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3 Tips for Authentic Grant Writing and the Secret to Finding Better Grants
Learn grant writing best practices that keep you and your team true to your organization’s authentic self.
How to Harness the Power of Storytelling for Your Nonprofit Mission
Learn nonprofit storytelling best practices that can equip your entire team with memorable messages that motivate your supporters.
How to Approach Nonprofit Events Through the Lens of Community-Centric Fundraising (and the Tools to Help)
Do your fundraising events need an update? Learn how to transform your events by reframing them in the values of community-centric fundraising.
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5 Best Practices Behind Community-Centered Volunteering and the Tools You Need to Make It Happen
Discover how to shift to community-centered volunteering along with peer-recommended nonprofit tech tools to help you grow your program with ease.
Pond Messages (BETA)
We launched the Beta version of Pond Messages. Go get chatting!
Camp Impact FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions: Camp Impact
$1,000 software grant from The Digital Lift Foundation for eligible requests!
Pond is connecting eligible Pond members with an awesome fundraising opportunity from The Digital Lift Foundation.
CAMP IMPACT LAUNCHING IN AUGUST
We're launching our first ever - Camp Impact! The place where nonprofits come together to share how they solved their biggest problems.
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Strength in Community: How to Organize & Empower Your Audience
Discover how your nonprofit can build community around your cause by investing in efforts to cultivate lasting relationships with your supporters.
The Top 5 Things We Learned in the City of “Sibling” Love
We just wrapped our third season of The Kids Table, where we visited nonprofit leaders in the city of “sibling” love: Philadelphia. Here's what we...
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8 Ways to Expand Your Nonprofit’s DEIB Efforts Beyond Just Hiring
Learn how your nonprofit organization can move beyond good beginnings toward a journey of learning and growth with these DEIB tips.
How to Build a Standout Nonprofit Brand
Follow these branding best practices to develop a nonprofit brand that’s true to your mission and the community you serve.
How to Make Advocacy Core to Your Nonprofit Mission
Learn how to embrace the spirit and practice of advocacy within your nonprofit organization in this actionable roundup of takeaways from our webinar.
7 Best Practices for Nonprofit Leaders Who Fundraise for Controversial Causes
Nonprofit leaders share best practices on how to fundraise for controversial causes while staying true to your mission and yourself.
How to Prevent Employee Burnout at Your Nonprofit Organization
Learn how to identify employee burnout within your nonprofit team, along with ways to prevent it from happening in the first place.
How to Approach Nonprofit Strategic Planning for Game-Changing Growth
Prepare your nonprofit for strategic planning success with these expert tips on how to move forward together with your team.
How to Foster Innovation at Your Nonprofit Organization
Believe it or not, nonprofits are made for innovation. Discover how your organization can harness the power of thinking differently.
How to Develop a Successful Nonprofit Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Partnership
Learn the practices of successful nonprofit corporate social responsibility programs (CSR) and how to build productive relationships with local...
How to Embrace the Value of Nonprofit CRM (Even If You’re Not a Techie)
Learn how to make the most of your fundraising tools with these tips to help you shift attitudes and increase the ROI of your nonprofit CRM.
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8 Ways to Align Nonprofit Board Members and Their Practices With Your Organizational Values
Discover actionable tips on strengthening your board and ensuring its members champion the values that uphold your nonprofit’s mission.
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Throw Out Scarcity Mindset: 10 Budget and Finance Tips for Nonprofit Leaders
Is your nonprofit trapped in a scarcity mindset? Check out these 10 tips to help your team shift to growth-minded moves that will result in success.
Pond Perk: RevenueZen's 7 Figure Social Selling Class
Use your Pond Credits for RevenueZen's "7 Figure Social Selling" class to learn how to build consistent, repeatable B2B sales pipeline.
Make your LinkedIn Shine: How to Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Online Presence
Check out these expert tips to make LinkedIn’s engaging professional platform work for you and your nonprofit organization.
Nothing but Noncash Donations: 10 Things to Know About Growing Revenue Through Stocks & Crypto
From cryptocurrency and stocks to the next generation fueling the rise of noncash gifts, here’s what your nonprofit should know to embrace the future...
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Nonprofit Moneyball: 8 Ways to Make Donor Data Work For You
Follow these simple tips to build a winning donor data strategy for your nonprofit organization.
You’re a better negotiator than you think.
How to get different people, teams, and departments to “yes” when selecting and implementing new tech
10 Must-Know Moves for Cultivating Gen Z Supporters
Seeking social-media savvy Gen Z supporters to bring new energy to your nonprofit? Start here.
Impact Tracking-ology: 10 Best Practices to Help Nonprofits Win with Better Program Data
Learn how your nonprofit organization can create an impact program that helps you improve your services, gain funders, and grow relationships.
Pond Raises 1.5 Million in Pre-Seed Capital
Pond raises $1.5 million dollars to scale their innovative platform where nonprofits get paid to discover the best business solutions.
