Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast
Business:Non-Profit
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the fundraising and campaign arm of the Senate Republicans, is facing backlash from its own party as details of how it lost millions on an ill-concieved fundraising strategy emerge. The NRSC, chaired by Rick Scott, managed to take in nearly $181.5 million in donation revenue by the end of this July, only to have spent 95% of what it had already brought in, according to detailed reporting from The New York Times. The committee now has less than half of the cash-on-hand of its Democratic counterpart, having gambled it all on a flawed digital donor acquisition strategy. The report also details an ethically dubious text-to-donate scheme in which millions of texts with the question “Should Biden Resign?” -- “Reply YES To Donate” processed donations immediately without any additional information. The WinRed platform insisted the NRSC abandon the tactic. Both GOP and Democratic campaigns have received criticism for aggressive marketing in the past. The 2020 Trump campaign was forced to provide nearly $122 million in refunds.
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Summary
236: (news) Nonprofits in Tulsa & USAID Russian Hack
235: (news) Carbon Capture & Fighting Voter Suppression
234: Volunteering through the Pandemic with Golden
233:(news) $1B Meme Coin Donations & Nonprofit job report
232:(news) Gates Foundation Divorce & Vaccine Awareness work
231: Your Voice Matters: Author Interview
230:(news) Redistricting Battles & Thinning Girl Scout Cookie sales
229: What I learned in 5 Years at Whole Whale: Meredith Esquivel
228:(news) SCOTUS Deciding on Donor Privacy & Marijuana Funding for Nonprofits
227:(news) Homeless Hotels & Nonprofit Jobs Rise
226: The Social Policy of Homelessness
225:(news) Fraud to the left, Fraud to the right
224: How to 10x $ to Build Inclusive Affordable Housing
223:(news) Capitol Riot Fundraising & Good Econ Signals For NGOs
222:(news) Restrictive Voting, #StopAsianHate, & DAFS
221: Making sense of Facebook Tracking vs IOS 14
220: How Issue Voter is shifting the focus
219: (news) NYC and ICE need to spend millions for nonprofit support
218: (news) $1B Stimulus for AmeriCorps + Rise in Giving Trend
217: Managing Cash Flow Through Crisis - GrowthForce
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