The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 11, 2020

In my time as a nonprofit fundraiser, we've seen recessions related to the dot-com bust, the 9/11 attacks, and the housing market implosion around 2008 and 2009. Back in 2008, I wrote a couple articles on recession proof fundraising and fundraising in a recession. Cutting fundraising and marketing budgets. Just gratitude.

Fundraising 132

Fundraising Budget Demographics Training 132

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Not only must you replace staff members who leave (assuming you have budget to do so), but you also lose knowledge about your organization as staff walks out the door. One effective approach is to emphasize software training. But making software training a central part of how your organization operates is easier than you might think.

Training 52

Training Software Conference Consulting 52

Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2009

Back in January of 2008, a network of rural libraries decided to host an online conference to provide an opportunity for library staff and trustees to attend continuing education sessions in an online format, helping to reduce the strain on staffing and budgets.

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Conference Electronics Training Budget 43

Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

I didn’t know much about nonprofits, but I knew plenty about technology, computer distribution, and technical training. When I left, SDFF had a staff of 36 and a budget of $4.5 A couple years in, I began to realize that my engagement with the nonprofit sector would last longer than I had originally expected.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit Engineering Policy Policies 40

Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I started my PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley, in one of the more prestigious programs in my field, in 2008. I didn’t expect to be hired so quickly, and in February, I started working as a Development Director with an organization with an operating budget of over $1 million dollars.

Ethics 98

Ethics Publishing Grant Writing Contracts 98

Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

" So wrote Cynthia Gibson, then of the Carnegie Corporation , and Nonprofit Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge in a 2008 special issue of that magazine dedicated to infrastructure. We need training programs that support the growth of staff and volunteers. We need the research to understand what works and what doesn't.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit Finance Policy Policies 40

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The most recent election that seemed historically consequential was 2008, but I’m old enough to remember 1980, which was a true watershed. We sat in stunned silence as this dude ticked off the many proposed budget cuts to federal discretionary grant programs (our “mother’s milk”). Boy was I wrong.

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Grants Grant Pass-Through Grant Writing 49