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Community Development Must Center Power Building: A San Francisco Story

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Matt Briney on unsplash.com This is the second article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ).

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What are the Biggest Challenges in Getting (and Keeping) Your Nonprofit’s Staff and Volunteers?

Blue Avocado

As a nonprofit with limited revenue, our biggest challenge is offering a fair market salary and benefits. Another challenge is competing with other older and larger nonprofit organizations that can offer staff or volunteers with a broader range of experiences. Submissions may be edited for length and clarity.

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Meet April’s Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) Cohort

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Effective leadership is crucial for these organizations to thrive and continue to serve their communities.

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Building Community through Holistic Strategy: A Story from a Seattle Immigrant Suburb

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: TuiPhotoengineer on istock.com This is the fifth and final article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America , coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ).

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Busting the Overhead Myth

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Budgeting for Change Capital : Change capital is money that nonprofit organizations put aside each fiscal year so that they have a reserve of money when they want to invest in new initiatives. By becoming better storytellers , a nonprofit can send out a stronger message about the impact of their programs.

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Seven Steps to Overcoming the Fear of Calling Potential Funders

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

In my fundraising work with smaller nonprofit organizations, the number one thing I see hindering our grantwriting projects is staff members’ fear of calling potential foundation funders to introduce the organization and to inquire about the possible fit of project(s) with the funder’s interests. small development shop.

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5 Strategies for 2015 to Make You a Rockstar Fundraiser!

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Set up meetings with the community development/foundation executives or mission committees to keep relationships going strong. Somya Qureshi is the Resident Ninja and CEO of Nonprofit Ninja , a marketing and fundraising consulting firm. Some donors might respond quickly and favorably, while some others may not.