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Understanding The Power of Collective Work

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AboutNext in Nonprofits provides new social fundraising and communications ideas and consulting for growth.

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CommitChange Fundraising and donor management.Solved.

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Today• Creating millions of philanthropists• Social giving days (#GivingTuesday)• Sharing data • Next steps

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Millions of philanthropists• $335 billion in

charitable giving in 2013

• 72% from individuals• Institutional giving is

constrained more than individuals.

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Institutional philanthropy

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Institutional philanthropy

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History of seeing collective giving

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Millions of philanthropists• $335 billion in

charitable giving in 2013

• 72% from individuals• Institutional giving is

constrained more than individuals.

#CollectiveGiving

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Giving days start to show data• Some giving days,

like GiveMN, use a single platform

• #GivingTuesday estimates $45.68 million by aggregating data

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Adding more value in data• Siloed sites have

begun creating more donor profile information.

• CommitChange is opening their API to aggregated data

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Opening the API• Most donation processing has been built

in silos.• Users – charities in this case – need to

start using platforms that allow aggregation of data to understand impact.

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Charities and donors - together• Fear of fraud has

been a huge issue in charitable giving, including in 2015

• Watchdog groups say more data is the way to improve nonprofits and outcomes

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Charities and donors - togetherThe issue isn’t a need for more regulation, but more conversation. Donors need to see what others are doing.

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Charities must begin the pushIt’s not about scarcity, it is about sharing to create abundance.

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Choose an open platform

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Whether CommitChange or a home-brewed

platform, look to find a way to share what your

charity knows.

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Ask your donors to share

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Start looking at existing data

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Clean your own data to be able to use standard

schema. Our institutional philanthropy friends

may help…

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Participate in social giving

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#GivingTuesday, local giving days, or shared

fundraisers with partner organizations.

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Like any movement…

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Share these thoughts with other nonprofits.

Bring them to sector conferences, and ask if

secrecy has ever created more giving.

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Your thoughts

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Questions, comments or any other related

ideas?

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Thank you!

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Steve Boland, Next in Nonprofits

@NextNonprofits

Roderick Campbell, CommitChange

@CommitChange