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The Beginner’s Guide to Running Your First Capital Campaign

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It’s time to ask yourself some tough questions: Does your nonprofit have the structure in place to manage your growth and the additional work that will come with your realized dream of a new building? That’s actually a bad idea (more on that in a minute). During the public phase, you receive lots of donations, but small amounts.

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Planning Your Nonprofit’s Capital Campaign: 4 Do's & Don'ts

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Do your research to understand the structure and timeline of a typical capital campaign in advance. They generally last between two and three years, sometimes longer, and consist of these phases: Pre-planning - 3-12 months: This is when you’ll establish your campaign’s objectives and goal. What should you do instead?

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Six Steps On The Leadership Journey Of Development Professionals

Bloomerang

Your work behind the scenes is to establish a structure—plans, systems and processes—by which the nonprofit may reach its advancement goals. Your proposals serve to gain their interest and “buy-in.” Develops new programming Writing proposals introduces the opportunity for new or enhanced programming.

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4 Necessary Culture Shifts To Help You Navigate Change Management

Bloomerang

Many of us have been in the position of loving an idea on paper but later realizing it doesn’t work so well in practice. The initial idea on paper may not capture nuances of day-to-day work rhythms, or it may collide with current processes or services. Signals any needs to make future adjustments during planning phases.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. Philanthropy loves “new” things. Fast forward to today….

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How To Write a Grant Proposal: Guide + Templates

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Nonprofit grant proposals can be a daunting task for fundraisers, but it’s a key way to help gain more sustainable funding for your organization. From finding the right grants to writing and applying for them, grant proposals require a lot of research and attention to detail! What is a grant proposal?

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Accessibility Goals: Moving Past Compliance

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Maybe that made a whole new set of people more empathetic to the idea of accessibility. The “checkbox” approach to accessibility rested on the idea that someone—usually a developer —managed accessibility and had the power to make a website accessible or not accessible. We can’t access information. We can’t connect. We can’t contribute.