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  1. This goes for any researchers and evaluators, even if IRB doesn't apply or if you have an exemption. I would think this would be obvious, but it's disappointing to learn everyday what isn't obvious to so many people.

    Others are trusting us with their data. Can we act like we deserve and will honor that trust?

    #evaluation #research #RealEvalTalk #NoAI #glam #museums #ScienceCenters #nonprofits

    digipres.club/@dsalo/117201597

  2. Microsoft used to grant special licenses to smaller nonprofits so they could get Office apps like Word, Excel and OneDrive at no charge. Last year they announced they were winding down the program. Then, without warning according to former users, they terminated the licenses, leading to thousands of organizations having all their data deleted. Here's @Slate with more.

    flip.it/AjzRlM

    #Microsoft #Nonprofits #Technology

  3. Each year, Jumping Rivers takes on a small number of pro bono projects to support charities, nonprofits and community organisations using data to create positive impact.

    We can help with discovery, Posit or {shiny} health checks, training, visualisation and dashboards.

    Find out more and apply:
    jumpingrivers.com/pro-bono/

  4. P.S. In contrast to The Trustees of Reservations, this is what it looks like when an organization that actually knows how to manage and treat its membership tells you that your membership is about to renew. #TheTrustees #TrusteesOfReservations #MassAudubon #charities #nonprofits

  5. I appreciate that The Trustees of Reservations exists, and I appreciate the work they do to safeguard nature and historic sites throughout Massachusetts.

    But I’m just so tired of how badly run their membership program is, of how poorly they treat members, and of the half-assed job they do on some basic maintenance tasks. So much so, in fact, that I’m probably going to cancel my membership the next time it comes up for renewal.
    #TrusteesOfReservations #TheTrustees #nonprofits #charities
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  6. I support I should feel sorry, but as someone who has repeatedly warned #nonprofits (& media outlets) that I've worked about their over-rerliance on #bigtech platforms, I find it hard to really be so sympathetic.

    Also - how can it be that I, an individual, have a most robust data backup and self-hosting system than so many entire non-profit organizations?

    slate.com/technology/2026/08/m

  7. Mission Local: Can this treasured S.F. photography institution cheat death again?. “Hal Fischer says he’s twice rescued SF Camerawork, the nonprofit gallery that has supported the work of experimental photographers for over 50 years, and he’s ready to do it again.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/18/mission-local-can-this-treasured-s-f-photography-institution-cheat-death-again/
  8. Cape News: New Database Catalogs More Than 1,700 Cape & Islands Nonprofits. “The nonprofit directory is accessible through the CCYP website, which also features a full calendar of networking opportunities and events and job and volunteer boards. The nonprofit directory and civic engagement map itself includes an interactive map of Cape Cod and the Islands, pinpointing each nonprofit […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/15/cape-news-new-database-catalogs-more-than-1700-cape-islands-nonprofits/
  9. @smallfind Are you looking for things that sell well and/or have high margins? How does the connection to the content and mission of the organization factor into this (if at all)?

    For the last question (and for this that may not know), most orgs have at rules that have nominal requirements, but enforcement may... flex, let's say... in response to the profit, traffic, and other sales goals - at least in my experience.

    #glam #museums #libraries #archives #nonprofits

  10. Future of Good: New database maps Canada’s $17.3 billion DAF landscape and where philanthropic wealth is concentrated. “A new database that maps Canada’s donor-advised funds (DAFs) landscape, shows that a significant share of the country’s charitable assets are concentrated in a small number of organizations. The new database from WellFunded, is intended to make information about […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/14/future-of-good-new-database-maps-canadas-17-3-billion-daf-landscape-and-where-philanthropic-wealth-is-concentrated/
  11. Vintage Aviation News: RAF Museum Launches Red Arrows Challenge to Support Preservation and Education. “The RAF Museum has launched the Red Arrows Challenge, a nationwide fundraising event running from Aug. 1 to Oct. 3. Participants can walk, run, or cycle at their own pace while supporting the museum’s preservation and education work, with commemorative rewards, fundraising prizes, and a […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/10/vintage-aviation-news-raf-museum-launches-red-arrows-challenge-to-support-preservation-and-education/
  12. @ai6yr

    Something is still fishy with that. Say vacation payout is 1 month each year. So that would be about 3 years of payout, but it's unlikely that they were making $400k that entire time which means that they got paid likely 2-3x the value of the originally accrued vacation time.

    It's one thing to let an employee carry over a month of two salary a get paid at their new pay rare, but to allow them to get 3 years? That's financial mismanagement and they should be removed from their CEO jobs for allowing that (I guess this is more the CFOs job to prevent that from happening, but still).

    #nonprofits

  13. "...(CEO) was earning a little over $400,000 a year before that number shot up in 2023. She said her base salary over the last several years has remained around $405,000.....The 50-year-old Family Crisis Center brings in about $15 million in revenue — nearly all of it taxpayer money from government grants — to run crisis hotlines, domestic shelters and programs to help those struggling with homelessness....."

    #nonprofits

  14. Hey, fedi. What smaller non-profits do you recommend for donations?

    Some beautiful people have been tipping me for my articles and my accessibility app. That gives me the warm fuzzies.

