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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

sgEngage

All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. What Are Restricted Funds? What are Unrestricted Funds?

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MacArthur Offers $100 Million For One Good Program

The NonProfit Times

The competition is open to organizations and collaborations working in any field, anywhere in the world, according to Chris Cardona, MacArthur’s managing director, discovery, exploration, and programs. billion in funding and supported over 175 outstanding organizations.” The $640 million was nearly 2.56 times the original plan.

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Strategic Fundraising For Small Arts + Culture Nonprofits

Bloomerang

Nonprofits of all sizes have one need in common: funding. Small nonprofits face even more challenges when it comes to securing funding in comparison to larger organizations—from low donor retention rates to limited resources to an overall lack of unrestricted funding.

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Ending the Cycle of Poverty With Access to Quality Education

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Kate Ginn, Senior Communications Editor, Cambodian Children’s Fund. Their fate seems set from a young age: Children living in some of the most deprived communities in Cambodia are often denied the chance of an education, trapped in a cycle of poverty with no escape. Hong Kong, and Australia. By 2000, Scott was living in L.A.

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How a Community of Long-Term Monthly Donors Make a Long-Term Difference

Nonprofit Tech for Good

One of the major barriers for the billions of people who lack safe water and sanitation is access to financing to fund the solutions they need to survive. What a non-profit does with the funds is critical to serve the interests of their cause and their donors. Creating powerful solutions.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

Blue Avocado

Like children as they grow to independence, there will come times when you may find your relationship to the organization grows confusing and fraught. Board Underperformance In the beginning, it is common to have a board composed of a few of the founder’s friends, and for the board to give a great deal of deference to the Executive Director.

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6 Generations of Giving: Who Gives the Most and How They Prefer to Give

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the short-term, older donors are going to give the most money, but younger generations are more likely to give their time, in volunteer hours, serve on an organization’s board of directors, and have connections to corporate giving opportunities. They value transparency and are more inclined to research organizations before donating.