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How to Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves

Blackbaud

if the organizations mission involves disaster relief) Dependence on one key person Obligations resulting from your commitments to a donors purpose restrictions Amount of unsecured debt carried by the organization Fund Accounting Software that Drives Impact Find out how Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT fits your organization.

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What you can do about the chaotic federal funds situation

Future Fundraising Now

Ripple effects from overseas cuts, broken contracts, and more is hitting hard and quickly. Heres my best advice for now: If you have no direct or indirect federal money in your budget: You are probably okay. If you face a loss of funding (direct, indirect, even potential): Ask your donors to help! Donors want to help.

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How to Calculate Net Gain from Your Nonprofit Event 

GiveSmart

With in-person events as a cornerstone fundraiser for many nonprofits, nonprofits are always looking for ways to raise more all while spending less. With two out of three nonprofits feeling pressured to increase revenue streams, it is increasingly important to ensure your fundraising events are driving revenue for your mission.

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The Overhead Solution: A New Nonprofit Pride Movement

Tech Soup

Ghaffari laid out a hypothetical situation: Imagine a homeless shelter funded through two contracts, one from HUD and the other from the City of San Francisco. The combination of the two contracts do not provide sufficient funding to carry out this program. Finances accounting fundraising donors overhead' Image 4: Jan Masaoka.

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How Does a Nonprofit Find Funding to Keep the Lights On?

Tech Soup

First, let's look at the statistics, culled from GrantStation's most recent State of Grantseeking™ Report : Almost 70 percent of nonprofits keep their indirect and administrative costs at 20 percent or less of their annual budget. Indirect and administrative costs remained the same or decreased for 70 percent of respondents.

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Improving Your Nonprofit’s Internal Culture

Greater Giving

Adopt a total rewards approach that incorporates both direct compensation like cash and incentives and indirect compensation like benefits and perks. Choose the consultant you want to work with, sign a contract, and get to work improving your culture! Revisit your compensation strategy to ensure your employees are compensated fairly.

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Updating Your Grant Strategy

Peak Proposals

a payment on an existing grant) or can be assumed with a high degree of confidence (proceeds from annual fundraisers, fees from clients, etc.) Handling your existing grants and contracts well is one of the best predictors of your ability to secure grant funding in the future. Any money you raise from a fundraiser is unrestricted.

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