March 28, 2020
CARES Act for Nonprofits – Friday, March 27, the Congress passed and the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2 trillion economic stimulus package legislated to provide immediate relief for nonprofits, businesses, individuals and state and local governments.
March 26, 2020
Federal CARES Act for Nonprofits skips pleasantries and goes straight to explaining how particular provisions in new coronavirus-related federal legislation may be beneficial to the work of most charitable nonprofits, sector-wide. Other provisions in the bill may help charitable nonprofits operating in certain subsectors (e.g., arts, education, hospitals), but this article does not address those. Federal CARES Act for Nonprofits (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) Last night, the actual legislative language of the […]
March 22, 2020
Charity’s Future And COVID-19 is an article written by Louis Fawcett that provides leaders a special way to think about the impending social and economic crises caused by Coronavirus. Louis is President of National Association of Nonprofit Organizations & Executives (NANOE). Here’s what he has to share about our futures: Can we acknowledge just how quickly our world has been thrown into uncertainty? Only a month ago, life
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
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 […]
January 27, 2018
Google Ad Grant to Implement Sweeping Changes by Sean Kerr, Cause Inspired Media. The Google Ad Grant is one of most valuable and most under used tools in the nonprofit toolbox. $10,000 a month in advertising credit can go a long way if you know how to use it, and we
January 9, 2018
What Tax Reform Means for Charity: more Money, Money, Money. The recently passed “Tax Cuts & Jobs Act” bill (which I have read in its entirety) is the greatest thing to happen to nonprofits in three decades. Especially for organizations who rely on MONEY to underwrite their programs. Consider the old adage, “there are things in life that are more important than money”, is about as silly as saying “there are things in life that are more important than […]
January 7, 2018
Washington, DC – January 11, 2018 – Louis Fawcett, after serving more than four years at EdVenture Children’s Museum as Senior Vice President of Principal Gifts (Columbia, SC), has accepted the position of President of the National Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Executives (NANOE). Bishop Redfern II, NANOE’s Board Chair, announced today that Fawcett will be installed as president February 1, 2018. Louis will be responsible for growing NANOE’s Membership and representing its Governors across […]