Your nonprofit’s volunteer leadership team is designed to be temporary. So planning to develop new leaders is not only sound business, but a critical step in creating stability, sustainability and accountability. But 9 out of 10 of the organizations I work with to maximize their missions are playing the avoidance game. I wonder - [...]
Nonprofit and philanthropic social media channels are all atwitter with findings in the newly released 2015 Giving USA report. It’s good news! Now it's time to figure out how to use this momentum to raise more money for your mission work. According to the report, estimated overall giving is up 7.1%. And surprise, surprise, the [...]
With the recent federal lawsuit against 4 “cancer charity scams,” it’s hard for Americans to know how to ensure that their donations actually go the desired cause. There are over 2 million nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and over $300 billion dollars is donated to them every year! The vast majority of these nonprofits are [...]
It’s time to come clean. Did you wake up this morning and think – I hope I get to ask somebody for money today?! Chances are you didn’t. Why? Because there’s all this weird psychological stuff that goes on when we think of nonprofit fundraising. The good news is we can do something about it. [...]
Have you read the annual index by Board Source yet? It’s called “Leading With Intent” and is a terrific snapshot of the sector’s board practices. Overall, nonprofits self-reported at a B- rating. Now, if your organization is outperforming that – time to celebrate! However, if you can relate to many of the responses in the [...]
It doesn’t take an act of Congress. It’s not like moving mountains. But it does take a few key ingredients to be successful at strengthening a community. And we count on nonprofits to do this every day. Every nonprofit is different: with different missions, different leadership, different resources, different structure, etc. So what do the [...]