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4 Nonprofit Financial Statements and How to Create Them

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Effective financial management equips you to make the most of your nonprofit’s limited resources. To produce meaningful reports to help you do this, you must track all financial activity and ideally compare it to your budget, or your financial representation of what you think you’ll pursue during the year. There are four core reports, known as financial statements, that nonprofits should create to review financial data and activities.

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How nonprofits can deepen corporate partnerships

Candid

Partnerships between nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies to boost workplace volunteering and community impact can create significant value for both parties. They help amplify the nonprofits’ voice, reach, and resources to advance their mission while strengthening corporate employees’ community engagement and improving their well-being and job satisfaction, according to a Deloitte survey.

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Why Do We Care About Generations?

Association Analytics

The idea of the “generation” as a grouping is a wholly American invention. The Lost Generation is the first truly named group, a term coined by author Gertrude Stein and later popularized in the epigraph of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. Since then we dubbed the Greatest Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha successively.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

The charitable sector fills many roles in American life. What isn’t widely seen by the public is how no matter which party is in power the sector must often follow the elected around cleaning up the government’s mess like the guy at the circus who carries a shovel and follows the elephants. Just a side comment on general failings of the nonprofit sector.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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3 Political Campaign Marketing Tactics to Inspire Nonprofits

Nonprofits Source

During election years, everyone’s minds are on politics. The closer you get to Election Day, the more signs, advertisements, and news you see about the candidates running for office. It can sometimes feel overwhelming, but political campaigns are undeniably good at getting attention. As a nonprofit, you might wonder how you can emulate political campaign marketing strategies and success.

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6 Best Practices for Increasing Engagement with Digital Impact Reports

sgEngage

To get the attention of your donors and increase their engagement, you can make your impact report come to life. To do that, it needs to live where your audience lives: online. Making your report web-based unlocks interactive opportunities to recap your achievements and connect with your stakeholders. Additionally, you can increase efficacy and accessibility, ensuring that all readers have a dynamic experience.

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8 Budget Questions Funders Will Ask

The NonProfit Times

Funders put the budget and budget justification under a microscope. According to Barbara Floersch of The Grantsmanship Center in Los Angeles, Calif.: “You’ve got to get it right. When you understand their concerns and the questions they’ll pose, you’re in a much stronger position to nail it.” Here’s a list of questions funders are sure to ask. * Does it fit within our general range of giving?

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Rapid-Fire Fundraising Tips With Neil Squire Society

CauseVox

Discover Neil Squire Society’s top strategies for GivingTuesday and year-end success, plus insights into how CauseVox has powered their fundraising efforts. Join Chad Leaman, Director of Innovation at Neil Squire Society, as he shares rapid-fire fundraising tips to empower nonprofits and increase year-end donations. Discover how Neil Squire shifted from government grants to diverse revenue streams and the success of their “Hacking for the Holidays” campaign, which engages donors thro

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Innovative Leadership — Culture Doesn’t Have to Eat Strategy: Tending to Human Factors During Strategic Planning

Blue Avocado

The phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast” is often true – certainly there are situations where strategy is consumed by culture – but strategy and culture are not mutually exclusive. Why not tend to them both at the same time during strategic planning? Strategic planning is daunting Many nonprofits begin strategic planning work with trepidation and possibly even scar tissue from prior efforts.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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The Case for Diversifying Revenue Streams in Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

While focusing on one revenue stream may be appealing to nonprofits, there are several reasons to consider diversifying your income.

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[Recordings] Earn a Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The 2024 Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising program covers the fundamentals of website and email marketing, online fundraising, and social media for nonprofits. Packed with practical advice and customized for nonprofits with limited time and financial resources, the certificate program requires following three webinar recordings: 1) Website & Email Marketing for Nonprofits October 23, 2024 • 2 hours Website design best practices that improve the user experience and SEO The to

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Recurring Donations For Your Nonprofit: The Ultimate Guide

Wild Apricot

In this post, find out what recurring donations are, what you can do with them, how they can help your organization, and how to get started.

