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6 Tips to Retain Volunteers

Blackbaud

It’s imperative that you recruit a strong volunteer base and, more important, retain volunteers by valuing their time, effort, and skills. If you’re ready to make a plan to retain your volunteers, start with these six tips. If a volunteer is an accountant, suggest their designation be in the finance department.

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The Crucial Role of Change Management for CFOs: Driving Sustainable Success in Nonprofit Finance

Blackbaud

Finance departments and CFOs often focus on project management—which is the technical side of change—making sure all the boxes are checked, and everyone moves along the Gantt chart in an orderly fashion. Here are four ways leveraging change management strategies can help you build a sustainable transformation for your nonprofit finance team.

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Your New Budgeting Superpower: Program-Based Budgeting

Blackbaud

As a nonprofit finance leader, you are constantly aware of the many different pulls on your funding availability. ” And with both funds and sub-funds, you can elect which funds your sub-funds should retain equity in and which should “zero out” at the end of each fiscal year.

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7 Signs Your Organization Is Ready for an Enterprise-Scale CRM

Blackbaud

You Need to Customize Your Workflows and Integrate Systems Growing fundraising teams typically want to leverage custom workflows and integrate with related software systems like those used by finance and digital marketing. System integration cuts down on manual processes and allows organizations to maintain a consistent, unified database.

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Attracting and Retaining Millennial and Gen-Z Donors

Greater Giving

Here are some strategies for attracting and retaining these younger supporters: Use social media to connect and engage Undeniably, social media is a powerful tool for reaching out to Millenial and Gen-Z Donors. The post Attracting and Retaining Millennial and Gen-Z Donors appeared first on Greater Giving Blog.

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Future-proof your fundraising: 3 ways to thrive long-term

Ann Green's Nonprofit

And since these gifts are given from assets rather than cash on hand, they give donors the chance to drive sustained impact without impacting day-to-day finances (while also tapping into tax benefits here and now). What steps does your nonprofit currently take to steward and retain these donors?

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Building Capacity Without Breaking the Budget: Coping with Inflation’s Ongoing Effects

Grant Professionals Association

If inflation is straining your finances, focus on both. Nonprofit Quarterly estimates that retaining a donor costs ten times less than bringing in a new one. You may even find youre still paying for services that your team no longer uses. Invest Strategically Every budget has two sides: revenue and expenses.

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