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Grant Writing Isn’t Overhead — It’s Infrastructure
Bylaws Checklist
What steps has your nonprofit taken to become more environmentally sustainable?
*NEW* Blue Avocado Presents: Understanding Nonprofit Law – Practical Guidance for Nonprofit Leaders – Live Q&A
How to Stop Managing Your Nonprofit and Start Leading
Ask Rita: Recording Conversations in the Workplace — Do I Have to Put Up with This?
What is your nonprofit’s approach to planning for leadership succession?
When the Board Becomes the Problem: Reclaiming Power in Nonprofit Leadership
Why Human-Centered AI Adoption Matters for Nonprofits
Moving Beyond Performance: Making DEI Actionable
How can nonprofits better collaborate and share resources with each other?
The New Sheriff in Town: Tips for Successfully Leading a Nonprofit Team (that Someone Else Built)
When the System Fails Quietly: What I’ve Learned from Sitting Between the Frontline and the Data
A Board Member “Contract”
What area of your nonprofit has benefited the most from having a specialist on your team?
Don’t Call it a Crisis Plan: How Nonprofits Can Proactively Plan for Turbulent Times
Re-Imagining Fundraising: How Funder Education and Systemic-Change Approaches are Changing the Game
Can Nonprofit Boards Vote By Email?
Blue Avocado Presents: Essential Board Governance Documents – Live Q&A
What has been a “happy accident” that ended up benefitting your nonprofit?
From Passive to Proactive: Strategies to Move Nonprofit Board Members Beyond Meetings and Into Action
Your IRS Form 990 Questions Answered
What do nonprofits struggle with the most?
The Million-Dollar Question: What Could Your Nonprofit Do if Money Weren’t an Issue?
Vision Before Strategy: A Nonprofit’s Guide to Defining Success
Post-pandemic, what has changed for the better (or worse) in your nonprofit?
As Nonprofits Face the DEI Wars, Can a “Prohuman” Approach Help?
Free Harvard Courses for Getting Through Troubled Times
Legislative & Executive Threats to Your Nonprofit – Live Q&A
Can You Hear Us Now? Using Feedback to Create Community-Centered Services
How does your nonprofit involve the local community in its programs and initiatives?
Hedging Your Bets: Rajiv Shah, and the Limits of Large-Scale Changemaking
Blue Avocado Presents: Nonprofit Governance Training 101 – Live Q&A
Unlocking Potential: Collective Leadership in Nonprofits
What are the best strategies and tips for managing a nonprofit board of directors?
The 3 ‘Rs’ of Equitable Community Engagement
Blue Avocado Presents: What Nonprofits Need to Know About Working with Consultants – Live Q&A
From Crisis to Clarity: Five Steps to Demystify Succession Planning
The most critical areas for improvement to achieve your mission
Why Are Nonprofits Experiencing An Insurance Crisis? And What Can the Nonprofit Sector Do About it?
The Expanded Matrix Map: Leveraging Your Triple Bottom Line for Fundraising
What are your nonprofit’s priorities and goals for 2025?
Nonprofit Leadership Isn’t Perfect, and That’s the Point
Four Ways to Remove a Board Member
What are the Biggest Challenges in Getting (and Keeping) Your Nonprofit’s Staff and Volunteers?
When Does Interim Nonprofit Leadership Make Sense?
Five Internal Controls for the Very Small Nonprofit
2024 Blue Avocado Year in Review
What is the Secret to Successful Grant Writing?
A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both
A Practical Guide to Getting and Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers
Is There An Inequality Tipping Point for Nonprofits?
Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members
Innovative Leadership — Culture Doesn’t Have to Eat Strategy: Tending to Human Factors During Strategic Planning
Treasurers of All-Volunteer Organizations: Eight Key Responsibilities
The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Fundraising in 2025
The Most Successful Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies
Insider Newsletters: An Easy Way to Keep Your Board in the Loop and Engaged
An Easy-to-Use Accounting Procedures Manual Template
A Guide for Private Foundations: Tax Exemption and 990-PF Filing Requirements
Nonprofit Leaders: How Does Your Nonprofit Measure Success?
Board Horror Stories: How to Reduce Board Resignations
Why is it Hard to Give My Money Away? A Donor’s Perspective
The Biggest Mistakes New Nonprofits Make
Five Years and Growing: How One Nonprofit Built a Sustainable, Collaborative Mission
The Best Route to Approaching Donors: Hand-Head-Heart
Measure What You Value: Designing a Values-based Performance Appraisal System
The One Tool/Strategy Nonprofits Wish They Implemented Sooner
Link Arms to Elevate Your Nonprofit’s Impact
Your Nonprofit Got its Grant. Now What?
Rebuilding Nonprofit Boards: When a New Board Can Be a Fresh Start
Nonprofit Rebranding Strategies: Five Steps to Achieving a Successful Nonprofit Rebrand
The Realities of Living with Food Insecurity
Drive Your Nonprofit’s Mission by Investing in Your People
Blue Avocado Presents: What Nonprofits Need to Know About Fiscal Sponsorships – Live Q&A
The Critical Role of Cultural Responsiveness in Today’s Nonprofits
8 Easy Ways to Grab More Attention for Your Small Nonprofit
Supporting Caregiver Employees in the Nonprofit Sector
How Curiosity and Creativity Can Foster Self-Aware Nonprofit Leaders
Nonprofit Grant Proposal Budget Calculations: A Road Map
Increase Safety for Your Nonprofit’s Team
Your Nonprofit’s Budget: A Window to Finding Your Priorities
How can nonprofit leaders avoid burnout?
Using Philanthropy to Address Racial Harm and Inequity
Nonprofit Fundraising: Are You Choosing the Right Grants?
Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder
Litigating a Path to Progress: Nonprofit Advocacy through the Courts
Can Nonprofits Look to the Past to Build the Future?
Blue Avocado Presents: Copyright Concerns for Nonprofits – Live Q&A
How Lessons Learned From Fighting Food Insecurity Can Help Your Nonprofit
Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board
Grant Management Series: Involving Your CFO throughout the Grant Application Process
Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees
Ask Rita in HR: Should Murphy’s Law Be a Consideration in Making HR Decisions?
A Cautionary Tale: Overcoming Governance Nightmares in Nonprofit Organizations
The Big Chill: Why Nonprofits Should Care about Affirmative Action
Beyond the Hype: Why ESG Frameworks Miss the Mark for Small Nonprofits
Charting a New Course for Youth Engagement
Blue Avocado Presents: Does Your Nonprofit Qualify for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC)? – Live Q&A
Is Your Nonprofit’s Mission Obsolete — Or Just Ready for a New Direction?

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Fundraising,Leadership and Management

What Do I Say to a Donor or Funder?

ByJan Masaoka February 15, 2008 Fundraising,Leadership and Management

What to say to if you run into someone who has made a donation or a grant to the organization on whose board you serve.

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