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The Nonprofit Administration Dilemma: How Much Should You Spend on Fundraising?

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As your nonprofit starts to blossom, don’t be surprised if you are conflicted over how much to spend on nonprofit administration, especially fundraising. But you have to spend some money on running your nonprofit. Overspending on fundraising is NOT the problem I see most often in small nonprofits, though.

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Employee Ownership Policy Makes Major Gains—Next Up, Implementation

NonProfit Quarterly

Not long ago, the idea of having several congressional champions of cooperatives, spanning the political spectrum, actively pushing employee ownership legislation, would have felt out of reach for our grassroots movement. A few years later, the world has changed. But will policy victories lead to change on the ground? How does this work?

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How the City of Boston Is Investing in the Future of Its Youth and Home

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? 3 After Wu was elected mayor, in late 2021, Boston’s Green New Deal came to fruition under her administration.

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The Folk Dance of Nonprofit Organizational Development

Fundraising Coach

501 Mission Place provides nonprofit leaders a place to “let their hair down.&# The Folk Dance of Nonprofit Organizational Development. The first three to four years of a nonprofit is a startup phase. The nonprofit is the team’s life. Fear is often exhibited by worry that the nonprofit is doomed.

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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps

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You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. You can show them exactly what’s coming up and invite them to choose which activities they want to be involved in. Engage your Board. What worked?

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Black Business Group Aims to Narrow Racial Wealth Gap in Massachusetts

NonProfit Quarterly

Obi noted that when she first joined BECMA in the summer of 2020 to help with operations, there was really only one full-time staff person, founding executive director Segun Idowu (who left at the end of 2021 to join the administration of newly elected Mayor Michelle Wu). I’m new to the nonprofit space. This included $1.5

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Over the last year, she had to visit the emergency room at the local hospital three times when she and members of her family developed severe respiratory symptoms. One example is human activity causing climate change and contributing to poor health outcomes (e.g. Elisa isn’t alone. There are communities like hers all over America.

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