Resource Library

This articles covers internal control policies and their importance to avoid the misuse and misappropriation of assets.

(December 10, 2020 webinar) In this session, you’ll learn how to implement and grow a monthly donor program using channels and systems you already have in place. You’ll receive worksheets, templates, and a Monthly Donor Road Map with practical tips and examples to help you organize your program, prepare monthly donor plans, acquire new donors, thank and cultivate donors, and prevent and reactivate lapsed donors.

(December 10, 2020 webinar) Whether you’re telling the story through a grant proposal, a video message, a radio announcement, or one-on-one, you can use storytelling structure to help your donor see their role in making your mission a success.

(December 10, 2020 webinar) In this session, you’ll learn the tactics of a successful solicitation – in person or virtually. This session will also cover the solicitation outline, ideal ask amount, and follow-up donor stewardship that can lead to additional and larger gifts. This session is designed for senior development professionals who want to perfect their craft as well as board members who are reluctant solicitors.

(December 9, 2020 webinar) This session will introduce a public values framework and process nonprofits can use to inform your community engagement, strategic planning, capacity building, grant proposals, and program decisions. You’ll also learn how to bring together diverse public, private, and nonprofit agencies to find common ground, build support and create vision for your community’s shared future.

(December 9, 2020 webinar) This session offers an opportunity for conference participants to hear insights from business leaders about trends and issues in supporting North Carolina’s nonprofit sector.

(December 10, 2020 webinar) This interactive session will cover the similarities and differences between a legacy and a major gift ask, what research tells us how donors make decisions and how you can harness all this information to craft a deeply personal and successful legacy ask.

(December 8, 2020 virtual workshop) This program is designed to strengthen the financial resilience of nonprofit organizations in North Carolina. Intended for both funders and nonprofit leaders, the program will begin with an introduction to the concept of “full cost” funding and budgeting as strategies to support nonprofit financial health. Building on this foundation, participants will then engage in a dialogue around recommendations for post-COVID recovery and rebuilding that advance equity in the nonprofit sector.

(October 15, 2020 webinar) Has your organization emerged from the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis with its funding sources intact? Have you received feedback that your results are unclear or not meaningful? Presenter Andy Coe with Convergent Nonprofit Solutions will provide steps to move towards sustainable, ROI-driven investment.

Collection of resource for choosing type of planned giving programs you might start, how to market planned giving, and sample appeal letters.

A series of contemporary nonprofit financial management tools, with videos and downloadable templates.

(September 17, 2020 webinar) This webinar is designed for the nonprofit leader who is committed to the needs of their community and is searching for ways to take their organization to the next level. Using tried and true strategies, you will learn alternative ways to generate revenue for your organization without writing grants. These strategies will help create clarity and long-term sustainability so your organization can easily fulfill its mission. In this process, you will learn the nonprofit entrepreneurial mindset (NEM).

(August 18, 2020 webinar) In this webinar, Alex Counts will share some of his most popular and practical, though often counter-intuitive, lessons about how to start, manage, and lead a successful nonprofit organization – though many of those techniques can be applied to any professional context.

This guidebook provides a step-by-step overview of how to build and sustain a major gifts fundraising program.

This guidebook provides an step-by-step overview of how to create a fundraising plan.