Overview: Across the social (nonprofit) sector, a damaging false narrative shapes daily operations: the belief that the resources required to deliver community impact are luxuries rather than business essentials. Despite serving as essential community infrastructure, not-for-profit businesses operate within a system that consistently undervalues their economic and social impact. The sector represents more than 10% of […]
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The potential for community impact from the nonprofit industry is incredibly important to our society. The nonprofit industry takes on our community’s most serious issues: Inhumanity, inequality, substance abuse and health epidemics just to name a few. Those engaged in NPO work – staff, board members, volunteers and donors – are dedicated people working to
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Over a cocktail, my friend Renee, a highly educated and successful business woman confessed “I hate nonprofits.” This was a bold statement, given she was telling someone who has dedicated more than two decades to serving the industry. “Why?” I responded. Poor management, insulting compensation, lack of progress… there was more but I’ll stop here.
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20 Questions Donors Can Ask Nonprofit Organizations & NPOs Should Ask Themselves (Credit given to Dan Pallotta. A major source of this list is from his book “Uncharitable” and amended with my own additions.) 1. How effective are the charity’s programs and how is efficacy measured? 2. What are the qualifications of the organization’s staff? 3. Are the charity’s
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This articles does a nice job of reframing multi year pledges and monthly donors. More so, it gives fundraisers a way to reframe their approach to securing and respecting them. “Instead of thinking about the one off gift, what if we thought about the multi-year commitment and the cumulative total. How we frame a gift
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