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Building a liberatory future: Rethinking fundraising communications for lasting impact

Jul 15, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Val Neumark

In our pursuit of justice, equity, and liberation, we cannot afford to lose sight of the inherent humanity at the core of our endeavors, even if it feels impossible to raise money any other way—language matters.

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Treating your donors as partners: Where to start?

Jun 10, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Emily Bishop Runeari

One of the key tenets of Community Centric Fundraising is “Treating Your Donors as Partners” – but where do you start?

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What you can do this Pride month: Disrupt Israel’s pinkwashing and your local Pride events’ complicity in it

Jun 3, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Chris Talbot

Pinkwashing has become even more despicable and insidious because an ethnostate is using it to justify the genocide of Palestinians. And every member of the 2TLGBIQA+ community must band together to say unequivocally, Not in our name!

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The trauma of grant writing to support the unhoused: PTSD, vicarious trauma, and problematic leadership

May 28, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Caelan Navarro

We, as an organization, encourage trauma-informed care for clients. I believe part of why I was hired was my lived experience status. But when I try to bring my full self to my job, I find it unsafe.

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“I am more valuable than you are”: A perspective on nonprofit hierarchy culture

May 20, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Nivetha Nagarajan

And throughout the past five years, I’ve had this major question persistently nagging at me: why do we, by default, impose hierarchical power structures on work that is specifically meant to distribute power more equitably?

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A call for responsible AI that leads with care and imagination

May 13, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Meenakshi Das

Responsible AI must be considered more than a buzzword or a box to check; it is a commitment to developing transparent, equitable, and accountable technology. It means we need an approach to design that considers the inclusion and representation of all stakeholders, particularly those likely to be easily ignored in technological advancements.

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Let’s talk about how nurturance culture can improve our movement

May 6, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Chris Talbot

We, collectively, need to discuss how we are contributing to the burnout of the BIPOC women who serve as moderators in our movement and, more importantly, how we can conduct ourselves to match their intentionality.

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Multiculturalism is a cancer to Black progress

Apr 29, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Johane Alexis-Phanor

This modern-day multiculturalism claims that it serves a diverse society, but it serves no one but mainstream white interests. This multiculturalism is inherently anti-Black.

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Nonprofits and values-aligned financial decision making: Using our resources for social justice

Apr 22, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Theresa Rinne-Meyers

It’s no secret that nonprofits often have to make difficult budget decisions. However, many people don’t realize that these decisions can perpetuate some of the very systems we are trying to dismantle.

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How white feminism tokenizes and exploits rather than helps someone like me

Apr 8, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Shama Shams

Some women often get so caught up in voicing the injustice they experience that they do not recognize the injustice that they cause their sisters of color or people from other marginalized genders.

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How retiring our paddle raise and adopting a more authentic fundraising event led to greater income and community connection

Apr 1, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Patricia Gray and Tiffany Hitt

For two decades, our organization hosted galas and auctions in expensive hotel ballrooms, featuring exclusive chef experiences and travel packages. The authenticity of our humble, human-centered Pike Place Market culture was missing from these events.

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Let’s talk about DAFs: A call for transparency and equity

Mar 25, 2024 | Essays, The Hub

By Maegan Vallejo and Nia Wassink

The existing lack of oversight and giving requirements for donor-advised funds (DAFs) raises pressing concerns that extend beyond philanthropy.

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