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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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By the time a new direction is approved, the plan may already be out of date. Most groups have invested in improved systems and platforms, and some have adjusted their strategy to maximize the new equipment. The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. You can do it.

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Answer these 6 questions to frame your fundraising plan structure

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Drafting a fundraising plan can be intimidating, especially if it’s your first time and you have no fundraising plan structure. Without a plan, you’ll spend your time in the Cycle of Reactivity and Panic or CRAP. Be prepared to spend some time on this if it’s your first plan. And that takes time. I’ve been there.

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How to Improve On-Time Tuition Payments

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That’s why it is critical to have a tuition collection strategy that encourages on-time payments and reduces tuition delinquency. Having that contract roll from the school’s admissions software into its tuition management system helps eliminate chaos and confusion. Offering choices. Providing late fees for a reason.

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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

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The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs. Even though laws and structures are often driven from the top down, it is a combination of top-down leadership and grassroots movements that create sustainable change.

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Don’t Get Lost in Translation: What Finance Needs from the Development System

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But in a fundraising organization, Finance is heavily dependent on Development systems to furnish accurate, unambiguous fundraising data to the general ledger, so that correct annual and monthly financial reporting can be produced. funds or property donated). In Blackbaud CRM, this same information can be recorded by leveraging Designations.

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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

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The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. How can you pave the way for responsive philanthropy in your community’s time of need? For many nonprofits, outdated and manual processes place a further burden on staff’s time.

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5 Tips for Community Health Centers to Transition to New Fund Accounting Software

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The right fund accounting software can save you time and streamline your processes. But as a community health center, you’re already running on lean margins, which makes it even harder to carve out time to implement new software. You’ll also want someone who is familiar with compliance, especially GAAP and FASB.

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