Category Archives: Resources
4 Best Professional Development Practices for Nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations are often pressed to do more with less. Your staff is expected to be more efficient, your organization more productive, and your mission more manageable all while your piggy bank is light. Actually, 18% of nonprofits cite having
3 Tips to Write an Effective Nonprofit Business Plan
“The way we run nonprofits is actually undermining the causes we love and our profound yearning to change the world.” These words belong to Dan Pallotta, an American entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian activist, who, in his Ted Talk, reiterates that
What Form 990 Do You Need? A Nonprofit Guide
Tax season is complicated. You might think nonprofits would have an easier time, being tax-exempt, but that isn’t necessarily true. Every year, nonprofits are required to submit their Form 990, which is what allows the organization to maintain its tax-exempt
4 Tips for Maximizing Association Membership
Similar to how nonprofit organizations implement donor retention strategies, associations work to keep members renewing each year. They’re not only “members” in the sense that they get discounts or a subscription ― it’s about belonging. Your members are everyone involved
Top 5 Essentials for Your Nonprofit Website
As your nonprofit starts to build a new website, you may immediately run into questions or roadblocks. How should your website be structured? What content do you want to display up front? How should you customize each page? Website design
4 Strategies to Increase Volunteer Sign-Up
While donors are essential for funding your cause, volunteers are essential for supporting its ongoing functions, from day-to-day operations to fundraising event management. However, even if your nonprofit has the most ardent of supporters, it can still be incredibly difficult
How to put Climate into Your Mission
Look, I know it’s scary. It’s tough to think about. But whether or not you accept it, the Earth is changing. Glaciers are melting, oceans are rising and weather patterns are changing. According to NASA Global Climate Change, In the
5 Effective Design Tips to Increase Donor Giving
These days, your organization’s website is typically the first impression people have of your nonprofit. If your page is poorly designed, it may steer potential supporters away, completely throwing off the digital marketing strategies that you’ve worked so hard to
Small but Mighty: How to Power Through When Your Staff is Low
It happens. People move on to other opportunities, budgets can get tight ― whatever factors led to being an understaffed organization, it’s left up to you to figure out how to continue business as usual. While you’re in this weird
A Nonprofit’s Guide to Risk Management
It’s a big world out there. As a nonprofit, there are plenty of opportunities to take and tough decisions to make. But with everything you do, there’s some amount of risk that comes with it. It can be hard to
