Most nonprofits measure two of their three bottom lines? What is your third bottom line, and are you measuring your success. It’s critical for growing[…]

To thrive, you eliminate processes that provide little or no rewards. Here’s a process you might still use that needs your attention: The Broken-Cash Machine[…]

Why does lousy fundraising happen to good nonprofits? Is your fundraising “bad?” It might be if 1.) you’re anxious about money, 2.) you broadcast needy[…]

  While many nonprofit leaders produce fundraising plans to check off a to-do box, you want more. You seek a plan to find a way,[…]

Here’s something I noticed working with consulting, coaching, and mentoring clients and talking to hundreds of nonprofit leaders. You rarely get to your most important[…]

Why are planned gifts important? Most planned gifts are bequests and many of your supporter can leave you a bequests. Bequests from wills average $70,000.[…]

A political cartoon after Barbara Bush’s death illustrated a sailboat named, The Bush Family. Near it, a detached rudder labeled Barbara Bush floated away. This[…]

Most nonprofits know where they want to go. Like New Englanders in January, everyone agrees, they want to go south. Likewise, your nonprofit knows your[…]

The nonprofit that served children won a grant of $500,000. It was a significant step forward, and it almost did them in. A nonprofit that[…]