Jun
02
2023
What’s Right for Me?
June 2, 2023 There is a lot of talk about Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) lately. Many large foundations (and even some smaller ones too) have enjoyed...
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Mar
24
2023
Stop Doing These Things
There are many ways to be a successful fundraiser. There are loads of websites, articles and books explaining the steps you should go through for your...
Jan
27
2023
Grants aren’t the Magic Answer
Nonprofits vary in size, from the small one-person shop to the 30-plus person juggernaut of a workplace. Usually, the larger the organization’s staff is, the less...
Dec
02
2022
End of the Year Analysis
We are almost at that special end-of-year timeframe. And for many organizations, this means the end-of-year analysis. This is the time of the year that we...
Jun
03
2022
Raise Funds: The Holy Trinity of Fundraising
To successfully raise funds, you must adhere to three principals. I wrote one of my very first posts about that here. I reinforced these three principals...
May
27
2022
Setting up an Endowment
Many charities have an endowed component to their finances. The term endowment often confuses people and they are really unsure what it means. I repeatedly use...
Apr
08
2022
Putting the K in Kindness
Investopedia says that a K-shaped recovery occurs when, following a recession, different parts of the economy recover at different rates, times, or magnitudes. In 2022, it has...
Mar
11
2022
Money is a tool, a means to an end.
Today’s post may seem like heresy to some. The goal of fundraising is not to raise money in and of itself. The goal of fundraising is...
Jan
21
2022
Reserves — What is Appropriate
The last two-plus years have certainly been a wild ride. Up here in the Great White North (Canada), we are still on a modified lockdown, with...
Oct
20
2017
Should I start my own private foundation or charity?
Should I start a charity? This is a question that comes up all of the time. Let’s first address some nomenclature. When I worked for a...