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Grants Management Guidance for Non-Profit Organizations
Legal compliance with financial management standards for nonprofits receiving federal funds.
Planning Anniversary Campaigns
Ideas for designing fundraiser strategies around a milestone anniversary.
Capital Campaign Readiness: Can You Answer These 6 Questions?
(March 9, 2022 webinar) Considering a capital campaign? Where do you start? Start by asking and answering six vital questions designed to prepare your nonprofit to enter the process. Designed for executive directors, development leaders and board members, this session will allow you to consider the questions for your own organization while exploring real-world examples from professionals with more than 18 years of capital campaign fundraising experience.
How to Get Your Board to Help You Fundraise—Even if They Don’t Wanna
(March 3, 2022 webinar) Are you a nonprofit trying to fundraise? You have a board – and believe it or not, your board should function as a fundraising machine. If it runs more like a college clunker than a luxury sedan, check out this recording.
Social Psychology for Donor Stewardship
Video master class on cultivating long-lasting donor relationships.
The Ultimate Guide to Optimizing Your Donor Lifecycle
Tips on donor engagement from first contact to acting as an advocate for your organization.
The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Fundraising
Best practice recommendations on virtual fundraising events.
Virtual Currency or Cryptocurrency Donations
Taxability and accounting considerations for the trend of accepting blockchain derived currency donations.
Developing an Endowment Spending Policy
A spending policy should unite a nonprofit's endowment with its mission and long-term strategic plan.
Tips and Techniques for Storytelling by Nonprofits
Nonprofits must tell their stories effectively to garner attention in a crowded media landscape
Who Decides Who’s Ready to Build Thriving Community Ecosystems?
(November 4, 2021 presentation) Nonprofit organizations, funders, and the communities they support, must build capacity to work in relationship with each other, set clear goals, share stories of successes and barriers, find common ground, and establish clear and consistent communications pathways – as prerequisites for any collaborative venture to affect real and lasting change. Funders typically determine whether the nonprofits they support are “ready” to grow, strengthen, or scale, when they should be questioning their own readiness to engage collaboratively in ecosystem innovation. Grantee-Funder power dynamics often inhibit trust building that is crucial to the staying power of many local nonprofit organizations. This session will explore “readiness” barriers that prevent funders, nonprofits, and ultimately their community ecosystems from thriving.
Advancing Equitable Fundraising: Partnering with Communities To Achieve Results
(November 4, 2021 presentation) Equity and inclusion are at the center of a nonprofit’s mission. What can nonprofits do to build strong partnerships among the communities served and donors? How does an organization expand its fundraising strategy to involve donors who may not have been included in the past? What are the ways all supporters can feel a sense of belonging as we work to create a stronger community? Join this interactive discussion on how community engagement is evolving and how community-centered voices are essential in effective fundraising.
Celebrating the Power of Our Stories
(November 3, 2021 presentation) As a cultural activist and writer working with public audiences across many geographical, racial, religious, social, and political boundaries, Jaki Shelton Green has witnessed significant transformational outcomes for individuals and communities as they unearth and validate their personal and collective stories. She will share her own stories that are deeply imbedded in her poetry.
Legal Ramifications of Creative Fundraising
(September 15, 2021 presentation) This session will review recent, temporary changes to federal tax law that can help nonprofits increase both their small and large contributions from individual donors. It will also cover types of fundraising options for nonprofits, including commercial co-ventures, donor-advised funds, and corporate sponsorships.
Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits
Guidelines for ensuring your communications are fair towards, and accurately represent, the clients and populations you serve.
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