12 Ways to Help Your Nonprofit Team Thrive in a Hybrid Work Model
Is your nonprofit on the hybrid work struggle bus? Let these tips help you leverage the power of this flexible model for everyone on your team.
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14 Nonprofit Grant Tips to Try Today: From Building Efficient Processes to Dealing with Rejection
Don’t let grant applications get your nonprofit team in a twist. Check out these tips from grant experts to help you create an effective strategy.
Pond x Millie Partnership to Boost Access to Corporate Giving
The easiest $100 possible for your nonprofit!
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Nonprofit Hiring 101: 12 Tips for Finding the Perfect Match
Is your nonprofit hiring at the moment? Check out these 12 tips to help you create a recruiting and hiring process that builds community within your...
Announcing an Exciting Change for Pond
We've redesigned our business model to offer so much more to our nonprofit members!
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10 Tried-and-True Best Practices for Evaluating and Purchasing Nonprofit Tech
Does the thought of evaluating nonprofit tech solutions make you cringe? Simplify your search with these ten best practices from technology experts.
Reeling in Volunteers: 9 Tips for Sustainably Growing your Volunteer Program
Does your nonprofit’s volunteer program need a reboot? Check out these expert tips for giving it the relationship-building boost it needs.
How to Build a Professional Development Plan for the New Nonprofit Landscape
Learn how professional development can keep your nonprofit team feeling valued and empowered in a year of turnover and uncertainty.
Introducing… Pond Perks!
You can do even more with your Pond credits! Like redeem an exclusive deal with We Are For Good Pro's premium Professional Development Platform
10 Moves Your Nonprofit Organization Can Make for DEIB in 2022
Lean on these 10 lessons from Pond’s expert-led webinar, Nonprofit Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Practices to Build Momentum for Change in 2022.
Pond Selected to Pitch at SXSW Tech Conference
Pond will be headed to Austin on March 12th and 13th to meet with tons of other startup leaders across 10 different categories (including ours!) and...
8 Nonprofit Technology Lessons About The Future of CRM
We’re sharing 8 takeaways from a recent conversation about nonprofit technology and how organizations use a CRM to achieve their fundraising goals.
Achieving DEI in Tech Vendor Selection
A conversation on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Nonprofit Technology
Invest in You, and Pond Will, Too
This month we’re adding $50 to any Pond member’s account for each and every Pond webinar they attend. Because if you’re investing in yourself this...
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4 Qualities of an Engaging Year-End Fundraising Appeal
Creating your year-end fundraising appeal? Inspire more donations by ensuring it reflects these four qualities of a successful ask.
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Top Podcasts You Should Be Listening to to Level-up Your Nonprofit's Fundraising
A roundup of podcasts you should be listening to to level-up your nonprofit's fundraising.
6 Ways to Thank Your Fundraising Development Team for Slaying Giving Tuesday
Don’t forget the heroes who helped you achieve your goal! Check out 6 ways to thank your fundraising team for another record Giving Tuesday.
Giving Tuesday: Breaking Through During the Philanthropy Super Bowl (From Someone Who Has Actually Advertised at the Super Bowl)
Giving Tuesday: Breaking Through During the Philanthropy Super Bowl (From Someone Who Has Actually Advertised at the Super Bowl)
Buying New Tech for your Nonprofit Doesn't Have to be...
Buying New Tech for your Nonprofit Doesn't Have to be:Hear our Chief Growth Officer, Kristin Giant, debunk common reasons nonprofit leaders are...
The Top 10 Questions to Ask During a Demo
The Top 10 Questions to Ask During a Demo. Last week we explored ways for nonprofits to Maximize the Dreaded Vendor Demo that all revolved around
5 Steps to Maximize the Dreaded Vendor Demo
I know, demos are a pain, but if you must sit through them anyway let's make them as ... 5 Steps to Maximize the Dreaded Vendor Demo
Fundraising Solutions Defined by Donor Engagement, Not Type
Fundraising Solutions Defined by Donor Engagement, Not Type. Understanding the different ways to engage donors allows organizations to set...
Nonprofit Fundraising is Now a Technology Business
Searching for tech solutions can be exhausting. Pond surfaces your needs, bringing providers and members together to solve the right problems at the...
A Banker’s Approach to Nonprofit Fundraising
Better risk management is also critical for effective nonprofits. A diversified fundraising strategy can protect against unexpected downside and build
9 Easy Ways to Turn Donating into Fundraising
9 Easy Ways to Turn Donating into Fundraising. The link between a donation and a fundraiser is taking action – action leads to higher donor...
Where are the reliable peer reviews of nonprofit technology?
Where are the reliable peer reviews of nonprofit technology? Nonprofits don't need to ditch word of mouth and change what influences their decisions
Can nonprofits trust “fundraising” search results?
Can nonprofits trust “fundraising” search results? undefined. With critically limited resources during the COVID-19 crisis, nonprofits are searching...