VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

From lockdowns to mask-wearing to vaccination, COVID-19 has been one of the most polarizing issues of our time. Among these stark divisions—arising from perceived vulnerability to the virus, both in health and economic terms—is the one between the generations. Nevertheless, the benefits of doing so are clear and profound.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Nonprofits must engage in long-term strategies that will prepare them for the work that will remain long after federal, state, and private responses have receded. Social enterprise is any earned income business or strategy undertaken by a nonprofit to generate revenue in support of its charitable mission. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Having been the only one in my business school class who chose a career in the nonprofit sector, I was able to use my MBA training to lead change and turnarounds. In the process, I was exposed to a number of organizations whose boards struggled with a variety of issues. Board service is actually the opposite of pay.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

Tips for reviewing your nonprofit’s grant prospects. One of the questions I’m often asked is: “How do I find grants?” But I don’t hear the more important question: “How do I know the grant is right for me?” Who has money to give (and what strings are attached)? As many nonprofits are probably aware, multiple sources offer grant funds.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. An emphasis on teamwork. All slogans and no action.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In this guide, we will provide an overview of nonprofit technology consulting essentials, Team DNL’s services, and what you can expect when working with a firm: Why work with a nonprofit consulting firm for tech? Technology consultants may offer services in a variety of areas. What are your short and long-term goals?

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2021

long-term community change is the highest goal: people must be equipped to help themselves. Together, your core belief and expertise will enable you to narrow down donor problems you can solve. These will be problems that will be the same or similar to the ones you address through your mission! But how can it do this?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the book, Culture Is The Way. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. An emphasis on teamwork. All slogans and no action.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

There are over 1.8 million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Around 30% of nonprofits cease to exist within 10 years of their founding. Starting a Nonprofit: Basic FAQs What is a nonprofit?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

It’s the nature of the business. You are managing your organization, coordinating volunteers, handling all the marketing and fundraising tasks, making sure programs are running, and maybe even sweeping the floors. It’s too familiar for most leaders of small organizations. It’s easy to fall into that “I have to do it all” mentality.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

The right consultant can bring your organization new insights, leaping your nonprofit forward in terms of progress. To get a sense of the kinds of services nonprofit consultants offer, here is a breakdown of a few common consulting services: Web design consultants. How to establish a working relationship with a consultant.

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Nucleus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

He realized that their necessary first step was agreement on definitions and key terms – basic yet powerful data governance (and infrastructure that supports this) allows for consistent reporting, apples-to-apples conversations across departments, and is a first step in what ACOG thinks of as “data enablement.”

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

Here are the issues your bylaws should address: The organization’s purpose: Broadly speaking, what does your organization do? When you started your organization, you drafted a set of nonprofit bylaws which are the rules spelling out how your new venture would operate and how your Board would govern it. Now, you are not so new anymore.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Confronted by a crisis that affected every sector, every place, and every community, funders recognized they could not go about business as usual. Next year, we will issue a new report to revisit our figures for 2020 and try to capture the global response to the pandemic in 2021. At Candid, we’ve been tracking philanthropy’s response.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The 2018 State of the Sector Survey from the Nonprofit Finance Fund found that 86% of nonprofits saw increasing demands for services and 57% would not be able to meet those demands. The problem of overhead funding has been a decades long issue within nonprofits. Nonprofit leaders should know the full cost of doing business.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

It’s very important that your volunteers know that you’re happy they’re taking time out of their busy schedules to help your organization achieve its mission. Let’s be honest, the ability to bring resources to your nonprofit could be a reason too—whether those are financial, political, or goods and services. They bring energy.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

And if you don’t have a budget , that’s an even bigger problem!). This is a WHOLE other issue – how to succeed at direct mail fundraising.). Overspending on fundraising is NOT the problem I see most often in small nonprofits, though. But if free is a MUST, that’s a problem. And fundraising. The training.