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Scalpers are struggling to resell the PlayStation 5 Pro because it's in stock at most retailers

TechSpot

Getting a PlayStation 5 for its suggested retail price was a near impossibility in 2020 and 2021. Scalpers and scalping companies unapologetically bought the consoles in their thousands to sell at massively marked-up prices, making purchasing one at its MSRP from a retailer a near impossibility.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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5 Strategies for Nonprofits to Improve Employee Retention

NonProfit PRO

Across industries, companies are having trouble filling jobs. Here are five areas nonprofits should focus their efforts to help retain staff.

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Essential disability management steps for nonprofits: From claims to return-to-work

Charity Village

Disability management is a crucial aspect of HR in nonprofits, and it isn’t just about paperwork and policies. It’s about supporting employees during challenging times. In nonprofits, where compassion and community are core values, effective disability management is essential. Let’s explore how to handle disability claims with empathy, efficiency, and compliance.

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Give it your all this GivingTuesday with these revenue-boosting strategies 

Candid

In 2023, GivingTuesday raised $3.1 billion by bringing together individual donors, businesses, and communities in a unified event with a shared purpose. GivingTuesday fundraising allows many charities and nonprofits to raise more on this day than any other and reminds us of the positive community, societal, and personal impact of supporting causes aligned with our values.

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Review: A New Gaming CPU King

TechSpot

AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is here , bringing powerful upgrades with 3D V-Cache tech and enhanced thermals. Without question, this is the best CPU released since the 7800X3D, making it a game-changer.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Surpass Your Year-End Goals With These 7 Tips

NonProfit PRO

If you haven’t started planning for year end yet, it’s not too late. Here is some advice from nonprofits surpassing their year-end goals.

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Building a Robust Machine Learning Pipeline: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls

Machine Learning Mastery

In real life, the machine learning model is not a standalone object that only produces a prediction. It is part of an extended system that can only provide values if we manage it together. We need the machine learning (ML) pipeline to operate the model and deliver value.

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Convert the Next Wave of Rage Donors into Lifelong Supporters

sgEngage

Now that the votes for the 2024 election in the U.S. have been cast, nonprofit organizations should be prepared for a new wave of donations from voters whose candidate (or candidates) did not win. Data from recent elections shows rage donors take their candidate’s loss in a presidential bid as inspiration to donate more to causes associated with the candidate’s party, while the winning team’s incoming gifts drop off.

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AMD aims to catch up to Nvidia's DLSS with "neural supersampling"

TechSpot

The latest FSR 3.1 release this year brought significantly improved stability over previous versions. However, there's still room for improvement with denoising path-traced frames.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Creating the Best Participant Journey for Your Peer-to-Peer Event

NonProfit PRO

In peer-to-peer fundraising, success isn’t just defined by the day of the event. Here's how to create an excellent participant journey.

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Natural Language Generation Inside Out: Teaching Machines to Write Like Humans

Machine Learning Mastery

Natural language generation (NLG) is an enthralling area of artificial intelligence (AI) , or more specifically of natural language processing (NLP) , aimed at enabling machines to produce human-like text that drives human-machine communication for problem-solving.

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4 tips to prepare for a difficult conversation

Charity Village

Interested in learning more about preparing for a difficult workplace conversation? Check out the webinar CharityVillage hosted with Sarah Albo, Founder of Novel HR, click here. It’s not just a soft skill. One of the most important competencies you can bring to your workplace is the ability to handle conflict. Conversation failures are costly in […] The post 4 tips to prepare for a difficult conversation appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Stanford researchers develop molecule that forces cancer cells to kill themselves

TechSpot

The researchers' recently published study describes a way to re-activate apoptosis in mutated cells, which would amount to forcing cancer to self-destruct through a bioengineered, bonding molecule.

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Empower Your Nonprofit With Effective Payroll & HCM Services

Managing a nonprofit involves many challenges, but payroll and HR shouldn’t be among them. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps nonprofits choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, vital for maintaining staff and volunteer morale. Compliance support helps navigate complex labor laws and avoid costly fines.