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4 Financial Metrics to Increase Transparency for Your Nonprofit

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Every day, you and your donors are inundated with thousands of pieces of news and bits of information. You want your donors to trust your work, your impact, your stewardship of resources, and your connection to the community, and stand out in a sea of information. It can be tricky to figure out what’s real and who you can trust.

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Encouraging Donors to Participate in Corporate Giving Programs

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Corporate giving opportunities like matching gift programs, volunteer grants, and fundraising event matches allow nonprofits, donors, and corporations to build and grow mutually beneficial partnerships. Why doesn’t everyone partake in those programs already ?” But what exactly does the donor get out of the arrangement? Let’s dive in.

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How to Demonstrate ROI to Your Nonprofit Board Members

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Capturing this information on staffing and expenses (including proper assignment of costs by program and fundraising activity and those of professional fundraisers or outside consultants) for various strategic outreach efforts or fundraising events is essential to confirm that your nonprofit effectively fulfills its mission.

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How do grantmaker CEO salaries compare with other staff? 

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One of the more helpful ways to explore top executive pay is to examine the ratio of their compensation compared to that of the “median worker” (i.e., For example, in The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism , John Bogle estimated a nationwide ratio to be approximately 280:1 in 2004 (up from 42:1 in 1980). The median ratio was 2.7:1

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The overhead myth: crash course to fundraising transparency

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To define the overhead myth, we first need to define the term “overhead ratio.” . Overhead ratio essentially refers to the amount of a nonprofit’s budget that’s dedicated to overhead costs (i.e. the amount of money that’s spent on direct services and programming). Go above and beyond with transparency when discussing overhead.

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5 Corporate Philanthropy Roadblocks—and How to Solve Them

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And that the future of corporate giving is increasingly trending toward employee-centric giving programs, such as matching gifts, volunteer grants, and other forms of workplace giving. Lack of awareness of corporate philanthropy programs. Lack of access to corporate philanthropy program guidelines. Let’s begin!

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10 Donation Page Best Practices for Nonprofits

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As a best practice, study and mimic large nonprofits similar to yours in mission and programs with years of experience. You can text message donors information about fundraising campaigns, events, emergencies, and volunteer opportunities – just to name a few. 6) Add charity rating badges and program vs. operating expense graphics.

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