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Finance vs. Development?

by Tony Poderis | Sep 27, 2007 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 0 comments

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...

Pro Bono Services for Your Organization

by Tony 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...

Wearing Those Development and Marketing “Hats” at the Same Time: A Bad Fit and a Headache

by Joyce Braun Poderis | Apr 12, 2007 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 8 comments

Wearing Those Development and Marketing “Hats” at the Same Time: A Bad Fit and a Headache Introduction For decades, I have heard about, observed, and have had personal relationships with scores of individuals who attempted to wear the Development and...

A Campaign Deferred Is a Campaign Defeated

by Tony Poderis | Apr 3, 2006 | Campaign Planning, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 0 comments

Disasters and crises can occur anywhere, at any time. Hopefully they won’t have the impact of mega-disasters such as the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks or of 2005’s hurricane Katrina. However, even disasters of considerably less magnitude can impede...

Making The Development Office a
Fund-Raising “Clearinghouse”

by Tony Poderis | May 24, 2005 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 0 comments

(It Makes for a More Perfect Fund-raising World) Introduction The fund-raising “left hand” not knowing what the “right hand” is doing when it comes to who is asking whom for how much, for which purpose, and when, has always been a common...

When the Development Officer
Is Obliged to Raise Her or His Own Salary

by Tony Poderis | Jan 10, 2005 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 11 comments

Paying For Your Own Keep Too often, especially in smaller non-profit organizations, staff development officers are forced into a deplorable position that belittles them and damages the organization. They are charged with personally raising their own salaries. These...
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