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 - [...]
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 [...]
I couldn't stop laughing! Last week I was having some fun with a nonprofit client as we were brainstorming how they could expand their donor base. They are just 18 months into a new effort around relationship-based fundraising. They have been working hard – systems are lined up, volunteers are feeling the momentum and joining [...]
I get it. You have a budget and you need to be fiscally responsible. But how often do you think, “Dang! I can’t do this thing we really need to do - and are committed to doing – because there’s no money in my nonprofit budget?” Been there. Said that. More than once. But in [...]
Relationships matter. No matter what business you’re in, when you genuinely care about the people you interact with, you will be further ahead. You may be tired of reading about “people-centered transactions," and the importance of “engaging” people, or having a CRM system to track relationships. I get it, but here’s the thing. If you [...]
This week there has been lively discussion about this topic. For years the question of how significant "overhead" is when evaluating nonprofit effectiveness has been a hot button. Now the experts have taken a stand. Read this article from www.overheadmyth.com and enjoy the pdf with important statistics about the critical need to invest in infrastructure such as [...]