Diversity Equity and Inclusion

What if We Get This Right? Transforming Events Through DEI

Each year, the Blackbaud Institute invites leading experts in the world of social good to reflect on current trends, giving [...]

February 22, 2023| 3 min Read

Giving Days

How to Make This Your Most Successful Library Giving Day

March 8, 2023| 5 min Read

Community Engagement

4 Ways Your Grantmaking Organization Can Stay Relevant to Your Community’s Changing Needs

March 12, 2023| 3 min Read

Major Gifts

Why Major Gifts Should Drive Your 2023 Development Plan

January 17, 2023| 3 min Read

Compliance

Best Practices for Protecting Your K–12 School from Cybersecurity Threats

January 11, 2023| 5 min Read

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Financial Reporting

Creating the Foundation for a Best-In-Class Nonprofit Finance Team

Nonprofits rely on their finance teams to educate management and the board on all financial aspects related to the organization. [...]

March 29, 2023 | 4 min Read

Financial Reporting

The Benefits of One Story: Communicating Financial Information to Your Nonprofit Board

The members of your nonprofit’s Board of Directors are many things: knowledgeable and successful in their areas of focus, community [...]

March 28, 2023 | 5 min Read

Data Management

What Is a CRM and Why Does Your Nonprofit Need One?

If you have been asking yourself, “What is a CRM?” and “Does my nonprofit really need one?” the answers are [...]

March 27, 2023 | 4 min Read

Grants Strategy

Trends in Grantmaking: Bring Your Community into Your Decision-Making Through Participatory Grantmaking

Foundations and grantmaking organizations are trying to untangle some of the world’s messiest problems: homelessness, food insecurity, climate change, and [...]

March 27, 2023 | 4 min Read

Giving Days

How to Fundraise for a Nonprofit

Charitable giving is essential to your nonprofit, but fundraising can be one of your most daunting tasks. It requires preparation, [...]

March 22, 2023 | 6 min Read

Change Management

AI in Grantmaking: Taking Careful Steps Toward the Future

By now you’ve likely seen or heard about artificial intelligence (AI), and the predictions that it’s going to upend everything [...]

March 21, 2023 | 4 min Read

Giving Days

Digital Marketing

The Ultimate Guide to Promoting Your School’s Giving Day

November 21, 2022 | 5 min Read

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 184: Running a Successful Giving Day

February 25, 2021 |24 min Listen

Annual Giving

Expert Insights: GivingTuesday and Beyond with Woodrow Rosenbaum

November 22, 2022 | 3 min Read

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Giving Days

5 Tips for Successful Online Giving Days

Tips for how your higher education institution, K-12 school or nonprofit can have a successful online giving day in 2021.

February 17, 2021| 4 min Read

The Engage Podcast

Tune in to the ENGAGE Podcast to hear experts from across the social good community share best practices, tips and must-know trends that will help organizations increase their impact.
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The ENGAGE Podcast Episode 234: Self-Care for Women in Leadership

July 8, 2022 |28 min Listen

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The ENGAGE Podcast Episode 233: Leading with Transparency in Grantmaking

June 23, 2022 |24 min Listen

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The ENGAGE Podcast Episode 232: Best Practices for Due Diligence in Grantmaking

June 3, 2022 |26 min Listen

Hidden Gems

Employee Wellness

Best Practices to Leverage from BBI’s Human Social Responsibility Report

Best Practices to Leverage from BBI’s Human Social Responsibility Report to help build a fantastic CSR program, or enhance your current one.

February 25, 2020 | 3 min Read

Employee Engagement

Inspired by Corporations’ Investment in Social Responsibility Throughout the Crisis...

Highlights from the 2021 Industry Review The social good community continues to respond to the hardships and impacts of the [...]

August 3, 2021 | 4 min Read

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Donor Stewardship

Six Ways Grantmakers Can Embrace Transparency to Foster Stronger Relationships

Philanthropy has had a history of being notoriously opaque and inaccessible to organizations seeking funding. In my years as a [...]

May 13, 2022 | 4 min Read
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9 Engaging, Event-Free Fundraisers for Teams on a Budget

As a nonprofit professional, you know how important fundraising is to the mission-driven space. Fundraisers raise awareness for your brand, [...]

August 23, 2022 | 6 min Read
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Internal Controls

Increasing Organizational Buy-in When Building a Culture of Strong Internal Controls

Here are 7 practices to help your nonprofit build a string internal control system that will increase buy-in today and stand the test of time for the future.

