Blackbaud

APRIL 28, 2025

Higher education institutions today face mounting pressures to attract and retain students in an increasingly competitive landscape. With shrinking budgets and growing demands for accountability, schools must find innovative ways to support their students while achieving institutional goals.

Award

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

However, their impact extends far beyond finances. The Role of Fundraising inSchools Public schools often face budget constraints in the USA, making fundraisers critical for bridging financial gaps. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, over 90% of public schools rely on fundraising to supplement their budgets.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s imperative that you recruit a strong volunteer base and, more important, retain volunteers by valuing their time, effort, and skills. If you’re ready to make a plan to retain your volunteers, start with these six tips. If a volunteer is an accountant, suggest their designation be in the finance department.

Retainer

Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 3, 2022

At our most recent Grant Writing Made Easy workshop, we did a deep dive into nonprofit program budgets. Of all the topics I teach inside the course, the budget is the one that students have the most anxiety and confusion around. (By Follow this 3-step process for creating nonprofit program budgets. Understand the key terms.

Budget

Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 29, 2024

Let’s explore some forward-thinking and (perhaps surprisingly) accessible ways for small nonprofits to drive sustained success and reduce the need for constant cost-cutting and budget anxiety. What steps does your nonprofit currently take to steward and retain these donors?

Fundraising

GiveSmart

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As your finance team is preparing for year-end, with prepping reports and making sure your budget is on track, your donor development and fundraising teams are hard at work, too. Segment Your Donors Organizations are only retaining about four out of 10 donors annually. Don’t miss these tips for ending the year strong.

Retainer

Blackbaud

APRIL 1, 2024

Cybersecurity on a Budget: Leveraging Open-Source Software and Trusted Vendors Presented by Don Rahn, Director of Security Operations, Blackbaud In the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, defending against threats is non-negotiable. But what if your budget doesn’t match the magnitude of the risks?

AI

Blackbaud

APRIL 10, 2024

For example, if the organization incurs an expense for a purpose covered by a restricted donation, the finance team needs to be able to identify what, if any, restricted fund balance exists, and then, in addition to recording the expense, also do a release from restrictions to cover that single expense.

Funding

Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

Ideas for fundraising allies include: Program, operations, finance, and admin staff. Prospect research—don’t have the budget for prospect research software? Adding personal stewardship to your major gifts program is one of the most effective ways to retain donors and engage fundraising allies from outside the development team.

CRM

The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 12, 2023

Create a Detailed Campaign Budget Your organization creates an annual budget to help determine your overarching financial health and goals. Create a Detailed Campaign Budget Your organization creates an annual budget to help determine your overarching financial health and goals. Are within your predetermined budget.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

With the QuickBooks donation, not only can CASA's executive director track finances more easily, but he also saves time on budgeting, reporting, and thanking donors (with a handwritten note on a quickly printed receipt). How a TechSoup Donation Helped. Each county is reassured that funds will serve only its population.

Finance

Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

The latest version of QuickBooks can help you manage your organization's finances all in one place. Shopify is now open to all budgets! Retaining donors lets you spend less time and funding on donor acquisition. Keep your accounts current with donated copies of QuickBooks 2014 from Intuit or AccountEdge 2014 from Acclivity.

Telecommunication

Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2021

We understand the importance of strategic nonprofit finances and how your taxes play a crucial role in your accounting strategies so we’ve put together a quick resource to help you learn more. Your annual 990 provides a glance into your organization’s finances to reassure the IRS that government and donor funding is being used responsibly.

Nonprofit

GiveSmart

MARCH 25, 2024

Recruiting, retaining, and training employees and volunteers: Growth and retention strategies will affect the size of your team and your ability to meet goals. You can provide direction, align budgets with your objectives, and implement strategies that support your goals financially.

Nonprofit

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Enhanced Educational Offerings: The expectation with private schools is to offer enriched educational experiences to attract and retain students, which includes advanced academic programs, state-of-the-art technology, and diverse extracurricular activities.

Fundraising