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Nonprofit Strategic Technology Planning Guide
All-encompassing guide that offers a step-by-step approach to designing a long-term technology plan for your nonprofit.
The Essential Guide to Managing Volunteers at Your Nonprofit
Gives an overview of the main elements in a volunteer management program
Leading a Nonprofit Organization - Tips and Tools for Executive Directors and Team Leaders
Covers leadership styles, implementing strategic plans, and increasing employee retention through team trust building and strategies for project management.
Sample Fundraising Plan Grid
To be used for mapping out the details of implementing a series of fundraising strategies
Prepare Your Nonprofit For Disaster
(July 24, 2019 webinar) NC Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) President Daniel Alteneau shares key steps nonprofits can take to protect themselves from the next disaster and craft plans to assist survivors following the event.
What is the Role of an Executive Committee
The executive committee is a small group, commonly with authority to act on behalf of the full board between meetings or in an urgent situation...
Guide to Family Forward Workplaces
The Guide to Family Forward Workplaces provides tools for employers of all sizes with practical tips for selecting and implementing 16 family-friendly workplace practices.
What's White Got to Do With It? Disrupting Race-Based Inequities in Well-Intentioned Nonprofits: Part 2
(June 5, 2019 webinar) Participants will have the opportunity to take a "deeper dive" in exploring more intimately the extent to which white dominant cultural tendencies have been internalized and operationalized within organizations and the role that gatekeepers have in perpetuating or disrupting patterns of exclusionary and non-inclusive practices and policies.
Walking the Talk: White Supremacy Culture - Treachery and Transformation
(April 10, 2019 webinar) Tema Okun shares how we can ground ourselves in a shared understanding of what white supremacy culture is and how it manifests in our organizations so we are better positioned to challenge it.
The Art and Science of Retaining Digital Donors
(March 5, 2019 webinar) This webinar will help you discover how to maximize the retention rates of your digital donors.
Choose the Right Donor Management Software Through TechSoup
TechSoup offers donor management tools for smaller organizations with fewer than 1,000 records.
IRS Form 1023 - Application for Federal Tax-Exempt Status
Direct links to the IRS's online guidelines for filing Form 1023 and to the form itself.
My Board Is Keeping Me Up at Night
(February 5, 2019 webinar) You'll explore some of the habits and mindsets that executive directors can use to create a strong sense of shared leadership with the board.
Top Ten Tips to Shorten the Tax-Exempt Application Process
Tips from the IRS to help shorten the application process for acquiring tax-exempt status.
Selecting an Equity Consultant
A sample selection process and scoring matrix that nonprofits can adapt to identify and select an equity consultant for their organizations.