Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Understanding the fundamentals of accountingkeeping records of revenue generation and expendituresis critical for your nonprofit to launch successful mission-driven programs, plan engaging fundraising campaigns, and even just keep its lights on. However, nonprofit accounting is often more complicated than it sounds. Lets get started!

Management

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

While establishing relationships that can lead to planned gifts can take time, there are ways nonprofits can effectively raise more funds through this type of fundraising. Life insurance: Donors can name a nonprofit as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. Incorporate planned giving into fundraising appeals.

CRM

Candid

JULY 16, 2025

This shows there are proven conditions and policies that lift children and families out of poverty—good jobs with family-sustaining wages and a strong safety net to fill in gaps,” she said. 3 of 4 educational indicators have worsened since 2019 The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to disrupt the educational well-being of children.

Insurance

Blackbaud

JULY 10, 2025

Sharing with donors how their gifts contributed to a recent successful fundraising event or helped provide more meals to those in need will go a long way toward continued support—and that all starts with clear reporting in the finance office. Consider another example: A life insurance policy payout as part of a planned legacy gift.

Finance

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Mitigate Risks Before deploying spontaneous volunteers to a disaster zone, check your insurance policy. You might need a rider, so discuss coverage with your insurance agent.

Management

GrantNews

MAY 8, 2024

Approval as a 501(c)(3) entity is necessary in order to begin your fundraising efforts. If your fundraising goal is under $50,000, you would likely be eligible to file Form 1023-EZ (short form) at an approximate cost of $275 (as of 2018). Nonprofit Insurance Many nonprofits purchase nonprofit insurance when starting their organization.

Insurance

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2021

And you need policies, procedures, and processes. Drafting an organizational budget based on fundraising is challenging for sure. With this data and experience, you’ll be able to make better projections and create more accurate budgets and fundraising plans. You have to establish your brand. You need a marketing plan.

Policies Procedures

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

So, while bequests, insurance policies and planned gifts are exciting for the organization, those donations won’t be reflected in the GAAP reporting. Kudos to your development team for getting the payout from an insurance policy of a 45-year-old.

Insurance

Qgiv

DECEMBER 12, 2023

While there are risks of accepting in-kind donations, those risks can be offset by creating firm policies and guidelines surrounding the in-kind donations your nonprofit will accept. Services Services are more commonly donated by businesses as a way to support a fundraising event or special project. What are in-kind donations?

Donation

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Create an Operating Reserve Fund (or Review Your Policy) An operating reserve is a crucial part of creating a strong financial foundation for your organization. Tip 1: If you have an operating reserve, review your policy. Update the policy based on your current and future needs. Identify the top line for each channel.

Indirect Cost

Selfish Giving

AUGUST 22, 2018

To the world, John is a top fundraising expert! Check out the fundraising page I've launched. My insurance company, MAPFRE , offered me a 5% discount off my insurance policy for a $25 donation to the Pan-Mass Challenge. With teens on my auto insurance, my plan is over $3,000 a year so I saved $150!

Insurance

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Nonprofits often create content for awareness, fundraising, or educational purposes, and understanding copyright principles is essential. This is your opportunity to ask questions and get answers about safeguarding your creative works and upholding ethical standards.

Insurance

GiveSmart

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With the help of a high-quality fundraising software solution, your nonprofit can stay organized and ensure every important need is met to continue growing and serving your mission. We are breaking down compliance considerations for nonprofit organizations and the ways fundraising software can help streamline compliance management.

Software

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

What you do next is entirely dependent on the policies and procedures that your organization has put in place for your development team. Create philanthropic policies that incentivize partnership. Establish written policies and procedures to empower your development office. A decision tree is a great first step. Is this a grant?

Grants

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

Budgeting Your nonprofit’s annual budget is a key financial planning document that guides your organization’s spending and fundraising efforts. In the first few years of your organization’s existence, your overhead expenses may be relatively high since you’re just getting started with fundraising and fine-tuning your operations.

Policy

Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2024

Sustainability is one of the key concerns in the fundraising world, and it’s important for your nonprofit to identify ways to find additional funding so you can continue supporting your community for a long time. Gifts of life insurance. One way your donors can help you extend your impact is through legacy giving. Beneficiaries.

