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A client recently asked me, “What’s the difference between being an occasional or monthly donor to a nonprofit and being a 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁?” The answer is, a philanthropist has a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 and thinks about their 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 first. 🌟 If you want to become more like a philanthropist with your giving, think about these options for your monthly or occasional donations: - Do you want to give money with 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 to help a nonprofit pay their employees fairly? 💰 - Do you want to provide 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 for a specific project? 📅 - Do you want to support 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 when they match your goals? 🎯 All these choices are valid, but each is a different strategy to consider in your philanthropy. 💡 -------------------------------------- 𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮. 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦—𝘐 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 8:45 𝘈𝘔 𝘔𝘰𝘯-𝘍𝘳𝘪. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝘿𝙈.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲. However, fundraising is not just about collecting donations. Here are a few misconceptions to clear up: ☀️𝟭. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 Fundraising goes beyond simply asking people for financial support. It’s about building relationships and engaging supporters in your mission. Effective fundraising involves storytelling and creating a sense of community around a shared purpose. ☀️𝟮. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗢𝗻𝗲-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 Many people think of fundraising as a single event, like a gala or a bake sale. While these can be effective, true fundraising is a continuous process. It involves nurturing ongoing relationships with donors and consistently communicating your organization’s impact. ☀️𝟯. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 Some view fundraising as a pressure tactic. In reality, it should be about inspiration, not manipulation. Good fundraising respects the donor’s choice and aims to connect them with a cause they care about, allowing them to make informed decisions. ☀️𝟰. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 Fundraising isn’t exclusive to nonprofit organizations. Many community groups, schools, and even for-profit entities engage in fundraising efforts to support their projects. It’s a vital tool for any organization seeking resources for growth and impact. ☀️𝟱. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 Fundraising can also involve gathering in-kind donations, volunteer hours, or even advocating for your cause. The goal is to mobilize support in various forms, not just financial contributions. 𝗕𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲: ☑️𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, ☑️𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 ☑️𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁. ********************** 𝐻𝑖. 𝑀𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝐸𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝. 𝑇𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑤𝑤𝑤.𝑒𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑎.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Are you looking for effective ways to collaborate closely with your target audience to achieve your goals as a company, association, or foundation? At Bebloops, we understand the importance of working together with our communities to make a positive impact. As a company and/or institution, we have a duty to collaborate with the society in which we operate. That's why we are pleased to introduce Bebloops, a platform that facilitates transparent and direct connection with your target audience, adding value to your actions and allowing them to be recognized by your potential customers. Bebloops gives you the opportunity to highlight your charitable, environmental, and any other type of actions, so they can have a significant social impact. At Bebloops, we believe in the power of collaboration between companies, associations, foundations, and their target audience. We will soon offer new updates so that your company, association, foundation, or any other institution can participate in Bebloops from the very beginning! Join us and be part of this exciting opportunity for collaboration and mutual growth. www.bebloops.net #Collaboration #SocialImpact #CorporateResponsibility #CommunityEngagement #SustainableDevelopment #Bebloops #SocialInnovation #ActiveParticipation #BusinessConnectivity

Why You Want to Always Be Fundraising I've heard that fantasy expressed many times in my career. Imagine if ... We raised so much .. or if someone gave us so much Or If we developed another source of revenue... or If we built our endowment large enough... WE WOULDN'T NEED TO FUNDRAISE ANY MORE! I'm sorry but you don't want that misplaced fantasy to come true. If you didn't have to fundraise: You'd stop imagining a greater good you could provide You'd stop trying to develop relationships, build coalitions and create a stronger community of shared purpose You'd stop putting "imagine-what-ifs" in front of people of means and influence You'd stop listening to potential donors and learning about what you're missing or failed to consider You wouldn't seek out smart, savvy and wise people and be the better for interacting with them You'd stop wondering about why other organizations were mobilizing more support and what you could learn from them You wouldn't learn how to sharpen your mission message through trial and error You'd stop mobilizing your organization around realizing it's greater mission promise You'd stop seeing your assumptions turned on their head, and becoming the humbler and wiser for it All those activities are more important than the actual money raised. That's how organizations remain aspirational, adaptive, strategic, responsive and relevant. That's what smart fundraising does for an organization - but so much fundraising doesn't come close to living up to those larger purposes. If you didn't have to fundraise, your organization would lull itself into a self-satisfied stupor and doze into irrelevance. Of course if you fundraise only for the sake of raising funds, you achieve the same, just more slowly.

