Onboarding Strategies: How to Build an Active Board

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Do 10% of your board members do 90% of the work? Is your board filled with “passionate” individuals who “are just not that effective?” Are you ready to fill empty board seats but want to make sure your new members have the tools they need to lead? If you answered, YES, to any of those […]

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Connection-Based Strategies to Maximize Donor Giving

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As fundraisers, we are usually measured by the amount of money we raise or our number of donors each year–or both. Fundraising is what helps fuel the mission and impact of your nonprofit. Yet, you may feel discouraged by “donor fatigue,” the hunt for new donors, and reusing the same old strategies. With 30 years […]

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Plan for Year-End Giving Now to Minimize Stress and Maximize Results

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Does year-end giving sneak up on you? Do you feel like your organization doesn’t know how to maximize fourth-quarter philanthropic giving trends? Across the sector, approximately 30% of all philanthropic gifts are made in December. Likewise, many nonprofits receive anywhere from 40 to 75% of their annual support at year-end. Therefore, if you’re not planning […]

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Grant Writing is a Team Activity

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Are your current grant writing strategies sustainable? No matter how skilled or seasoned, a single grant professional cannot successfully manage this monumental and critical process alone over time. And simply providing occasional input and formal approval to submit is not enough to ensure competitiveness and prevent burnout. Grant writing needs to be a team activity! […]

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Exploitive to Empowered: Equitable Language in Nonprofit Communications

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As nonprofit professionals, we have the privilege of making choices about the language we use—whether in grant proposals, donor materials, or other external communications. Too often, we speak in generalizations or euphemisms to describe groups of people. Using shortcuts can dehumanize and oversimplify the very groups we aim to serve. However, we can work to […]

Grant Budgets that Fully Fund Your Overhead

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Grant Budgets that Fully Fund Your OverheadSector Education Webinar Thursday, March 21 | 9 am PT / 12 pm ET (90 minutes)Have you discovered that it is easier to fund your programs and special projects than it is to raise the dollars you need to keep the lights on? Join us as expert fundraiser & […]

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