Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast

Nonprofit News of the week . Supreme Court Poised To Strike Down Roe v. Wade, Changing Advocacy Landscape For Both Pro-Choice & Pro-Life Nonprofits  A draft decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling on a pending abortion case appears to show the majority of justices in favor of striking down Roe v. Wade, upending nearly 50 years of abortion-access precedent,  according to a leaked draft o...

NonprofitNewsfeed.com  Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows Federal “Nonprofit Sector Strength And Partnership Act” Draws Praise & Critique As  reported by GlobeNewswire/Independent Sector , bipartisan federal legislation has been introduced to “increase collaboration between federal officials and nonprofits to better serve the sector and communities year-round,...

Have we lost the ability to have conversations with folks on “the other side”?  Kamy Akhavan  is debunking how to have polarizing discussions that are actually productive. Making connections with people from opposing views is hard to do but it’s very powerful when we do get through to each other.   With 20 years of experience bridging divides, Kamy’s work has helped people fight polarization, mast...

  This podcast discusses how the nonprofit sector is lagging behind the rest of the economy in terms of pandemic recovery. George and Nick discuss how nonprofits are being impacted by the pandemic and the challenges they face in terms of fundraising and providing services. They also talk about how the sector is trying to adapt and the role that nonprofits play in fighting climate change. Nonprofit...

April Nonprofit news summary. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Faces Scrutiny Over Spending & Transparency Questions have arisen over how the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) has spent and reported on charitable contributions, as  reported by New York magazine . The organization, which serves as an umbrella organization for some local BLM organizations (though not...

War In Ukraine Continues To Increase Likelihood Of Global Food Crisis  According to  reporting from The New York Times , the war in Ukraine continues to threaten global food, agriculture, and other vital infrastructure. Farmers in Ukraine are reporting that granaries, farms, and other agriculture-related infrastructure are being destroyed by the Russians, all but halting Ukraine’s ability to expor...

War In Ukraine Threatens Global Food Security, Likely To Exacerbate Food Emergencies Among Vulnerable Populations   According to  reporting from The New York Times , the war in Ukraine threatens global food security on a large scale. Ukraine and Russia together account for nearly 30% of the global wheat supply and serve as a vital supplier of fertilizer, grain, barley, sunflower oil, and many othe...

Nonprofit news:   United States To Welcome 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees The Biden Administration has announced plans to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees into the United States,  according to reporting from Politico . Refugees will be allowed entry through a range of admission pathways, including “humanitarian parole,” and “immigrant or nonimmigrant visas.” Since February, the U.S. has given...

We trained an OpenAI.com  GPT3 processor to act like George Weiner the founder of Whole Whale and then had the real George Weiner ask it questions. The answer to those questions were answered by an AI voice trained on George's voice using Descript.com.  Enjoy.   This is the AI transcript:  The following is a conversation with a chatbot that acts like George Weiner, the founder of Whole Whale. Geor...

nonprofit news for the last week of March 2022 .   Russia Ukraine War Galvanizes Large-Scale Global Giving According to survey research  reported by The NonProfit Times , approximately one quarter of Americans said they’ve donated to charities addressing the war in Ukraine. Nearly two-thirds of the remaining Americans surveyed say they planned to donate soon. While grassroots giving continues to d...

Nonprofit news for the week .    2020 Census Undercounted Hispanic, Black, & Indigenous Communities According to reporting from The New York Times,  the 2020 United States census undercounted hard-to-reach communities and disproportionately undercounted Hispanic, Black, and Indigenous Americans. The count was affected not only by the logistical hurdle of counting during the height of the pandemic...

As Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Becomes Historic In Size, Elements of Media Coverage Criticized For Ahistoric Framing As the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent war enters its second week, the size and scope of the refugee crisis has spiraled into a full-scale disaster of historic proportion. The humanitarian situation in Ukraine has grown dire as reports of the targeting of civilians and civil...

Russia Invades Ukraine, Triggers Full Scale War & Humanitarian Catastrophe Early Thursday morning, Russian ground troops launched an all-out war against Ukraine, with the assumed intention of overtaking the entire country and overthrowing its government. Here are 5 key takeaways from the NGO and humanitarian perspective: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees  now estimates  half a million Ukrainia...

