Mixing Oil and Water and Making it Work in a Non-Profit Organization The receiving and the handling of donations made to non-profit organizations are simple to do, but very often poorly done. When that happens, a vital block is taken out of the foundation we strive to build in an effort to ensure donor loyalty [...]
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Social Tagging: AFP • foundations • grant • grant writer
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Social Tagging: AFP • foundations • grant • grant writer
Unrealistic Expectations, Pay Practices That Grantors Often See As Tainting The Funding Process, And Poor Planning And Follow Through, Can Doom The Best To Failure Some of the most heated discussion in the nonprofit world centers on grant writing. Why? Because so much is riding on it. It is the rare organization that could continue [...]
by Joyce Braun Poderis · 13 Comments
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Social Tagging: donor • foundations • grant • planning
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Social Tagging: donor • foundations • grant • planning
Let’s pretend you’re the person in a nonprofit organization charged with seeking grants and that your boss is going to hold you accountable to one or more of the following standards. You must get _____ proposals “out the door” every_____. You must get ____% of the grants for which you submit proposals approved. You must [...]
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Social Tagging: AFP • donor • grant • planning
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Social Tagging: AFP • donor • grant • planning
There comes a time when some non-profit development professionals begin thinking about saying goodbye to their organizations and hello to the world of fund-raising consulting. They want to know what it takes to be a consultant, and how to find clients. Although the consulting profession may seem attractive, the leap into this hazardous arena requires [...]
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To consult, or not to consult—that is the question. Or at least it would be if Hamlet were to ask it. Hamlet’s “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” make me think of fund-raising goals too great and resources to meet them too few. His “sea of troubles” sounds like an ocean of red ink. In [...]
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Social Tagging: Annual Fund Campaign • Campaign Chairperson • Campaign Solicitors • NPO
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Social Tagging: Annual Fund Campaign • Campaign Chairperson • Campaign Solicitors • NPO
The following example of an annual fund development agreement between a non-profit organization and a fund-raising consultant is suggested as a guideline for: Organizations having little or no experience in drafting such documents. Experienced development professionals beginning a new career as development consultants. There may be occasions when a contract more formal in its nature, [...]
“How Do I Get Started In Fund-Raising?” This question has been posed to me countless times in my nearly thirty-year career as a development professional. And, it is a query I now observe scores of times via the various internet non-profit-related News Groups. If this is a question you have been asking, I’ll try in [...]
A For-Profit Salesperson's Guide to Getting a Job in Non-Profit Development Introduction The primary and most direct way for sales professionals to obtain positions as development professionals in non-profit organizations is for former sales professionals to promote and demonstrate their sales skills and experience as relevant to what they would do in a non-profit development [...]
As a businessperson, you are among the most sought-after volunteers for support of non-profit organizations. Officials of non-profits want you to take leadership positions with them because: They know that you are a natural leader and a strong advocate for charitable groups and their causes They know that as a good corporate citizen you are [...]
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