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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many funders, including individual donors, are averse to funding these indirect costs, preferring to support direct program expenses: food for hungry people, medical care for the sick, and childcare for working parents. A study cited by Nobel (2015) showed that individual donors are averse to funding organizations with high overhead rates.

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Five ways to incentivize volunteers

ASU Lodestar Center

One of the greatest challenges facing nonprofit organizations is garnering volunteers and, more importantly, the right kind of individuals. raise funds. View the NMI registration page for information on upcoming courses in Phoenix, Tucson, and online. posted by Jason Rescka , Music Event Manager & Community Board Member.

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Why investing in leadership development is a wise strategy

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From a funding standpoint, foundation support for leadership development was less than 1 percent of overall giving from 1992 to 2011 (Hirschfield, 2014). If the nonprofit sector is serious about seeking solutions to some of the world’s greatest challenges, it must not only keep its leaders from leaving, it must invest in making them better.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

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What are its goals and its challenges? DB: Well, there's all kinds of goals and challenges. That's probably enough information to let you know there are all kinds of challenges. But probably the biggest challenge is just keeping that volunteer pool so that each local group has a couple of volunteers helping out.