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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents. Being aware of these common pitfalls is crucial for maintaining the integrity of your financial reporting and in turn, the trust of your supporters.

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Seven Ways to Improve Engagement With Your Nonprofit Financial Reports

BoardAssist

How can they get the rest of the team to focus and understand the critical financial reports their nonprofit is generating? We turned to CFO Paul Konigstein for help with the important issue of engaging with financials this week – thanks for the very practical and terrific advice, as always, Paul!

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5 Easy Ways Your Website Can Boost Your Fundraising Results

Nonprofits Source

If you already have an audience in front of you, don’t be afraid to promote your upcoming events—whether you’re planning a dance-a-thon or participating in a webinar or panel. Businesses tend to match their employees’ donations at a 1:1 ratio, though some match as high as 4:1. Promote events in your existing materials and programs.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Microblogging Reports Worth Your Attention.

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Nonprofit Transparency Best Practices: Building Donor & Public Trust

Whole Whale

Whole Whale does not publicly offer or claim to offer financial and/or legal advice to nonprofits or any organization. But how does your audience of potential donors and partners verify your organization’s legitimacy? registered nonprofits), audited tax statements, and other documents like annual reports on your website.

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11 Nonprofit Graphic Design Tips to Help You Stand Out

Top Nonprofits

They can not only fortify your brand identity, but they can also communicate to your audience in a meaningful way. If it’s for an annual report or a flier, more text is okay than it is for a billboard or a social media banner. Picking the platform ahead of time will help you establish your image size and aspect ratio.

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20 Best Practices to Optimize Your Nonprofit Donation Page

Bloomerang

Feel free to jump to a certain section if you’re looking for specific advice, or read through the full post. The donation page tells donors exactly how their support will fuel the organization’s mission and also provides an opportunity to review community impact reports to learn more about how donations are used. Let’s get started.