The new-age millennial-led nonprofit model has adopted the technological know-how, use of social media, big and open data collaborations, and crowdfunding to scale like high-growth startups. With venture capital terminology making its way to charitable organizations in the form of ‘philanthropic seed funding’, nonprofits today are not just asking for money, they are earning it through vehicles such as impact investing.

Technology is playing an impressive role in today’s nonprofit industry. New-age nonprofits are designing their website with great user experience for potential donors and contributors and maximizing the appeal of their campaigns.

What’s the most common thing between startups and nonprofits, besides facing limited resources and wanting to change the world? Both need funding from outside sources to put their ideas into action.  Reasonable resources and efforts are dedicated to developing and implementing fundraising strategies and designing campaigns to raise funds.

With the rise of crowdsourcing, nonprofits are increasingly able to engage and work with communities, who share an interest in their cause. For crowdfunding campaigns to be successful, it’s important that volunteers give it the right push and promote it using appropriate channels, creating impactful content in telling their story — be it through grant applications, donor appeals, or blog posts.

Thanks to the United Nations’ Global Goals, there are improving and growing interests (and dollars invested) in the impact investing industry. In 2016, investors looking for financial returns that demonstrate social good improvement committed $22.1 billion to 8000 investments. At the same time, philanthropic research organizations advocating for cost efficiency have come up with fund structures that let donors pool in their funds to help the most efficient nonprofits. The nonprofit industry is also witnessing coming up of nonprofit incubators, that identifies and launch innovative organizations dedicated to social good.

Read the full article about the new model for non-profits by Akanksha Kochhar by Medium.