    But I’m going to donate those tips, because other folks need them more. And I’m going to replace my tips links with non-profit donation links.

    My current list:

    1. Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
    2. Audre Lorde Project
    3. Equal Justice Initiative
    4. STEM Like a Girl

    Who are your faves?

    #AskFedi #Donations #NonProfits #LGBTQ #STEM #GenderEquality #BlackMastodon #Equity #NativeAmerican

  15. NiemanLab: Despite concerns about AI Overviews, some nonprofit news outlets see a surge in search traffic. “In Nieman Lab’s quarterly ranking of nonprofit news outlets, four news outlets saw a bump in traffic thanks in part to their coverage of primary elections in May and June. We bring you four of these each quarter, looking at four different market segments: for-profit local news sites, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/03/niemanlab-despite-concerns-about-ai-overviews-some-nonprofit-news-outlets-see-a-surge-in-search-traffic/
  16. VT Digger: At Vermont’s Estey Organ Museum, many donations total $10. Then came one so big, it paid off the mortgage.. “Volunteers at this town’s Estey Organ Museum are used to a symphony of sounds at the former home of the world’s largest manufacturer of pump and pipe instruments….But everybody went silent when peers at the local historical society, having recently banked several […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/vt-digger-at-vermonts-estey-organ-museum-many-donations-total-10-then-came-one-so-big-it-paid-off-the-mortgage/
  17. WILLOW RIVER COMMUNITY LAND TRUST

    On Apr. 17, 2026, eight downtown Kitchener non-profits came together in solidarity to incorporate the Willow River Community Land Trust (WRCLT). These are: the Willow River Centre, Community Justice Initiatives (CJI), Social Development Centre (SDC), Civic Hub Waterloo Region, SHORE Centre, Inter Arts Matrix, MT Space, Spectrum and Kind Minds Family Wellness.  

    “Our vision is for this […]

    communityedition.ca/willow-riv
  18. 🚨 We all knew this would be coming... Don't like polluters? TOUGH SHIT! You're under arrest!!!

    #FBI #Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a #ClimateActivist — Then Showed Up at His Door

    The visit suggests a possible FBI probe into #ExtinctionRebellionNYC as the Trump administration increases surveillance of #activist groups.

    Jacqueline Sweet, February 12 2026

    Excerpt: "Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, at least one of whom works on counterterrorism, went to the home of a former member of a #ClimateActivism group for questioning last week, potentially signaling a new escalation in the Trump administration’s promise to criminalize #nonprofits and #ActivistGroups as #DomesticTerrorists.

    "Two FBI agents, one from New York’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, told a former member of Extinction Rebellion NYC they wanted to ask him about the group at his home upstate on Friday, an attorney for the group told The Intercept. The visit followed a prior attempt to reach him at his old address.

    "The FBI’s apparent probe of Extinction Rebellion NYC comes as the Justice Department ramps up its surveillance of activists protesting immigration enforcement and the Trump administration creates secret lists of domestic enemies under Trump’s National Security Presidential #Memorandum7, or #NSPM7.

    " 'I believe this to be a significant escalation of the criminal legal system against #XR and find it very troubling,' said Ron Kuby, the Extinction Rebellion attorney. 'This is usually the way we find out an actual investigation is underway and is often followed by other visits and other actions.'

    "The former Extinction Rebellion member, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear for his safety, said that the visit came after a phone call in January from a special agent that he assumed was a scam.

    " 'I was skeptical the phone call was really from the FBI, but after I declined to speak with the agent, she said that she was standing outside my door,' he said. She was actually at the activist’s former address, which he said made him additionally dubious. But last week, when the agents showed up at his current address, he said he saw the agent’s business card through his door."

    Read more:
    theintercept.com/2026/02/12/fb

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/4Nq3X

    #USPol #ExtinctionRebellion #CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws #EPAFail #Polluters #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Oligarchy #EnvironmentalActivists #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ResistFascism #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Orwellian #ThoughtCrime #BigBrother #NineteenEightyFour #SilencingDissent #SilencingFreeSpeech #CorporationsAreTheRealTerrorists

  19. I refrained from really harsh criticism about part of this #GrantsWriting & #nonprofits #FundsDevelopment workshop because the facilitator recommended that people use #AI to do that work - more than once. FUCK NO - don't do that - #BadAdvice. I hate how too many fund granters & people working to supposedly help strengthen nonprofits are fucking recommending crappy, failures-heavy, fucking AI.
    Sorry but not really sorry, for cussing so much about this issue. It seriously irks me so fucking much!

    The representative recommending is from one of our largest public granter associations - The Victoria Foundation. I need to set up a meeting with them - ASAP! This is not how nonprofits shit should go, whatsoever.