April 18, 2022 | 4 min Read

Major Gifts

Why Major Gifts Should Drive Your 2023 Development Plan

At the heart of fundraising are the supporters who believe in your cause and want to place their trust, and [...]

January 17, 2023 | 3 min Read
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Donor Management

 How to Use Data to Build Stronger Relationships

Before we discuss how to use data to build stronger relationships for your nonprofit, let’s start with a philosophical question: [...]

December 12, 2022 | 7 min Read
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Digital Marketing

Nonprofit Storytelling: How to Compel and Inspire Support

Your nonprofit has worked diligently to build programs, events, and campaigns that help make the world a better place. But, [...]

November 30, 2022 | 4 min Read
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Fund Accounting

5 Questions about Calculating Your Indirect Cost Rates

Nonprofit organizations are beginning to use indirect costs more frequently in their budgeting processes, whether or not they are pursuing [...]

February 9, 2023 | 4 min Read
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Audits

7 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build a Strong Financial Foundation in 2023

Working with a lean budget and stakeholders who care about where every dollar goes means that the stakes and expectations [...]

January 19, 2023 | 6 min Read

Major Gifts

Why Major Gifts Should Drive Your 2023 Development Plan

At the heart of fundraising are the supporters who believe in your cause and want to place their trust, and [...]

January 17, 2023 | 3 min Read
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Digital Marketing

Higher Education Content Strategy 101: The Fundamentals

The amount of digital content coming out of various university departments and through various channels (website, social media, etc.) requires a solid content strategy.

February 12, 2020 | 4 min Read
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Change Management

Cloud Optimization Starts with the People on the Ground!

Your social good organization achieving success with cloud technology comes down to communication skills—true listening, sharing language, and understanding your audience.

March 7, 2018 | 4 min Read
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Awards and Scholarships

Creating a Connected Campus to Award More Scholarships and Improve Student Outcomes

What challenges does your scholarship program face? Get tips and tricks on getting organized and doing even more to support deserving students.

December 21, 2022 | 3 min Read
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Compliance

Best Practices for Protecting Your K–12 School from Cybersecurity Threats

Malicious cyber activity is on the rise worldwide. In private K–12 schools, foreign cybercriminals, school vendors, employees, and even students [...]

January 11, 2023 | 5 min Read
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Internal Controls

What It Means to be a Connected K–12 School

The definition of “a connected school” could be many different things. Each description, at its core, stems from the answer [...]

November 9, 2022 | 7 min Read

Website Design

Four Blackbaud K–12 Schools Earn 2022 WebAwards Honors

For the fifth consecutive year, Blackbaud K–12 websites were honored in the annual WebAwards. Congratulations to Xaverian for winning Outstanding Website [...]

September 19, 2022 | 2 min Read
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Change Management

Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice, a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. The [...]

January 13, 2023 | 6 min Read
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Volunteer Management

How the Pandemic Has Changed Pro Bono

The pandemic pushed the social sector to make game-changing shifts in community programming, funding models and organizational leadership. Nonprofits that pivoted their programming in [...]

October 18, 2021 | 3 min Read

Employee Wellness

Challenges of Establishing an Employee Relief Fund (ERF) and Recommended Solutions

The growth in Employee Relief Funds (ERFs) exploded in the spring of 2020 as Covid-19 began to affect companies and [...]

September 8, 2021 | 4 min Read
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Compliance

The 990: From Compliance to Communication 

Only 10% of philanthropic foundations have a website to communicate their work. Here at Candid, we’ve been tracking those statistics [...]

December 5, 2022 | 5 min Read
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Grants Strategy

10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

Making impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough grant proposal evaluation. Be sure you're looking for these 9 things.

December 1, 2022 | 4 min Read
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Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding [...]

October 17, 2022 | 7 min Read
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The ENGAGE Podcast Episode 244: The Art of Managing, Rather than Mitigating, Risk

In this excerpt of a conversation with Satonya Fair, President and CEO of PEAK Grantmaking, she encourages grantmaking organizations to [...]

December 20, 2022 |25 min Listen
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Manager Skills

4 Critical Elements of Managing Development Officers

There are many factors in fundraising, from early engagement to a donor’s ultimate or legacy gift. Some of these factors [...]

September 7, 2022 | 5 min Read
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