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Myth Busters: Why Donors Shouldn’t Rely on the Overhead Ratio

NonProfit Hub

Rottenness is not a very useful criteria for picking where to eat, but GuideStar President and CEO Jacob Harold said this scenario happens every time a person chooses to rely upon a nonprofit’s overhead ratio to make a donation. Harold said the response to the first phase was overwhelmingly positive. Is their board diverse?

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

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A common example that I have seen concerns the ratio of unrestricted to restricted funds. This seems obvious, but it is particularly vital in this phase that you hire seasoned finance and development professionals — and that you empower them to lead on decision making where the expertise is theirs. These, too, are necessary.

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5 Best Practices for Increasing Major Giving To Your Org

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A corporate matching gift program is a form of corporate philanthropy in which employers agree to financially match their employees’ charitable contributions at a certain ratio (usually 1:1 or 2:1). They can check their eligibility using a matching gift database, or you can check it for them during the prospect research phase.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Snapchat

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As we have learned in the past with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram the early adoption phase is when new communities grow the fastest. It’s too early to know whether it is a best practice to add back all your Friends, so to begin add Friends at a ratio of 1:10. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat.

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What is Corporate Philanthropy? What Nonprofits Need to Know

Nonprofits Source

Most businesses match at a 1:1 ratio, but some will match at a 2:1, 3:1, or even 4:1 proportion. Patagonia also has a robust corporate social responsibility program that promotes equitable labor practices and sustainability throughout every production phase. Bombas Bombas is a clothing brand best known for well-made socks.

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A Lesson on Budgeting from the Blackbaud Management Team

Connection Cafe

Here’s the seminar’s summary: Budgets are the last phase of a longer strategic journey. If you missed it, be sure to take some time to watch the presentation! Budgets are, or should be, more than a record of “what we think we’ll earn, and what we think we’ll spend”.

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Enhancing Your Major Gift Fundraising Strategy with Analytics

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Fundraisers should also analyze how much idealized potential exists for a proposed campaign by calculating the low, middle, and high end of capacity ranges, thus weighting “hit rates” or yield ratios. Once the silent phase is completed, you will need to identify prospects for the public phase.