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The overhead myth: crash course to fundraising transparency

Candid

The overhead myth is a pervasive challenge for nonprofits, often leading to organizations that are under-funded, unable to make an impact that aligns with their potential, and rapidly losing high-performing employees. And, it can make organizations feel the need to limit their operating expenses to a detrimental degree.

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Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Small Nonprofits?

Get Fully Funded

Events are a great way to bring like-minded people together and have a good time in the name of your cause. Or the one that’s easiest to organize and promote, practically selling itself? They don’t do anything to promote your brand, your cause, or your mission. They don’t establish any future relationships or revenue streams.

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Employee Giving Strategies to Boost Year-End Impact

sgEngage

To maximize the full potential of this period, organizations must explore innovative strategies to drive engagement, increase conversions, and amplify their overall impact. This guide will delve into actionable strategies to help organizations like yours elevate their fundraising with employee giving.

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What is UX Design and How Can Understanding it Benefit Your Nonprofit

Media Cause

A webpage with large blocks of text may overwhelm your audience, causing them to skip over it altogether. Organizing content using design elements to break up large chunks of text and writing in a concise way from the start can make it easier for users to retain important information.

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How much do you spend on overhead?

ASU Lodestar Center

There are many implications that this question brings, but when it is asked by major funders it causes a ripple effect within the nonprofit sector. Therefore, when a funder requests administrative costs lower than what is needed, or state they will not fund administrative costs, organizations make it work. Nonprofits.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

The Statement of Activities—commonly referred to as an SOA—is one of four essential financial statements for nonprofit organizations. Without that, the SOA can misrepresent the financial health of the organization and lead to future funding issues. It offers a comprehensive overview of revenue and expenses over a specific timeframe.

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Will Nonprofits Move Away from One Big Gala Every Year?

Greater Giving

To test the hypothesis that virtual events produced a better cost-to-revenue ratio, we asked fundraisers in the State of Nonprofit Fundraising report how their event costs changed between their live events and virtual events, in relationship to their fundraising goals. We were impressed!

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