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How to Make Your Nonprofit Recession-Proof: Perfect Your Operating Reserves Policy

Blue Fox

First off: do you have an operating reserves policy? If so, when is the last time your leadership team reviewed the policy? If it’s been a while read on as we guide you through the process of building an operating reserves policy, and the implementation and ongoing oversight of that policy. A starting point.

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How do grantmaker CEO salaries compare with other staff? 

Candid

This is especially the case during economic downturns, recessions, and the recent COVID-19 pandemic–when employment plummeted rapidly while some businesses posted record profits. Research in the for-profit sector has found that CEOs might make anywhere from six times to six thousand times as much as the median worker.

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Do You NEED Your Supporters?

Media Cause

If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you understand the power and potential of policy change. If you have a policy, thought-leadership, or government relations team, you know that true societal shifts and those monumental changes we want require advocacy. Mobilizing Your Base and Engaging Supporters For the Moment—and the Long Haul.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

Co-development led to conceptualization of participation of people with disabilities in advocacy for legislative, policy and government program change as an impact—in and of itself—regardless of outcome.

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Highlights from the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

Brings a strategic focus on addressing the policies and systems that perpetuate global poverty . Nonprofit Leaders. Abby Maxman. President and CEO. Oxfam America.

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Don’t Set and Forget Technology–Regular Assessments Deliver Peak Performance

.orgSource

But even if your IT systems are crushing their benchmarks, there are additional significant reasons to evaluate your digital status. Even if your systems are crushing their benchmarks, there are still good reasons for a technology assessment. If you don’t have a governance strategy, developing this document should be a priority.