The Executive Director and Development Director It Can Be a Relationship Made in Heaven or Hell

by Tony Poderis | Sep 23, 2003 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 2 comments

In a nonprofit organization, no single internal relationship is more important than that between the executive director and development director. One carries the responsibility of leading the organization to the efficient execution of its mission, and the other...

The Fallacy of Financial Ratios: Why Outcome Evaluation Is the Better Gauge of Grant Worthiness

by Tony Poderis | Oct 4, 2002 | Funding Sources & Donors, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 1 comment

Talk of developing a system to evaluate the sustainability of non-profit organizations has been on the rise. Centered around measuring outcomes in terms of percentages or ratios, the goal of such a system appears to be twofold: To create a filter that will allow...

Should Your Organization
Sell Products & Services to Raise Money?

by Tony Poderis | Jan 15, 2001 | Funding Sources & Donors, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 16 comments

I am made increasingly aware of the conflict non-profit organizations experience when faced with choosing between: Raising the money they need using a traditional philanthropic process. Making a profit from selling and endorsing commercial products and services. The...

How Much Endowment
Is “Right” for Our Organizaton

by Tony Poderis | Oct 14, 1999 | Endowment Campaigns, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 1 comment

Is there a “standard” or “industry” percentage ratio of our endowment funds—funds working to provide annual income—which can relate that corpus/principal amount to  key financial statements such as the annual expense budget, operating deficit, ...

Making Your Endowment Funds
Work for Your Organization

by Tony Poderis | Oct 14, 1999 | Endowment Campaigns, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 0 comments

Whether you already have some form or endowment or are about to embark on your first endowment campaign (see the article Endowment Funds Go on Forever But an Endowment Campaign Should Not ) you need to be ready, willing, and able to steward your endowment funds and...

Fitting Annual, Endowment, Capital, Sponsorship & Underwriting Campaigns
into Your Organization’s Plans and
then Making Them “Sing”

by Tony Poderis | Mar 12, 1999 | Campaign Planning, Fundraising Policies & Practices | 3 comments

Remember those great old movies with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland? The ones in which the “kids” had a money-raising dilemma that perplexed and perplexed them. All of a sudden Mickey would light up with youthful exuberance and optimism. He’d turn to...