Dec 15th, 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Leadership, Nonprofit Management
4 Qualities of an Effective Nonprofit Board
A nonprofit’s board of directors helps guide an organization, encourage innovation, and support long-term success. They act as passionate advocates for your cause and steer your nonprofit through internal and external challenges. But what makes for a strong nonprofit board? Here are 4 qualities of an ideal board that can best serve your nonprofit. 1. Experienced in critical service areas...
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Dec 9th, 2021 Taproot Plus, Volunteer Consulting
Volunteer Your Skills to Your Favorite Causes This Holiday Season
The holiday season is upon us! Nonprofits need your help to meet their end-of-year goals. While donating money is always a generous option, consider volunteering your skills if you're looking for a new way to support the causes you care about. Taproot Plus, our online volunteer matching platform, helps you find the perfect opportunity to flex your professional strengths, all...
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Nov 18th, 2021 Nonprofit Management, Pro Bono Week, Small Business, Volunteer Consulting
Pro Bono Week 2021: Taproot Doubles Impact for Social Good
Thanks to all who joined us during Pro Bono Week (October 24-30), a time to celebrate pro bono service around the world. This week allows us to recognize the dedication of our volunteers who share their skills with nonprofits, along with the nonprofits striving to further their missions by collaborating with these volunteers. We set an ambitious goal this year to create 100+ pro...
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Nov 16th, 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Engagement, Nonprofit Management, Pro Bono Summit, Volunteer Consulting
Highlights from Taproot Foundation’s 2021 U.S. Pro Bono Summit
Taproot Foundation celebrated its annual U.S. Pro Bono Summit, exploring how the power of pro bono service can transform nonprofits, schools, and small businesses. The Summit provided innovative tips and facilitated open discussions between corporate pro bono practitioners to share their experiences, best practices, and challenges in developing skills-based volunteering opportunities. Taproot also delivered two webinars for the nonprofit, philanthropic, and corporate sectors,...
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Nov 10th, 2021 Our Team and Board
Carlton Ford Joins Taproot Foundation as National Director of Strategic Partnerships
Taproot Foundation, connectors of nonprofits and skilled volunteers, welcomes esteemed nonprofit leader Carlton Ford as its National Director of Strategic Partnerships. Ford has served as an innovative change-maker and fundraiser for arts and culture nonprofits since 2015. His energetic leadership transforms organizations through his strategic planning, partnership development, and fundraising efforts. Ford comes to Taproot from the Interlochen Center for...
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Oct 20th, 2021 Service Area: Fundraising, Service Area: Strategy
Fundraising Pro Bono Highlight: Stakeholder Research
This is a part of a series highlighting how impactful business pro bono support can be for nonprofit fundraising. Click here for information on the full series. Running a fundraising drive at a nonprofit can sometimes feel like you’re yelling into a void. You may have all the data on how critical your mission is, stories demonstrating its impact, and plenty of communications prepared, but unless you have a clear vision of who you’re trying...
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Oct 7th, 2021 Service Area: Fundraising, Service Area: Marketing
Fundraising Pro Bono Highlight: Photography and Videography
This is a part of a series highlighting how impactful business pro bono support can be for nonprofit fundraising. Click here for information on the full series. Running a fundraising campaign is a big lift, especially for smaller nonprofit organizations. You need imagery that grabs people’s attention, copy that moves them to action, and the infrastructure to track success. The good news: volunteers skilled in areas such as...
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Sep 28th, 2021 Service Area: Finance, Service Area: HR, Service Area: Marketing, Service Area: Technology, Taproot Plus
Pro Bono Requests Made Simpler
One of the biggest hurdles for nonprofits requesting pro bono? Creating a well-defined scope of work for themselves and their volunteer partners. If scoping out your organization’s needs into discreet, well-defined pro bono requests is something you’ve struggled with—Taproot Plus has just the tool for you. We’ve taken some of the most frequent nonprofit challenges we hear from community members and have scoped out Taproot...
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Sep 21st, 2021 Social Impact, Volunteer Consulting
3 Benefits of Volunteering Pro Bono
Volunteers are the driving force behind Taproot pro bono. Right now, tens of thousands of business professionals have signed up to generously donate their skills and time to nonprofits in our community. But why do they do it? Why are they so willing to share their valuable expertise for free? The honest answer: it varies. In Taproot’s 20 years of...
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Sep 14th, 2021 Programs, Social Impact, Taproot Plus
Taproot Foundation Deepens Community Impact with Online Program
Taproot Foundation was founded on a core belief: that greater change can be achieved in the world when we help to strengthen the organizations that are tackling society’s greatest challenges. Twenty years later, we’ve seen the evidence. Eighty-five percent of nonprofits believe their project with Taproot will increase their organization’s effectiveness. We’ve worked hard to harness the passion and commitment...
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