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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

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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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Ask A Nonprofit Specialist - Engaging the Board in Financial Reports

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Engaging members of a nonprofit Board of Directors in the organization’s financial affairs can be challenging, given the diverse skills and expertise Board members bring to the work. Are funds being generated and spent in alignment with internal and external expectations, restrictions and legal requirements? What do you suggest?

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

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Member based nonprofits and trade associations have been consistently losing ground in the volunteer sector and are challenged with remaining relevant and retaining members. In a field that is known for the lack of capacity building and infrastructure funding, nonprofits must be strategic in how they allocate time, treasure, and talent.

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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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#BBCON 2016| What’s in It for Arts & Cultural Organizations

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Being Part of a Funder’s Portfolio: Perspectives on the Public and Private Funding Landscape: Come learn from Dr. Kathryn Mathew, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main provider of federal support within the United States for museums and libraries.

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Philanthropy needs to change, but what can be done in fundraising for equity now?

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Rockefeller’s and Carnegie’s philanthropy continues to remain the main model for funding nonprofits, yet with increasing diversity (over the next two decades minorities will comprise more than half the population) these models based on white dominant norms will become increasingly irrelevant. Donor-centric fundraising….

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