Solutions. The acquisition combines Affinaquest and Kindsight’s expertise in advancement operations, data strategy, and consti...