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Qgiv

JUNE 30, 2021

Jessica Perkins is a writer and SaaS marketing consultant who helps businesses scale up their marketing efforts. Why are PEOs Important for Businesses? Problems don’t stop there: What if you hire using an unlawful process? While some mistakes won’t cause legal issues, disgruntled employees will affect your bottom line.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the book, Culture Is The Way. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. An emphasis on teamwork. All slogans and no action.

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Culture Build Impact Lesson 52

Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

I look at the big problems of the world and I would like to have big solutions. There are three simple questions that I think are useful for asking when determining if you should innovate at all: Can you achieve your ambitious goals through business as usual? Your business as usual is actually leading to ambitious goals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. An emphasis on teamwork. All slogans and no action.

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Culture Classes Build Lesson 52

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Identify the organizations in your community (if any) that are already working to solve this issue. Determine what makes your volunteer program’s approach different and why your services are necessary for the community. A lofty, ambiguous goal will not serve your organization in the long term. Show appreciation to volunteers.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems. Today’s funder list focuses on nonprofits supporting the environment and conservation efforts. Keep America Beautiful. First Nations Development Institute.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Consider the issues with printed books. I believe in the power of books to change the world. That is not a particularly radical belief among librarians, but I hope to make you believe even more in the power of books. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. Love of the print book.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit consultants and their services can be serious game-changers for organizations. A nonprofit consulting firm is a partner that provides specialized, expert services to nonprofit organizations. What are your long-term goals for your consulting project? Here’s what we’ll cover: The Basics of Nonprofit Consulting.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2017

One of the first things I notice about nonprofit websites is that many fail to produce a feeling of urgency around the issue, provoke an emotional reaction in the customer, establish the organization's capability to cover the matter and inspire the visitor to take immediate actions and accept contributions throughout the site.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

Calls for scaling have been amplified by the recent economic recession, which brought increased demand for social services coupled with shrinking government dollars. But a structural problem remains: philanthropy does not typically have available capital for scaling. Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D. Welcome to Research Friday ! A Bond Primer.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. While AI does involve logic and problem-solving, it does not think. Here is my disclaimer.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

In previous Research Friday posts, I reviewed key findings from our annual Sector Survey on increased demand for social services and the cash crisis facing providers. This week, in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month , I’ll examine the impact of these issues on a specific subsector: Domestic violence service providers in California.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2017

The term “board organization” encompasses a variety of tasks, from routine matters such as preparing a schedule of board meetings to actions with broader consequences such as developing a policy about terms of service. If you start with three, stagger their terms. It’s also required.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 26, 2013

In a recent study published in the Journal of Business Research , a brand is defined as “a name, term, sign, drawing, or any combinations of these, that serve to identify a firm’s goods and services and differentiate them from those of competitors.” Alex Flores , Teach For America. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2014

So let’s start here: Down in the deserty landscape of Tuscon, AZ there’s a “peer-run organization” (meaning that everyone is either dealing with their own substance or behavioral health issue or is a family member of someone who is dealing with one of those issues) called HOPE, Inc. …Yep, really.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

Social service and nonprofit programs have traditionally been supported through philanthropy and government contracts. However, there are questions surrounding the inherent stability of these new business models, given the complexity of financial and other federal and state regulatory requirements. Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D.

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2014

I retired from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the end of 2011 after 25 years of service. I retired from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the end of 2011 after 25 years of service. Charitable Organizations and the IRS. So, let’s get on to the topic at hand. Tax Resources for Nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy. Changes in the application happen without your knowledge or consent. Make sure access is secure.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 23, 2023

The donor’s data is then sent to a payment gateway, a secure service that acts as an intermediary between the nonprofit’s website and donors’ financial institutions. To wit, more than half of modern donors (54%) prefer to make donations by credit or debit card—a number that is set to increase with each passing year.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This year’s publication highlighted how different 2020 was and, in fact, added a special section to call out ‘an unprecedented year’, in which American philanthropy was directly affected by both the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest triggered by issues surrounding race and justice. Business priorities for foundations.

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