Schultz & Williams expert advice to assist nonprofits on their way to recovery

• Community Foundations: Heroes in Funding COVID Response
• Leadership Matters: CEO Perspectives on the Crisis Webinar
• The Power of Asking “What if?”: Scenario Planning and Its Value in These Strange Days
• Philabundance in Overdrive: Times of Crisis Bring a Flood of Giving
• Five Bright Ideas – S&W Clients Shape Resourceful Solutions for Difficult Times
• AFP-DC Webinar – Optimizing Your Recovery Effort: A Fundraiser’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving Post-COVID – Featuring Senior Consultant & Director Kelly Grattan and Senior Consultant Lauren Hansen-Flaschen (Access Password: 5P^4TY+.)
• Recession Planning: Drawing Your Roadmap to Recovery
• Adapting Every Day: Message Strategies for Changing Times
• If I Hear the Word ‘Pivot’ One More Time…
• AFP-GPC Webinar – How to Pivot Messaging During Difficult Times – Featuring Vice President Sarah P. Hartke, Digital Director Brad Levinson, and Senior Director and Writer Mike Butler (Access Password: 4y%H^*%0)
• Rapid Planning: Why and How to Think Strategically About the Critical Months Ahead
• COVID Crisis Month Two: 5 Questions and 6 Answers for This Moment in Fundraising
• Development Takes Center Stage: How Fundraisers are Going to Sustain Nonprofits Through this Crisis
• AFP-GPC Webinar – Recession Planning – Featuring President Scott Schultz and Vice President, Managing Director Susan Scauzzo (Access Password: 1v*56B73)
• Pandemic Procrastinator: A Love Letter
• Leadership, Rapid Response & Urgency: A Personal Reflection
• Direct Response Marketing in Strange Days
• Ramping Up to A.I. for Major Gift Fundraising
• Tapping & Building the Strength of Your Board – A Prescription for Difficult Times
• Taking Decisive Action During the Coronavirus
• Staying on Course with Your Mid-level Giving Program
• How S&W Worked with Saint John’s Hospice to Develop a Rapid Response Fundraising Campaign
• Digital Delivers a Rapid Response Success Story for One of Our Healthcare Clients

Funding options that may be available to your nonprofit

• • Brandywine Health Foundation
  • Candid
  • The C.A.R.E.S. Act
  • COVID-19 Relief Fund at Phoenixville Community Health Foundation
  • COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund at Chester County Community Foundation
  • COVID-19 NYC Response & Impact Fund
  • Delaware County PA COVID-19 Response Fund
  • Emergency EIDL Grant
  • Midsized Business Loan Program
  • Nonprofit Finance Fund
  • PennSERVE w/ AmeriCorps and other grant opportunities for PA
  • Philadelphia Foundation PHL COVID-19 FUND
  • South Jersey COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund

Heroic stories about our clients’ inspiring and creative responses to the COVID-19 crisis

• Pennsylvania Humanities Council (PHC) has awarded grants totaling $780,500 to 140 cultural nonprofits across the state impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
• Fairmount Water Works and Philadelphia Water Department plan to create a floating “outdoor classroom” on the Schuylkill River.
• JEVS Human Services celebrates Sylvia Ocasio, assistant program manager, and her “tough love” approach to helping students.
• North10, Philadelphia quickly pivots its mission to meet the needs of vulnerable populations.
• Cincinnati Children’s is one of four sites in the U.S. participating in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the BNT162 vaccine to prevent COVID-19.
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bird Cams make news, broadcasting from as far as New Zealand. 
• St. Vincent Meals on Wheels rises to serve hundreds of new clients in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 crisis.
• How Mercy Technical High School brings the unique hands-on experience of its vocational classes to students from a distance.
• The Ministry of Caring in Wilmington, DE was an honored hero on Good Friday.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington offer FREE childcare for Maryland healthcare workers and first responders.
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology offers unique opportunities to celebrate and learn about the wonders of birds and nature from home.
• The Foundation for Delaware County COVID-19 Fund crosses the $300,000 mark and names its first grantees.
• American Prairie Reserve shares the peace and serenity of the land in Montana’s Northern Plains, known as Prairie Time.
• Shedd Aquarium gives its penguins a chance to meet their neighbors from a visitors’ point of view while the destination is closed.
• International Campaign for Tibet says thank you its volunteers on video.
• International Campaign for Tibet shares what they’ve learned working from home.

Professional associations and membership organizations offer excellent guidance & information

• • AFP-Greater Philadelphia Chapter (S&W Partner)
  • AFP-Greater Washington DC Metro Area (S&W Partner)
  • BoardSource (S&W Partner)
  • Ravela Insights Nonprofit Donor Data Analytics (S&W Partner)
  • AFP-Global
  • AAM (American Alliance of Museums)
  • ADRFCO (Association of Direct Response Fundraising Counsel)
  • ANA Nonprofit Federation
  • AZA (Association of Zoos & Aquariums)
  • Blackbaud
  • CARES Act Resources: 2020 CARES Act Encourages Charitable Giving
  • DMAW (Direct Marketing Association of Washington)
  • DMFA Direct Marketing Fundraising Association
  • Giving Tuesday: The Starling Collective
  • Giving USA
  • GPCA (Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance)
  • Laura Solomon, Esq. & Associates
  • The Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University’s School of Business
  • Nonprofit Hub
  • TNPA (The Nonprofit Alliance)
  • Scholar Works
  • Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
  • Top Nonprofits

Media platforms for today’s top stories and advice during COVID-19 crisis

• • Advancing Philanthropy
  • Charity Channel
  • The Chronicle of Philanthropy
  • Forbes Nonprofit Council
  • Generocity
  • Inside Charity
  • Institute for Nonprofit News
  • NonProfit PRO
  • Nonprofit Quarterly
  • The Nonprofit Times 
  • Stanford Social Innovation Review

Advice from the top on how to navigate today’s nonprofit challenges

• • Betsy Murray – 3 Tips for Your Membership Organization Today
  • Susan Scauzzo – Position Your Development Team for Success
  • Kristin Serrano – Strengthening Donor Relationships
  • Nick Parker – Digital Best Practices