In honor of Halloween, when we seek that thrill of tiny fingers on the back of the neck, here are some things that should scare the heck ou...
5 Ways Small Actions Have Huge Power
Often we feel like change must come through big donors or governments rather than the ordinary person. But it is just those ordinary people ...
Nisyst introduces eBay module to CHARiot EPoS system
Charity retail ePoS software developer Nisyst has introduced two new modules to CHARiot to help charity retailers access eBay as a channel t...
Charity Retail Association launches online mentoring platform
The Charity Retail Association has launched an online mentoring platform for its members. The mentoring platform is a matching service that ...
Search engine plants 40 million trees
A search engine that uses its profits to plant trees has now planted 40 million, with the aim of reaching 50 million by 2019. Ecosia.org sho...
What charitable giving feels like for donors
Here's what fundraising and giving looks like to us fundraisers: We think we are leading an army of "our" donors in the gre...
Say Grace
" I am deeply delighted to live on a planet that is so big and varied that I can confidently say that right this very minute somewhere ...
Banana sells for £6,000 at charity auction
One single banana has sold for £6,000 and three cakes for almost £40,000 at charity auctions organised by Muslim students at London universi...
London Marathon Charitable Trust offers £5m to help increase people’s fitness
The London Marathon Charitable Trust is making £5 million of grant funding available to buy, build or renovate facilities for physical activ...
CAF Index sees UK back in top 10 of world’s most generous countries
The UK is the world’s sixth most generous country, back in the top ten after falling to 11th place in last year’s CAF World Giving Index. On...
4 bbcon Takeaways for Philanthropic Organizations to Power 2019 Planning
It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen ...
How to lose $17 million without even trying
by guest blogger Christiana Stergiou, Fundraisingologist at Moceanic . It's incredibly difficult to be smart about opportunity cost. ...
BJ Miller Understands Mortality
Oncologist and Executive Director of the Zen Hospice Project, B. J. Miller is a practitioner who is part of a Buddhist-informed, humanistic ...
Achates Philanthropy Prize winners announced
Ministry of Stories and first-time cultural philanthropists, John Gillman and Mary Winch have won this year’s Achates Philanthropy Prize Ind...
Manifesto joins The Panoply in its run up to IPO
Digital experience agency Manifesto has joined The Panoply as the technology services group prepares to float on the London Stock Exchange. ...
How Does Change Happen?
For most of his life Jason Angell was a political activist, believing the story that social transformation comes through radical legislation...
Failure Is Afraid of You
When confronted with the possibility of failure, we become afraid. We are so afraid of failure that we combat it by metaphorically beating i...
3 Tips to Get Millennials to “Look Down” on #GivingTuesday
As a New Yorker, walking around New York City has become a real-life video game. From navigating the crowds to bumping into someone who is u...
The Bee Guardian
Honey bees have been around for millions of years, and contribute to about one third of the food we eat worldwide. But they are facing enorm...
Sector launches #YouMadeItHappen campaign to celebrate supporters
Sector bodies have joined forces to ask charities to join in a social media campaign in November to thank supporters for their help. NCVO, C...
RSPCA CEO’s commitment to tackling bullying & harassment welcomed by Unite
Unite has welcomed a commitment by the RSPCA’s new Chief Executive Chris Sherwood to tackle the charity’s culture of bullying and harassment...
Your Hospice Lottery players raise £1 million for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
The Your Hospice Lottery has now raised £1 million for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. Players pay £1 a week to participate, with £1,008,886.00...
Why ‘thank you’ might be the most important thing you could say to supporters this Christmas
As is the case for so many fundraisers, we are well in the thick of Christmas campaign planning. We’re thinking long and hard about the impo...
Wacky envelopes work in fundraising
Just got this piece in the mail from the ACLU : We are not a recent donors to the ACLU, so this is donor acquisition. And I'm quite s...
How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston
Where does your organization sit in your community? Have you interacted with your local government, or spoken to your peers about their prog...
Have You Broken Your Four-Minute Mile?
Robert Bengston wants to know: "Have you broken your four minute mile?" We each have our own race that we are in--something we dre...
Home Office seeks proposals for running £200m Youth Endowment Fund
The Home Office is seeking proposals on establishing and running the recently announced £200m Youth Endowment Fund. The Fund was announced i...
Digital trail analysis service helps charities screen staff & partners
A new intelligence service is offering to help charities better protect their reputation, prevent fraud and reduce the risk of insider threa...
Charity app round up for October 2018
With the British Heart Foundation this week announcing that it is the first charity to enable its supporters to arrange a collection of furn...
Pro Bono Perspectives: Advice from Social Good Leaders
This September, Common Impact launched a new podcast designed to inspire positive social action by sharing the personal and professional jou...
Pitching Your Charity to a Major Donor – The Do’s and Don’ts
Not every donor is necessarily going to come to you – for larger donations and sponsorships, you’ll have to pitch your charity. Here’s how. ...
Why changing your nonprofit name could hurt -- a lot
Thinking about changing your organization's name? Think again. Research reported at Inc.com says a name change is often harmful to the ...
Welsh third sector presents Brexit asks to government
Third sector organisations in Wales have today (24 October) presented their Brexit asks to the Welsh government. The asks were presented to ...
Free toolkit helps charities boost end-of-year fundraising
December is the biggest month of the year for fundraising with over 17% of all annual giving taking place, as reported in non-profit technol...
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