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Metrics Can Be a Grant Writer’s Nightmare

by Joyce Braun Poderis | Nov 13, 2011 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 21 comments

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...

Foundations: Are They Really
Where the Money Is?

by Joyce Braun Poderis | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog | 1 comment

Why is it that the new and emerging non-profits all too often see foundations and other grant-making entities as their first and best source of funding? Why do they think that’s where the easy money is to be found? Is it because foundations are required by law...

Membership Campaigns: The “How-To”

by Joyce Braun Poderis | Sep 19, 2009 | Membership | 1 comment

You want to introduce a membership campaign, preferably as part of the Annual Fund Campaign. Your objective is an expanded and reliable base of donors who renew their support year after year. Good thinking. Give yourself a pat on the back: An effective membership...

Pro Bono Services for Your Organization

by Joyce Braun Poderis | Sep 27, 2007 | Funding Sources & Donors, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 5 comments

Pro Bono: “Especially for the Public Good” (Merriam-Webster) The dictionary definition of pro bono fits well with non-profit organizations, which themselves are also for “the public good,” according to the IRS description of how they must be...

Debt-Elimination Fund-Raising Campaigns

by Joyce Braun Poderis | May 11, 2007 | Debt Elimination Campaigns | 3 comments

How can your organization raise the money it needs to pay off: Money borrowed from a lending institution? Unpaid invoices from vendors, suppliers, and contractors for the purchase of a capital asset? Money allocated from other of the organization’s resources/assets?...
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