This year’s top ten most trusted nonprofit list is composed of familiar names with a bias toward healthcare, especially for children. Individuals gave more than $325 billion to the nonprofits they trusted the most in 2024. Like years past, we would like to acknowledge the top ten.

Case Management Software: A Boon for Nonprofit Organizations

In the world of nonprofit organizations, efficiency and impact are key. You’re constantly juggling resources, managing cases, and striving to make a meaningful difference. But how can you streamline these processes and maximize your impact?

The answer lies in case management software. In this blog, we’ll explore how case management software can revolutionize your nonprofit organization, making your work more efficient and impactful.

Sharing is Caring

This blog recently conducted an impromptu poll of customers who encountered a Salvation Army veteran collecting donations in front of a local supermarket. Like most Americans, as it turns out, we had been dropping a few dollars into the ubiquitous Salvation Army red pot for many years around Christmas but knew little about the Salvation Army or what they did with the money. So, we surveyed 12 of the people who had dropped money into the red pot when entering the grocery store. Only 3 of the 12 knew the army was a charity "of some kind".

Everything Has Changed-Yet Nothing Has Changed 

The number of nonprofits has grown at a steady rate of 1.4% annually over the last 20 years.

• The United States now has more than 1.8 million nonprofit organizations that account for more than 10% of companies in the US - representing about 6% of the US economy.
• The total revenue of nonprofits has grown from a little more than $1 trillion in 2000 to about $3 trillion in 2023.
• 71% of nonprofits have seen an increase in demand for their programs and services.

Finding the Perfect Fit:  How to Source the Best Case Management Solution for your Nonprofit 

Launching a Legacy: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting a Nonprofit

Starting a nonprofit organization can be a rewarding way to give back to your community and support a cause you are passionate about. However, the process involves careful planning, understanding legal requirements, and meticulous organization. This guide shared to the FAMCare blog by Sharon Wagner from Senior Friendly, outlines key steps to set up a nonprofit, ensuring you start on a strong foundation.

From The Heart

The impulse to care for one another is at the heart of the nonprofit movement. Over the years nonprofits have grown to proportions no one could have imagined or predicted. The nonprofit sector has become a significant portion of "big business". A quick glance at some of the most well-known charities in America tells quite a success story:

Fish

• In 1992, the Atlantic cod population on Canada's northeast coast collapsed under fierce fishing pressure to less than 1% of its historic biomass. This collapse was the largest fisheries collapse the world has ever seen.
• Nearly 80% of the world's fisheries are already fully exploited, over-exploited, depleted, or in a state of collapse. Worldwide, 90% of the stocks of large predatory fish, such as sharks, tuna, marlin, and swordfish, are already gone!
• Greenpeace lists: “Atlantic Halibut, Monkfish, all sharks, and Blue Fin Tuna” as overfished species.
• Globally, the share of fish stocks which are overexploited (we catch them faster than they can reproduce to sustain population levels) has more than doubled since the 1980s, and this means that current levels of wild fish catch are unsustainable.

The term "fourth estate" refers to the press and the news media and comes from the traditional European concept of the three estates of the realm: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners. In our American democracy the three branches of government (Congress, Supreme Court, President) are joined by a free, independent press (our Fourth Estate) that advocates and informs on behalf of the citizens who have granted the power to govern to the other three “estates”. For our "fourth estate" to protect the people from their elected government's impulse to grab more power by governing behind closed doors, our press and news media must maintain its integrity, remaining independent and financially robust. However, since the decline of the industry’s ad-driven business model was hastened by the Great Recession, more than half of newspapers have shuttered across America and the industry has shed more than 20,000 jobs.

Our correspondents from the nonprofit sector tell us that most Americans are unaware of the dramatic impact that nonprofits have on the American economy. They say big “for-profit” business gets all the attention and economic acclaim while nonprofits are relegated to the insignificant “do-gooder” class of amateur “not for profits”.  This misperception has a deleterious effect on nonprofit’s ability to attract professional management and career orientated college graduates. Our correspondents tell us that our recent overview of the nonprofit sector failed to highlight nonprofit’s vast economic impact on the American economy. Let’s remedy that.