The Generosity Compass
A Burning House in Ancient Rome Explains What Is Happening in Nonprofit Facebook Groups
For years, nonprofit Facebook groups and forums were where people felt free to share. Part 2 of our learning series looks at what a membership wall can't keep out, and how the healthiest groups get tended.
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How to Read Nonprofit Software Reviews Without Getting Sold
Nonprofit software reviews are more managed than they look. Part 1 of our series shows how to read the middle reviews and find the...
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New York nonprofit finance leaders agreed that donor relationships belong to the whole team
Field notes from Camp Finance 2026 on Lake George, where finance leaders found new teammates for a lone fundraiser and borrowed lessons from Art...
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Your Nonprofit Board Can Practice the Hard Decisions Before They Cost You
Boards approve budgets and guard against risk, yet they rarely get to practice together. Our free four-page guide shows what one hour at the...
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How a Video Game Buried in the Desert Explains What AI Is Doing to Nonprofit Training
Nonprofit training is flooding with cheap AI content, the same way the 1983 video game crash buried Atari. Here is how to find the...
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Small Nonprofit Teams Building Infrastructure Need a Place to Practice Big Decisions
Field notes from a live Generosity Roundtable at CauseVox's Nonprofit Fundraising Summit and a session with Bloomerang on October 1, on the nonprofit lifecycle,...
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The Oregon Trail Belonged to the Teachers Who Rewrote It, and Nonprofit Learning Can Too
The Oregon Trail grew because teachers everywhere typed in its code, fixed it, and rewrote it for their own towns. Here's how the Generosity...
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Pennsylvania Nonprofit Leaders Agreed That Donor Trust Gets Rebuilt Between the Asks
Field notes from PANO's 2026 Collaborative Conference, where four tables worked out how a behavioral health nonprofit could rekindle trust with donors it let...
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What Online Creators Can Teach Us About Why People Give
Online creators are showing us why people really give. Here is what they teach us about donors, and a simple guide to doing the...
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How a $500 Gift That Got Only a Receipt Explains What Is Happening to Community Theater
A made-up children's theater and 40 real nonprofits reveal why community theaters struggle, and why donor stewardship is really about generosity, identity, and trust.
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The Different Ways to Use Role Play in Professional Development
A look at the honest traditions of professional rehearsal, from behavior modeling to tabletop character play to LEGO® Serious Play®, why each one works,...
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Peer Learning for Nonprofits: The Gap We Need to Close, and How to Start
The nonprofit sector has no durable way to learn from itself, and it costs us. Why peer learning and role play work, and practical...
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