Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

When you’re just getting started, it’s critical that one of your first steps is to create your nonprofit’s first budget to help you manage both your organization and your finances as it grows. Without a budget, you can find yourself in deep water, fast, with more money going out than coming in.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

Restaurants, retail stores, and service providers that cater to families are often good candidates. Sponsors may have concerns, budget limitations, or other commitments. Were Tight on Budget RightNow In this case, you can propose a payment timeline or a smaller sponsorship package.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2017

Does my budget, location, or mission affect my organization's ability to be awarded grants? The answers to those questions vary — sometimes dramatically — by annual budget and mission focus. In addition, grant funding comprised over 25 percent of the annual budget for 43 percent of survey respondents. Learn more.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2017

Keep in mind that an organization's annual budget, with the implied increases in staff and infrastructure in tandem with the increases in budget size, influences collaborative activities. In the spring 2017 report, the budget entry point to participation in collaborative grantseeking was $25 million. Learn more.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Because at this point, any fat is long gone from most nonprofit budgets, including funds for personal development, technology, and general infrastructure. The regular discounted cost of an annual subscription at TechSoup is $299, and the retail price of this same one-year subscription is $699.

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JULY 8, 2021

It was extra important to the team to keep the event on the calendar, not only because of its impact on their annual budget, but because it was an anticipated event that brought attention to their mission and historically resulted in adoptions and donations.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Funders look for sustainability as demonstrated by budget, people (staff/volunteers), and years of organizational age. So if you ensure that you are recording your volunteer hours as gifts in kind, you will more accurately reflect (and increase) your actual budget, and show funders that your organization manages many people.

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