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

Get Fully Funded

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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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

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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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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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More than just a logo

CNPE

You know how sometimes your favorite food will get a new packaging design and it will say “New look, same great taste?” The Center for Nonprofit Excellence has unveiled some new packaging, but in our case that’s not all! Yes, we still have great classes on fundraising and nonprofit management. A pyramid fit that story.

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How to Start a Volunteer Program: 12 Steps for Success

Bloomerang

Has your nonprofit identified an unaddressed need within your community? Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks.

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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps

Get Fully Funded

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. Leverage your resources of time, energy, and money on things that will give you the greatest return on investment. Don’t put it off. Just do it!