Featured Article by Julia Campbell, nonprofit digital consultant, speaker, and author. You’ve probably heard that a multi-channel marketing strategy is a surefire way to improve your nonprofit’s fundraising potential. You may have even begun to experiment with a combination of…
Recognizing that there’s no quick fix for current global inflationary pressures, what are some things you might do to weather the storm and potentially come out of the tempest even stronger? Although the future is fundamentally uncertain, we can count…
Charitable contributions are the financial lifeblood of most Section 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so access to these funds is of vital importance! Should nonprofits allow financial gifts restricted for certain purposes? Should they encourage fundraising campaigns for specific initiatives? And what happens…
Sometimes doing nothing is better than doing something, like not stepping on a landmine. But usually taking some level of action in the right direction is far more preferable, especially when the IRS examines a nonprofit organization’s activities for whether…
How has the number of tax-exempt nonprofit organizations changed over the past decade? According to IRS data released [in 2018], significant shifts have occurred for Section 501(c)(3) and Section 501(c)(4) organizations, in large part due to new “auto-revocation” consequences for…
To what extent can a state attorney general control a nonprofit organization? The answer may be surprising – quite extensively! Under many states’ charitable trust and fundraising laws, a state AG may remove a nonprofit leader, deny fundraising opportunities, and…
Featured Article by: Larry F. Johnston, PhD Okay. It's time for a personal confession I loathe waste. Inefficiency bothers me. And not being strategic just drives me up the wall. It’s conceivably little more than some personal biases, but I…
Featured Article by: Larry F. Johnston, PhD If I had all the money wasted by nonprofit organizations because of the costs of poor segmentation, I’d be very wealthy. I would have started a foundation long ago and would be spending…
Featured Article by: Larry F. Johnston, PhD For many years I’ve been asked, generally by younger staff at client organizations or by people attending my seminars who are contemplating a career in the field of development, “What’s the most valuable…
Featured Article by: Larry F. Johnston, PhD As someone who has helped nonprofit organizations with strategic planning and strategic management for decades, I find it painful that some organizations can be so... well, non-strategic. Truth be told, much of what…
