By: Cassandra Weathersby, Recipient of the Keepers of the Flame Scholarship by Jackie Sue Griffin & Associates My organization, Black Women DO Heal, focuses on stigma reduction, respite, holistic healing, psychoeducation, support groups, healing retreats and media representations of healing (through our digital magazine and social...
By: Jennifer Vickery, National Strategies Public Relations We understand that as a nonprofit, you’re probably doing an enormous amount with limited resources. Perhaps you have different departments reporting into you, or you’re tasked with getting information at different meetings and then turning it into marketing initiatives....
Perhaps no one can identify more with the mission of the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance than a parent who has lost a child to overdose. Sadly, the nonprofit’s own executive director, Cindy Grant, is among them. In 1997, Cindy and her husband lost their son,...
By Emily H. Benham, FAHP, CFRE; republished from nlctb.org with permission from the Nonprofit Leadership Center Think back to December 31, 2020. New Year’s Eve. We celebrated the end of a year that was like no other, hoping a return to normal was in sight. Vaccinations...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Nonprofits of all sizes saw positive growth in online and monthly donations last year: According to an insightful report on Philanthropy.com, one-time and monthly online donations jumped more than 15 percent in 2020. Research on online engagement trends across 4,964 nonprofits...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS So, how is your Giving Tuesday going? Checking in and noting how you feel things are going now—today—is your best form of advance planning for next year. Here are a few gut-check questions to answer this week and file in...
By Sara Leonard; republished from nlctb.org with permission from the Nonprofit Leadership Center I sat at my desk with a feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach. How do I raise enough gifts to meet our year-end fundraising goal? My team and I had hosted...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Hope Villages of America is a well-established nonprofit in Tampa Bay, with more than five decades of service to their credit. They’re quite the success story, too: What was once a struggling organization facing liquidation is now a thriving, re-branded...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Your donors will transition through giving levels when they are ready, and so each will have a unique donor journey. But that’s not to say that you can’t guide one-time and occasional donors along the way. One of the best ways...
By Tiffany Rucker, MBA Do you find yourself rushing to beat the clock every Friday afternoon to complete essential job tasks, with no idea how you got so far behind? Have you taken a good, hard look at how you’re spending your time these days? As a nonprofit leader,...