2024 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for social impact. With an election year on the horizon, mounting pressure on corporate social stances and a focus on local communities, several key cause partnership trends are unfolding.
Our 2023 Top 10 Partnership Resources
We’re excited to reveal our For Momentum Top 10 Most Popular Partnership Resources, featuring the content that resonated most with YOU, our readers, in 2024.
From insightful social impact data to inspiring cause marketing campaigns and essential best practices, we hope this collection ignites a brilliant idea or delivers the data point you’ve been searching for.
4 Secrets to Successful Holiday Campaigns
By: Allison Basco As the year draws to a close, the spirit of giving is at its peak. Nonprofits around […]
How 3 Nonprofits Are Helping Grieving Children
November marks Children’s Grief Awareness Month. Nonprofits play a vital role in helping people cope with grief and loss. Grief is a universal yet very personal emotion that we all experience. While it’s a normal and healthy reaction to loss, it can be especially difficult and overwhelming for children to process alone.
Nonprofits can be a lifeline for children and families who are grieving, helping them connect with others who understand what they’re going through and find the support they need to heal.
How Nonprofits Can Optimize Corporate Partnership Teams
No matter the structure, we know that dedicated staffing and resources for corporate partnership stewardship plays a pivotal role in an organization’s ability to secure and steward corporate partners. In fact, in our benchmark study of 50 Best in Class cause campaigns, 84% of nonprofit organizations reported having a dedicated team involved in developing the cause campaign.
From over two decades of experience working with corporate partnership teams, we know that to achieve success in corporate partnerships, it is essential to establish a strong foundation, which involves creating a team structure filled with a variety of roles that best equips your organization to sign on and steward long-term corporate partners.
Take a look at this overview of the most common structures and team makeups to help guide you toward the right approach for your organization.
New Fall 2023 Research: Corporate Insights
The latest study reveals that while there are many common goals between partners, there are also areas of misalignment. Our goal in this report is to help guide practitioners from both companies and nonprofits to better understand one another’s expectations, communicate openly during the planning phase of the partnership, and as a result build a foundation for more impactful partnerships that benefit both.
National and local partnerships help Maui residents recover
Corporations and nonprofits of all kinds are stepping forward to help people affected by the wildfires in Maui recover. From funding response teams to supplying food, there is so much good going around. See how you can contribute.
Best of the Best Halo Award: Cheers to Dunkin’ and the Power of Partnerships
At the 2023 annual Engage for Good Conference on May 21, Dunkin’ and the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation’s 2022 Iced Coffee Day campaign won the Gold Halo Award for the Best Consumer-Activated Corporate Donation Initiative and the Best of the Best Halo Award for demonstrating best practices in social impact engagement. For Momentum is proud to sponsor this award each year to shine a light on the incredible work happening in social impact.
Cause Chat with Chad Hartman of Boys & Girls Clubs of America
As the National Vice President of Corporate Partnerships and Engagement, Chad Hartman manages the Corporate and Cause Partnership program and all special events, including Summit for America’s Youth, Youth of the Year, Golf tournaments and various other fundraising events throughout the year.We talked with Chad to learn more about: What inspired Chad to work in cause, current focus areas for BGCA corporate partners, and Chad’s take on the biggest opportunities and challenges for the future of corporate partnerships.
Back-to-school, back to cause: campaigns at the head of the class
Back-to-school is exciting for students, parents and educators, but it comes with worry for those who don’t have what they need to succeed. Cause campaigns are actively bridging the gap this year through a full range of activation types: register round-up, collection drives, sponsorships and grants. Check out some of our favorites.