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by Abby Jarvis on March 11, 2019
Categories: Current Issue| Fundraising| Marketing and Communications
Topic Tags: Donations
There’s regular fundraising, and then there’s small shop fundraising. Raising money when you’re limited to a very small fundraising staff presents some unique obstacles that aren’t typically faced by larger organizations. Thankfully, online fundraising is evolving rapidly and makes life easier for small development departments. In this article, you’ll learn how to use digital fundraising tools to ease your workload and raise more money in the process. Here are some tried-and-true methods some of our nonprofit friends are using! Automate What You Can Working for a small fundraising shop can be overwhelming! Resources are scarce, fundraising goals …
Volunteerism is an enormous economic force, yet it is never mentioned in business school or in economics departments. –Walter Hoadley, former Chief Economist for the Bank of America All-volunteer organizations (AVOs) are a major social …
In many nonprofits, a time comes when the question arises: should the organization accept personal loans from board members? This article does not try to answer that question. It does try to outline — very briefly — some of the choices in …
Imagine getting excited about volunteering for something, and then waiting six or seven months before you actually get to do it. Can we accelerate the process by "pre-qualifying" candidates? One of the most frustrating parts of board recruitm …
As nonprofits serving people and communities in these difficult financial times, we don’t expect things to turn around for our communities in the near future. Many of us are wondering: how can we achieve a balanced budget in these times? When is it oka …
"I was on the board of a national social justice organization for three years. The Development Director discovered that the "external-auditor-turned-internal-accountant" had been embezzling funds by stealing checks and using the "st …
Dozens of Blue Avocado readers gave our writer Keiko Rosenstiel a lot to work with: After hearing from so many Blue Avocado readers what is the right way to sign off on a nonprofit email, I’ve come to the conclusion that there is none! It’s a pe …
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