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Forbes
8 hours ago
- Business
- Forbes
Seven Worthy Tech Investments For Nonprofits
To get ahead in today's competitive business market, businesses must stay on top of the latest trends in technology. While every tech trend isn't guaranteed to last long term, potential gains in operational efficiency and workforce productivity can be promising for nonprofit organizations looking to stretch limited budgets and do more with less. As experts, the members of Forbes Nonprofit Council have mastered technology investments on a budget. Below, seven of them discuss specific tools, software or systems they believe are worth the investment. Good data is like gold. A right-sized customer relationship management system is a must, but it's only as valuable as the structure behind it and the people using it. It doesn't matter if it's Salesforce or Blackbaud because any tech is useless without consistent use and clean data. Invest in training to ensure team members understand how to work the system. Your data should work for you, not the other way around. - Karen Cochran, Philanthropy Innovators When investing in tech, I look for tools that act as force multipliers to amplify what our small but mighty team can do. I prioritize systems that extend our capacity and establish repeatable workflows, like Zapier. The right tech can help you scale your work. - Nicole Kim, College of Adaptive Arts Forbes Nonprofit Council is an invitation-only organization for chief executives in successful nonprofit organizations. Do I qualify? Once we added a project management tool, everything got easier. The number of emails was reduced, deadlines were met and the entire team felt confident owning their work. Nonprofits using these tools see up to 30% more productivity—and honestly, you feel it. It's one of the simplest ways to get time and clarity back. - Nicole Lamoureux, NAFC Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud is worth the investment for its flexibility and scalability. Its ability to centralize donor management, program tracking and impact reporting is also useful. With free licenses via the Power of Us program, it offers strong ROI for lean teams needing to streamline operations and demonstrate impact. - Yujia Zhu, An important first step is a donor management system that enables you to understand supporter behavior across all interaction points with volunteers, event participants and other individual staff members. This rich data can then become the basis of amplifying fundraising capacity and increasing donor engagement. - Scott Brighton, Bonterra Donor cultivation and fundraising essentials are key to any nonprofit. Investing in technology that not only manages all fundraising needs, but also uses AI to cultivate donor engagement and the amplification of donations is essential to long-term success for any nonprofit. Plus, you can see the ROI with fundraising and donor engagement software in real time. - Erin Davison, Scouting America Invest in tools that deepen connection, like a phone call or a handwritten note. Technology doesn't have to be complex to be powerful. The goal is insight, not just organization of information. Tools that help you remember, understand and respond to donors as people, not line items, are the ones that turn transactions into lasting generosity. Connection is the real ROI. - Cherian Koshy, Kindsight
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Hundreds rally in South Bay against Trump's cuts to Medicaid
SAN JOSE, Calif. - At the Santa Clara County building on Thursday, dozens of politicians, health care providers, and activists joined voices as part of a battle calling for the protection of Medicaid funding. Why you should care "It feels very dystopian right now," said Nicole Kim, executive director of the College of Adaptive Arts, who is also the mother of a 32-year-old son with Down syndrome. What we know The Trump administration's latest budget proposal calls for $1.5 trillion in cuts over the next decade. But many in Washington and around the Bay Area believe such cuts would do more societal harm than good, especially in health care. "They should spend their time and energy working on how to improve the quality and lower the cost of care," said Dr. Richard Scheffler, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. Opponents said deep budget slashing will inevitably impact Medicaid — the federal and state-funded program providing free or low-cost health care coverage to low-income people and families. "They voted to cut $880 billion from programs overseen by the Energy and Commerce (departments), 93% of which are Medicaid or health care," said Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif. Added Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., "We know from the analysis that we have done, that hospitals across the United States will actually close their doors, close their emergency rooms if these cuts go through." Advocates said it's not just hospitals that will feel the impact. Without fully funded Medicaid, programs helping children and adults live full lives or even survive could disappear. Terry Downing organized the rally and has a disabled daughter who depends on 10 Medicaid-funded programs. "They're all surrounding my daughter to make sure her life is secure and safe. And they're not being paid enough as it is. And so any slight cut is going to dramatically affect her life," she said. The same is true for Kim, whose son Said needs assistance to live on his own. "Every parent wants their kid to move out and live a life. And that's what Medicaid enables him living independently," said Kim. Rally attendees said the only way to prevent a possible catastrophe is for those impacted and those on the periphery to speak up, push back, and save Medicaid from funding cuts. "Medicaid was part of the program that saved my life. I would not be here today had it not been for Medicaid. I'd either be in prison, or I'd be dead," said Mia Jaurigue of Pathway Society. She said her difficult past of drug addiction and incarceration would have been her future without assistance programs fully or partially funded by Medicaid. She has since turned her life around, graduated from San Jose State University, and works at Valley Medical Center. Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 1 representative Susan Ellenberg warned Medicaid cuts could put such success stories in danger if the $3 billion the county receives annually from the federal government is reduced, forcing elected leaders to make up the difference by diverting money from other programs. Jesse Gary is a reporter based in the station's South Bay bureau. Follow him on the Instagram platform, @jessegontv and on Facebook, @JesseKTVU. The Source Interviews with attendees of the 'Save Medicaid' rally
