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The Downsides of Impact-based Evaluations

As much as nonprofits dislike accounting-based evaluations (the dreaded overhead), there are some advantages to this over impact-based methods.

Management & Operations

Writing a Compelling Case for Support: Four Steps for Getting Started

This article covers everything four steps to get started in writing your case for support.

Want Your New Executive Director to Succeed?

We've all heard about the coming leadership deficit. It is time to stop focusing on the departures and start focusing on ensuring the success of new...

Financial and Fundraising Issues - FAQs - Boardsource

BoardSource has a number of free resources that you can download.

Decoding the World of Giving - A Fundraising Glossary

There is a lot of lingo in the world of fundraising. This tool defines some of the most common terms, gives examples of each and identifies some steps...

How to Approach a Proposed Merger of Nonprofits

Don Crandlemire, shareholder at the law firm Shaheen & Gordon, wrote this article for NH Business Review on the difficulty of nonprofit mergers and...

Management & Operations

Informational Videos from the Attorney General's Office

The Division of Charitable Trusts has created informational videos to help answer some of the most common questions that they field.

Compliance/Legal

Checklist for Donor Thank You Letter

You've written a beautiful thank you letter. Before you send it, run through this checklist to dot your i's and cross your t's.

Cultivating Donors

Woolsey Conover, longtime donor, talks about the best ways to engage donors, both before and after a gift.

How to Write a Mission Statement that Doesn't Suck

Author Dan Heath speaks in this brief video about how the mission statement development process goes awry. Whether you're writing your first mission...

Press Release Cheat Sheet

Use this tool from A-Ha! to simplify the task of writing that press release.

Marketing/Communications

National Council of Nonprofits - Advocacy

The National Council of Nonprofits provides resources for nonprofit advocacy.

Advocacy/Public Policy