As a nonprofit organization, your first obligation should always be to the people or community you serve. Staying true to your mission is vital if your organization is to make the impact it was designed to make, so the majority of your nonprofit’s activities need to be in line with it. At …
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Communicating Your Nonprofit’s Mission When It’s Not Simple
Some nonprofit organizations have very simple missions that are easy to communicate to the public, like a food bank that provides free food to low-income individuals and families, or an animal shelter that cares for and finds homes for stray or abandoned animals. Everyone has at least a basic …
How to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Nonprofit
As a nonprofit leader, how do you measure the effectiveness of your organization? Do a quick search online, and you’ll get a lot of different answers. Some will say that the number of donors to your organization is a good gauge of effectiveness. Others will point to online engagement as a measure of …
Should Your Nonprofit Organization Do Consulting?
Most people don’t get into nonprofit work with the goal of becoming consultants. Typically, they are looking to make a difference in the world or in their communities by providing solutions to those who need them most. However, after spending a good amount of time working to serve their target …
Tips for Emailing Your Nonprofit’s Friends and Supporters
Email communication has some great things going for it. It’s an efficient way to communicate with a large number of people all at once, and it is relatively inexpensive. Even if you use a third-party email platform, you can still save a ton of money when you compare it to traditional methods of …
How Important Is it to Have a Good Website for Your Nonprofit Organization?
How important is it for a nonprofit organization to have a well-designed, professional-looking website? In my experience—very important! Ten years ago, you might have been able to get away with having a rudimentary website, or none at all, but that is no longer the case. People expect a …
