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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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?…
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FeaturedFUNdraising Good TimesMel and Pearl Shaw
Estate plan?!?! I’m still paying off my student loans!
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…