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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.
The work you do now to plan for executive succession could mean the difference between whether your organization withers or thrives later.
Nonprofits that do not deliver on the terms of a grant contract are at risk of having to return the funding. Make sure you have a plan.
Can you fund your nonprofit organization without relying on grant writing? Nonprofit funding without grants may be simpler than you think.
If you are not creating and investing in the right system, you are putting your nonprofit’s long-term sustainability at risk.
Do what works best to advance the mission statement of your nonprofit. At the end of the day, the juice has to be worth the squeeze.
Nonprofits that access capital through instruments like social impact bonds, can help fund solutions to larger social problems.
The nominating process is vital to creating a healthy and stable nonprofit. Use these tips to help you nominate engaged, strong board members for your organization.
How resource-strapped nonprofits can set themselves apart from countless other companies trying to hire from the same applicant pool.
Nonprofit organizations are givers. Reframing self-care as self-defense can help us to prioritize our people and protect our organizations.
While no two nonprofits are exactly alike, there are some best practices that all organizations should use when building their annual operating budgets.
In the day-to-day firefighting of the nonprofit world, quantitative goals can lessen the chance for misunderstandings.
Every organization is made up of cat people and dog people. This framework can help with equity and inclusion in decision-making processes.
Recovering from a disaster is not a quick process. Here’s how philanthropy must help local communities rebuild.
Specialized volunteers can come from organizations that recruit those seeking opportunities for organizations in need of specialized help.
Guiding principles for organizations that want to create a binding, board-approved JDEI policy with values, action plans, and accountability.
To be successful, transitions from volunteer leaders to paid staff must be planned, deliberate, and done in an orderly fashion.
Often nonprofits can have unchecked appetites for growth, which combine with structural factors that make such growth haphazard.
A new accounting standard will bring clarity and consistency to how in-kind contributions of nonfinancial assets are reported for nonprofits.
Leann Malone, Executive Director of Lancaster County First Steps, on strong business acumen, retaining qualified staff, and the bottom line.
The ADA interactive process is a two-way street. What should employers do when employees aren’t interacting in good faith?
The stronger the relationship between the board and chief executive, the better they work together for a planned transition.
We hire new staff, we hold team-building events, we might even bring in a consultant to determine the causes. But there is one area that is often overlooked when trying to fix problems: the culture of the organization and its connection to mission and values.
The board expects the Executive Director (ED) and CFO to work in partnership to further the mission, but most boards also expect the CFO to perform a “watchdog” function. If the ED is the engine of the bus, the CFO is the insurance, the maintenance, and yes, sometimes the brakes.
The efforts you make to meet the ED’s needs and assert your needs will pay off for both the ED, the CFO and the community.