Mel and Pearl Shaw

Are you a holiday scrooge? We hope not, but it can happen to the best of us. Sometimes it happens like this: We believe we have plenty of time before…

Part one of a mini-series on nonprofit budgeting Isn’t it enough to secure the funding you need to operate your nonprofit? Do you have to be involved in the organization’s…

We are all busy doing good work. We are researching, writing, teaching, speaking, advocating, planning, convening and more. We are ending hunger, HIV, war, and policies that discriminate. We are…

We need some new rules for America’s nonprofits! There are over1.8 million nonprofits in the U.S. who contributed $1.4 trillion to the economy in 2022, according to the Independent Sector.…

If you’re responsible for fundraising with a nonprofit, you need access to fundraising records. This includes knowing who has provided consistent support over the years. And when the organization last…

Part two of a two-part interview with Cedric Brown Blue days, all of them gone. Nothin’ but blue skies from now on. These words are a refrain from a classic…

Part one of a two-part interview with Cedric Brown “As President Obama said in a recent interview, learning how to get stuff done is a vital skill. Over my long…

Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama announced the public phase of its $125 million fundraising campaign. They are in the process of raising the remaining $25 million and have invited all…

Are your morals at the core of who you are and what you do? How do you navigate life when you feel your values are in conflict with your actions?…

Let’s say you’re a nonprofit board member and you are asked to include the organization in your “estate plan.” How would you react? Would you think – or maybe say…