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Navigating the nonprofit world can be challenging. Blue Avocado offers expert guidance on a range of topics — from building strong boards to maximizing your fundraising impact. Explore our latest posts for practical tips, strategies, and solutions to common issues facing nonprofit organizations today.
Equity is ultimately about creating a level playing field and ensuring that everyone has an honest chance at achieving their potential.
The nonprofit community is asking important questions: What is our responsibility to speak out on behalf of our staff, clients, and community?
Millennials know it’s easier to fix something than replace it. They join nonprofits to make a difference, not complain about their managers.
Despite Millennials’ desire for jobs that allow them to do good and feel good, student debt may be keeping them unaffordable to nonprofits.
Collaboration is tough, collaboration might hurt your ego, but its outcomes can be much more satisfying than solely through individual work.
Many nonprofits haven’t adopted policies and systems to attract young professionals, invest in their development, or incentivize them to stay.
Nonprofits must follow low-income children and families if they are displaced by a new population that does not align with the mission.
While many nonprofits focus on impact evaluations, process models can be invaluable for helping organizations make real, lasting impact.
Knowledge sharing allows members of one organization to share relevant information with one another and anyone outside of the organization.
The Lidè Foundation provides instruction in the arts and literacy to over 550 adolescent girls at a dozen locations in rural Haiti.
Broaden your fundraising tactics to be more inclusive of multigenerational giving. Employ technology to save time and resources.
Blue Avocado readers share thoughts on how the current political landscape will affect your organization’s funding.
Asked to join a nonprofit board? Here’s what to look for in your due diligence process – before you sign on the dotted line.
How U/X and user-centered design methods can better communicate visual stories in a way that advances the mission of your organization.
When a nonprofit leader moves on, the process isn’t always easy. Questions about nonprofit ownership can be organizational life-or-death.
Nonprofits are always looking for creative ways to raise funds, but requiring employees to make financial donations is unlawful.
“You need to have an insatiable tenacity to learn, and willingness to understand how things come together.”
Four recommendations that will radically improve the strategic planning process at nonprofit organizations.
Arguments for & against legislation that prohibits churches & other charitable organizations from direct or indirect political campaigning.
When information is part of the board directive as a whole, organizations reinforce the importance of shared responsibility and governance.
When searching for how new members fit in, look at your strategic plan. Does the board reflect the skill set you need to get there?
“Take every opportunity that’s offered and consistent with your mission and let the artists lead the way.”
Advocates for nonprofits tout the importance of diverse communities and social safety nets. A new study suggests it’s also good for business.
There is so much potential out there to dramatically move the needle on social issues and drive impact, no matter the external environment.