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The Debate: Should Boards Raise 10% of a Nonprofit’s Budget?

January 28, 2016 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

It seems I raised controversy with my recent post, “Is Your Nonprofit Board Avoiding Their Money Role?”. The hot button issue, not surprisingly, was my assertion that boards should be charged with raising 10% of a nonprofit’s budget. As I put it: I know it’s heresy, but I believe that a board should be charged with raising […]

Why Every Nonprofit Board Member Should Fundraise

October 8, 2013 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

I mentioned earlier this year that I would start using Google Hangouts (on the Social Velocity Google+ page) for interviews, videos, Q&As, etc. Well, I’m excited to share with you my first video from the Social Velocity Google+ page. I want to begin doing regular videos that describe an aspect of moving your nonprofit forward. […]

Why Your Board Should Raise 10% of Your Nonprofit’s Budget

June 11, 2013 By Nell Edgington 22 Comments

It’s no secret that nonprofits struggle with money. In fact, the Nonprofit Finance Fund’s most recent State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey found that 41% of nonprofit respondents ran a deficit in 2012. If we really want to rewrite this rule for the nonprofit sector, we need to make some pretty big changes. So here’s […]

Financing Not Fundraising: Find and Keep a Great Fundraiser

January 23, 2013 By Nell Edgington 9 Comments

The news is not good lately about how effective the head fundraiser is at nonprofit organizations. A new study by CompassPoint reveals some startling realities about the fundraiser role in the nonprofit sector: 25% of executive directors fired their last development director 33% of executive directors are lukewarm about their current development director More than […]

Nonprofits Must Stop Fearing Money

September 12, 2012 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

I was in Birmingham, Alabama this past weekend showing a nonprofit board of directors how to finance, not fundraise for, their organization. I love leading these sessions because there is always a point, about 45 minutes into the session, when I see the light bulb go on around the room. Board members become energized when […]

10 Traits of a Groundbreaking Nonprofit Board

March 7, 2012 By Nell Edgington 4 Comments

Again and again, I’ve heard people say that innovation will never become part of the nonprofit sector — that nonprofits are too set in their ways. Or that the sector is too broken to emerge anew. And a particular area of dysfunction that people point to is the volunteer group that leads the nonprofit sector: […]

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