Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everybody in your organization agreed on what really works for fundraising success? What’s important? What’s not so important? What basic principles can you agree on? There’s often a philosophical disagreement inside many organizations about how fundraising really works. Board members, in particular, often have pre-conceived notions about fundraising that are…
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Strategy is no guarantee of impact. But without it, you are almost guaranteed to have no impact. –Paul Brest, President, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Steps Nonprofits Have to Consider for Effective Initiatives and Projects Defining, documenting, and diagnosing the problem Get the problem right! To have a better understanding of Haiti’s market, you…
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Format One Cover Sheet Statement of Purpose Table of Content The Business Description of the business Marketing Competition Operating Procedure Personnel Business Insurance Financial data Financial Data Loan application Capital equipment and Supply list Balance sheet Breakeven Analysis Pro-forma income projections (P/L) The year summary Month to month first year Details by quarters, 2nd…
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The topic that has generated more research in recent years about religion than almost any other concerns the role of so-called faith-based nonprofit organizations. Besides the more than three hundred thousand local congregations that presently exist in the United States, thousands of faith-based nonprofit organizations have been founded in recent years (Scott 2002). These are…
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Roughly 90 percent of schools in Haiti are private and faith-based. It is hard to find a school or an organization that focuses on sex; we found Fondation pour la Santé Reproductrice et l’Education Familiale (FOSREF), which have been serving Haiti’s population since 1988. Its mission is to “promote and offer Reproductive Health / Family…
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A much-needed debate about voluntourism is taking off on the web. It includes voices from the industry, academics, travel professionals, and volunteers themselves. From “The White Tourist’s Burden” to “Lions, Zebras, and African Children,” at the heart of these stories is the notion of inexperienced volunteers who use their privilege to go abroad for their…
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