Non Profit Organizations Articles

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By gregory burrus @ Monday, 12th May 2008 @ 8:47 AM

To make better use of your nonprofit's organization's resources; you need to put all your members on the same track to elicit maximum support from your community. You need to help your members understand why every meeting or event that occurs in front of the public is important. Simply put it is a chance to get the word out and build support for your organization's causes. To help move the organization along here are 12 reasons to always make the most of each event. more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Steve Albright @ Wednesday, 2nd April 2008 @ 9:13 PM

As a leader or member of a Non Profit group you know that one of the main goals and responsibilities is to raise funds. As time consuming and unpleasant as this is there is no way of getting around it, your group can not perform its function if it lacks the necessary funding. Setting up a successful fund raiser can be a difficult task and requires much planning and industry know how. If done incorrectly you will not raise enough funds and may doom your nonprofit group for good. Here ar... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By gregory burrus @ Sunday, 9th March 2008 @ 1:20 PM

To fundraise successfully, your nonprofit organization needs to look worthy. How many times have you heard it really was not simply because it was for a worthy cause? If your nonprofit organization looks worthy, then people will support it; if it doesn't they will not. It is that simple. To get your nonprofit organization to look worthy in their eyes, you need to look at your internet, office, voice and client attraction strategies and technologies or as we term it it IOVC strategy a... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By gregory burrus @ Saturday, 8th March 2008 @ 1:29 PM

Are you the executive director of a nonprofit organization spending nights worried about making your presentation to your nonprofit board and yet your printers and computers are failing? Have you spent the day fixing problems that are not part of your nonprofit job description? Are you feeling overwhelmed because somehow without you knowing it, you have become deemed technology support for your nonprofit organization? If you are wondering how to start a nonprofit or you are running a nonp... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By David Poulos @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 9:29 AM

The visibility, awareness and effectiveness of your organization's brand directly impact your ability to recruit and retain members. If your organization isn't the first thing member prospects think of when they turn to industry issues, there's work to be done. But where to start? As popular wisdom has it, knowing and admitting you have a problem puts you half way to solving it. In this case, that means doing a little member research to determine how your members an... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Donald Mitchell @ Thursday, 3rd January 2008 @ 7:38 PM

In considering how to expand your business model's delivery of offerings and benefits, you should be guided by what will be easily understandable and desirable by your stakeholders (those who are affected by what you offer) . . . and where the adjustments will provide more effectiveness for nonprofit organizations. Business model innovation is something that many organizations struggle with. In this article, I've broken out the elements and added a nonprofit example to make inn... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Mike Fletcher @ Friday, 13th July 2007 @ 2:41 PM

Is your Church planning a fund raiser? If so, there are many effective avenues you can pursue to help generate money for your Church. The following ideas are great ways to raise money for youth group programs, helping to fund missionaries, to pay for a short term trip for a Church group or for any other Church business. One way to raise money is to start a mailing campaign. It us usually possible to generate approximately $2500 by sending out about 75 well written letters to family mem... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Marcia Robinson @ Tuesday, 22nd May 2007 @ 11:40 AM

The starter's pistol has gone off, the rest of the field has taken off, and you're still frozen in a kneeling position, head down and bracing for the race to begin. As your fellow competitors race to the finish line, you rise slowly and try to convince yourself that this race was not really for you. You console yourself by saying that the risks were too great and ask yourself such self-doubting questions as, "What if I had fallen?" or "What if I'd started and couldn�... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Jimmy Cox @ Thursday, 19th April 2007 @ 11:23 AM

Knowing who the sources of money are likely to be for your non-profit, you will want to figure out how to contact the largest amount of them most effectively. You will of course want to know where to find the donors that can help your group succeed. There are several ways to get in touch with the groups and people who can help you: The library: Well before you start your fundraising efforts, you will want to frequent your local library. Your local library, as part of your community and... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Roger Carr @ Tuesday, 20th March 2007 @ 2:55 AM

There are some terrific podcasts available on the subject of nonprofit organizations. They cover topics including: * Starting a nonprofit organization * Fundraising * Leading and managing * Using technology effectively Listening to informative podcasts is a great way to learn. You can listen to podcasts on your computer or with a portable mp3 player when you are away from your home or office. I have turned my car into a classroom! Rather than listening to the... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By T J Madigan @ Monday, 5th March 2007 @ 9:10 PM