  20. #CriminalizingDissent: #Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to #DakotaAccessPipeline Firm over #Protests

    #DemocracyNow, March 20, 2025

    "A jury in #NorthDakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming #EnergyTransferPartners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based pipeline company accused Greenpeace of orchestrating criminal behavior by training and providing funds to the #Indigenous-led protests at #StandingRock. Greenpeace and its supporters, including other #nonprofits and #advocacy groups, argued that the lawsuit is part of a conspicuous attempt by #corporations to destroy the right to #FreeSpeech. Longtime #HumanRights and #environmental lawyer #StevenDonziger, who was part of the independent trial monitoring team observing the trial, says it was purposely held in a region of the country with deep ties to the #FossilFuel industry. Donziger said most of the jurors in the case were connected to the industry and were 'predisposed' to rule in favor of Energy Transfer despite the 'false narratives' presented at the trial. Greenpeace plans to appeal the ruling."

    Watch / listen / read transcript:
    democracynow.org/2025/3/20/gre
    #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #SLAPPs #ViewerSupportedNews #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPsLawsuits #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #KelcyWarren #ArrestKelcyWarren #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB

  21. It's not over yet... A pox on #Harris for not speaking out against #IsraeliWarCrimes and alienating #ArabAmericans!

    House #GOP Moves to Ram Through Bill That Gives #Trump Unilateral Power to Kill #Nonprofits

    Dozens of #Democrats still support the bill — giving the Republican-controlled House plenty of breathing room to pass it next week.

    Noah Hurowitz
    November 15 2024

    "A controversial '#nonprofit killer' bill is back on track after it was blocked earlier this week.

    "A majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives rejected the bill on Tuesday out of fear that it could grant President-Elect Donald Trump legal tools with which to target his ideological foes, but Republicans are swiftly pressing ahead.

    "The #StopTerrorFinancing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, which would empower the secretary of the Treasury to designate any #nonprofit as a '#terrorist supporting organization' and revoke its tax-exempt status, is set to go before the Committee on Rules on Monday for a hearing that could tee up the bill for a new floor vote.

    "The hearing was announced Thursday evening, just two days after 144 Democrats and one Republican voted against the bill as part of a fast-track parliamentary procedure that required a two-thirds majority.

    "The bill, also known as #HR9495, has come under withering criticism from a broad coalition of organizations that say its sponsors are pushing it as a means of cracking down on free speech — particularly speech in support of #Palestine. In a joint statement earlier this week, a coalition of #ArabAmerican and #MuslimOrganizations pledged to continue to fight the bill.

    "'This bill was designed to #criminalize organizations and #activists who oppose the U.S.’s unconditional support of #Israel’s #genocide of Palestinians and the slaughter of #Lebanese civilians,' read the statement, which was signed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, American Muslims for Palestine, and others. 'We will continue to stand firm in protecting all organizations’ freedom to speak and operate without fear of political retribution.'

    "Offices for the chair and ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee, through which the bill must pass, did not respond to requests for comment.

    "With #ProIsrael groups lobbying for the bill, it gained popularity among House Democrats, in part due to a provision providing tax relief to Americans held hostage abroad.

    "The reelection of Trump, however, galvanized opponents, including Rep. #LloydDoggett, D-Texas, who led the charge to reject the bill on Tuesday. Doggett doubled down on Thursday after learning of the newly scheduled Rules Committee hearing.

    "'In this mislabeled bill, House Republicans are hiding behind hostages,' Doggett said in a statement to The Intercept. 'Their rush to reconsider this bill is solely to offer Trump more and more power, while Trump’s nominees for key #NationalSecurity posts this week indicate how he will be using it.'"

    Read more:
    theintercept.com/2024/11/15/no

    #StopHR9495 #CriminalizingDissent #KristiNoem #Blackwater #ErikPrince #Fascism #Autocracy #SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists #AntiWarActivists #FirstAmendment #WaterProtectors #PeaceActivists #ClimateJustice #ClimateActivists #Protests #StandWithStandingRock #GazaGenocide #LebanonGenocide

  22. I'm letting go of the work/project search for now. I'm tired of abuse and extraction, tried of terrible practice being rewarded. I haven't seen much in the nonprofit world in the last year that wants to fairly compensate me for my labor and expertise. It's been deeply discouraging.

    If you're doing work that matters in a way that also matters and you need an evaluator or researcher (hint: you probably do), please contact me.

    #evaluation #research #RealEvalTalk #museums #nonprofits

  23. Sweet Jesus.

    I made it.
    I survived yesterday.
    Show ran 15 min over.
    Awkward staging.
    Meh wine.

    But we did it.
    We hit our numbers.

    And then the staff after party happened.

    Let's just say it's a good thing I'm a Top.

    #PutEveryoneInALyftHome

    I got home at 1.30 am, ate half a burrito, and passed out on the couch.

    I pick up Benson from boarding in 90 min.

    #Nonprofits
    #Gala2023
    #Fundraising

  24. Good news for Android users. You can now earn points & rewards just by participating in different activities.

    Google Play Points program is free to join with no monthly fee.

    Use Play Points for Google Play Credit or use your points to help support a great cause from a rotating list of nonprofits (Doctors Without Borders USA, Save the Children and the World Food Program USA)

    #Google #Android #PlayPoints #Rewards #GooglePlay #SaveTheChildren #DoctorsWithoutBorders #WorldFoodProgram #NonProfits