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Archive for November, 2009
Minnesota Foundation Starts Site to Keep Online Giving Local
Nov 2nd
A new Web site offered by the Minnesota Community Foundation aims to increase electronic giving by letting prospective donors research more than 36,000 nonprofit groups and create individual portfolios that track giving by organization, category, and dollar value, the Star Tribune reports.
GiveMN aims to direct online philanthropy to schools, neighborhood centers, and other charities within the state.
Read The Chronicle’s recent article on how other community foundations are creating social networks to link supporters with charities.
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King’s Daughter to Head Civil-Rights Group Her Father Co-Founded
Nov 2nd
The Rev. Bernice King has been elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, in Atlanta, a civil-rights advocacy group co-founded by her father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 52 years ago, according to CNN.
“It is a destiny call,” said Ms. King, a minister, author, and motivational speaker, after the organization announced Friday that she had been chosen over Wendell Griffen, a former judge on the Arkansas Court of Appeals.
She is the third member of her family to preside over the group, following her father, who led the organization from its founding in 1957 until his assassination in 1968, and her eldest brother, Martin Luther King III, who oversaw the organization from 1997 to 2004.
Give and Take: The Down Side of Transparency, and More
Nov 2nd
One potential unintended consequence of added disclosure requirements for private foundations could be that more donors would be driven to use donor-advised funds instead, notes a foundation adviser cited on The Chronicle’s Give and Take review of the best nonprofit blogs.
Plus:
- Tips for moving from a job at a regional to a national nonprofit group.
- Fans of the canceled TV show The Philanthropist are trying to persuade NBC to bring it back.
- A grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation brings the total prize money available in America’s Giving Challenge to $245,000.
What’s a Lead
Nov 2nd
Sometimes the difference between a lead and everyone else is just a frame of mind. People connect, volunteer, and donate to your organization because they agree with and believe in what you are doing. I’m surprised by what it takes for someone at some organizations to become a prospect. Unless you have a specific contrary reason, everyone connected to your organization should be considered a lead. Staff, volunteers, big donors, little donors, board members, and alumni all are leads. It is important that you frame your message in an appropriate way to each of these groups but they are all still leads.
People calling your organization, attending an event, subscribing to your e-newsletter: these are all clear messages that they want to hear more about you. Fundraising isn’t about asking for money as often as possible; it is about creating relationships with the good work that your organization is doing and providing opportunities to partner with that good work.
I am always amazed at how donors find an organization. The paths that people take from stranger to supporter are numerous. Don’t limit your development work by forcing everyone to come become a donor only through one medium.
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Summit Series: Connecting Young Entrepreneurs
Nov 1st
Elliot Bisnow created a networking event to bring together young captains-of-industry.
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