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It’s Nonprofit Tax Season. 😨 Here’s a Checklist to get ready.

How to Make Your Nonprofit Accountant’s Life Easier (and Yours Too!) Read time: 5 Minutes (but SOOO worth it!) Ah, Nonprofit tax season. Not the most thrilling part of running an organization—but staying on top of your finances is key to keeping your nonprofit compliant, transparent, and stress-free when tax deadlines roll around. The good news? You don’t have to be a numbers person to keep your nonprofit’s finances in check. With a few simple habits, you can make tax season smoother, avoid…

The Ladder of Engagement: Turn Volunteers into Donors

How to Inspire Volunteers to Become Donors Read time: 4 Minutes Many nonprofits focus heavily on attracting new donors—but what about the supporters who are already engaged with your mission? Volunteers are already some of your most passionate advocates, yet many organizations struggle to inspire them to become financial supporters, too. I can tell you from personal experience, some of my nonprofit’s biggest donors were people who volunteered with us, first. In this issue of Changemaker…

Animal lovers and changemakers unite?! 🐶🐱

Introducing: Social Issue Deep Dive Videos Read time: 3-4 Minutes A few newsletters back, I mentioned how I was expanding my YouTube content with a new series on fundraising. But actually, that’s not all. As part of my new Changemaker Cafe content, we’re also going to explore the ins and outs of different social issues together – from homelessness, to food insecurity, and more. I’m starting with the topic of Animal Rescue (something I know is dear to many of your hearts!), but we’ll tackle…

Let’s fast-track your Nonprofit progress (last call!)

Let’s fast-track your Nonprofit progress (last call!)

Let’s fast-track your progress.Enrollment closes TONIGHT! Read time: 3 Minutes Doing this work is exciting for me Reader. Especially this week! Even though I’ve been teaching about how to build a successful and impactful nonprofit and had the privilege of connecting with hundreds of changemakers over the past few years… There’s something about going deeper with people on creating an impactful organization that lights me up. And that’s exactly what I’ve been working on for the past several…

Ready to accelerate your Nonprofit’s progress? Questions answered

Ready to accelerate your Nonprofit’s progress? Questions answered

Ready to accelerate?Your Questions answered: Read time: 4 Minutes Wow Reader! Since the Changemaker Accelerator Membership enrollment opened last week, I’m proud to say there have been some really awesome people joining me in the quest to get years ahead in building a successful nonprofit! Seriously, I am blown away. Like this super kind message from one of our new members… 🄰 And of course, I’ve also gotten a LOT of questions. (Which I love!) Since enrollment closes in just a week I thought…

Tapping into these Recurring Revenue strategies yet?

Tapping into these Recurring Revenue strategies yet?

Tapping into theseRecurring Revenue strategies yet? Read time: 5 Minutes The dream: Bring in consistent funding every month for your social impact organization – so you can focus on strategizing ways to make the biggest impact possible. Recurring revenue can provide a safety net, letting you budget and plan programming with confidence — but in my experience, many organizations aren’t taking full advantage of it. Yes, it takes some work to set up and grow. It’s not magic (or easy). But once…

8 places to find your future Board members

8 places to find your future Board members

8 places to find your futureBoard members Read time: 5 Minutes Finding and recruiting skilled Board members is a challenge that plagues many nonprofits, and start-ups in particular. I’m often asked: ā€œHow do we know what types of skills we need on our Board?ā€ ā€œHow can we showcase our awesome organization to Board candidates?ā€ and the big one: ā€œWhere do we even LOOK for potential Board members?!ā€ (By the way; all things we’ll be discussing in the Changemaker Accelerator membership, launching…

If I started a nonprofit (again), here’s how I’d do it differently

If I started a nonprofit (again), here’s how I’d do it differently

If I started a nonprofit (again),here’s how I’d do it differently. Read time: 5 Minutes A few years ago (as you probably know, since you’re reading this šŸ™‚), I started a YouTube channel. My goal was simple: Help people who were starting or growing a nonprofit figure out how to do it faster, easier, and more effectively. It’s hard. I started a nonprofit in college. Over time, I figured out how to create a solid fundraising strategy, build an amazing team, and mobilize over 50,000 people in my…

How to keep those awesome Donors around

How to keep those awesome Donors around

How to keep those awesomedonors around Read time: 4 Minutes There’s been a lot of talk in the fundraising world lately about giving trends. Spoiler alert: Giving has been declining over the past few years (but there are signs of a rebound – fingers crossed!). Experts and researchers are examining the reasons donors stop giving (or start), and this idea around ā€œtransformationalā€ fundraising vs ā€œtransactionalā€ fundraising is taking hold. We’ll cover transformational fundraising and some…

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