By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Nonprofits of all sizes saw positive growth in online and monthly donations last year: According to an insightful report on Philanthropy.com, one-time and monthly online donations jumped more than 15 percent in 2020. Research on online engagement trends across 4,964 nonprofits...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS So, how is your Giving Tuesday going? Checking in and noting how you feel things are going now—today—is your best form of advance planning for next year. Here are a few gut-check questions to answer this week and file in...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Hope Villages of America is a well-established nonprofit in Tampa Bay, with more than five decades of service to their credit. They’re quite the success story, too: What was once a struggling organization facing liquidation is now a thriving, re-branded...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS The world had to quickly respond to the global pandemic that suddenly made it unsafe for people to gather and be in close contact. For nonprofits, this meant canceling events, adjusting fundraising strategies and instituting remote work policies. While the transition...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS For-profit companies use corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs to boost their brand’s reputation. They’re always open to well-designed initiatives and nonprofit partners that promote their external image without sacrificing their business efficiency. If you’d like to attract new corporate partners in...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Outsourcing essential business operations, such as accounting, IT services or HR, to specialized professionals may seem like a daunting task for your small nonprofit. It requires money, time and effort to find vendors that both specialize in the needed area...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Partnerships and collaborations between nonprofits are strategic alliances that achieve more significant impact than any of the nonprofits could generate on its own. These partnerships exist in many shapes and forms, from less integrated associations to unified programming, shared services...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Diversity in your nonprofit board members benefits your organization both financially and culturally. Let’s explore a few of the significant impacts of building a diverse and inclusive board and a few of our best tips on recruiting and retaining a...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Self-assessments by your nonprofit board supports the whole as well as its parts: Not only can each member effectively determine and address their weaknesses, but the group is empowered to acknowledge knowledge, skill or other gaps and determine their desired...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS A difficult board can cause your nonprofit a number of headaches, from annoyances like slowing the work and meddling in day-to-day operations to full-blown migraines like damaging the brand and reputation. Here are a few fixes: As the organization’s executive...