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) since its founding in 1912 has proven that the mass of marketplace problems can be solved fairly through using voluntary self-regulation and consumer education. The BBB system is a private, non-profit organization created to monitor and report marketplace activities to the public licensed by the Council of Better Business Bureaus and governed by their own local Boards of Directors. The BBB in the United States extends across the nation, from the coast of Hawaii,... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Lee Michaels @ Wednesday, 24th January 2007 @ 12:32 PM

Many charitable organizations that provide crucial services to people in need receive funding on an annual basis from the US Federal government and state governments. In most cases, this money comes in the form of grants, which the government will appropriate for a given purpose whether it be for scientific research, community building, or health initiatives. Unfortunately, in 2006, the Federal government actually decided to decrease the amount of money appropriated to these charitable o... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Bill Urell @ Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 3:59 PM

We all have gone through the same fundraising projects through the years. Countless cars washed, cookies and cakes baked, dances and auctions and whatever stuff we could find at home and sell. All of us have painstakingly rolled up our sleeves to help support any cause that we deem important, it could either be to help buy uniforms for the school team or band, fund a school trip, help send relief to typhoon victims or maybe to support a church project. Whatever it is, fundraising has always been... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Marcie Davis @ Saturday, 14th October 2006 @ 7:29 AM

Whether you are an experienced professional in a non-profit organization or you are an independent consultant, or a business owner, chances are you feel overwhelmed when it comes to grant writing. While you may be a professional in your field, grant writing is not one of your strengths. Local, state and federal governments and private foundations award billions of dollars in grant funding to organizations each year. Here is just a short list of obstacles that may be keeping you from pursu... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Peter Crump @ Saturday, 30th September 2006 @ 8:40 AM

Church fundraising isnt easy, but has one major advantage to many other forms of fundraising. A large body of keen and enthusiastic people to draw from for the labor involved. In other words the people in the church. Church fundraising is a great way of getting everyone in the church together in non devotional engagement for social activity, and at the same time to generate some money for the church. Because church goers are so enthusiastic about their membership of the church most of the... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Peter Crump @ Tuesday, 26th September 2006 @ 4:03 AM

Looking for a great fundraising idea? Considered a candle fundraiser? Candle fundraising is a perennial, but effective fundraiser. Everyone loves candles, they arent expensive and they help add beauty and a pleasant aroma to your home. Candle fundraisers appeal to everyone. Of course if you are going to hold a candle fundraiser you need to have candles for it. Preferably a good range of different types of candles and different price points as well. There are a number of places where you c... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Peter Crump @ Wednesday, 20th September 2006 @ 4:54 AM

School fundraisers are extremely common in these days of restricted school budgets. Many schools find it more and more necessary to survive on raising money through school fundraisers to be used for such things as field trips and equipment for the school. That is why school fundraisers are more common than ever. And because school fundraising is now so common it is always important to come up with new fundraising ideas. The ideas which have worked so well in the past, like bake sales and ... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Peter Crump @ Wednesday, 13th September 2006 @ 5:05 AM

Fundraising is a particularly difficult thing to do in todays world of budget cuts and restrictions, and there is a rising need for finding funds for so many organisations around us. The small organisation which relies on fundraising for much of its funding is fighting a losing battle for the sympathy, and the money, of the general public. That is why fundraising needs to be approached professionally, even if you arent a fundraising professional. Whether you are a full time fundraiser for a n... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By Jacob Ackart @ Tuesday, 29th August 2006 @ 4:19 AM

In a time when public and private philanthropic funds are shrinking, non-profits are scrambling to come up with bigger and better fundraisers to get their share of a smaller pie. In this difficult development atmosphere, non-profits must get the most out of the time and money they spend on fundraisers. Here are three fundraisers to watch out for because, if not done carefully, they can end up costing your organization money. The Gala. The major problem with the gala, or really any special... more...

Business » Non Profit Organizations | By David Gass @ Saturday, 22nd July 2006 @ 10:04 PM

Corporations draft business plans when a business is started or when a business is expanding. Drafting a business plan helps crystallize the objectives of the organization and its goals. Business plans for Non-Profit Organizations are especially important, since these plans help those who propose to fund the organization understand the business better. These plans must be produced when approaching a potential fund provider such as a bank. These plans should be written carefully and hiring an exp... more...