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Such an important piece, please read and share.

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Let's take a moment to clarify what #HospiceCare is and is NOT: https://lnkd.in/eNQ2nZMD Samaritan is #SouthJersey's #nonprofit #hospice.

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Whether thinking about your next role or your next hiring process, this promises to be an informative and impactful session!

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Want the recording of our recent Free Connelly & Assoc. Fundraising Planned Giving Webinar with Rebecca Rothey, CFRE, CAP®, AEP®? (And PDFs of the Planned Giving Webinar deck, and Rebecca’s information sheet with planned giving vendor options?) E-mail me at vconnelly@connellyfundraising.com and I will send you the webinar recording link and related documents. Rebecca presented a fast-paced webinar packed with tips (but not tricks) for incorporating planned giving into your everyday fundraising. Rebecca offered strategies for external marketing, pipeline tracking and gift reporting, and included an overview of vendor resources for every budget. Simple examples of how to talk with donors about making a planned gift were shared. Equally important, strategies for internal marketing and story-telling were discussed. Thanks to Patti Santoni, Director, Philanthropy, Charlestown by Erickson Senior Living for joining us and presenting with Rebecca. Thanks as well to PJ Sawchuk and everyone at Epic Solution Partners for their assistance with our free webinar. Also: Register Now - 2 Free Happy Hours for all Fundraisers, Nonprofit Leaders & Friends - May 2 & May 23. (Each event has a separate registration.) Last chance to register for the May 2 event - Registration closes soon - Register Now - Free May 2 Maryland Nonprofits, UMB & SEA Networking Event for all Fundraisers, Nonprofit Leaders & Friends. Maryland Nonprofits is teaming up with their friends from University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) for a FREE networking event on Thursday, May 2 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm at Maryland Nonprofits, 1500 Union Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211, first floor. NEW EVENT LOCATION - LOCATION UPDATE - This event is no longer at UMB - it is now at Maryland Nonprofits. Both Maryland Nonprofits members and non-members are very welcome to join us. I am happy to be assisting my friends at Maryland Nonprofits with the promotion of their free event. To register for the Free May 2 Maryland Nonprofits, UMB & SEA Networking Event: https://lnkd.in/eUw67E8h Register Now - Another Free Happy Hour Networking Event on Thursday, May 23 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Union Craft Brewing in Baltimore for all Fundraisers, Nonprofit Leaders & Friends presented by Connelly & Assoc. Fundraising, Dinkel Business Development, Singer Damareck Real Estate, Epic Solution Partners, and Baltimore magazine. To register for our Free May 23 Happy Hour: https://lnkd.in/dXTd4nUR Save the Date - Thursday, Aug. 8 at M8 Beer in Baltimore - Another Free Connelly & Assoc. Fundraising Happy Hour Networking Event for all Fundraisers, Nonprofit Leaders & Friends - to benefit BARCS.

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Unpacking those complex relationships - funder, grantees, grassroots collectives. Join us to be a part of this evolving conversation

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Tomorrow, the NYC Council Committee on Aging will hold it's budget hearing. People will go into the weeds on particular proposals and providers will advocate for support for their approaches to the work. But there's a fundamental math problem going on here. I call it Acturial Dissonance. In 2016, NYC Planning published New York City Population Projections by Age/Sex & Borough, 2010-2040. It concluded that the population of New Yorkers 65 years and over stood at 1,002,000 in 2010 and is projected to increase to 1,410,000 in 2040—a jump of 408,000 persons or 40.7 percent. The bulk of the increase was expected to occur in the first two decades of the projection period 2010-2030. How has the City prepared for this dramatic expansion of the 65+ population? It has not. The Department for the Aging budget, generally a little less than 1% of the total city budget, fell to less than one-half of one percent in 2023. And now we’re threatened with more cuts. Through another lens: In 2005 people over 65 represented 11.9% of New York City residents By 2015 it was 13.2%[1] In 2021 it was 16.2%[2] What are the ramifications of baby boomers aging in and living longer with no appropriate budget response from the City? ·     An affordable housing crisis ·     Food insecurity ·     The collapse of long term care No political rhetoric can mask the lunacy of the actuarial dissonance mayoral administrations practice when it comes to allocating budget to care for older New Yorkers.   How does this strategy make any sense? [1] https://lnkd.in/e6Pg_Z5P [2] https://lnkd.in/ehWG42-R.

