Wild Apricot
JUNE 29, 2022
Running a nonprofit is a lot like learning to juggle—exciting as the skill is, it’s harder than it looks! If you’re looking for a way to keep all those balls in the air, nothing is more valuable than a foolproof nonprofit budget.
Not Your Father's Charity
JUNE 22, 2022
Conflict is an inevitable part of life. It comes up no matter who we are and what we do. Whether with our friends, family members, or colleagues, we’ll inevitably stumble upon disagreements. We can’t avoid conflict, although we may want to avoid conflict because it just seems too complicated. Still, often, we’re not sure how to work on resolving conflict.
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The Fundraising Coach
JUNE 14, 2022
One of my favorite fundraising colleagues, John Donovan , once said, “Deadlines drive donations.” As we approach the end of June, this truth can help your fundraising efforts. Many nonprofits in North America end their fiscal year in June. The end of a fiscal year is a deadline. Chances are, there are people in your sphere of influence who’ve been meaning to donate.
Get Fully Funded
JUNE 20, 2022
When you started your organization, you drafted a set of nonprofit bylaws which are the rules spelling out how your new venture would operate and how your Board would govern it. Now, you are not so new anymore. Maybe you just celebrated your nonprofit’s second or third birthday. Or maybe your nonprofit has been around for years. Either way, you may find that the bylaws you created before you started raising money and running programs are probably outdated.
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This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 13, 2022
When creating your nonprofit fundraising and donations strategy, email marketing should be on the top of the list of channels to use to support your efforts. However, 70% of nonprofits do not have an email marketing strategy, despite 26% of online donors saying email marketing is what inspires them to give.
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Wild Apricot
JUNE 10, 2022
Donations are a BIG DEAL to your nonprofit: they’re a primary revenue stream , support your base costs, and give you the resources you need to keep growing. However, many people get nervous when it comes to the big question: how to ask for donations?
Greater Giving
JUNE 15, 2022
Making Nonprofit Event Marketing a Priority Can Have a Major Effect on your Event Success. 2020 was the year of virtual events, and reports show that as 2022 continues, many nonprofits plan to continue hosting virtual and hybrid events even as they shift back to primarily in-person. gatherings. Of course, just because you’re offering the same kinds of events as last year, doesn’t mean you should repeat the same nonprofit event marketing campaigns.
Tech Soup
JUNE 3, 2022
Small nonprofits are often the lifeblood of their communities, providing essential services on very limited budgets with only a few paid team members. Investing in technology can be difficult when time and money are short, but it's important to equip your team with robust tools in order to work towards your mission securely and efficiently.
Blue Avocado
JUNE 27, 2022
There are as many forms of nonprofit budgets as there are forms of organizations. Unlike financial statements, which have some rules and guidelines according to accounting standards, the same level of industry-imposed standardization for budget documents and formats doesn’t really exist. While it’s true that the look of the budget should vary according to the […].
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 20, 2022
If you’re a good frontline fundraiser, you’re always seeking to learn how to do your craft better. Every excellent fundraiser I’ve known is constantly learning, always curious and eager to improve their skills.
Candid
JUNE 28, 2022
Donor retention is the measurement of how many donors continue giving to your nonprofit year after year. You can calculate this metric for your organization by dividing the number of donors who gave again this year by the total number of donors who gave last year. . Maintaining a high retention rate means your nonprofit has access to ongoing, sustainable financial support.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 17, 2022
If you’re in the midst of planning your membership program, you’re likely thinking about what benefits you can offer to your members and how much to charge for them. Hopefully, you already know that offering more than one membership level.
Bonterra
JUNE 15, 2022
Whether you’re providing shelter for the homeless, mentoring at-risk youth, or anything in between, nonprofit service organizations like yours do incredibly important work to enrich their clients’ lives. And while managing behind-the-scenes operations is vital, doing so inefficiently can take away from your ability to ultimately improve your community.
Tech Soup
JUNE 3, 2022
From accidental data loss, to viruses that can destabilize your systems, nonprofits are more susceptible than they might think to cybersecurity threats. Make sure you identify the weaknesses in your systems and invest in training and tools to reinforce them. All organizations need reliable data backups, antivirus software, and education for their staff on spotting and mitigating an attempted attack.
CauseVox
JUNE 23, 2022
Everyone knows that effective communication with donors is essential to successful online fundraising. But you may be left wondering what effective communication on the internet looks like. Between website copy, social media, emails, and more, there are so many avenues for reaching out to donors. How can you make sure that your communication with donors is helping you bring in gifts?
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 14, 2022
Gauging success isn’t necessarily about comparing ourselves with others, but is instead characterized by the effort we make to improve over our own past performance. Fundraising to support the mission of nonprofits is no different.
