March 22, 2020
Nonprofits Are Infected – We Have The Vaccine unveils the inoculation developed a DECADE AGO for the nonprofit virus currently infecting the charitable sector. While the coronavirus pandemic is a surprise for everyone, National Association of Nonprofit Organizations & Executives (NANOE) has known for years that most nonprofits are not positioned to weather a major downturn in the economy.
March 17, 2020
15 Rules for Slowing COVID-19 were released by The White House and Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday as a set of “Guidelines” that Americans should follow to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. Today they indicated that these “Guidelines” should be considered “Rules.” Here are the 15 RULES: CLICK FOR THE 15 CORONAVIRUS GUIDELINES RELEASED BY THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND THE WHITE HOUSE Here are the 15 Rules: 1. […]
March 15, 2020
Resources for Nonprofits in Communities Facing Coronavirus is based, in part, on directives made this week by the Center for Disease Control & Prevention. At this point, we still have more questions than answers about coronavirus. However, regardless of how your charity’s operations are ultimately affected here’s what the CDC has to say NOW about how we should be operating. Please download the CDC’s most recent resource by clicking the link below: Implementation of Mitigation Strategies […]
March 15, 2020
The coronavirus is causing pandemonium and in the short term may even get worse. Regardless let’s review some steps that will guide us through this difficult period. For starters, let’s agree that panicking and crawling into a hole because of the coronavirus is not a reasonable option. Business goes on, whatever the economic conditions. You can’t not raise funds. You can’t treat loyal and responsive donors like statistics. And you can’t stop building your donor database. […]
March 8, 2020
Coronavirus Nonprofits – Be Informed – The Facts You Need is meant to provide you context and perspective. Last year over 10,000 people passed as a result of INFLUENZA (the flu). Did you shut your nonprofit down last year? Did you stop your special events last year? Did you stop raising money last year? NO, no you didn’t. Sickness, colds and flu must always be taken seriously. If you’re greeted in a group USE THE […]
March 5, 2020
Jimmy LaRose Insists, “Donors Are More Important Than Clients, Causes or People.” is meant to take you behind the scenes and provide you some select insights about how you (the donor) operate. I’d also like to help you sort out what works for you when you give, guide, and support charities.
January 28, 2020
“Has Association of Fundraising Professionals Exceeded Their Expiration Date?” is a question I recently posed to author and veteran fundraiser Jimmy LaRose. Why ask Jimmy? He’s been in nonprofit management for over three decades and exited AFP (with quite a bit of attention from the Nonprofit Sector) to launch the
December 31, 2019
Here’s your list of 2020 Nonprofit Conferences you won’t want to miss! Inside Charity loves nonprofits. We are in awe of the important work you accomplish in your communities and around the world. There’s nothing more satisfying to our editors when you, OUR SECTOR’S GREAT CHAMPIONS achieve significant impact. With that said, one important aspect of your organizational growth involves Adult Continuing Education. We want to encourage you to financially invest in conferences and trainings […]
November 22, 2019
Maxie Carpenter says a lot of things. Here’s what he has to say about charity and free market enterprise principles. I’ve been encouraging Nonprofits since the 2008 US financial collapse to look at their organizations more like a business. The rationale made sense to me coming from the for-profit marketplace, where most of my career was in retail. The most significant obstacle I faced was the resistance to change in the culture pf Nonprofits, especially […]
October 17, 2019
Jack Horak says, “Capitalism is always being criticized in fundamental ways, while philanthropy generally escapes serious scrutiny.” I am juxtaposing the two this way because there is a new wave of thought about reforming capitalism that simultaneously (if unwittingly) begs as many questions about philanthropy. The new wave thought readily embraces capitalism’s ability to create wealth, but wants to spread it around more widely — not by taxation and redistribution, but at the level of corporate […]
July 4, 2018
Fundraising appeals are facing a new dawn. Many organizations are standing at the proverbial fork in the road as they discuss their strategic objectives and how to translate those objectives into current and future fundraising strategies. Donor growth is the lifeline for any non-profit organization, and financial transparency is synonymous with survival. But if leadership teams are hesitant to explore innovative ways to drive growth based around fear of failure, then it leads to donor […]
June 25, 2018
Foundation grants are an important part of capacity-building and often associated with the term “strategic philanthropy.” That’s not surprising, since most funders are looking for ways to increase their impact. Being more strategic can be a complex undertaking — and like every complex undertaking, shifting toward strategic grantmaking comes with multiple pitfalls and opportunities to make mistakes. That’s okay. Mistakes can provide valuable information for ongoing learning, which is a key part of strategic grantmaking. […]
May 28, 2018
Arreva – Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 28, 2018 – Arreva, a global technology leader and trusted advisor in delivering an integrated cloud-based online fundraising and donor relationship management software solution to nonprofit organizations worldwide, announces it has been chosen as a preferred vendor for the Jewish Federation of Broward County. The Federation provides support programs for Jewish members in its community, Israel and around the world. “We support thousands of community members every year with […]
May 6, 2018
Team SWYDO recently interviewed Cause Inspired Media COO and NANOE Enterprise Partner, Sean Kerr, on the role of Artificial Intelligence will play in nonprofit marketing. Here’s what Team SWYDO and Sean Kerr had to say. How would you describe your company in less than 150 words? We are an agile, rapidly growing and diversified team of people who have always been looking for meaningful work and have found a place to do just that. When […]
May 4, 2018
Nonprofit budgeting is no small task. In order to accomplish your goals your approach to budgeting will have to reflect the uniqueness of your organization. Conversely, while your exact recipe for success may differ slightly, you’ll still need to check many of the same basic budgeting boxes that are reflected in the list below. Here’s your ultimate budgeting checklist for nonprofit organizations: 1. Review Previous Performance and Budgets If you have them, be sure to […]
March 18, 2018
In my previous blog, “Is Giving Tuesday Helping or Hurting Fundraising”, I referenced how this fundraiser is contributing to the over-solicitation of active donors and risking their future support. I agreed wholeheartedly, though, that Giving Tuesday is an excellent strategy for acquiring new donors, especially younger ones. How donors view not-for-profits and how
March 13, 2018
Does Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) Remind You of the RMS Titanic? – By Bishop Redfern II Bishop Redfern II is Association of Fundraising Professionals Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, United Way’s Alyce Kemp-Dewitt Award Winner and Presiding Bishop and General Overseer of the Ecumenical Christ of Christ. Have you ever wondered if the RMS
February 26, 2018
Several of Google’s new policies have already come into play with deadlines to meet requirements by Thursday, March 1st. If you have received a notification about impending suspension in your approved Google Ad Grant account or have had your account suspended due to one of the new policies, there is still hope. If you are reading about this right now
February 24, 2018
New Survey Reveals How Charities Use Social Media – Krystin Williamson. The Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit operator of the .org domain, and Nonprofit Tech for Good today released the results of the “2018 Global NGO Technology Report.” The third annual report analyzes how charities and non-governmental organisations (NGO) use social media,
February 24, 2018
Tracy Spears – Why Nonprofit Leaders MUST Continue Learning. You can’t lead anyone if you aren’t committed to your own personal growth. How can you be trusted to help cultivate other people’s potential when you aren’t living up to your own? It’s one of the biggest reasons people ultimately fail at developing other people…their people simply outgrow them. Most people are utilizing the phrase “fake it ‘til you make it.” Let me be clear…it’s okay to fake […]