volunteer Archives - Funding for Good

Quick Tips to Retain Quality Volunteers

by Funding For Good | Oct 14, 2022 | Leadership Development

Recently a program director reached out to Funding for Good to ask, “What can I give to our organization’s volunteers to encourage them to come back?” She was confused about why even the most promising volunteers tended to disengage after a few months. Desperate to...

Why Volunteers Stay

by Guest Author | Oct 6, 2022 | Leadership Development

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 is a Tax Status Not a Business Model

by Funding For Good | Oct 21, 2020 | Strategic Planning

Have you thought about starting a nonprofit? Are you a nonprofit founder? Do you work in a nonprofit currently, or have you in the past? Lots of folks ponder starting a nonprofit at some point. Many of these well-intentioned folks even think that running a nonprofit...

Bless and Release | How to Fire Bad Volunteers

by Funding For Good | Aug 11, 2020 | Development/Fundraising

Let’s be honest for a minute. Bad volunteers DO exist, and nonprofits struggle to fire bad volunteers generous enough to work for free. It is important to clarify that there are “bad volunteers,” and then there are volunteers who are a “bad fit” for your organization....

Cutting Costs at a Nonprofit

by Funding For Good | Apr 23, 2020 | Budgeting, Development/Fundraising

A penny saved is a penny earned. Organizations are always making miracles happen on a shoe-string budget. So it is hard to imagine cutting costs at a Nonprofit even more. The best leaders understand that two things must happen to sustain a nonprofit: SAVING money and...