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What’s Your End-of-Year Strategy for Planned Gifts of Assets?

Blackbaud

He was a donor to one of our charity clients and we had talked about the possibility of gifting assets to reduce or eliminate tax liability. He was facing a significant tax liability if he didn’t get this completed before the calendar rolled into January. Bunching offers donors the possibility of minimizing tax liability.

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How to create your new nonprofit’s first budget

Get Fully Funded

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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What’s the Cost Behind Starting a Nonprofit Organization in 2025?

Grant Writer Team

That’s why thorough planning and budgeting are so important. Marketing Materials: Budget $500 to $1,500 for printed materials, social media ads, and outreach efforts. Technology and Software: Budget around $1,000 annually for basic tools (email, accounting software, website hosting).

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Nonprofit Financial Statements: An Overview + Top Insights

Pamela Grow

Insights to glean from this statement When you compare your nonprofit statement of activities with your budget, the line items in both the revenue and expenses sections should match up. So, the first insight that the statement of activities can show is whether your organization is on track to stick to your prepared budget for the year.

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7 Emerging Trends for 2025: Is Your Nonprofit Prepared?

GrantNews

By expanding liability protection for food donors (many of them businesses) vital In-Kind Support has been provided to critical programs to improve the quality of live to local citizens since January 5, 2023. Organizations with A/B testing data can adjust campaigns to maximize engagement. Donor-Centric Practices We hear it all the time.

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Budget Planning for Nonprofits: Ensuring a Successful Fundraiser

GiveSmart

If you’re planning a fundraiser, you’ll need a good budget. A fundraising budget plan is essential to maximizing your profit margins and collecting more funds for your cause. Large, lavish in-person events will naturally need bigger budgets than intimate ones or virtual or hybrid events.

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Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Small Nonprofits?

Get Fully Funded

You don’t want to spend more than you raise, and poor planning can turn an event into a budget buster that wastes your most precious resource – time and volunteers. Tupperware parties, garage sales, and candle fundraisers will not sustain your budget. The RIGHT event: Raises 10-20% of your annual budget. BUT the flip side?