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The Best Route to Approaching Donors: Hand-Head-Heart
As someone who began her career as a fund raiser and migrated to become a funder as head of a large corporate foundation, I have a somewhat unique vantage point on the struggle many nonprofits endure when engaging funders and major donors to support th …
Welcome From Our New Publisher
As with most nonprofit ventures, Blue Avocado has taken some interesting twists and turns in its first ten years. As the major funder of Blue Avocado throughout its history, the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group has always been cheering for the succe …
Letter from the Editor
Welcome to Blue Avocado 2.0! I'm honored to serve as the new Editor-in-Chief and first and foremost, I want to assure each and every one of you that we will maintain BA's high standards and stay focused on providing tactical, practical tips and …
Finding Your Voice As a Nonprofit
In these tumultuous political times, the nonprofit community has started asking important questions: What is our responsibility to speak out on behalf of our staff, clients, and community? How do we advocate for them without violating our 501(c)(3) sta …
The Gentrification Phenomenon: A Nonprofit Dilemma
A Saturday morning walk through the Lower West Side (“Pilsen”) community of Chicago may trick you into thinking you’ve accidentally stumbled across the southern U.S. border. The sidewalks are crowded with pop-up artisan markets, stands selling homemade …
Letter From the Editor
Welcome to this special YNPN Edition of Blue Avocado! We’ve partnered with our friends over at the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network to deliver you a special edition of Blue Avocado featuring young, insightful writers from around the country. …
Resources of many kinds: What is American Nonprofits and what can it do for you?
Here at Blue Avocado, we work hard to bring you the most relevant and practical information for small to medium-sized nonprofits. But we couldn’t do this work without our parent organization and publisher, American Nonprofits (AN). Working together to …
Process, Process, Process: The evaluation model you shouldn’t ignore
In a nonprofit’s toolkit, evaluation is key for making meaningful adjustments that cultivate success. As nonprofits, we are expected to be accountable to our boards, our staff, our funders, our partners, and most importantly, our clients or cons …
Lide Haiti: Helping women and girls help Haiti
“I would like to see the girls become the leaders of their communities. This is what will bring real change to Haiti, and this will be the fulfillment of my dream.” – Soeurette Rigodon, Deputy Director Founded five years ago by actor Rainn Wilso …
Editor’s Note
What will you do to begin again this fall? For me, autumn always meant starting over with big ideas and new projects. I used the change in weather and the back-to-school sensibilities to redefine priorities and goals. For those who work in this …
