How to Create a Meaningful 1st Experience for Corporate Volunteers
Even if they’re just painting walls, it’s an opportunity to start lifelong relationships.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
5 Steps to Effective Measurement
What your organization needs to do to best collect and communicate results.
By MAGGIE GRIEVE
Contributor
12 Tips for Hiring the Candidates You Want
A recruiter offers foolproof steps to finding the right employees.
By Lois L. Lindauer
Contributor
“Blue Jeans and Bling” Event Helps Food Bank Connect Supporters With Mission
Lessons learned from a popular gala held in a Baltimore nonprofit’s warehouse lead to new, less formal events.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
A Template for a Nationwide Corporate Cause-Marketing Partnership
What you can expect when entering a partnership with a company that operates in all 50 states.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
Sample Project Budget for a Grant Proposal
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine recommends breaking down program income into three categories.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Job Description: A Director of Gift Planning at Penn State
The university’s new external development job descriptions now include more information about the school and community.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
A Budget Template for a Fundraising Event
New York Cares shared this blank budget spreadsheet for a gala event.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
Annual Tax Letter for Your Monthly Donors
Use this model to craft a letter to monthly donors that they can use as a record for claiming a charitable tax deduction.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
An Evidence Framework to Improve Nonprofit Program Results
Learn five ways your organization can generate better data-based evidence of the effectiveness of its programs.
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Checklist for Starting a Sustainer Program
The public-media organization shared its list of must-haves for a monthly-giving program.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Hosting an Online Fundraising Event: The ‘What If’ Checklist
Scenarios to prepare for when planning an online fundraising event or giving day.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Sample Bequest Language for Donors to Include in a Will
The Partnership for Philanthropic Planning provides examples of how to phrase the designation of several types of bequests.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Too many projects are doomed before they start because grant makers are unrealistic and shortsighted.
By LAURIE MICHAELS
Contributor
Environmental Sleuths Find Signs of Fracking
Online volunteers at the nonprofit SkyTruth scan aerial images for signs of oil and gas drilling, also called fracking.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Unlikely Partners Tackle Big Issues and Gain Fresh Insights
Nonprofits are forming eclectic coalitions to battle climate change and other causes, but can donors keep up?
By Libby Sander
Contributor