Creating a Budget That Aligns with Your Nonprofit’s Mission

Involving the right people, in the right ways, at the right times, is the most difficult part of the strategic planning process for most nonprofits.  We wrote extensively about the role your [...]

There's some important due diligence a nonprofit needs to do to make their strategic planning process is as effective as possible.

Do you wish you had a roadmap that showed you exactly what you need to do to achieve your nonprofit’s fundraising and development goals? An effective nonprofit fundraising plan can do just [...]

Your nonprofit’s annual fundraising plan serves as a clear roadmap for achieving your financial goals. Your plan also helps you with resource planning and allocation and measuring progress [...]

How should your nonprofit's board be involved in strategic planning? As the adage goes, "noses in, fingers out."

As a nonprofit leader, you know that you must constantly evaluate your fundraising data and monitor your performance to identify areas for improvement. However, we often get so caught up on [...]

Nonprofit marketing and fundraising departments play crucial roles in driving your organization’s goals forward. However, too often, the overlap in their efforts—engaging supporters and [...]

Nonprofits who choose to work with a consultant should hire a person or firm with expertise in the sector, and there are also cases where they need to hire someone with expertise with their [...]

In strategic planning, the process is just as important as the product. Yes, at the end of the day, you need to produce a clear, concise plan that keeps your staff and board focused on the right [...]

The term “representation” gets thrown around a lot by nonprofit boards and teams as they prepare for strategic planning. But what does representation really mean? And how can [...]