Strategic Planning
Environmental Sustainability for Nonprofits: 4 Top Tips
As a nonprofit professional, financial sustainability is frequently top-of-mind. You’re constantly looking for the next best way to ensure that you bring in consistent revenue to fund your organization’s initiatives. But that’s not the only type of sustainability you should prioritize. Environmental sustainability has become a hot topic in recent years. With climate change directly…
Read MoreNonprofit Fundraising Ambassadors: Who, What, and Why
Your nonprofit already understands the power of social proof and peer-to-peer engagement. But are you unlocking their full potential? Too often, organizations use these strategies in limited ways, such as featuring personal testimonials and stories on their websites or hosting the occasional peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. While effective, imagine the possibilities if you took these approaches…
Read More5 Nonprofit Donation Page Design Tips To Boost Giving
A donor lands on your nonprofit’s website, moved by your mission and ready to contribute. But instead of finding an easy and engaging experience, they’re faced with a confusing, clunky donation page. Then, they leave without giving. For nonprofits, a well-designed donation page isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s the gateway to the support that powers…
Read MoreNonprofit Accounting: 4 Key Practices for Financial Success
Whether your nonprofit supports the arts, strives to advance education, or responds to community needs, properly managing your resources is vital for fulfilling your mission and maintaining supporter trust. When your nonprofit is financially transparent and sustainable, you can retain more donors and better understand your nonprofit’s operational needs. To help improve your nonprofit accounting…
Read MoreA Few Words about Nonprofit Web Site Design
Below are a few thoughts one should consider when designing or revamping a nonprofit Web site: The home page is critical to a Web site’s success.Home pages that I find most attractive introduce me to what their Web sites have to offer, but they do not overwhelm me. They allow me to drill down through…
Read MoreFostering Workplace Philanthropy
Surveys show that nonprofit organizations that are successful at fundraising fully embrace the value of philanthropy. They include it as part of their organizational culture. They understand it to mean more than simply “raising money.” They consider their volunteers to be part of the mechanism needed to fundraise, and they also view their employees in…
Read More7 Essentials for Fundraising Success
With all of the people, problems, and politics that clamor for our time and mental energy, each day can be hectic. In the midst of the hubbub of daily life in the fundraising world, it’s important to take an occasional step back. Remember to look at how you can be strategic in shaping your organization…
Read MoreFind and Reach Your Target Market
In order for a non-profit organization to be effective, it needs to know its niche: who constitutes its target market and how it is served. This is true whether it’s a new group or one bursting at the seams with too many clients.
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