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New Cause Enables Geographically-Targeted Impact Investing for Mission-Driven Institutions

OpenInvest, the asset management platform that enables customization, direct indexing and impact investing at scale, announced today that it has added place-based impact investing to its offering for mission-driven institutions. The platform’s new cause allows charitable foundations, endowments and other institutions to target their investments to companies making a positive social, economic or environmental impact in particular geographies. 

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Chicago Benchmarking Collaborative Celebrates 10 Years, Launches Best Practices Guide

The Chicago Benchmarking Collaborative (CBC) is a partnership of seven well-established education and human services agencies that capitalize on each other’s strengths to make data-informed program improvements and tangibly improve outcomes for the 12,000 low-income individuals and families they serve. Established in 2009, the CBC is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year—and launching a how-to guide to help other nonprofits increase their mission impact through collaboration.

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New Research Finds Gender Gap Persists in Fundraising Salaries, Identifies Key Factors in Compensation Levels

Gender accounts for a 10 percent difference in salaries between male and female fundraisers, according to new research published by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) on March 8, International Women’s Day.

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The Nonprofit's Dilemma in Increasing Revenue Through Fundraising: A Solution Provided by SugarShopper.com

Jacqueline Asher is the CEO of SugarShopper.com (eCommerce store) and SugarShopper.info (informational site), which is a startup located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jacqueline has created a better way to fundraise that is designed to improve the online giving experience for nonprofits and their donors. The experience is the Joy of Giving and the Fun of Shopping.

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Blackbaud Brings Internationally-Renowned Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Solution to U.S. at No Subscription Cost

Blackbaud has announced the U.S. launch of the world's most trusted peer-to-peer fundraising solution—at no subscription cost. Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising™, powered by JustGiving™, delivers an unparalleled opportunity for social good organizations, such as nonprofits, schools, healthcare institutions, and churches, to empower supporters to fundraise on their behalf. Brad Little, managing director, Blackbaud Consumer Solutions U.S., and Mary Beth Westmoreland, Blackbaud's chief technology officer, announced the company's new solution on stage at the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum conference today in New Orleans, La.  

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Nonprofits First Releases 501cPro Toolkit Invaluable Tool for Growing Nonprofits

Nonprofits First is proud to announce the release of their 501cPro Toolkit, a comprehensive online self-assessment resource to guide nonprofits through the growth of their organization and beyond. The Toolkit contains administrative standards, tools, templates, and real-world advice to help nonprofits meet core legal requirements and implement best practices that are important to staff, clients, and donors.

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Giving Up Slightly in 2018, But Only Due to Larger Gifts

Giving increased by 1.6% in 2018, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s 2018 Fourth Quarter Report, with philanthropic gains being driven exclusively by donors who gave $1,000 or more.

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Common Sense Promotes Ellen Pack to President

Common Sense, the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology, today announced that Ellen Pack is promoted to president, responsible for driving a strategic effort to build the organization's presence nationally and internationally; promoting its state-of-the-art Digital Citizenship Curriculum, free to all K-12 schools; and expanding its age-based media ratings, reviews, and parent-advice offerings. Read more...

Eight in Ten Charities Raised the Same or More Funds in 2018

Over half of nonprofits (54 percent) raised more money in 2018 compared to 2017, according to AFP’s 2018 Year-End Fundraising Survey, while 28 percent raised about the same and 18 percent reported raising less money. Read more...

Google.org Announces Fellowship with Nonprofits

Google has announced the new Google.org Fellowship, a chance for a team of high tech Google engineers to embed full-time with nonprofits, pro bono, for up to 6 months. See the link to their blog below.

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