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Corporate partnerships between nonprofits and businesses can be incredibly beneficial to both parties. To provide a peek behind the curtain, this is the first in a series of interview-style articles where we will explore successful corporate partnerships from both the business and the nonprofit perspectives. Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and Marriott International have an incredible partnership spanning more than three decades. With me today, are John Lauck from CMN Hospitals and Amy Moyer from Marriott International to tell us a little more. Craig: Thank you both for being willing to share with us. Tell us a little about each of your roles? [...]

We just released a list of 50 mission statements selected from the top top 100 nonprofits (based on a series of web, social, and financial metrics). Many nonprofit mission statements succumb to an over use of words in general, but especially jargon.  Good mission statements should be clear, memorable, concise. Some might also add “inspring” do the list of descriptors. I don’t altogether disagree, but I find that including this as an upfront criteria often ends up with a frankenstein that is part mission statement, part vision statement, and almost always too long. Be sure to check out our Guide to Creating Mission Statements for more. Details on [...]

Mentorship is the sharing of your expertise, experiences and advice with someone who does not have them. They are key to business success. Seventy-five percent of corporate managers believe mentorship was crucial to their own success. Mentorship is less common in the nonprofit world, but there are ways to change that. For example, two advice-oriented groups — the Center for Nonprofit Development and the SCORE Mentors Group on LinkedIn — can link seasoned business and nonprofit professionals with those looking for mentoring. Being a mentor can be good for your own career in addition to those of the people you mentor. [...]

When you’re so absorbed by an issue every single day, it’s easy to forget that many people (even donors) may not completely understand the issue that you’re trying to solve. Our donors know that loss of vision makes life incredibly difficult for those who are living in the countries we work in - but many people think that ‘blindness’ means the complete loss of vision with no remaining perception of light (a life of darkness). The reality is that severity of vision loss can vary widely and the way someone blind or vision impaired sees the world depends on the underlying [...]

A permanent version of this page can be found under Lists in the top site navigation. Since charities cover such a broad range of missions we've found it helpful to break them down into the 9 different types of charities.  Most of these can then be broken down further into subgroups to help you find they specific type of charity you are looking for. Animal Charities Who doesn't love animals? Well, these groups may all love animals but they don't always love each other. This particular type of charity can be broken down further into four distinct groups. Wildlife conservation organizations [...]

This post was originally published on our partner site, Third Sector Today Think about these 9 things before joining a fundraising app. There’s no denying the mobile transformation of every sector of the nonprofit space. Your supporters have mobile phones and if you ask them to give through their phone 62% of millennials say they will--and yet 47% say the reason they haven’t given is they haven’t been asked. So as your nonprofit readies itself to go mobile you will find many paths to choose from. One of them, becoming part of a third party app, may seem like the easy [...]

The 2016 Edition of the Best Nonprofit Logos is live. Design is a rapidly improving area in the nonprofit sector. Still, most organizations can strive to improve their design and branding. We wanted to provide you with some inspiration, so we put together our first edition of our Nonprofit Logos List. These 50 logos are listed in alphabetical order. Individual logos were evaluated based on a number of criteria (specified on the nonprofit logos list page) as well as by our subjective opinion. Keep in mind, this is a ranking based on the logo only and is not necessarily a reflection of the [...]

If your passions have led you to consider starting a nonprofit, then you’ll be happy to know that nonprofits come with a host of benefits. Perhaps the most well-known advantage is becoming eligible for tax exemption, but there are many others that are equally beneficial. After becoming a nonprofit, your organization will enjoy limited liability under the law and be eligible to receive grants and donations. Additionally once you get over the hurdle of initial funding, nonprofits tend to attract very interesting employees. Oftentimes, people that work for these organizations have a strong work ethic and are very passionate about helping [...]

CP-Top Nonprofits-7 Markers of a Major Gifts Prospect-feature You want them, but you don’t know how to find them. We’re talking about major gift givers, the stars of your nonprofit once you know how to identify them. There’s no single characteristic that defines major donors. But with a combination of these 7 key markers, you’ll learn how to combine your resources to find the major givers in your prospect pool: Wealth History of Frequent Giving Political Contributions Real Estate Ownership Philanthropic Participation Investment in Your Cause Company Connections With these key characteristics and the knowledge of how to leverage them, you’ll [...]

Nonprofits have inefficient processes like any other operation, but typically less time to get to the bottom of them. The majority of a nonprofit’s focus is on their mission, and their resources are better used towards the end goal rather than resolving internal issues. The groundwork to make an effective nonprofit is somewhat straightforward, but making it more efficient requires some minor tweaking. Luckily there are a variety of free or low cost software programs available to help you organize projects, store data in the cloud and much more. Here are several software programs and applications to make your nonprofit more [...]