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4 Good Data Hygiene Habits for Fundraising Success
When planning a fundraiser for your nonprofit or university, your donor database shouldn’t hold you back. But all too often, a dirty database, full of misplaced, incomplete, duplicate, ambiguous, or inconsistent data, limits an organization’s ability to properly fundraise and fulfill its mission. For many, it can feel like trying to build a house on…
Resources for Talking With Kids About Violence
In these distressing times, it is vital that communities band together. Young children shouldn’t have to learn about tragic events; whether seeing it on the news, hearing about it from those around them, or experiencing it first hand – exposure to tragedy has become all too common. As acts of violence continue to increase, some…
rootid’s creation story (Val’s version)
“We each had skills that balanced each other well, all felt strongly about contributing to positive change and making an impact through communications.” – Val This sentence sums up the founding of rootid. But since storytelling and providing the details is what we do…here you go!
Women's History Month
As I scroll through hundreds of #WHM posts on my twitter feed, I wonder, how many businesses, organizations, and foundations are prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion in their core cultural values? How many organizations & institutions are putting those values into practice?
5 Tips to Recruit & Increase Volunteer Retention
Advocacy campaigns offer nonprofits a variety of benefits. Along with furthering your mission through political action, advocacy campaigns are an opportunity to strengthen your ties with your community and expand your supporter network. In addition to donors, your nonprofit can find new, passionate volunteers to help support your advocacy campaigns.
Equity Resource Roundup – August 2021
It’s time for a fresh roundup of resources, curated from our community conversations. This series highlights thought-provoking articles, clever strategies and helpful tools on a monthly basis to keep your team up to date with the latest! Get resources in real-time & join the conversation on our community Slack channel.