Latest Insights An Outlook On Philanthropy In 2025 As we round out 2024 and gear up for a new year, the outlook for philanthropy in 2025 is bright. Examine key factors across the economy, politics, and society that are driving this anticipated growth and dig into our strategies to maximize your opportunities for impact in the year ahead. Read more
Moving Beyond Why And What: The Strategic Shift To The How Of Philanthropy Fundraising Published Date 2024 Moving Beyond Why And What: The Strategic Shift To The How Of Philanthropy Moving your narrative focus to ‘how’ is an evolution that requires fundraisers to shift from being storytellers to strategic thought partners. Here’s how to implement this approach more effectively in the year ahead.
Orr Group’s 2024 Favorites: Content That Shaped Our Perspectives This Year Leadership Published Date 2024 Orr Group’s 2024 Favorites: Content That Shaped Our Perspectives This Year Our leadership team shares a diversity of content that has shaped their perspectives and informed their approach to work (and life) during 2024.
Lessons From The Arts: Fundraising Strategies Every Nonprofit Should Use Fundraising Published Date 2024 Lessons From The Arts: Fundraising Strategies Every Nonprofit Should Use As organizations plan for the new year, lessons from the arts offer valuable insights. Explore these fundraising strategies that offer inspiration nonprofits across all sectors can apply.
Decisive Leadership: How To Unlock Employee Retention For Nonprofits In 2025 Talent Published Date 2024 Decisive Leadership: How To Unlock Employee Retention For Nonprofits In 2025 Employees are seeking clearer direction from their organizational leaders. Learn how to practice decisive leadership in order to make good decisions with confidence heading into 2025.
Scary Surge: How Rising Health Insurance Costs Are Haunting Nonprofits Talent Published Date 2024 Scary Surge: How Rising Health Insurance Costs Are Haunting Nonprofits With rising health insurance costs affecting both nonprofits and their employees, ensuring your staff feel secure and informed of their benefits is paramount. Read our tips for managing costs while maintaining employee trust.
Philanthropic Trends In The Southeastern U.S.: Engaging An Influx Of New Donors Fundraising Published Date 2024 Philanthropic Trends In The Southeastern U.S.: Engaging An Influx Of New Donors The Southeastern U.S. is experiencing a surge in philanthropy. Discover key trends behind this regional growth and how nonprofits can capitalize on the changing landscape.
Big Bet Philanthropy: What Have We Learned And What Are We Doing About It? Fundraising Published Date 2024 Big Bet Philanthropy: What Have We Learned And What Are We Doing About It? Big bet philanthropy has put significant capital into the hands of dynamic changemakers. Explore strategies that both donors and nonprofits can leverage to maintain this transformative momentum.
Planned Giving Insights Leveraging IRAs to Maximize Year-End Giving Gifts from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), specifically Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), provide a mutual benefit for donors and nonprofits. QCDs provide a way to make a substantial philanthropic impact while optimizing tax benefits. This strategy offers immediate support to nonprofits while providing tax savings to donors. Explore how nonprofits can benefit from approaching their donors about utilizing IRA distributions and QCDs, and why the timing of these gifts is so crucial. Read more
4 Practical Steps To Empower Your Team With AI AI Published Date 2024 4 Practical Steps To Empower Your Team With AI As organizations strive to empower their staff through AI tools, explore these four actionable steps to build your team’s AI skills and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Closing The “Transparency Gap” In Nonprofit AI Usage AI Published Date 2024 Closing The “Transparency Gap” In Nonprofit AI Usage As AI adoption in the nonprofit sector grows, so does the need for greater transparency about how it’s being used. Read our three recommendations to help close the transparency gap.
Autonomous Fundraisers: Do We Need Them? AI Published Date 2024 Autonomous Fundraisers: Do We Need Them? Version2.ai’s recent launch of a fully autonomous fundraiser has generated buzz in the nonprofit space. Read our thoughts on the growing presence of AI in fundraising and how nonprofits should react.
Save The Data: Keeping Data Safe While Using AI AI Published Date 2024 Save The Data: Keeping Data Safe While Using AI Keeping data safe while using AI is not only a matter of security, but also a matter of responsibility, accountability, and trust. Explore key considerations for your nonprofit to help keep its data safe.
Why Nonprofits Must Budget For AI: Maximizing Impact & Driving Growth AI Published Date 2024 Why Nonprofits Must Budget For AI: Maximizing Impact & Driving Growth With AI’s explosive growth, nonprofits should start budgeting for and implementing AI tools now. Explore our key considerations for allocating your budget to AI.
“I Used AI On This” – How To Clear The Air On AI Usage AI Published Date 2024 “I Used AI On This” – How To Clear The Air On AI Usage We explore how organizations can take a proactive approach to disclose their AI usage in an effort to increase AI fluency and transparency among their constituents. Read more.
Don’t Just Use AI, Use It Right: Your Roadmap to Ethical AI Organizational Readiness AI Published Date 2024 Don’t Just Use AI, Use It Right: Your Roadmap to Ethical AI Organizational Readiness We offer a step-by-step guide to develop governance around ethical AI usage and strategies to build a culture of AI fluency at your nonprofit. Click to learn more.
Harnessing AI Responsibly: A Guide For Nonprofit Leaders AI Published Date 2024 Harnessing AI Responsibly: A Guide For Nonprofit Leaders This guide discusses ethical AI implementation in nonprofits for mission impact, emphasizing strategic use and expert collaboration. Read on to learn more!
Flying Copilot With Microsoft’s New AI Tool AI Published Date 2024 Flying Copilot With Microsoft’s New AI Tool This article offers an overview of Copilot, covers highlights and lowlights of its features, and recounts our experiences and recommendations.
