Donor Stewardship: A Plan a One-Person Nonprofit Can Run
You raised the money. What you do in the next few weeks decides whether that person ever gives to you again. That work is donor stewardship.
Church Fundraising Ideas That Outlast the Event
Your fall dinner cleared $4,200. The committee is pleased, the kitchen team is wrung out, and somebody has already said the quiet part out loud: we have to do this again next year. That is the honest problem with most church fundraising ideas. They work. They also expire the moment the tables are folded away, […]
Nonprofit Fundraising Ideas That Work Without Staff
Most of the nonprofit fundraising ideas you will find online were written by companies that sell fundraising software. That is not a conspiracy, it is just who has the budget to publish. But it shapes the advice. Those lists quietly assume you have a donor database, a staff member to run the campaign, and a […]
Nonprofit Financial Statements: What Donors and Advisors Should Look For
For many donors, the moment they open a nonprofit’s financials is also the moment things stop feeling particularly charitable. Nonprofit financial statements can suddenly mean net assets, functional expenses, restrictions, liquidity disclosures, and a Form 990 that seems determined to make one simple question—Where did the money go?—much harder than it needs to be. Here […]
What Is a Fundraising Efficiency Ratio? (And Why It Matters When You Give)
You give $100. How much actually helps the cause, and how much gets spent asking someone for the next $100? That is the basic question behind the fundraising efficiency ratio, a metric that looks at how much a nonprofit spends to generate charitable contributions. The short answer is simple arithmetic: divide fundraising expenses by total […]
Nonprofit vs Not-for-Profit: What’s the Difference?
Nonprofit and not-for-profit are interchangeable words; the real line runs between state formation, federal tax exemption and how your organization earns its money.
Charity Partnerships: How to Choose One and Run It
What a charity partnership is, how it differs from a donation, how to vet a nonprofit partner, what belongs in the agreement, and how to tell whether it is working.
How to Manage a Nonprofit Organization: Top Challenges
The four things that must stay in balance to manage a nonprofit organization, how each fails quietly, and what a small team can fix without money.
How to Start a Nonprofit in Miami County, KS
So, you’re thinking about how to start a nonprofit in Miami County, KS? That’s fantastic! Not only are you on the brink of making a meaningful impact, but you’re also about to join the ranks of more than 18,000 nonprofits that call Kansas home. Among them are 14,151 organizations with 501(c)(3) status—organizations that are eligible […]
Nonprofit Accounting and the Ratios That Matter
Nonprofit accounting is fund accounting, and the ratios only mean something once the bookkeeping underneath them separates program, management and fundraising properly.