Category Archives: Fundraisers
Leverage Form 990 for Stakeholder Trust [GUIDE]
How to Leverage Form 990 to Build Stakeholder Trust Leverage Form 990? Really? What is a commonly neglected marketing tool? It’s your IRS Form 990. IRS Form 990 is more than just a tax form that many nonprofits must file
[PODCAST] Your Highest and Best Use: How your nonprofit can prioritize and plan for marketing
How your nonprofit can prioritize and plan for marketing Too often, despite best intentions, nonprofits fail to prioritize and plan for their marketing. There is simply so much to do! A core teaching principle of Do More Good and Nonprofit
[PODCAST] Donor Retention Tips
Donor retention is an ever-increasing concern for nonprofits. We all face the threat of donor attrition. In a fast-paced world where the competition for attention and resources is steep, it can be challenging to find ways to retain our top
Diversifying Your Nonprofit’s Revenue: How You Slice the Pie Matters
Before we talk pie–and slices of it–let’s put some questions out there. Revenue diversification is a hot topic, to be sure. But there are quite a few different ways to look at it and even to define it. If your
The ROI of Nonprofit Conferences
For the most part, nonprofits know how to spend money wisely because most of it have so little of it. And, what we do have is hard earned. Whatever you spend, you need to raise. Stewardship is more than an
Building a Grants Calendar Guide
Building a Grants Calendar Guide Get Your Funding Organized with the Grants Calendar Guide A calendar drives nearly all your nonprofit’s activities, right? Not only does a grants calendar help you manage funding activities, but it helps you tune into
[PODCAST] Avoid Becoming a Netflix Docudrama: A Discussion on Nonprofit Sector Ethics
The gray areas of nonprofit land are deep and wide. Many things we automatically deem inappropriate become considerable in the pursuit of good work (and survival). In this episode, Katie talks to Hannah Berger, a renowned nonprofit and philanthropy consultant
Nonprofit Reserve Funds: A Primer
Reserve funds can be a key financial piece of the puzzle as a nonprofit seeks financial resiliency. But what exactly are reserve funds? Simply put, reserve funds are unrestricted funds set aside from normal operating funds for the nonprofit. It’s
7 Ethical Dilemmas Facing Nonprofit Organizations [Updated]
*Updated March 24, 2022 If ethics were cut and dry, there wouldn’t be ethical dilemmas; we wouldn’t have to use our moral compasses. Unfortunately, life is a little more complicated than that. In the nonprofit sector in particular, there are
7 Steps to Compelling Staff Bios on Your Nonprofit Website [Updated]
Updated March 24, 2022 If you’ve spent any time in the world of nonprofit copywriting, you’ll have heard the maxim: people give to people, not causes. We like people. We care about real people because they remind us of those
