If your nonprofit performs “charitable solicitations” in another state, you may be required to register there. This does not apply to passive fundraising but it does apply to galas, alumni events, concerts, or any other active fundraising activities that you host outside of your home state.
Read MoreWhen it comes to trademark protection, the law treats nonprofit and for-profit organizations just the same. The same rules apply and the same protections exist. However, the implications of infringement may be even more devastating for a nonprofit.
Read MoreMost Americans don’t realize the size of the nonprofit sector, nor the significance of the services that it provides. Today, charitable gifts have a total economic impact of $800 billion and nonprofits represent nearly 10 percent of the American workforce.
Read MoreIt all started when David Moore began donating Christmas gifts to children in 2000 through the “adopt-a-family” method. It wasn’t long before he realized that this method segregated the children who received gifts from their friends who didn’t.
Read MoreA nonprofit is, by definition, an advocate. It stands up for individuals, animals, or inanimate objects that do not have the power to do so for themselves. Where public policy can impact a charity’s ability to carry out its mission, it is in an excellent position to speak up.
Read MoreMost of us will never know what it is like to be a Warren Buffett or Bill and Melinda Gates and experience the feeling of donating millions of dollars to charitable causes. But learning about what motivates major donors to give can help better shape our own donor experience.
Read MoreThe three nonprofits were selected by Day of Service Committee members who were looking for one-day projects outside of day-to-day operations, where volunteer service would have a significant impact.
Read MoreThere are several charity rating, or watchdog, organizations in existence today. The question is: How valuable are ratings to potential donors, and what criteria do these organizations use to formulate them?
Read MoreFor nonprofit professionals who have ever drafted a logic model for a grant proposal, and struggled with finding adequate ways to define and measure success, there is good news: a growing effort to define common metrics that are meaningful across entire service categories.
Read MoreAll of us partner with the police in one way or another – only most of us don’t give it much thought. Here are some suggestions on how to foster this relationship in ways that very likely will support your mission
Read MoreBy employing GPS mapping technology, charity:water is able to let its donors see the exact point on the globe where their dollars are being employed to drill a water well. Photographs of the project convey the actual reactions of people when locally produced, clean water is available to them for the first time.
Read MoreNational Volunteer Week is not only about bringing nonprofits, community-minded businesses, and volunteers together; it is also a time for recognizing and appreciating these special people who mean so much to our organizations.
Read MoreBefore Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt made philanthropy sexy, many so-called “stars” leveraged their celebrity status to bring causes into our consciousness: think of Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Danny Thomas, to name a few. These men did not simply furnish a photo and a signature – they became ambassadors for the charities that they supported.
Read MoreFirst, imagine what key words a person might use to locate your organization, and do a search yourself. Does your website come up? How far into the text on your home page do those key words appear? What other possible key words might a person employ?
Read MoreYou might wonder how this founder of an organization that builds sustainable farms in developing countries and executive director of a breast health education nonprofit came to be such good friends. Their relationship was cemented on a trip to Kigali, Rwanda when they were stranded in a Montreal airport.
Read MoreAs of November 2018, there are 23,000 nonprofits in Houston alone – what unlikely relationships can you imagine? What can you do to drive up the number of your Fans and Followers to make your organization more attractive to potential partners?
Read MoreThe very best professional development program in existence began in California in 1924. Currently, 270,000 people in 116 countries avail themselves of this training at a cost of roughly $100/year per person. What’s more, the sponsoring organization is a nonprofit! Can you guess what it is?
Read MoreHave you ever said “We are the best-kept secret in (insert your field)”? It’s a common theme in the nonprofit world, where there is great reluctance to spend funds on marketing and public relations (P.R.) that could otherwise go towards supporting the organization’s mission.
Read MoreAs nonprofit fundraisers, we are constantly asked about the number of volunteer hours contributed by board members, their financial gifts, and whether the board fund reflects “100% participation” – in short, what have the board members done for the organization? Instead, let’s turn this question on its head.
Read MoreNo successful organization, for-profit or nonprofit, balks at the idea of spending long hours hammering out a multi-year strategic plan. Although the process can be painful, it gives leadership a chance to be heard.
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