Don't you wish it would be that simple? (Image by Tax Credits)

Dollars and Sense: NonProfit Budget Basics

And now a post about money. Because as we all know, it’s what makes the world go around. Okay, that’s a mild understatement. But it’s very mild in the nonprofit world. And unless you’re independently wealthy, you’re always fundraising, and looking at ways to stretch your dollars and cultivate donors. Here’s the thing, though. Quite…

oklahoma-tornado

Four Ways You Can Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims

Obviously we are all still reeling after a massive tornado tore apart Moore Oklahoma. Parents lost their children, children lost friends, neighbors lost neighbors. And many people are still missing! Family and friends first • For those who have family and friends in the area, Red Cross Oklahoma set up a resource to locate loved…

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How I Learned to Give a Puck About Sports Team Fundraisers

We all know that professional sports teams are businesses. But we really don’t treat them like one, do we? We think of them more as celebrities that come to our events, and sign things for auctions. But sports teams can offer a lot more than star appeal, or a signed baseball. I learned this firsthand…

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Five Tips for Creating Powerful Infographics

People support your organization for one reason: They view your organization as the agent of change they seek. If they had the resources, they’d make the changes they desire by themselves. But they don’t, and that’s why you’re in their lives. So when you tell the story of your cause, you need to show how supporters…

May

23rd

2013

Dollars and Sense: NonProfit Budget Basics

May 23rd, 2013 by sohini
Don't you wish it would be that simple? (Image by Tax Credits)

And now a post about money. Because as we all know, it’s what makes the world go around. Okay, that’s a mild understatement. But it’s very mild in the nonprofit world. And unless you’re independently wealthy, you’re always fundraising, and looking at ways to stretch your dollars and cultivate donors. Here’s the thing, though. Quite…

May

22nd

2013

Four Ways You Can Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims

May 22nd, 2013 by johnhaydon
oklahoma-tornado

Obviously we are all still reeling after a massive tornado tore apart Moore Oklahoma. Parents lost their children, children lost friends, neighbors lost neighbors. And many people are still missing! Family and friends first • For those who have family and friends in the area, Red Cross Oklahoma set up a resource to locate loved…

May

21st

2013

How I Learned to Give a Puck About Sports Team Fundraisers

May 21st, 2013 by joewaters
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We all know that professional sports teams are businesses. But we really don’t treat them like one, do we? We think of them more as celebrities that come to our events, and sign things for auctions. But sports teams can offer a lot more than star appeal, or a signed baseball. I learned this firsthand…

May

15th

2013

Five Tips for Creating Powerful Infographics

May 15th, 2013 by johnhaydon
BFAS network partners

People support your organization for one reason: They view your organization as the agent of change they seek. If they had the resources, they’d make the changes they desire by themselves. But they don’t, and that’s why you’re in their lives. So when you tell the story of your cause, you need to show how supporters…

May

14th

2013

3 Businesses Seizing the Day and Giving to Nonprofits

May 14th, 2013 by joewaters
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We’ve all heard the Latin expression “carpe diem” which means, “seize the day.” But in fundraising with businesses a new expression is taking hold: “da die,” which is Latin for “give the day.” Here’s how it works. Generous businesses support nonprofits by donating the profits from a day’s sales. This is different from what we’re…