If you’ve ever run a marathon or know someone who has, you know they take preparation and stamina. Running a marathon and implementing a capital or comprehensive campaign have much in common. You wouldn’t show up at the starting line for either without putting in the necessary early work. And you wouldn’t start celebrating success at mile 17 when there’s still a long way to go. Here’s how the phases of a campaign compare to training for and completing a marathon. The post Campaigns ...| Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact.
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With a generation of leaders exiting and fewer aspiring to take their place, nonprofit boards and execs must act decisively to develop roles people aspire to. Whispered at networking events and reflected in the faces of burned-out executives is the same exhausted sentiment: “I’ve created a role no one else wants. I’m planning to retire […] The post Doable, Durable, Desirable: Redesigning Nonprofit Leadership appeared first on Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Im...| Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact.
Featured Cover Preview The Future of Philanthropy Is Unrestricted: MacKenzie Scott showed what’s possible. JobsFirstNYC and others are proving it every day. Marjorie Parker, CEO, JobsFirst NYC Other Articles Tried and True: Campaigns Are Like Marathons What’s Working?: Start with the Community You Have Your Voice: What Has Your Experience Been Like With Giving Tuesday? AFP […] The post 2025, October appeared first on Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact..| Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact.
COVER STORY While parts of the economy boom, millions of Americans remain locked out of opportunity. In particular, young adults who are out of school and out of work, often called “disconnected youth,” are bearing the brunt of structural inequality. According to Measure of America, nearly 1 in 9 youth aged 16 to 24 are disconnected, a status linked to lower lifetime earnings, poorer health, and higher risk of long-term poverty. The post No Strings Attached appeared first on Inspiring Gen...| Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact.
The Philanthropy 50 – The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of America’s biggest donors – was recently released for 2024. The headline? America’s top donors gave more than $16.2 billion. The full report is worth a read, with an analysis of giving trends and forward-looking predictions. The post What Inspires Big Gifts? Big Ideas appeared first on Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact..| Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact.
Digital will platforms are expensive, slow, and aimed at the wrong donors. High-net-worth households use attorneys; faith-based institutions dominate bequests without these tools. The math is brutal: decades of fees to net very little, while boards celebrate gross and skip the P&L. In the rooms that matter, peers are polite—and quietly laughing. If you want six-figure legacies (average $50K–$90K, with 70% realized within five years of death), fund disciplined, relationship-based cultivati...| Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact.
When I think about how most of us learned about money, I hear my dad’s voice: “Save first. Live within your means.” I opened my first CD with summer-job earnings sitting next to him at the bank. Later, when I got my first apartment, dad and I built a budget together so I could manage […] The post The Most Overlooked Growth Lever in Nonprofits: Smart Spend appeared first on Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact..| Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact.
Why the Organizations Built To Withstand Disruption Don’t Just Survive, They Evolve Into Something Stronger A few years ago, a small organization in Illinois achieved what many believed impossible: a 68 percent reduction in shootings in its community. The Trauma & Resilience Initiative didn’t just move the needle; it rewrote what was possible. Yet, when […] The post When Crises Forge Stronger Nonprofits appeared first on Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact..| Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact.
Development directors across the nonprofit sector are facing an uncomfortable truth: The traditional model of fundraising operations is breaking down under its own inefficiencies. Recent research reveals that organizations often spend 31 percent of a grant’s value on administration, while funders typically allow only 13 percent for indirect costs. This gap forces development teams into […] The post The Fundraising Efficiency Revolution: How AI is Transforming Development Teams appeared fi...| Inspiring Generosity. Strengthening Nonprofits. Creating Impact.
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