Pass-Through

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2022

Fundraising events shine the spotlight brightly on event day, event week and beyond, if you do it right. Why should we run auction fundraisers? There are pros and cons to each type of fundraiser, depending on the audience, your in-house capabilities and your resources. In-person event fundraisers are fun!

Fundraising

Selfish Giving

APRIL 13, 2022

They are great fundraisers and the business can get lots of publicity, which is exactly what a new business/location needs. For example, this grand opening fundraiser raised $30,000! This online insurance company donates money to your favorite cause when you don't file claims. I've been doing this my whole life, folks!

Retail

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The key with startups is to get in early and build connections to drive fundraising down the road. For example, I just read about a new pet insurance company that donates $25 every time a new customer signs up for a policy. Fact: Companies donate LESS THAN ONE PERCENT of pre-tax earnings to causes. Maybe it was the nonprofit's.

Insurance

Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt’s past work includes fundraising for the University of the Arts, Ursinus College, University of Cincinnati and the Boy Scouts of America. In short, the board’s duty is to deal with the policies and the “big issues.” The staff, as led by the executive director (president, CEO…) implements that policy: the tactical three-foot view.

Finance

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 20, 2023

You can tap into this impactful fundraising avenue by explaining the mutual benefits of legacy giving and making it easy for donors to give. Life insurance: Donors can list your organization as a beneficiary on their life insurance policy. However, donors can be more receptive than you might think!

Pass-Through

Qgiv

MARCH 5, 2024

Political organizations: Political nonprofits engage in advocacy, lobbying, and political activities to influence legislation and public policy. 501(c)(8): This type of nonprofit includes fraternal beneficiary societies and associations that provide benefits, such as insurance, to members of the organization through membership fees.

Insurance

Get Fully Funded

JULY 8, 2024

Perhaps your nonprofit started with you wearing dozens of hats, from fundraiser to marketer to program officer. And you need the right practices and policies in place to ensure those employees are prepared to do their jobs well and have a positive employment experience at your organization. Recruitment and retention. Payroll and taxes.

IT

The Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Direct mail: Which would be more attention-grabbing: an announcement from your doctor’s office warning that their list of accepted insurance policies is changing or a direct letter listing your outstanding payments?

Insurance

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A fundraising event will draw attention to your organization and give prospective donors the opportunity to learn more about your cause. Having worked on all kinds of fundraising events over the years, I can tell you for sure that the number one key to success is having a plan. What is your event space’s policy on caterers?

Policy

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here’s where a Gift Acceptance Policy can help (more on that in a moment). You might say to that donor “That’s a generous offer, but our policy says I need to take this sort of donation to my Board for approval.” Either way, your Investment Policy will outline how donated stocks and bonds are handled. Now you’re off the hook.

Donation

Planned Giving

OCTOBER 7, 2023

American churches may be facing a fundraising reckoning. Add to those challenges the historical fundraising problems that churches face: a reluctance to discuss money; a disconnect between the clergy, leadership, and laypeople; and an unfamiliarity with planned giving programs and how they work. It all adds up to a looming threat.

Donation

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We must find data-informed solutions, whether through policy or practice, to meet the needs of nonprofit workers who are struggling financially. This groundbreaking study gives us both a starting point and a call to action. Most industry sectors had fewer than 400,000 nonprofit employees.

Nonprofit

Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

The good news is, you’re a fundraising professional and if anyone can pull it off, it’s you! Mapping out a fundraising event, especially while taking COVID into consideration, can feel like a game of psychological chess between yourself and the world. Whoever is serving the alcohol should have the proper licensing and insurance.

Contract

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

At its core, functional expense reporting segments a nonprofit’s costs into three main categories: program services; management and general activities; and, fundraising efforts. Fundraising: This category includes all expenses related to soliciting donations, grants, and other forms of financial support. The occupancy costs (i.e.,

Indirect

Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Alternatively, the board might set a policy that permits one signature for small checks below a certain amount, say $50, in order to help discourage checks from being signed in advance. Nonprofits Insurance Alliance and the Nonprofit Risk Management Center provide free introductory articles on ways to manage these and other risks.

Budget