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On the latest episode of #FollowtheData, public health experts Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean of Boston University School of Public Health, and Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, dive into the question at hand, sharing some of the significant accomplishments of public health and discussing the obstacles the field still faces. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eMf6Btjf Be sure to check out The Invisible Shield, now streaming on PBS. The series examines why public health measures often neglected, under-appreciated, and misunderstood despite their proven impact on our lives? Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/e6Q3gMat

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In the ever-shifting world of fundraising, donor-advised funds (DAFs) have become an important tool for donors to manage their giving, offering a flexible and tax-optimized way for individuals to support a range of nonprofit organizations. As nonprofit fundraisers, we’ve got to engage DAF donors and connect with them in ways that work best. Drawing insights from a recent article by Lisa Schohl in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, "9 Ways to Raise More From Donor-Advised Funds," I’ve shared some tips to optimize DAF contributions and cultivate these donor relationships in this recent blog post. https://lnkd.in/dyuxdJGE

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What does it take to ensure that community engagement isn't transactional, reduced to a buzzword or checkbox, in building partnerships between healthcare and people with lived experience? Our Power session with the team from INSPIRE is up on the website, you can learn from their research process, best practices, and action recommendations what it looks like to make community engagement more authentic and transformational.

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I am flying back from Chicago, where I attended an innovative conference sponsored by Council on Foundations, called #BuildingTogether. The meeting explored how to address toxic polarization at a moment when it is on the rise. Powerfully, I thought, the conference (which our partner, Mosaic, helped sponsor) focused on more than just skills and academics. Rather, it helped diverse attendees “develop the heartset, mindset, and skillset to lead collaboratively across difference.” Bridging difference, which is a component of effective #movement building, has to be approached with integrity and authenticity. It can’t occur if those engaged don’t fundamentally agree on the each other’s shared humanity, as The Greater Good Science Center emphasized. But the possibilities are significant when done well, with an open heart, mind, and the skills to engage with those who see things differently. This was the lesson of a panel on building a more powerful #climate movement I moderated with an exceptional group of leaders, Jacqueline Patterson, Susan Hendershot, Ariana Gonzalez, and Katie Robinson, who bring a range of skills and perspectives to the work. Without exception, they shared stories where bridging efforts generated impact and results by finding important zones of common ground, ranging from broad coalitions that helped ensure passage of the #IRA, to various new #environmental policies, to the expansion of efforts to advance #environmentaljustice in communities across the country. Katie Robinson, Mosaic’s director, said it well in the opening plenary in describing the bridging work that Mosaic’s Governance Assembly accomplished in recent years in making nearly $30 million in grants to build the shared capacity of environmental advocates. About this group, who are in many ways a fractal of the broader #climate movement, Katie said, “over the past several years these leaders have done the hard work to build the trust necessary to advance our collective capacity to solve climate challenges. They have moved from wariness to relationship.” I would add that this means they, and the groups they lead, share something that is both powerful and rare: each other’s insight. Given the pace and scale of the challenges we all face, that is no small thing. Check out the The Chronicle of Philanthropy story (with quotes from Katie, Kathleen Enright, Monica Guzman, The New York Times columnist David Brooks, Tracy Cutler, Paul Bachleitner, Allison K. Ralph, Ph.D., Eric Ward). https://lnkd.in/gFG9XtFz

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Unlock the power of predictive modeling to elevate your major gift fundraising! CCS Fundraising's latest article dives into how these advanced tools can help nonprofits optimize their donor portfolios, ensuring your team focuses on the most promising prospects. Discover strategies for enhancing portfolio quality and performance, and make data-driven decisions that maximize your fundraising potential. Read more and transform your approach to major gifts! https://bit.ly/3RrfqOa #Fundraising #Nonprofit #PredictiveModeling #MajorGifts

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Before You Approach a Major Donor. Sophisticated, thoughtful donors want to know what the vision is for the project at hand. What will the organization be able to do that it cannot do without their philanthropic support? https://lnkd.in/eJjNjfVc

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There are 4 things you need to get right in order to have a productive meeting with a prospective donor. Read this article to find out what they are...

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