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How To Write A Nonprofit Mission Statement in 7 Steps (Plus 10 Great Examples)

Neon CRM

They could be helpful in finding new ways to talk about your mission in your fundraising appeals, grant proposals, and more. Iowa Healthiest State Initiative “To become the healthiest state in the nation by improving the physical, social and emotional well-being of Iowans.” Think about what would best speak to your audience.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

Overhead is defined as a “percentage of a charity’s expenses that goes to administrative and fundraising costs” (Guidestar, 2014). Therefore, other factors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and other practices should be considered as part of the bigger picture.

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills.

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, April 17-23

Tech Soup

Sage is giving away fundraising software. It's been a big week in the TechSoup universe. From TechSoup Stock : There's only one more day to request Sage's special donation of Fundraising 50. Conferencing Virtually : The Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference. GreenTech's TeleGreen Your Work campaign is underway.

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Funding Rural America: Bridging the Resource Gap

Tech Soup

There are lots of library-specific resources on fundraising. She uses information from the University of Iowa College of Public Health's Rural Policy Research Institute. Of course, GrantStation itself is a grantmaking online research tool. It is also a good resource on best practices for writing grant proposals.

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How Healthy Do You Want Your Nonprofit Board To Be?

BoardAssist

According to the Executive Director Listening Project conducted by the Meyer Foundation, “Strengthening the Board of Directors” is listed as a top challenge affecting executive directors’ personal and professional effectiveness (“fundraising” and “managing human capital” were the only two challenges ranked higher). governance'

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Candid community: Expanding equitable access to nonprofit resources 

Candid

Our network of partners includes public libraries, university and community college libraries, public charities, and nonprofit resource centers, including nonprofit associations. The state library systems of Hawaii and Iowa even took advantage of this opportunity to provide access to Candid resources at every public library in the state.