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Fiscal Sponsorship: An Overview
Short video explaining nonprofit fiscal sponsorship arrangements.
Board Recruitment - How to Plan for Succession Success
Free webinar giving a thorough overview and tips for managing your nonprofit's board.
IT & Cybersecurity Vendor Questionnaire Checklist
Checklist of critical questions you should ask current or potential technology vendors.
New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multiyear General Operating Support
Makes the case for a shift in grantmaking foundations' practices to general operating support grants and offers suggestions for making that happen.
Racial Equity Toolkit: An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity
Toolkit can be used by community-based organizations to engage with government officials to advance racial equity.
Volunteer Management Process: 4 Effective Strategies
Four strategies to increase volunteer engagement, improve retention rates, and maximize the efficacy of volunteer coordinators.
How the Board Can Support Legacy Giving
Free webinar on how your Board members can support a legacy giving fundraising program.
Sample Volunteer Dismissal Checklist
Considerations and documentation to align before removing a volunteer from your organization.
Board Recruitment, Engagement, & Management Ebooks
The software company, Boardable, offers many free ebooks and webinars on board governance, recruitment, and engagement.
Does Your Board Need To Be More Diverse? Here's How To Do It
This article provides three steps to recruit a board with demographically diverse backgrounds and to accommodate for inclusivity and equity.
Sample Nonprofit Crisis Communications Plan Template
Use this sample nonprofit crisis communications plan template to ensure that you respond promptly, accurately, and confidently during an emergency--and in the hours and days that follow.
2021 Nonprofit Policy Briefing
(March 15, 2021 briefing) Get an overview of the latest federal COVID-19 relief plans – including the American Rescue Plan Act – the state budget and major legislation affecting nonprofits, and potential policy solutions that could help nonprofits during the 2021 NC legislative session.
Seeing is Believing: A Guide to Visual Storytelling Best Practices
Filled with examples of what to do and what to avoid, the guide seeks to help you select images that will create impactful campaigns, fundraise for your cause, and effectively raise awareness.
What Matters - Podcast
Conversations between doing incredible things in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in our community.
Seven Questions to Answer Before You Make Your Ask
Seven questions to help think strategically while crafting letters to legislators, fundraising asks, program proposals, and other requests.