nonprofit development Archives

Deciding Whether to Pursue a Grant Opportunity

by Funding For Good | Nov 28, 2022 | Development/Fundraising, Strategic Planning

Have you ever been approached by a donor who wants to fund a new project at your nonprofit organization? Sure, the project isn’t on your priority list—or anywhere close. But here’s a donor, ready to write a check! What do you do? We know how tempting it can be to just...

Five Benefits of Strategic Planning

by Funding For Good | Nov 9, 2022 | Nonprofit Leadership Development, Strategic Planning

What are the benefits of strategic planning? We all know strategic planning benefits organizations. But too often nonprofit leaders think of strategic planning as “nice to have” rather than “must have.” When we’re struggling through schedules packed with Zoom meetings...

Nonprofit Capacity Building: Tips to Get Creative

by Funding For Good | Oct 17, 2022 | Nonprofit Capacity Building, Strategic Planning

A New York Times article about grandparents and their adult grandchildren becoming roommates recently caught our eye. Termed “grand-mates,” it’s a creative idea to address thorny problems, like housing affordability and companionship. And it provides a great lesson...

Why Volunteers Stay

by Guest Author | Oct 6, 2022 | Development/Fundraising, Nonprofit Capacity Building

This article is by Val Parker of VP Solutions. Volunteers have lots of choices of where spend their most valuable possession…their time. With nearly 2 million nonprofits in the United States, the possibilities seem endless! Driven by passion, or peers, or a host of...

Nonprofit Infrastructure, Business Planning, and the Energy Crisis in Europe

by Funding For Good | Oct 3, 2022 | Nonprofit Capacity Building, Strategic Planning

Today at Funding for Good we want to talk a bit about nonprofit infrastructure. Let’s be honest: infrastructure doesn’t have quite the curb-appeal of programs. Particularly when it comes to donors. Why get bogged down in databases when you could be serving...