Is your organization thinking about forming an advisory board? Make sure your organization specifies the advisory board's role and how it differs from the board of directors or trustees before taking the leap. All advisory boards share common goal: to help the nonprofit organization. However, there are different types of nonprofit advisory boards.
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The Wizard of Oz. The Godfather. Jaws. When I think about these three classic movies, I recall three very different stories. When screenwriting teacher and storytelling guru Brian McDonald thinks about them, he keeps getting one message.
What Do All Good Stories Have In Common?
The craft of direct mail fundraising grew out of what used to be called "direct mail marketing," best known to the general public as "junk mail" because all too often, it advertises goods or services the recipient has absolutely no interest in. Use these tactics to make an impact with your mail.
Use this sample template for board member evaluation from the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations to have board members gage their performance and the performance of the organization.
Do your responsibilities include accounting or fundraising (also known as development or fund development) for your nonprofit? Do you supervise the development and accounting work? These are two critical functions and successful collaboration between them is essential to every nonprofit’s success.
Did you know that around 60% of donors only give one time to a nonprofit organization? Combatting this natural attrition of one time givers is a daunting challenge, surely, but there are ways to mitigate it. Presented by Network for Good, this webinar centers around loving your donors and ensuring the most upside to retain one-time givers. We will discuss time-tested strategies to engage, steward, and upgrade new donors including how to:
Fundraising activities are regulated by state law. Many states require charitable nonprofits as well as any paid professional "fundraising counsel" or consultant hired to assist the nonprofit with fundraising activities, to register with the state before the nonprofit or professionals solicits any donations. Additionally, many states require nonprofits that enter into agreement to share the revenue from sales activity with another organization to file with the state to disclose that fundraising activity. All in all - it's complicated!
For the most recent and comprehensive treatment available on compliance issues surrounding auctions, including tools you can put to use, see this toolkit from the Guilford Nonprofit Consortium and Planned Giving Design Center.
Charitable Auction Compliance Toolkit
How can nonprofits' leaders and boards better mitigate their fraud risks? First and foremost, they should focus on governance. (Nonprofit Quarterly)
Overhead or administrative spending has become a way that many funders measure how well a grantee is doing, but a growing number of funders and nonprofits are finding that it does not paint an accurate picture of a nonprofit’s financial health, sustainability, or overall effectiveness.