Non Profit Organizations Articles

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... 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 i... 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 cou... 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...