Strong Employee Engagement Can Help Businesses Reach Their Bottom Line
Data clearly shows that community involvement programs—such as volunteerism, matching gifts and board service—are an effective way to engage employees, which in turn aids recruitment efforts and reduces turnover. Eighty eight percent of employers, for instance, report that successful employee engagement programs help attract employees and support employee retention.[1] Likewise, 87% of employees who feel […]
How Changes in the Financial Ecosystem of Nonprofit Support Will Impact Campaigns | Essay 3
In the third installment of Changing Our World’s 2019 essay series exploring new and better ways to ensure the growth of the nonprofit sector, we expound on giving as an ecosystem. Gone are the days of simplicity. Private support of cause-based organizations – whether pure nonprofits or market hybrids – flows in increasingly complex ways. […]
Do More Good | Fountain House
“Fountain House has literally saved tens of thousands of lives. Its program is a beacon of hope for those living with mental illness who are too often consigned to lives of homelessness, imprisonment, social stigma and isolation.” – Steven M. Hilton, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Fountain House traces its roots to the late 1940s at […]
Do More Good | School Sisters of Notre Dame
“School Sisters of Notre Dame: Two Centuries of Educating the Most Vulnerable Among Us and Bringing Justice to a Broken World.” Founded nearly 200 years ago in 19th century Bavaria, the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) is an international congregation of apostolic religious women who were ahead of their time in understanding that the […]
The Changing Face of America’s Millennials and Gen Zers and its Implications for Fundraising Campaigns | Essay 2
Is your organization refining its fundraising strategy to represent today’s Millennial and Gen Z Americans? Along with a changing U.S. donor base, which is becoming younger and more diverse, the entire world of philanthropy is growing and engaging other sectors. Today’s corporations are expected to give back, CEOs are speaking out on global issues, and […]
Do More Good | Girl Effect
Education, Connection, Empowerment: this is Girl Effect. Founded by the Nike Foundation in 2004, Girl Effect strives to break the cycle of global poverty by improving the lifestyle and situation of adolescent girls. Today, Girl Effect’s youth brands and mobile platforms reach an estimated 29 million people per year across 50+ countries. Girl Effect’s work […]
Do More Good | The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
“I hope to encompass the world in a network of charity.”-Blessed Frederic Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Each day, 800,000 Vincentians in 155 countries strive to grow in spirituality and attend to the pain of those who suffer from the effects of poverty. They represent one of the longest-standing charitable […]
Do More Good | Diocese of Camden
Catholic Strong: A Title and a Mission A development campaign should always be about more than just raising money. Undertaken correctly, it’s an opportunity to engage and motivate people. In the Diocese of Camden’s case, this campaign would not only bring people closer to their faith, but provide an opportunity for them to go out […]
Tap Into The Money: DAFs and The Future of Fundraising | Essay 1
Recently, our CEO, Brian Crimmins, sat down with President and CEO of National Philanthropic Trust, Eileen Heisman to dive into the impact of donor-advised funds (DAFs) on the philanthropic sector. In the last eight years alone, donations to DAFs grew from 4.4% to 10.2% of total individual giving—and in the one-year period 2016-2017, the number […]
A Time for Boldness: A Series on Philanthropy in the Modern World
American philanthropic behavior now defies convention. It is shape-shifting, fluid, ever cutting new channels with eddies and currents of innovation. Giving flows through bank accounts and internet accounts, which can be one and the same. Giving is attached to passions and to purchases. Giving comes from an originating person, and from accounts whose originating person […]