by Kari Anderson | Mar 27, 2019 | Evaluations, Finances, Fundraising, Gifts, Organizational Planning
Evaluating your Fundraising Plan should be built into the Plan. Always start with the data. 1. Review Your Monthly Fundraising Goal: Look at your fundraising goals and the amount you hoped to raise by the end of March. Ask these questions: Did you make it? If not,...
by Kari Anderson | Feb 20, 2019 | Evaluations, Finances, Fundraising, Gifts, legal
Federal grants can be a great resource for nonprofits. A good practice is to have diversified funding/revenue streams for your organization. Strive for 30/30/30—about 30 percent from private foundations, 30 percent from events or annual giving, and 30 percent from...
by Kari Anderson | Jan 23, 2019 | Evaluations, News, Organizational Planning
Impact over Output This week, we continue exploring data to drive us toward positive results. It is important for all of us in the nonprofit sector to be able to show the impact of our work—the outcome. This approach moves us away from looking at the “outputs” of our...
by Kari Anderson | Jan 16, 2019 | Evaluations, News, Organizational Planning, Staff topics
How do we know the work of our nonprofit is making a difference? It’s a question that nonprofit executives have been contemplating since the creation of the 501(c)3 tax code. And we should know if we are making a difference. And we should share that information with...
by Kari Anderson | Aug 15, 2018 | Evaluations, legal, Policies, Recordkeeping, Staff topics
Managing employees is an important part of your nonprofit. The documents relating to employee management, thus, are another important set of documents for your nonprofit—much like the organizational documents we explored last week. These documents, however, are...
by Kari Anderson | Jul 25, 2018 | Evaluations, Volunteers
Volunteers are important to our nonprofit organizations. A really great volunteer program is going to have a process for evaluating volunteers. If you aren’t evaluating your volunteers, you are not alone—many others are not doing this important task. It may seem odd...
