Now more than ever many organizations are looking closely at their fundraising programs. Leadership expects the fundraising department to do more, often with less. Organizations and institutions are being challenged in new ways and development departments are facing new demands. One of those demands is to move away from development to focus more exclusively on
Imagine this. Your nonprofit organization is short on funds. A former co-worker tells you she knows someone looking to give $25,000 to an organization like yours. She says, “I’ll introduce you and facilitate the process if you give me 10 percent of whatever she gives you. You know, a finder’s fee.” Or what about this.
Imagine this. Your nonprofit organization is short on funds. A former co-worker tells you she knows someone looking to give $25,000 to an organization like yours. She says, “I’ll introduce you and facilitate the process if you give me 10 percent of whatever she gives you. You know, a finder’s fee.” Or what about this.
The East Bay Community Foundation has been bringing together philanthropists and non-profit organizations since 1928. We thought you might like to know a bit more about the foundation, so we posed some questions on your behalf. What is the mission and vision of the East Bay Community Foundation? Our mission is to be the organization
The East Bay Community Foundation has been bringing together philanthropists and non-profit organizations since 1928. We thought you might like to know a bit more about the foundation, so we posed some questions on your behalf. What is the mission and vision of the East Bay Community Foundation? Our mission is to be the organization
The board of directors of a non-profit organization is responsible for the organization’s financial health. The board is also charged with hiring and evaluating the executive director, creating policies and procedures that guide the work of board and staff, with articulating the organization’s mission and vision, and ensuring the organization has access to the funds
Cause marketing is one way for businesses and non-profit organizations to partner with each other to create value, generate revenue and increase visibility. Here’s a real life example. In November we leased a Subaru Legacy. We love it! Great car. Great lease price. Meets all our needs and those of our new dog. In our
If your organization is grappling with whether or not to merge with another organization or close altogether, you are not alone. The current economic climate is posing many challenges to the very existence of some organizations. For many donations are down, grants are smaller or postponed, and government funding that used to be relied on
Changes in the economy, the stock market and employment rates impact non-profit organizations and the foundations that provide funding to them. We posed a few questions to Cedric Brown, director of the Mitchell Kapor Foundation related to these changes. 1. How is the current economic climate impacting giving by Foundations? The endowments and total assets
Find what is unique about your organization or the people invovled and put your creativity to work as you design your fundraising program. The president of Oakwood University is now running marathons around the globe and raising scholarship funds.
