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5 Creative Angles to Consider for Your Next Fundraising Campaign

Classy

When it comes to fundraising for your nonprofit, creativity is key. Below, we’ve highlighted five creative angles to consider for your next fundraising campaign, complete with five nonprofit examples to show how these ideas can be brought to life. . Creative Angles to Take on Your Next Campaign. times greater than ticketed events. .

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4 Financial Metrics to Increase Transparency for Your Nonprofit

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Organization’s reliance on contributions: If an organization relies heavily on contributions from the general public—as opposed to program service fees or large government contracts—they are more likely to respond to donor requests for transparency. Cost of fundraising = fundraising expenses / total contributions.

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5 Reasons Your Board Should Switch to Google Drive

Nonprofit Tech for Good

While a board’s priority is always governance, its members may also be the organization’s best spokespeople, fundraisers, volunteers, and technical experts. Transparency about programmatic approach, results, governance, and finances are just a few ways a nonprofit can be open about its work, and this openness must start with the board.

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Digital Priorities the Mission-Driven Sector Must Address in 2024

Forum One

Here’s what we’re seeing as the biggest priorities for our partners across the nonprofit and government space to address this year. At this sea-change moment, we’re working with organizations to set holistic AI strategies and governance as part of their core organizational strategies, not just digital strategy.

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Research Friday: Government contracting in the new normal

ASU Lodestar Center

Particularly in the last several years, in the wake of the financial crisis, organizations have struggled with a variety of challenges related to government support. In the United States, we rely on government to provide key economic supports. consistent, structural challenges. embedded in government contracting.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. But the reality is that these people won’t necessarily be effective in a governance role. After five years, we finally balanced the budget. Takeaway 3: The board needs training.

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5 Common Questions About Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Cost Rates

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Nonprofit organizations are beginning to use indirect costs more frequently in their budgeting processes, whether or not they are pursuing government grants. Colleen spends about 25% of her time supporting the senior programs, 50% supporting the afterschool programs, and then 25% working on fundraising efforts to support the community center.

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