When we set up Impact Marathon we wrote in our values and goals that we intended to always see fundraising outstrip the cost of entry. This intent has been at the top of our goal list every year since then. We have succeeded a few times, but we are not consistently achieving this goal. One thing we have never done, and remains a red line, is to set an individual fundraising target - we have always wanted to let you choose a target that pushes you, that inspires you, and that is connected to the way a project touches you. We want you to be excited to go out to your community to fundraise and share a story you deeply care about. We want that target to mean something to you, not us, but you, personally. Beginning this Friday, when you register for any Impact Marathon, you will have the option at checkout to reduce the cost by committing to a minimum level of fundraising. By choosing the Commit To Impact option you will be massively contributing to how we plan the impact project. We will be able to work with our partners knowing there is a guaranteed amount coming in, and plan out the project much further in advance. This will give our charity partners a stronger foundation to build on as they will know how much they can commit to the project, thereby elevating your impact. We are excited to have this mid-point option that serves to reward your commitment to fundraising, with our contribution to your costs.

It is such a privilege to have been invited to share this space with Jenna-Lee Strugnell and Geoff Mamputa on Monday 30th Sept. I truly do believe that being intentional about the holding space for #CommunitiesofCareandBelonging is the most critical work of our time, and that this is the only way that we as humans are going to be able to cope with the enormous complexities we face. Growing our ability to #think, #innovate, #co-create, and shift to a more wholesome, loving way of #being, and of #beingtogether, is no longer optional - it is essential. We are facing down the consequences of more cut-throat and exploitative ways of being, and they are not inspiring, nor do they offer hope for the future... INVITATION Join Robyn Whittaker, Geoffrey Mamputa and Jenna-Lee Strugnell for a webinar on creating spaces where people feel seen, heard and loved in the philanthropy and non-profit sectors. Register here: https://lnkd.in/dM5s88x7

How can AI help your nonprofit generate more income during the Great Wealth Transfer? Daniel Stevens from Windfall has the scoop on The Giving Institute member blog. https://lnkd.in/eaUkMteD #WealthTransfer #AIFundraising #NonprofitTrends #PlannedGiving

I just discovered a mind-blowing way to measure nonprofit ROI. It's called the Baraka ROI Model. Here's how it works: 1. Take your initial investment in a nonprofit 2. Add up all revenue generated because of that investment 3. Divide total revenue by initial investment 4. Boom. You've got your Baraka ROI multiplier Sounds simple, right? But it's revolutionary for nonprofits. Real life xample: Wasat raised $18k in 2017. By 2022, they'd generated $1.5M in total revenue. Baraka ROI? A staggering 83x. That means every dollar invested returned $83 in value. This isn't just feel-good math. It's a powerful tool for: - Donors seeking impact - Nonprofits proving their worth - Foundations allocating grants But here's the kicker: Baraka ROI isn't just about money. It's about measuring blessings, impact, and societal change. What do you think? — There are 3 ways I can help: 1. Follow me on LinkedIn for weekly content 2. Marketing Strategy Sessions (1:1 consulting) 3. Full-Service Marketing Execution (from strategy to implementation) Curious? Go to my profile to learn more.

What sessions should you definitely attend at #AdviceTechLIVE 2024 in two weeks? ALL OF THEM OF COURSE - perhaps some via recordings. And here is how I wanted to open at 1pm EDT on Day one: Let's learn about our Benefactor Partner Philly Phinancial Literacy Week Inc and Nisiar Smith's vision when investing locally to lift globally! Then let's understand the trend for elevating the human role in advice with none-other than Brian Portnoy, CFA of Shaping Wealth who is on the forefront of the behavioral wealth movement. And then we'll do housekeeping for the event and how to best take advantage of all the value we poured into this two-afternoon virtual event Nov 12-13. Prizes. Awards. Voting. Speed Demos. Special offers. Keynote speakers. Charitable efforts. Networking. Recordings. What were we thinking?! Oh yeah - let's be different and just give. Welcome. REGISTER NOW: https://lnkd.in/ezzJBaks PS. Why do we call our charitable recipient a "benefactor partner" which is synonymous with a "sponsor/giver"? Because we think in reverse. All of US and our sponsors are benefiting from community work done that lifts the greater good. Charity is work performed for OUR benefit - not the other way around. The Partner is the Giver here - we are simply humbled to support it. Think on that for a minute. It's all about your perspective. 🤔

📰✨ Exciting Read Alert! ✨📰 Hey everyone! I just finished reading an insightful article by Marc Gunther in the Stanford Social Innovation Review titled "Giving in the Light of Reason." 🌟 In this thought-provoking piece, Gunther delves into the concept of effective altruism and how data-driven decision-making can significantly enhance the impact of our charitable contributions. 📊💡 He challenges us to rethink traditional philanthropy and adopt a more analytical approach to giving, ensuring our donations truly make a difference. Some key takeaways: 🔍 The importance of research and evidence in choosing causes to support. 💪 How strategic giving can lead to more sustainable and scalable solutions. 🌍 Real-world examples of organizations that are leading the way in effective altruism. For anyone passionate about making a positive impact in the world, this article is a must-read! Let's all strive to give not just with our hearts, but also with our heads. ❤️🧠 Check it out and let me know your thoughts! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gEhepz94 #Philanthropy #EffectiveAltruism #SocialImpact #StanfordSocialInnovationReview #MarcGunther #GivingSmart