Non Profit Organizations
What is Your Fundraising Goal?
Many organizations depend on fundraising to get the things they need. People fundraise to get a new swimming pool for their town, or to get special facilities for their school. Sometimes people fundraise to get money for people who need special health care or to help disabled or disadvantaged people. Fundraising is always for a […]
Audit Firm Rotation as a Good Governance Practice for Non Profit Organizations
The following item was reported in a recent American Institute of Certified Public Accountants communication:
“The Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS had posted on the IRS web site a controversial document setting forth the Service’s view on what constitutes good governance practices for tax-exempt entities. Included in the document was the suggestion that audit […]
How to Effectively Raise Funds for Non-Profit Groups
As a leader or member of a Non Profit group you know that one of the main goals and responsibilities is to raise funds. As time consuming and unpleasant as this is there is no way of getting around it, your group can not perform its function if it lacks the necessary funding.
Setting up […]
Brand Effectiveness is Key to Membership Growth
The visibility, awareness and effectiveness of your organization’s brand directly impact your ability to recruit and retain members. If your organization isn’t the first thing member prospects think of when they turn to industry issues, there’s work to be done.
But where to start?
As popular wisdom has it, knowing and admitting you have a problem […]
Managing Nonprofit Technology May Put You In Conflict With Your Nonprofit’s Mission
Are you the executive director of a nonprofit organization spending nights worried about making your presentation to your nonprofit board and yet your printers and computers are failing? Have you spent the day fixing problems that are not part of your nonprofit job description? Are you feeling overwhelmed because somehow without you knowing it, you […]
To Perform Nonprofit Fundraising Successfully Your Nonprofit Organization Must Look Worthy
To fundraise successfully, your nonprofit organization needs to look worthy. How many times have you heard it really was not simply because it was for a worthy cause? If your nonprofit organization looks worthy, then people will support it; if it doesn’t they will not. It is that simple.
To get your nonprofit organization to look […]
Reduce Costs to Help Your Beneficiaries Gain More Help
In considering how to expand your business model’s delivery of offerings and benefits, you should be guided by what will be easily understandable and desirable by your stakeholders (those who are affected by what you offer) . . . and where the adjustments will provide more effectiveness for nonprofit organizations.
Business model innovation is something […]
Church Fund Raising Ideas
Is your Church planning a fund raiser? If so, there are many effective avenues you can pursue to help generate money for your Church. The following ideas are great ways to raise money for youth group programs, helping to fund missionaries, to pay for a short term trip for a Church group or […]
Using the Best Resources for Your Non-profit Organization
Knowing who the sources of money are likely to be for your non-profit, you will want to figure out how to contact the largest amount of them most effectively. You will of course want to know where to find the donors that can help your group succeed. There are several ways to get […]
Protecting Small Non-Profits from Fraud: An Ounce of Prevention
Small non-profit organizations are very vulnerable to fraud.When I say small, I mean small: organizations that raise less than $100,000 per year and have only one paid staff person or no paid staff persons. I’m talking about neighborhood associations, sports and recreation leagues and all manner of civic, political and religious groups.
These small organizations […]
