Wild Apricot

JUNE 16, 2025

It works well for groups that aren’t yet ready to incorporate or don’t plan to become a formal nonprofit. The sponsor may manage staffing, set policies and represent your project publicly. You’re seeking help beyond finances, like HR, liability coverage or insurance. Your group operates as a program of the sponsor.

Logic Model

Planned Giving

APRIL 24, 2025

Takeaway: Nonprofits can accept real estate gifts without ever holding the property directly, reducing liability and complexity. Establish a Real Estate Gift Acceptance Policy Define clear guidelines for evaluating and accepting properties. Market the Opportunity Many donors dont realize they can donate real estate.

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Keep appropriate waivers and liability forms ready for volunteers to sign. Mitigate Risks Before deploying spontaneous volunteers to a disaster zone, check your insurance policy. Develop a screening procedure in “normal” times to make crisis screening easier. You might need a rider, so discuss coverage with your insurance agent.

Management

Planned Giving

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

When a donor chooses to give their wealth to your organization, will you be ready? Read on for a few simple steps to build or strengthen your gift acceptance policy. What is a Gift Acceptance Policy? What does a Gift Acceptance Policy Contain? A gift acceptance policy is no different.

Policy

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Plus, your nonprofit won’t move forward to fulfill its mission without capable, smart leaders who understand their job and are ready to do it. They should put internal controls in place and help write policies to prevent loss, theft, or confusion, using current b est practices.

Strategic Plan

Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Ideally, they have a deep interest in your mission and are ready to pitch in their time, talent, and treasure. 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

Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that just 3 percent of all data is currently tagged and ready for manipulation, and only one sixth of this - 0.5% - is used for analysis. She essentially finds that big data is a significant opportunity for NGOs to democratize data and make it public, and also to identify patterns of need.

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