Candid
JUNE 16, 2022
A philanthropy insider once shared during a presentation that foundations develop guidelines so they know to whom to say “no.” Though it sounded cynical and harsh, it also rang true. My years in the field have only served to reinforce the assertion, as I have witnessed the growing trend of foundations undergoing a strategic planning process, then narrowing their guidelines, followed by shifting to an “invitation only” process so they can handpick grantee partners that align with ever-narrowing p
Wild Apricot
JUNE 27, 2022
Nonprofit accounting can get complicated , especially for organizations using outdated systems.
Bonterra
JUNE 16, 2022
We’ve all experienced the challenges of building and retaining strong constituent relationships. As an organization doing social good, you have various constituents with different relationships to your cause. From donors to corporate partners to staff, these supporters help to drive your mission forward in their own unique ways, which makes it essential to manage and nurture all of your constituent relationships.
Blue Avocado
JUNE 20, 2022
Do your employees know when they are doing a good job? If you were to ask your team what the most important thing the organization needs to accomplish this year, would you get consistent answers? When your organization’s managers write performance reviews, do they evaluate specific, mutually agreed-upon goals or do they write in generalities […].
CauseVox
JUNE 15, 2022
Fundraising thermometers have been proven throughout the history of fundraising to drive more donations, whether it’s in an email, donation page, or a campaign site. By using a fundraising thermometer as a visual representation of your goal and progress, you’ll be sure to catch donor’s eyes and motivate them to give. But creating a fundraising thermometer can be difficult to do without Photoshop skills.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 28, 2022
Despite being a frequently debated topic, there is no "versus" between direct mail and email. Each is an indispensable partner to the other. Regardless, it's essential to approach them differently with your writing.
Candid
JUNE 9, 2022
Budgets can be one of the most intimidating aspects of grantseeking and nonprofit management, especially for new projects or organizations—most of us don’t have accounting degrees after all! The good news is that budgets aren’t as complicated as most people fear. Don’t know where to begin? Don’t worry, we’re here to help you get started. . What is a proposal project budget?
Wild Apricot
JUNE 2, 2022
“I’m drowning here! I wish I could afford an admin assistant!” This is what an association manager posted in a Facebook Group I’m a part of.
Tech Soup
JUNE 23, 2022
Some technology offers in the TechSoup catalog have limits to the number of licenses a nonprofit can acquire in a single fiscal year. Those limits reset on July 1 of each year. A little advance planning means you can work around those limits to your advantage.
Blue Avocado
JUNE 6, 2022
I am the CEO of After the Fire USA (ATF), a leading nonprofit in the space of megafire, climate change, and disaster recovery. We help communities navigate the complexities and stages of recovery post-megafire disaster. Prior to 2015, megafires were fairly uncommon and were treated as occurrences, not patterns and harbingers for alarm. However, the […].
CauseVox
JUNE 7, 2022
We all know that converting website viewers to donors is one of the primary goals of a nonprofit organization. But how do you achieve those conversions? The only sure-fire way to capitalize on your website views is to create a successful donation page. Donation pages are an essential component of every organization’s fundraising effort. In today’s world, these pages are responsible for the vast majority of donations that an organization will receive.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 10, 2022
Fundraising events are often necessary for nonprofit organizations for several reasons. First, such events bring in much-needed funding to help carry out the organization's mission. Nonprofit fundraising also drives awareness of certain causes, and it provides a source to attract new supporters, donors and volunteers. .
Candid
JUNE 23, 2022
Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 9, 2022
If you run a professional association, one of the best things you can do for your members is host a job board to your website. It will add value to their membership, help retain your current members , and attract new ones. Not to mention, a job board.
Tech Soup
JUNE 10, 2022
Technology is an essential building block of any nonprofit organization, but finding the funding to allow you to build your tech infrastructure can be frustrating. Laura S. Quinn is a consultant specializing in nonprofit technology and website strategy, and she joins us here to share some tips and best practices for successfully finding funding for technology projects.
Blue Avocado
JUNE 13, 2022
Are you a dog or a cat person? I don’t mean your preference for a pet. If you show up to a meeting barking and clawing to make your point, you might be a dog person. If you lay back during the decision-making process but circle back to pee on outcomes you don’t like, you […]. The post Ensuring Dogs and Cats Get Equal Scratch in Decision-making appeared first on Blue Avocado.
CauseVox
JUNE 29, 2022
Your donation page is an essential component of your digital fundraising. It doesn’t matter how many people you get to click through your emails or social media posts; if your donation page doesn’t convert, you won’t see any payoff from that hard work. Sometimes you see donation page examples that makes you swoon. Unfortunately, many of our donation pages end up as afterthoughts: as a nonprofit professional myself, I get it.
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