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Five ways to retain quality employees at your nonprofit

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Changing the narrative about overhead funding with your donors is another area to look into. It is essential for organizations and nonprofits to understand that in order to produce the expected outcomes, there needs to be funding for the overhead costs to successfully introduce a program or provide a service.

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Engaging and Retaining Skilled (and Key) Volunteers

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In these hard economic times, nonprofits are famously struggling—fighting for funding and fighting for resources. Pair volunteer professionals with your professional needs. Organizations like HandsOn Greater Phoenix can aid in the recruitment and training of skilled volunteers. Like this article? Get another!

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11 Hispanic and Latino Organizations Everyone Should Know

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Through HHF’s award-winning LOFT leadership and workforce development program, tens of thousands of students and young professionals are connected to each other and to mentors and resources. Chicanos Por La Causa was founded in 1969 to confront oppression facing Latinos in Phoenix, Arizona as part of the movement led by Cesar Chavez.

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How Can Nonprofits Address the Challenges and Opportunities of Disrupting Technologies?

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Uber is not the only company debuting this newest innovation- Waymo, a Google subsidiary, and General Motors are both testing their own self-driving cars in the Phoenix area. Nonprofits can, and should, advocate for an expansion of funding grants and other sources of funding that will allow them to scale their services.

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The 15 Best Nonprofit Videos to Help You Connect With Supporters

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It couldn’t be done without professional (and expensive) camera equipment —and a tech-savvy cameraperson and editor to boot—so we had to pick our video topics wisely. To say the least, there wasn’t an easy way to shoot impromptu, professional-quality videos on the fly! That means it’s time for your nonprofit to get a piece of the pie.

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So, You're Being Audited.

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WHEN AUDITORS ARE PRESENT: Greet them with a friendly and professional attitude. In addition to her leadership role, she handles grant management and funding, licensure, communications, compliance and regulatory oversight. Realize that audits are an opportunity to improve. Check their identification. Give them a tour, if appropriate.

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Bigger is always better…(Except when it’s not!)

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By having more local leaders she would increase not only total funds to her organization, but higher visibility as well. Scola, CFRE has been involved professionally in nonprofit work since 1983, having held leadership positions in Texas and Utah, as well as Arizona and California. Courtney actually chose the larger board.

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