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Why your nonprofit must invest in outcome measurement and a culture of innovation

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Although the HUD Exchange’s Continuum of Care focuses specifically on homelessness, other coalitions use a similar framework to address specific issues. Declining a lucrative contract may result in the organization missing out on funds, but it ensures that the organization remains focused on its own mission.

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What is the impact of restricting donations, and how does a nonprofit find balance?

ASU Lodestar Center

Rarely do funds cover operational or administrative costs and often they may have additional matches or indirect expenses needed to fulfill all requirements. The long-term sustainability of a charity is dependent on unrestricted funding sources allowing the organization to determine how and where resources should be focused.

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The Great Connection: Engaging Donors in Your Mission

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, we also have individual concerns that are more outwardly-focused (Why are there so many homeless people on the street these days? For individuals who care about helping to alleviate a community problem (homelessness, for example), there are three options: Do nothing (which will also do nothing to alleviate their need to help!).

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Goal Setting for Your Nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

Review the mission statement - cure cancer, end homelessness, provide affordable housing for working families - whatever it is, ask yourself if the programs from last year helped the organization reach its goals. The short-term goals are the steps to get funding, food and/or money donations, and pantry locations.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Banks were not lending.

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Nonprofit Fundraising and Advocacy

ASU Lodestar Center

Protecting Arizona's Family Coalition. He thought he would get at least three or four years of funding in about the same range. In the same conversation he lamented to me how much government funding he was losing because of state budget cuts for his core mission and programs. Schmaltz , ASU Lodestar Center. NMI Instructor /.

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Social Impact Investments

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At the same time, nonprofits should be aware of the challenges and limitations to this emergent form of funding. The Nonprofit Finance Fund defines social impact investments as “investments that intend to generate positive social or environmental impact along with financial return.”

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