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What Is Nonprofit Sustainability?

What Is Nonprofit Sustainability?

March 9, 2017 By Nell Edgington

Last week I led a planning call among the panelists on the “Supporting Nonprofit Sustainability” session I am moderating at April’s Center for Effective Philanthropy conference (which I described in an earlier post). One of the panelist suggested that we start the session by defining what we mean by “nonprofit sustainability.” As we started to discuss […]

How Funders Can Help Overcome the Overhead Myth

How Funders Can Help Overcome the Overhead Myth

February 14, 2017 By Nell Edgington

Note: In April I will be moderating a panel at the Center for Effective Philanthropy Conference about what funders can do to support nonprofit sustainability. To promote that panel and the conference, the Center for Effective Philanthropy asked me to write a post for their blog, which is reprinted below. You can see the original post […]

7 Things Funders Don’t Get About Fundraising

7 Things Funders Don’t Get About Fundraising

June 18, 2015 By Nell Edgington

In the nonprofit world there is often a disconnect between funders of nonprofits and their understanding of the fundraising activity necessary to secure their gifts. Funders (and board members) rarely understand how critical fundraising is, how it works, and what’s required to do it well. But in the hope that greater understanding leads to better actions, I’d like to offer […]

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The Nonprofit Sky May Not Be Falling

July 26, 2018 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

Note: The Center for Effective Philanthropy recently released a report uncovering how foundation and nonprofit leaders are feeling about the potential impact of new tax legislation on charitable giving. I found the report fascinating and asked CEP if I could write a guest post on their blog about the report. Below is my post, which […]

5 Nonprofit Trends to Watch in 2017

December 8, 2016 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

It’s that time of year again, where we take a look back at the year drawing to a close, and forward to the year ahead. We all know that 2016 was rough (and if you want to wallow for a minute or two, check out John Oliver’s cathartic send off to 2016). But I am […]

Nonprofit Financial Health and Sustainability: Pillar 4

July 19, 2016 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Today I am continuing my on-going blog series on the 7 Pillars of the Performance Imperative. The Performance Imperative was released last year as a north star for the nonprofit sector by the Leap Ambassadors, of which I am a member. Pillar 4, about sustainable financing, is obviously my favorite since I am arguably obsessed […]

What Is A High-Performance Nonprofit?

February 26, 2015 By Nell Edgington 5 Comments

I’m really excited to announce today’s launch of the Performance Imperative. The Performance Imperative is a detailed definition, created by a community of nonprofit thought leaders, of a high-performance nonprofit. The hope is with a clear definition of high-performance we can strengthen nonprofit efforts to achieve social change. As we all know, we are living in […]

Why Do Nonprofit Leaders Get in Their Own Way?

January 23, 2014 By Nell Edgington 4 Comments

Can we talk about crazy for a minute? I’ve recently witnessed some behavior from nonprofit leaders that made my jaw drop: A board chairman convinced the rest of his board to turn away a donor who wanted to give the nonprofit a significant amount of money to fund organizational capacity (strategic planning, coaching, fundraising training) […]

Moving From Fundraising to Financing

April 24, 2013 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

I’ve had a lot of great questions about the upcoming Financing Not Fundraising E-Course for nonprofit leaders. So I created a video that breaks the e-course down and explains exactly how it will work. The Financing Not Fundraising E-Course is an excellent opportunity for nonprofits stuck in the starvation cycle to figure out what they […]

New Financing Not Fundraising 2012 E-Book

December 12, 2012 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve just released the Financing Not Fundraising, 2012 E-book. This e-book is the second in the Financing Not Fundraising e-book series. While the Financing Not Fundraising, 2011 E-book laid out the basic elements of the Financing Not Fundraising approach, this new e-book, a compilation and expansion of blog posts in […]

What's Holding Your Nonprofit Back From Raising More Money?

June 12, 2012 By Nell Edgington 4 Comments

It is the ultimate question for many nonprofit leaders. But often one that they can’t answer on their own. Perhaps because nonprofit leadership may be so mired in the weeds, or so used to doing what they’ve always done, or simply lack fundraising expertise or  knowledge of new trends and tools. The end result is […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: April

May 9, 2011 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

In our ongoing blog series, 10 Great Social Innovation Reads, below are my top 10 picks (ok, if you really count it’s 11, but consider it added value) for what really stood out in the world of social innovation in April. But I’d love to hear what you think the best reads last month were. […]

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