Blackbaud

MAY 21, 2025

Budget scenario planning may not be for everyone. If your programs always bring in their budgeted revenue, if your major donors always come through when they say they will, and if you receive every grant you apply for, you dont need budget scenarios. And if it does sound like your organization, please share your secrets!

Budget

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Practices may lose income due to small inefficiencies, outdated systems, or missed opportunities to engage and retain patients, even while sticking to an existing budget. Patient portal platforms enable patients to message their care team through a secure portal. Encouraging two-way communication. Offering patient education resources.

Insurance

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

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Your food bank needs accounting software that can help you manage a variety of funding sources while also helping you make strategic, data-driven decisions based on inventory and forecasted community demand. Tracking one grant award outside of your accounting software is not ideal, but manageable. It’s several.

Funding

Blackbaud

JULY 22, 2024

Revenue diversity is a good hedge against the unexpected, but diversity alone is not enough when your budget is threatened or dismantled by outside forces. Use budget scenarios to plan for possible outcomes and contingencies. But creating budget scenarios helps you prepare for both the good and the less optimal outcomes.

Management

Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit financial management is the process of managing the money that flows through your not-for-profit organization. In a perfect world, your budget will always be balanced. How to do it Pull a list of your income sources from your accounting system or fundraising software. What is Nonprofit Financial Management?

Management

Blackbaud

MAY 19, 2023

Errors in your nonprofit financial data can not only cause issues in your planning and budgeting processes , but you could also lose grant funding—or donor trust—if you aren’t tracking your expenses properly. You may be compiling reports with a pass-through entity or collecting information from contractors as part of the grant.

Nonprofit

GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It is the four-letter word in fundraising software. Educate yourself on the types of fees that are part of fundraising software and you can then keep the other four-letter words out of the process. Types of Fees Platform or Software Subscription Platform subscriptions cover actual software usage.

Software

Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

Yeah, it would be nice to have your organization’s logo on the tote bags, but if money to purchase tote bags isn’t in the budget this year, the donated ones will work just fine. When looking at donations through the lens of convenience, cash is king, meaning monetary donations are always easier to manage than inkind donations.

Donation

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

A lot of individual donations, like ones that come through your organization’s website or through the Annual Fund, are often unrestricted. Trust-Based Philanthropy puts relationships at the center of a donor’s giving and encourages the donor to do the research instead of having the nonprofit jump through hoops for funding.

Funding

Network for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2020

If your year-end appeal only comes through one channel, you’re limiting your outreach. With so much focus on online and mobile giving, it’s easy to pass over those who aren’t comfortable with donating on a computer or mobile device. 2) Broaden Your Appeal By Using Multiple Channels.

Pass-Through

Grant'd

MAY 6, 2020

And with the uncertainty of Covid-19 now heavily impacting the fundraising landscape and forcing many of us to work from home, there’s an even bigger need to firmly establish the upper hand on your organisation’s operating budgets at the same time as making sure that your tech and online assets are passing muster.

Grant

GiveSmart

OCTOBER 23, 2023

While this is not always the case, making a good impression with grant funders through networking, community events, and your online presence are effective ways to make your grant proposal stand out. Read through the funder’s posting several times and see if any words are repeated over and over.

Applicant

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This is completed either by setting aside a donation to be given after the donor passes away or by giving a gift during their lifetime that continues to grow following the donor’s passing. Along with promoting the option, you can better tap into legacy gifts by investing in software that makes donating easier. Tax benefits.

Pass-Through

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Starting with a Small Budget, FUF Plants Nearly Half San Francisco's Street Trees. The organization started off with just a small budget from a leftover city grant. San Francisco just passed Proposition E, which opens up major opportunities for the nonprofit. They created a nonprofit, Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF).

Pass-Through

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2022

With limited budgets for digital marketing, nonprofits have to fight an uphill battle to stand out online and build a powerful supporter base. As you read through these tips, reference Morweb’s list of best nonprofit websites to see them at work. Ready to create an effective donor experience through your website?

Pass-Through

AmpliFund

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Grants management software like AmpliFund gives you unlimited application forms, sections, and questions that you can use to build out applications. Double check small details that are easy to pass over, like the year. Tip: If this is a new opportunity, be sure to create/save form templates to use in the future.

Grant Management

Double the Donation

APRIL 24, 2021

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Nonprofit

DoJiggy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Consistent Event Branding : Provides event kits and matching templates for tickets, VIP passes, and flyers to ensure a cohesive look across all event materials. Custom event tickets go beyond mere entry passes; instead, they serve as a powerful statement of your event’s identity and a tangible result of your efforts.

Template

Fundly

MAY 18, 2021

When choosing your fundraising ideas, be sure to consider campaigns that match your team’s fundraising budget. Using software like Double the Donation’s matching gift database , donors can discover their eligibility status and take the next steps toward matching gifts with ease. What are the best fundraising ideas?

Fundraising

Pamela Grow

JULY 24, 2024

Plus, they have the potential to raise thousands of dollars for your mission through winning bids on items, entry fees, and additional donations made during the event. Your team will need to manage many moving parts, budget carefully, and stay organized to achieve your event fundraising goal. That being said, let’s dive in!

Procurement

Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

If you’re ready to go beyond annual giving and unlock a more sustainable future through legacy gifts, read on. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the entire process of starting a planned giving program. Bequests A bequest is simply a term for a gift made through a will.

Pass-Through

Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

Carnegie Corporation’s Loretta Harris recently found out how strangely easy it is to get Microsoft donations through TechSoup. Loretta actually found out about the new Microsoft donation eligibility rules for foundations through a TAG webinar in January. Loretta: I have an IT budget and I need to fit within it.

Donation

Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

A nonprofit marketing plan requires you to think through your marketing goals, your audience’s communication needs, your organization’s brand, your budget, marketing channels you want to use, and what roles your team members play in your marketing strategy. Let’s walk through an example of a SMART goal.

Nonprofit

Tom Ahern

AUGUST 7, 2023

Locals can reach the "2nd most influential city on earth" (as Forbes ranked it, 2014) by paying a fare and — if they give to the Katonah Village Library — passing their time onboard reading the latest issue of a fascinating donor newsletter carefully built atop the well-tested Domain Formula. Here's the latest issue, all 4 pages.

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

If you are a subrecipient, be in close contact with the pass-through organization to understand the timing. This includes understanding how this will affect your budget in the short term and any cost containment actions that need to be addressed in the short and long term. Identify significant contractual commitments.

Funding

Blackbaud

APRIL 17, 2025

According to Zscaler, several factors contribute to the education sectors heightened vulnerability, with one of the most critical being limited cybersecurity budgets. Malware Malware is malicious software that bad actors use to infiltrate a computer or network. One example was the MOVEit attack.

Education