Want to be more successful when seeking grants? Tell a clear and compelling financial story.
A few months ago I had the pleasure of serving as a grant reviewer for a major national funder in the arts. Reading dozens of proposals...
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sromanstein
- Jun 13, 2016
- 1 min
Want to be more competitive when seeking grant dollars (part 2)?
A few months ago I had the pleasure of serving as a grant reviewer for a major national funder in the arts. Reading dozens of proposals...
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sromanstein
- May 25, 2016
- 2 min
Want to be more competitive when seeking grant dollars?
A few months ago I had the pleasure of serving as a grant reviewer for a major national funder in the arts. Reading dozens of proposals...
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sromanstein
- May 17, 2016
- 1 min
We're all guilty of using hard-to-define nonprofit jargon
We describe our work as impactful, empowering, sustainable, synergistic, scalable and replicable with ROI and meaningful outcomes. What...
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sromanstein
- May 13, 2016
- 2 min
Ways to ensure your board is engaged and committed to your mission
Bob Wittig and Susan Schaefer, co-authors of Nonprofit Board Service for the Genius advise nonprofits to connect board members to a...
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sromanstein
- May 4, 2016
- 3 min
Use social media creatively to raise more money
The May 2016 issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy highlights "the best of online fundraising." In this article, authors Heather...
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sromanstein
- Apr 21, 2016
- 6 min
Staying healthy while doing good: managing stress in a nonprofit job
Leading and/or working in a nonprofit organization can be enormously rewarding -- and incredibly stressful: the seemingly constant...
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sromanstein
- Apr 19, 2016
- 4 min
Lack of training for young nonprofit workers means too few potential next-gen leaders
Nonprofits face a stark choice: provide meaningful professional development opportunities for potential next-gen leaders, or watch their...
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sromanstein
- Apr 13, 2016
- 6 min
Personalized philanthropy: the beauty of customized giving plans
In this article author Debra Blum highlights the Weizmann Institute of Science's success in creating customized giving plans for its...
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sromanstein
- Mar 31, 2016
- 4 min
Want to create a "culture of philanthropy" within your nonprofit? Really?
In the report Beyond Fundraising: What Does It Mean To Build A Culture Of Philanthropy? author Cindy Gibson interviews experts to help...
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sromanstein
- Mar 29, 2016
- 4 min
Want better nonprofit succession planning? Grow leaders from within
In general, nonprofits pay far too little attention to succession planning. Authors Libbie Landles-Cobb, Kirk Kramer and Katie Smith...
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sromanstein
- Mar 24, 2016
- 1 min
Share of donors giving via smart phone or tablet up 80% since 2013: how is your organization harnes
Heather Joslyn cites the recently released Campbell Rinker Donor Confidence Survey, which indicates that charitable giving via smart...
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sromanstein
- Mar 17, 2016
- 4 min
Do too many nonprofits lack effective leadership?
Author Rebecca Koenig discusses the just-released 2016 Nonprofit Sector Leadership Report, which suggests that many nonprofits lack...
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sromanstein
- Mar 15, 2016
- 4 min
Why nonprofits need to give their employees a sense of purpose
There's a widely held notion that most people who work in the nonprofit sector -- in the arts, education, health care, social services --...
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sromanstein
- Mar 3, 2016
- 4 min
21st-century fundraising requires nonprofits to shake up their cultures
An exciting conversation is sweeping through the nonprofit world: we acknowledge that we cannot continue to do business as we've always...
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sromanstein
- Feb 25, 2016
- 5 min
What nonprofits can learn from #OscarsSoWhite
Lack of diversity is a serious issue within the nonprofit community, especially for nonprofit arts organizations. Here's a thoughtful...
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sromanstein
- Feb 18, 2016
- 5 min
Too often, board members can sabotage a nonprofit's success
Engaged and informed board members can benefit the work of a nonprofit organization in amazing ways. Unguided board members, however,...
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sromanstein
- Feb 11, 2016
- 6 min
10 steps to success as a non-profit CEO
Atul Tandon, chief executive of the Tandon Institute, is spot-on in his assessment of the do's and don'ts of being a non-profit CEO. ...
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sromanstein
- Feb 9, 2016
- 4 min
The imperative for improving non-profit advocacy
Many non-profits -- and non-profit boards -- take a dim view of advocacy, fearing that active support for or against pending public...
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sromanstein
- Feb 4, 2016
- 3 min
Volunteers can be a non-profit's blessing or its curse -- depending on how one manages those vol
Virtually all non-profits rely, to some extent, on the time, energy and goodwill of interested volunteers. Managing those volunteers well...
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