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Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin ? new research

Pamela Grow

Pedraza Martinez , University of Notre Dame Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds. As nonprofits grow and establish some level of capacity, the emphasis should then shift to fundraising. Read the original article.

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Going Against the Fundraising Grain: Three Unconventional Fundraising Tactics

NonProfit Hub

Sometimes people dread fundraising because they view it as simply asking people to give you their money. However, you don’t have to take the common approach to fundraising. We’ve asked around and collected some of our favorite, more unique fundraising approaches. You can, and should, have fun to help your nonprofit raise money.

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How HART for Animals Built a Modern Pet Rescue Center

Tech Soup

To their horror, they learned that homeless pets in their area can freeze and die during the brutal winter months. When Pellet crunched the numbers, she found that it would cost the nonprofit a lot to get Windows 7 licenses for each of the donated computers. There was no budget for that kind of spending!

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. Fundraising presentations. Fundraising Campaign - Street Kids. Here's how the Creative Commons licenses work.

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Making a Case for Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Costs

sgEngage

Indirect costs are classified as General and Administrative (G&A) expenditures that help provide a service and include things such as accounting, legal, insurance, bank fees, licenses, and other expenses required for the overall operation of an entity, such as administrative professionals, human resources expenses.

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Making a Case for Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Costs

sgEngage

Indirect costs are classified as General and Administrative (G&A) expenditures that help provide a service and include things such as accounting, legal, insurance, bank fees, licenses, and other expenses required for the overall operation of an entity, such as administrative professionals, human resources expenses.

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