5 Cost And Time-Efficient Strategies For Nonprofits To Embrace AI AI Published Date 2024 5 Cost And Time-Efficient Strategies For Nonprofits To Embrace AI Here are 5 strategies nonprofits can utilize to expand their use of artificial intelligence in fundraising and operations.
AI In Grant Applications: Streamlining Or Skewing The Process? AI Published Date 2023 AI In Grant Applications: Streamlining Or Skewing The Process? Explore the debate for and against the rising use of AI in the realm of grant applications and reporting.
Successful Strategic Planning: How To Think Like A Psychologist Strategy Published Date 2024 Successful Strategic Planning: How To Think Like A Psychologist As you start framing the next strategic planning process for your nonprofit, channel your inner psychologist.
Mid-Year Review Time: How To Get Your Fundraising Plan Back On Track Strategy Published Date 2023 Mid-Year Review Time: How To Get Your Fundraising Plan Back On Track Falling behind on this year’s fundraising plan? Here are several steps to course-correct and re-focus your efforts.
How Nonprofits Realize Their Missions By Realizing Who They Are Strategy Published Date 2023 How Nonprofits Realize Their Missions By Realizing Who They Are A realistic understanding of who you are as an organization is key to optimizing performance today and planning for tomorrow.
Jill Monum, Grameen America | Orr Group Partner Perspectives Leadership Published Date 2024 Jill Monum, Grameen America | Orr Group Partner Perspectives Grameen America’s Jill Monum shares her unique insights as a marketer and fundraiser, uncovers the approach to Grameen’s transformational success, and explores the results of our partnership.
Big Bet Philanthropy: Collaboration for Sustainable Change | Orr Group TALKS Fundraising Published Date 2024 Big Bet Philanthropy: Collaboration for Sustainable Change | Orr Group TALKS We’re joined by experts from Hispanics in Philanthropy and The Panorama Group to explore the power of big bet philanthropy and collaborative strategies for sustained success. Watch the recording now.
Jeanine Forsythe, Carnegie Science | Orr Group Partner Perspectives Leadership Published Date 2024 Jeanine Forsythe, Carnegie Science | Orr Group Partner Perspectives Carnegie Science’s Chief Development Officer Jeanine Forsythe shares insights on fundraising today, the groundbreaking work of Carnegie Science, and the continued impact of our partnership.
Why Accountable AI Matters and How to Get There | Orr Group TALKS AI Published Date 2024 Why Accountable AI Matters and How to Get There | Orr Group TALKS We’re joined by Matthew Reisman from CIPL to understand the importance of building accountable AI programs and ensure your AI systems are transparent, ethical, and responsible.
Fundraising Right Now: Through the Election and Beyond | Orr Group TALKS Fundraising Published Date 2024 Fundraising Right Now: Through the Election and Beyond | Orr Group TALKS We’re joined by experts from the Center for American Progress and Planned Parenthood Mar Monte to discuss the potential impact of election season on fundraising efforts. Watch the recording now.
Stacy Cross, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | Orr Group Partner Perspectives Leadership Published Date 2024 Stacy Cross, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | Orr Group Partner Perspectives Planned Parenthood Mar Monte’s Stacy Cross shares insights on the current state of health care, how her organization has adapted to a changing landscape, and the power of partnership. Watch the interview now.
Emily Kirkpatrick, National Council of Teachers of English | Orr Group Partner Perspectives Leadership Published Date 2024 Emily Kirkpatrick, National Council of Teachers of English | Orr Group Partner Perspectives NCTE’s Executive Director Emily Kirkpatrick shares insights on the education space, the transformation of NCTE, and the impact of our continued partnership. Watch the full interview.
Leveraging Technology to Accelerate Fundraising | Orr Group TALKS AI,Fundraising Published Date 2024 Leveraging Technology to Accelerate Fundraising | Orr Group TALKS We’re joined by fundraising technology expert Adam Martel, Founder and CEO of Givzey, to discuss the power of technology like AI and automation on philanthropy.
Combining Change Management & Talent To Manage Turnover In Nonprofits Talent Published Date 2023 Combining Change Management & Talent To Manage Turnover In Nonprofits Effectively managing and mitigating turnover operates at the intersection of talent and change management.
Philanthropy In 2024 And Beyond: Trends, Transitions, And Transformations Fundraising Published Date 2023 Philanthropy In 2024 And Beyond: Trends, Transitions, And Transformations As we approach 2024, we dig into anticipated philanthropy trends and their implications for the sector.
The Value Proposition for Intermediary Organizations: 3 Questions Donors Ask, Answered Fundraising Published Date 2023 The Value Proposition for Intermediary Organizations: 3 Questions Donors Ask, Answered We answer donors’ questions about why they should give to intermediaries rather than direct service organizations.
What A Bear Market Means For Philanthropy And Jobs | Orr Group TALKS Fundraising,Leadership,Talent Published Date 2022 What A Bear Market Means For Philanthropy And Jobs | Orr Group TALKS We’re joined by finance expert Carter McClelland to discuss what leaders can do to effectively plan through bear market uncertainty and economic fluctuation.
Doing The Work: Building Cultures, Teams, And Talent That Value And Advance Diversity | WEBINAR Talent Published Date 2020 Doing The Work: Building Cultures, Teams, And Talent That Value And Advance Diversity | WEBINAR We’re joined by Tamika Mason, CEO of Building for Mission and Wendi Safstrom, ED at SHRM, to explore the importance of building inclusive environments.