World Water Day 2023 – Accelerating Change

ByPiAdmin

Originally published at SustainZine March 23 2023. World Water Day, Accelerating Change. World Water Day 2023: A Call to Action (https://www.worldwaterday.org/). Be like the humming bird, be the change you want to see in the world. Approximately 750m people worldwide do not have ready access to clean water. Double that for people without clean septic/sanitation. The health and wellness of these 2b people can be improved dramatically with clean water and safe septic. World Water…

Smile no more. Amazon.
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Smile no more. Amazon.

ByPiAdmin

For years credit cards, Amazon, eBay and others have had “affinity” programs where a charity could be designated to receive money associated with normal sales activities. In the case of Amazon, Amazon Smile program, 0.5% of qualifying sales goes to your favorite charity. “You shop. Amazon Gives.” The program has been very successful growing since inception in 2013 to more than a million charities and about $400m donated over the decade.

Scenario Planning within Nonprofits
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Scenario Planning within Nonprofits

ByDel Phi

Scenario Planning for Nonprofits should be more than worst, best and most-likely case. But no mater what you call the scenario planning tool, it is very helpful during major uncertainty.

Scenario Planning for Nonprofits During Uncertain Times
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Scenario Planning for Nonprofits During Uncertain Times

ByPiAdmin

Our sister site www.ScenarioPlans.com talked about the importance of scenario planning for nonprofits: Scenario Planning with Nonprofits. Of course it is great to do scenario planning every few years so the plans (and contingency plans) are already developed, but most organizations don’t do formal scenario planning, at best, they do worst, best and most-likely case analysis once disaster has arrived. Look at the ScenarioPlans.com blog on Scenario Planning with Nonprofits. Useful tools at Bridgespan: Nonprofit…

Tight Labor Market is Hitting Nonprofits Hard

Tight Labor Market is Hitting Nonprofits Hard

ByPiAdmin

Nonprofits generally pay less than other options, government or private sector. With high costs of living and a super tight labor market, nonprofits are seeing a double whammy. See an article by Kohli from the Boston Globe, In a tight labor market, nonprofits are losing out. They need to raise wages rapidly to employees, but starting at a low level to begin which means that employees are pressured to go into the government or private…

Nonprofit Plan
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Nonprofit Plan

ByPiAdmin

Nonprofit Plan is about improving the philanthropic ecosystem, trying to make charities more efficient and successful while encouraging donors to become more impactful with their giving (time, talent & treasure). This concept and the upcoming blog (www.NonprofitPlan.org) is inspired by a book by Hall & Hinkelman of Strategic Business Planning Company. The Gift of Giving, the Art of Caring(tm) Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2022). Perpetual Innovation™: Strategic planning for nonprofits and the…