Apr 2nd, 2021 COVID-19, Service Area: Strategy
Taproot’s 2020 Nonprofit Resiliency Survey Key Takeaways: Strategy Highlights
In the summer of 2020, we surveyed nonprofits on how the COVID-19 pandemic was affecting their work. Organizations across mission areas and budget sizes told us that the pandemic had done more than impact their day-to-day programmatic work, it was putting a real strain on their operations and fundraising efforts. We break down high-level insights from that survey in our...
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Mar 23rd, 2021 Nonprofit Management, Service Area: Strategy, Social Impact
Pro Bono in Action: Creative Emajinations
This excerpt of Taproot’s series on resilient nonprofit leaders comes from our resource ‘Building Resiliency Through Pro Bono.’ Download the nonprofit resource for additional project highlights and nonprofit case studies. Can you feel the beat? Well the kids at Creative Emajinations sure can! Located in Kansas City, this nonprofit is working to bring dance, music, and, most importantly, confidence to children who want to express themselves. Their...
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Feb 5th, 2021 COVID-19, Nonprofit Management, Service Area: HR, Service Area: Marketing, Service Area: Strategy, Service Area: Technology
The Support Your Nonprofit Needs, When You Need It
The work of social good organizations like yours has been a healing balm during this past year, leading recovery efforts for communities around the globe. From adoption events that paired the isolated with furry friends, to arts institutions whose online exhibitions gave us a much-needed escape, to the social justice organizations who’ve never stopped pushing us towards equity—your work has...
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Jan 29th, 2021 Nonprofit Management, Service Area: Strategy, Social Impact
Pro Bono in Action: Postcolonial Networks
This is a part of Taproot’s series featuring resilient nonprofit leaders. Download the nonprofit resource, Building Resiliency Through Pro Bono, for additional project highlights and nonprofit case studies. Postcolonial Networks is a nonprofit that celebrates, cultivates, and distributes the work of scholars who write in the contexts of Africa, Asia, and South America. And pro bono has become a key resource for their capacity-building efforts, ultimately supporting their mission to amplify voices that are often overlooked. Knowledge is borderless ...
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Jan 21st, 2021 Nonprofit Management, Service Area: Strategy, Social Impact
Pro Bono in Action: Hand in Hand Parenting
This is a part of Taproot's series featuring resilient nonprofit leaders. Download the nonprofit resource, Building Resiliency Through Pro Bono, for additional project highlights and nonprofit case studies. When thinking about organizations laying the groundwork for the future, look no further than Hand in Hand Parenting. Their nonprofit is dedicated to helping parents build resilient families by equipping them with...
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Jan 6th, 2021 Nonprofit Management, Service Area: Strategy
Resiliency Pro Bono Project Highlight: Competitor and Collaborator Analysis
Our communities can always look to social change organizations to lead rebuilding and recovery efforts, no matter the challenge. Nonprofits are now facing shifts in traditional funding and decreased access to in-person volunteer support while addressing these ever-growing societal needs. It’s critical that these organizations get the support they need to thrive. That’s where pro bono can help. We’re breaking down...
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Dec 28th, 2020 Nonprofit Management, Service Area: Strategy
Resiliency Pro Bono Project Highlight: SWOT Analysis
Our communities rely on nonprofits to lead rebuilding and recovery efforts whenever a new challenge arises. While rising to meet these needs, social change organizations often struggle with changes in funding, volunteer support, and more. Pro bono can help fill those gaps. We’re breaking down our nonprofit resource, Building Resiliency Through Pro Bono, project by project to highlight how connections with skilled volunteers can help your organization become more resilient...
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Mar 25th, 2020 Nonprofit Management, Service Area: Marketing, Service Area: Strategy, Service Area: Technology
Pro Bono Project Scopes Just Got Easier on Taproot Plus
If you’ve ever tried to search the internet for a solution to a problem, you know that the first challenge is often the toughest: how do you even explain what it is that you need? We’ve seen this kind of challenge again and again. A wonderful nonprofit has a tech, HR, or marketing issue in mind, and they know a...
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Mar 11th, 2020 Nonprofit Management, People of Pro Bono, Service Area: Marketing, Service Area: Strategy, Social Impact
People of Pro Bono: Jay Levin, The Big EQ Campaign
The Big EQ Campaign is focused on bringing education on emotional intelligence to people on a mass scale. EQuip Our Kids!, a sub-campaign of The Big EQ, is a public education nonprofit focused on mobilizing support for emotional intelligence and social skills training in schools. Through Taproot, they have worked with volunteer project directors who have helped coordinate their efforts...
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Jan 30th, 2020 Nonprofit Management, People of Pro Bono, Service Area: Marketing, Service Area: Strategy, Social Impact
People of Pro Bono: Barbara Bella, Golden Gate Philharmonic
Barbara Bella and the Golden Gate Philharmonic youth orchestra are using the power of music to strengthen their community. And when they faced tough communications challenges, they turned to Taproot skilled volunteers to help tell their story to new audiences. Uplifting a community through music Aristotle said “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” and we are...
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