NonProfit PRO

JULY 10, 2025

However, in organizations with operating budgets of $5 million or more, the salary gap between the executives and their staffs widens as organizational size increases. respondents reported access to employer-provided health insurance. This contrasts with last year’s report, which showed a modest 0.8% Over 96% of U.S.

Retail

Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Its helpful to organize this section according to the five primary categories of nonprofit revenueindividual donations, corporate philanthropy, earned income, investments, and grants to align with your budget and internal records. Internally, this report is most useful for budgeting.

Liability

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

If you plan to serve alcohol (where permitted), check local regulations and appropriate insurance needs. Further ideas: If you have a bigger budget, invite a guest performersuch as a local musicianto perform alongside the children, drawing community members who dont have kids at theschool. mugs, T-shirts) featuring castmembers.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 10, 2025

Consider another example: A life insurance policy payout as part of a planned legacy gift. Make sure you keep a detailed record within your accounting software to ensure all FASB guidelines are followed and all conditions are fulfilled. You’ll also note if funds are restricted or unrestricted and separate them out in your records.

Finance

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

Practices may lose income due to small inefficiencies, outdated systems, or missed opportunities to engage and retain patients, even while sticking to an existing budget. It’s also essential to evaluate whether your software solutions support secure financial transactions that are compliant with local and federal regulations.

Insurance

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

When you’re just getting started, it’s critical that one of your first steps is to create your nonprofit’s first budget to help you manage both your organization and your finances as it grows. Without a budget, you can find yourself in deep water, fast, with more money going out than coming in.

Budget

Peak Proposals

APRIL 3, 2023

Grant proposals have at least two parts: the project narrative and the budget (aka cost proposal). There may not be a division of responsibilities between the cost and narrative proposals at a small nonprofit, leaving the project lead (or the grant writer) to both write the proposal narrative and prepare the budget.

Budget

GiveSmart

MARCH 21, 2024

If you’re planning a fundraiser, you’ll need a good budget. A fundraising budget plan is essential to maximizing your profit margins and collecting more funds for your cause. Large, lavish in-person events will naturally need bigger budgets than intimate ones or virtual or hybrid events.

Budget

Bonterra

JUNE 25, 2024

Medical grants software Medical grants software Bonterra's grantmaking software makes it faster and easier for you to process approvals for medical education, research grants, and expanded access programs. Speed up the application review, approval, and drug shipment process for program administrators.

Software

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As the costs add up, you might be asking: How much of a nonprofit’s annual budget should be spent on administrative tasks and fundraising? Look at it this way: If you’re not spending at least 15% of your budget on fundraising, you may be standing in the way of your own success. You may find yourself spending money on the tech tools.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Working with a lean budget means even the slightest unexpected expense can create a stressful situation. Lead a Revenue-Wise Strategy Session As a financial leader, you touch all areas of your nonprofit organization through budgeting, forecasting, and expense management. So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful.

Indirect Cost

Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

To bring your virtual event to life and provide an experience that’s just as enriching as an in-person one, you need the right fundraising event software. In this guide, we’ll dive into the different types of fundraising event software that nonprofit leaders have successfully leveraged for virtual events. Bidding Software.

Software

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

Many don’t cover operating costs or have a small allotment for indirect costs such as salaries, insurance, and utilities. Not only does this help you budget and forecast better, but this information also makes creating annual reports and website updates easier. Restricted funds often outline what they will fund and what they won’t.

Funding

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. Let’s get started.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Doing this work defensibly involves arcane techniques like applying probabilistic equivalence techniques to insure that groups being measured are equivalent. Until foundations build in adequate social research budgets in to their grantmaking I wouldn’t expect much movement in this area. How Much Time Is Spent on Evaluation?

CRM

CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

To help fund the jumps, encourage your jumpers to create personal fundraising pages online using CauseVox’s peer-to-peer fundraising software. If you’re on a fixed budget or timeframe, a one-day online fundraiser is one of the best charity event ideas for your organization. One-Day Online Fundraiser. Guest Speaker.

Fundraising

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Life insurance: Donors can list your organization as a beneficiary on their life insurance policy. Since most planned gifts don’t affect the donor’s current finances, this presents an easier way to give a large donation without hurting their budget. They can also donate any unused retirement assets to your nonprofit.

Pass-Through

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Play the long game, and budget time off so you can stay in the field for a long time, raise a lot of money, and make a significant contribution in your community. My friend who worked in insurance as her first professional job was taught to leave her desk every day as if it were her last day at work. How to Plan for Time Off .

IT

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they'd need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. It took them 25 minutes to plug everything in get the software configured.

Software

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they'd need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. It took them 25 minutes to plug everything in get the software configured.

Software

Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

Beyond initial setup expenses, consider ongoing costs such as rent, utilities, insurance, salaries, and program expenses. Estimating the cost of sustaining your operations will help you develop a realistic budget and fundraising strategy. Do you have the right software tools? Best Nonprofit Software: Top 10 Tools.

Nonprofit

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Understanding Proposal Budgets a. Budget Preparation and Review b. Key Budgeting Concepts VI. Funders have different budgets, funding priorities, and missions. Understanding Proposal Budgets When you search for potential funders, it is beneficial to have a sense of how much your project will cost.

Funding

Greater Giving

MAY 8, 2025

You probably think about your fundraising software , strategic plan, materials for delivering services, or even your staffs energy and passion for your cause. One essential process for managing your nonprofit’s finances is budgeting. Grant proposal budget. Lets get started!

Budget

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Without the steady cash flow of tuition, schools might not meet budget, payroll may need to be sourced from other funds, and the ability to maintain academic and extracurricular programs may suffer. Having that contract roll from the school’s admissions software into its tuition management system helps eliminate chaos and confusion.

Contracts

Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

As your budget allows, layer in Paid Google Ads to get even better results. We recommend using an evergreen – or “always on” – annual campaign that’s the baseline of your display budget. Here are three tips to get you started: Invest in text fundraising software. Paid Google Ads. Choose a simple keyword.

Fundraising

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Square footage percentages can be used to allocate rent, depreciation, certain insurances, and utilities. rent, utilities, building depreciation, and insurance) would be allocated 71.4% From accounting software to data analytics, tech solutions offer an opportunity to improve accuracy and efficiency in financial reporting.

Indirect

Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Starting out as an all-volunteer organization with a $20,000 budget, we developed financial systems, workable budgets, and demonstrated accountability. In just three years, the budget grew to over $330,000. And, if you intend to seek grants, you’ll want to reflect the value of your volunteers in your budget and grant proposals.

Budget