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A Guide to Email Accessibility Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Key criteria for nonprofits to consider when designing emails for accessibility include: Ensure that your brand colors pass ADA contrast ratio guidelines of 4.5:1 Moreover, nonprofits can expand their reach and engage with a wider audience by improving the overall user experience with accessible communications.

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Supporting a Nonprofit Business Plan: A Leader’s Guide to Guiding Your Board

Neon CRM

That way, you will know what decisions your board is making and can provide them with the data that will guide them to the right ones. Mission statement: Clear statement of the nonprofit’s purpose, future aspirations, and guiding principles. Let’s look at the Red Cross mission statement as an example.

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How Ambitious Managers Make The Jump To Leadership

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The goal of this book is to provide an intensely practical guide to making that transition by sharing insights, stories, and approaches from hundreds of leaders to build the skills you will need to make the leap to leader,” explains Bryant. How to perfect the do-to-say ratio. Ways to navigate office politics.

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Matching Donations: A Nonprofit’s Guide to Doubling Impact

DipJar

To help your nonprofit maximize matching donations, we’ll explore the basics of this type of program and provide some practical tips along the way. Here’s how NPOInfo’s guide to employer appends for nonprofits breaks down the process: Gather donor data. For example: Disney will match donations between $25 and $25,000 at a ratio of 1:1.

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7 Step Policy Guide for Creating Operating Reserves

sgEngage

When establishing your nonprofit’s operating reserve policy, a key best practice is to have clear among your leadership and staff to ensure that all parties and the parameters for using it. Implementation: Now that the policy is formalized, your financial team can put it into practice and establish your operating reserve fund.

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Phonathons: The Fundraiser’s Ultimate Guide & 15+ Top Tips

Double the Donation

Practice with mock calls. Practice with mock calls. Practice: Have your callers pair up and do trial runs on a few matching gift companies. If the answer is yes, the caller begins the donation process with the new donor and helps guide them through the experience. Match ratios. Create a standardized script.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

In this post, I’ll guide you through five critical mistakes to watch out for in your Statement of Activities. Training your accounting teams on the importance of granularity in financial reporting and the use of resources like the UCOA can significantly improve your financial management practices.