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Common Thread: Notions
In March we introduced Common Thread: Notions - a brief newsletter of "extras" designed to help you get the job done in your nonprofit fundraising work. We appreciated all the positive feedback we received about this new resource - thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us! Please enjoy this second issue that includes recent articles we have found helpful and development job postings from partners in the Thread Spool. If any of these notions piques your interest and you'd like to dig deeper, feel free to reach out anytime.
What We're Reading Lately:
Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder: We appreciate how our founder-led partners think about succession planning so their important work sustains beyond their initial leadership. This article identifies that the time is right to make this change.
From Urgent to Empowering: How to Transform Habitual Urgency into Sustainable Strategy: A vision combined with a strong plan is a way to interrupt urgency culture in nonprofits. Since burnout is especially common among development professionals, it feels even more important that organizations move from reactive and emergency fundraising to a planned and more sustainable strategy.
Report Predicts Uptick in Giving in 2024 and 2025: A nice refreshed outlook on what's going on in giving. Also, if your nonprofit isn't already thinking about estate gifts, now's the time to really dive into it (provided you have capacity and opportunity!).
Nonprofit Mission Statements – Good and Bad Examples: Many nonprofit organizations struggle with getting their mission statements just right. This is an excellent guide to identifying the fundamental elements of a mission statement.
Community-Centric Fundraising:
Survey by May 31st
All nonprofits are invited to participate in a research study about your organization’s experiences with Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) to understand the experiences of nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. CCF is an emerging approach to fundraising and this survey is designed to help understand more about its impact and efficacy, which will build knowledge for the nonprofit sector.
The Thread Strategies team continues to incorporate Community-Centric Fundraising values into our approach to building sustainable fundraising strategies for our nonprofit partners. CCF is a fundraising model that is grounded in equity and social justice that prioritizes the community over individuals. We encourage you to join us in learning about this growing movement and help shape its evolution by sharing your experience in the survey.
Feeling ready for a new professional pattern? Several Thread partners are looking for their next fundraising team members! If you are interested in any of the open positions below, we are happy to chat! Or, if you know someone who would be a great candidate, please share these opportunities.
