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Myth Busters: Why Donors Shouldn’t Rely on the Overhead Ratio

NonProfit Hub

Rottenness is not a very useful criteria for picking where to eat, but GuideStar President and CEO Jacob Harold said this scenario happens every time a person chooses to rely upon a nonprofit’s overhead ratio to make a donation. Obviously we want to avoid rotten food, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only thing you think about when picking.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This software includes assessment tools for evaluating students’ ability to problem solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and comprehend informational texts and diagrams. Games can also empower players to help solve seemingly impossible scientific problems. Around Gender.

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Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Small Nonprofits?

Get Fully Funded

Evaluating Ideas for Fundraising Events When you’re evaluating a potential fundraising event, don’t just look at the potential revenue. But if you’re surviving on little fundraisers, you’ve got a bigger problem. Or the one that’s easiest to organize and promote, practically selling itself?

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The Overhead Question: What's Our Role?

NTEN

The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. So many organizations view technology as an administrative, or overhead, expense -- we can argue that point later -- which means that they routinely under-invest to keep that ratio as low as possible. We need a culture change.

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5 Quick and Easy Ways to Make Your Website More Accessible

Allegiance Group

Ensure Your Font Size is Large Enough Many web users have vision problems, whether they just have strong prescription eyeglasses or have some type of visual impairment. The higher the contrast ratio of text color to background color, the easier it will be to read.

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The Overhead Question: What's Our Role?

NTEN

The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. So many organizations view technology as an administrative, or overhead, expense -- we can argue that point later -- which means that they routinely under-invest to keep that ratio as low as possible. We need a culture change.

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Finding a Nonprofit Partner: Who is the Right One?

BoardAssist

Evaluate each nonprofit on the list and determine the best candidates. Further evaluation can be conducted on each partner after step 5) and once both sides have agreed to meet for the first time. Specific areas to evaluate are: signs of unmanageable financial problems, negative trends, or anomalies.