Recent Posts
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.
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Unicorns Found: Meet Two Grantwriters
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Word on the Street from the Council on Foundations Conference
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The Unrecognized Value of Community Nonprofits, Hiring Grantwriters, Extended Warranties, MTV
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In Search of Unicorns: Finding & Hiring Grantwriters, Part 1
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Nonprofit Budgets Have to Balance: False!
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Don’t Drive, Chew Gum and Use the Phone at the Same Time
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Meaningful Acts of Appreciation for Nonprofit Boards and Staff
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Nonprofits and the Media
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Pay Off My Student Loan or Pay Into a 401K?
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Why is it called Blue Avocado?
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Abolish Board Committees?
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Reasons to Have (& Not to Have) an Attorney on a Nonprofit Board
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Can We Require An Employee To Take Her Meds?
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Promises, Promises: Rural Advocates vs. Big Philanthropy
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Five Ways to Let Government Money Run You Over
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Good Management vs. Good Leadership
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What Do I Say to a Donor or Funder?
With the elections coming up, a nonprofit’s staff is buzzing with political talk. Ask Rita shares how to avoid this creating a minefield.
Be sure that your nonprofit is getting the most value out of your relationship with your broker, and with your insurance companies.
Many nonprofit board members don’t think about the organization’s insurance until something adverse happens. Here’s the low-down on liability.
Blue Avocado explores the plight of people in the nonprofit sector who find themselves close to retirement without enough savings.
A quick roundup of just a few of the most compelling and informative nonprofit commentaries around recent financial developments.
Blue Avocado shares steps for how a nonprofit organization can shut down its operations and ride into the sunset gracefully.
Exploring different ways nonprofit employees can plan and save for retirement — and which ways are better suited than others.
For nonprofits, it’s hard not to think that closing down is the ultimate disaster. But sometimes a lack of money or energy forces the issue.
After Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi community nonprofits used the region’s recovery as a stepping stone to lasting social change.
Would it support your cause if your organization took a stand on a public policy issue? Is it legal to do so? And how would you go about it?
Part one in this three-part series on nonprofit retirement looks at calculating retirement needs and using that information to explore choices
Ask Rita provides policies nonprofit organizations should consider when adding a policy forbidding cell phone use while driving.
A quick checklist for Family and Medical Leave Act requests as a way of making sure you’ve remembered all the key points.
Ask Rita explores whether or not a nonprofit organization’s employee can come and go using Family or Medical Leave?
Many people don’t realize that on their personal tax returns volunteers can deduct mileage expenses incurred as part of volunteering.
Is an audit worth the expense for a nonprofit’s board of directors in these tough economic times?
Executive sessions can help nonprofits have frank discussions about staff performance, and help the board develop a sense of itself.
Don’t forget how nonprofits have helped create America’s awe-inspiring performers and communities at the Olympics.
All-volunteer organizations (AVOs) are a major social and economic force, but are seldom given credit for their work.
The best protection for employers seeking to comply with immigration laws is to keep accurate records showing your efforts at compliance.
Barack Obama began his career as an organizer and antipoverty advocate for a nonprofit. Michelle is a former nonprofit executive director.
Some employers think that paying an employee a salary or designating an employee a “teacher” exempts that employee from the overtime rules.
What’s the best way to raise money for a nonprofit? Start by figuring out who are the best potential supporters of our work and why.
With nonprofit insurance, a key part to getting the lowest costs and the best coverage is getting the right insurance broker.