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What’s the Risk of Starting a Nonprofit?

NonProfit Hub

In an IRS study of “nonfilers,” around 16 percent of nonprofits that filed their 990s from 2000 to 2005 did not re-file in 2005. This indicates they either fell under the $25,000 filing threshold or ceased operations altogether. A 2016 study showed that Washington D.C.

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Finding Your Next Funder: How Prospect Research Helps Secure New Major Donors

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You won’t always have time to go through prospects files in detail at the office prior to a meeting or an event. Grants Administrator Heather Pressman from Chabot Space & Science Center suggested keeping detailed notes on foundations as well: not only the foundations that fund you, but the ones that didn’t, and why they didn’t.