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New ‘Giving USA’ Report Signals Turbulence Ahead for Fundraisers

New ‘Giving USA’ Report Signals Turbulence Ahead for Fundraisers

By Michael Taylor, CFRE, CEO The pre-eminent source of annual data about giving and philanthropy in the United States — Giving USA Foundation — this week released its 2021 report. This year’s edition offers a mixed bag of news for fundraisers and sends a few warning signals about what we can expect in the balance of 2022. But before the warnings, some good news: Charitable giving totaled a near-record $484.9 billion in 2021, which was flat when compared to 2020. That’s considered a win, especially since COVID-19 sparked an 8.1% annual increase in giving in 2020, and many observers feared

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Let Your Donors Know – 2021 Tax Incentives

Here are SPECIAL 2021 TAX INCENTIVES FOR GIVING for you to let your donors know. Congress has provided several economic incentives to help address the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including additional tax incentives to encourage charitable giving. These incentives are temporary and are scheduled to expire at the end of 2021.

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Recent Trends On Desk Studies & Grant Assessments

At NPI Strategies we conduct many desk studies each year to help nonprofits assess the value of their fundraising program, and how to grow it. Some call the desk study an assessment. Nonetheless, the desk study is a seminal moment of high level planning, usually taking 90 days, and can be an opportune time to take a step back and see where your program priorities align with segments of foundation funders.

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What Fundraisers Need to Know About the New Tax Law...All In One Place

What Fundraisers Need to Know About the New Tax Law…All In One Place

By: Michael Taylor, CFRE, CEO “There has been a lot of coverage about the new tax law and its implications on the economy, on businesses and individuals, and on estate plans. There have also been some valuable webinars and articles on how the new law will affect charitable giving. Some coverage has been alarmist, and most articles are far from succinct and readily useful for fundraisers. Judging by the questions I often get, there remains much confusion by donors and advancement officers. Allow me to take a run at providing, what I think are the most relevant aspects of the new tax law

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Brother Martin Real Leadership

Brother Martin: Real Leadership

Michael Taylor, CFRE, CEO Dr. King was a lifelong depressive, as noted in the writings of David L. Cole (Miami, FL), having first attempted suicide before age 10. Although he graduated with a Doctorate before age 30, he did not get hired as Dean of Students at Xavier University because he “didn’t have the qualities of a leader.” King’s friends and family dissuaded his relationship with his white girlfriend because that could get a black man hanged. He smoked like a chimney and could play pool till dawn, much to the displeasure of his father with whom he argued over

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Congratulations To Our Clients! What A Year!

Congratulations To Our Clients! What A Year!

By: Michael Taylor, CFRE, CEO Please join us in congratulate our clients on their fundraising achievements in 2017: A $10 million campaign was begun with The Shiv Nadar Foundation for scholarships for Indian students to study at USA Universities. We’ve identified the Indian diaspora in the United States to invite them to give to this important educational effort. We developed a STEM program for the funders to Christ the King Prep school in Newark, NJ and are shopping that to local NJ corporations. A new Planned Giving program was designed and started for St. Christopher’s Inn. Moves Management was used in the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s year-end appeal

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Nothing Has Yet Gone To Charity

Nothing Has Yet Gone To Charity

By: Michael Taylor, CFRE, CEO President Trump’s inaugural committee raised an unprecedented $107 million and the committee pledged to give leftover funds to charity. That amount doubled President Barack Obama’s then-record inauguration donations in 2009, which totaled around $53 million. Nearly eight months later, the Trump inaugural committee has helped pay for redecorating the White House and the vice president’s DC residence. But nothing has yet gone to charity. An inaugural committee is appointed by the president-elect to take charge of the presidential inaugural ceremony and related activities. This committee is required to disclose to the Federal Election Committee (FEC)

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Reproductive Health Funding Trump’s Global Gag Rule Takes Shape

Reproductive Health Funding: Trump’s Global Gag Rule Takes Shape

By: Michael Taylor, CFRE, CEO The Global Gag Rule (GGR), reinstated by President Trump after his inauguration, is back in the news. Secretary of State Tillerson announced a plan for U.S. Government Departments and Agencies to apply the provisions of the policy to grants, agreements, and contracts with foreign NGOs that receive U.S. funding for global health assistance. This applies to the $8.8 billion in funds appropriated to USAID and the Departments of State and Defense. The Global Gag Rule, a staple of Republican policy since Ronald Reagan, had been used previously to block overseas reproductive health NGOs from receiving

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Our Crystal Ball

Our Crystal Ball

By: Michael Taylor, CFRE, CEO I’ve read a few “Forecasts for the New Nonprofit Year,” and found them lacking. I hope to repair that breach here, but please feel free to tell me if I don’t even come close to your own views. Quickly, here are my top three 2017 predictions for the nonprofit year ahead: Private fundraising from individual donors will be more important than ever before. Why? It is likely that government funding will be drastically reduced due to the Trump administration’s medieval view of the social safety net. Increased donor support will also play a huge factor

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US Philanthropy Reaches $373 Billion

US Philanthropy Reaches $373 Billion

By: Michael Taylor, CFRE, CEO Charitable giving in the USA reached a record high for the second year in a row, according to the newly released Giving USA 2016: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2015, a publication of Giving USA Foundation, researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Researchers estimate that giving totaled $373.3 billion in 2015 up 4 percent from the previous year, according to estimates from “Giving USA,” an annual report on American philanthropy. International-affairs organizations saw the largest growth in donations, with their collections rising by 17.4 percent to

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