DOJ Rules On Foreign Agent Registration Could Cause Headaches For Nonprofits According to  reporting from Axios , the U.S. Department of Justice’s new proposed rules regarding foreign agents and influence could cause major headaches for nonprofits. The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), aims to minimize the influence peddling of foreign countries and organizations, however some advocacy group...

Isabelle Brauer, Fundraising Manager at Whole Whale shares a few insights from the newest Whole Whale University Nonprofit Fundraising course .    You can’t automate empathy, but you CAN automate a thank you. We all care about our donors but sometimes get lost juggling the ‘human touch’ of nurturing leads and manually completing tasks on time. Creating and sustaining a robust supporter base is one...

Weekly news for the nonprofit sector .     Nonprofits & NGOs Prepare As The Russia Ukraine Standoff Becomes Dire As the situation in Ukraine deteriorates,  the nonprofit organization Project Dynamo has announced  it is preparing for the potential emergency evacuation of Americans from Ukraine. The organization, initially formed to aid in the evacuation from Afghanistan, is just one of many civil s...

Greg Baldwin CEO and President talks about the current needs for volunteers across the VolunteerMatch network. What are the macro factors causing the return to normal volunteering behaviors and what can nonprofits do? Greg also discusses the CEO transition and how the organization is approaching finding his replacement. "Volunteer Demand has rebounded to over 10M but volunteers are in shortage"  ...

Weekly nonprofit news summary from hundreds of sources .   Crisis Text Line Ends Data-Sharing Relationship With For-Profit Entity As reported by Politico  and other outlets, Crisis Text Line has ended its data sharing relationship with for-profit spin-off organization Loris.ai, which uses data to inform customer service software. Crisis Text Line, which uses a text-based approach to provide crisis...

A lively discussion with Pat Duffy, the co-founder of The Giving Block about where crypto philanthropy is and important lessons from 2021. Is it time for your nonprofit to start accepting cryptocurrency? What are the questions and issues that might come up? We discuss the topic in depth.    Data from 2021 in Crypto Philanthropy from The Giving Block The total donation volume on The Giving Block in...

Pegasus Spyware Poses Major Threat To Civil Society Globally In a detailed  post released last week by Human Rights Watch , the global advocacy organization details the exact ways that its Crisis and Conflict director was targetted by the Pegasus spyware “five times between April and August 2021.” The breach was “peer reviewed” by  Amnesty International’s Security Lab , where it was determined tha...

Nonprofit news for the week of Jan 24th, 2022 .   ‘Red Flags’ At Nonprofit Backing U.S. Capitol Rioters Experts see lots to worry about with the far-right endorsed Patriot Freedom Fund, a registered nonprofit organization fundraising money to support people charged with crimes involving the events of January 6th, 2021.  As reported by NPR , the fund, led by an avid supporter of the U.S. Capitol ri...

Nonprofit news summary .   Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Draws Thousands To Community Service Across Country From  Des Moines  to  Portland  to  Charleston  and everywhere in between, thousands of volunteers across the country participated in a national day of service, often in partnership with local-based nonprofit and community organizations. MLK Day is the only federally-recognized national da...

Nonprofit News for mid January .    Acquisition of Network For Good, Backed By Provide Equity Firm, Rolls Up Numerous Nonprofit Technology Products The same venture firm that brought EveryAction, Social Solutions and CyberGrants under one corporate roof has  added Network For Good to its roster . The as yet unnamed umbrella firm is being funded by UK-based private equity group Apax Partners LLP. ...

More than 167,000 children have been robbed, by COVID-19, of a parent, grandparent, or other in-home caregiver on whom they had relied for their social, developmental needs. This estimate is from a new report from  COVID Collaborative  and  Social Policy Analytics  that explores the number, characteristics, and needs of these highly vulnerable children and offers policymakers a way forward to help...

Nonprofit News summary .     Nonprofits Struggle To Compete With For-Profit Businesses For Staff Amid rising inflation, rising wages, decreased unemployment, and the so-called “great resignation,” nonprofit organizations are struggling to maintain and hire staff,  according to reporting from The New York Times.  While for-profit businesses lost more jobs during the pandemic, the nonprofit sector h...