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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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The new Form 990 – not just another report

This quote is taken from a www.BoardSource.org article discussing the newly effective Form 990: For the first time in 30 …

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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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The Governance Committee – an idea whose time has come

For many years now, not-for-profit organizations have maintained some form of nominating committee to help them attract and select qualified …

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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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Fund raising Q&A: Collecting on Pledges

Q: What is an acceptable ratio of pledges paid to pledges promised?     A: The only good answer is: better than …

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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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Fund raising Q&A: The REAL cost of events

Q: When we add hard costs and soft costs (staff time) some of our special events don’t make money at …

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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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Fund raising Q&A: Where to begin

Q: We’ve been told fund raising starts with planning. We don’t have a strategic plan. How can we get started …

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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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How to Improve Your Board’s Governance Practices

“Not for profit, not for loss.” That could be the logo subtitle for most of the successful nonprofit organizations still standing after the punishing funding environment of the past few years. It has given new meaning to the importance of building a strong donor base and getting members of the board of directors more involved in raising money for their organizations. In fact it has in many cases eclipsed the importance of oversight, the traditional role of corporate boards, now more commonly referred to as governance.

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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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A Tale of Two Not-for-profit Agencies – Part 5 of 5

OK, how did we do it? What are the tactics behind the strategic bullets outlined in our last post on …

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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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A Tale of Two Not-for-profit Agencies – Part 4 of 5

If you’ve read the last two weekly posts in this column, you’d have to agree that the two nonprofit organizations …

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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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A Tale of Two Not-for-profit Agencies – Part 3 of 5

This organization has a $12 million annual budget. The average tenure of current board members is about 4 years, and …

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  • Robb
  • November 21, 2023
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A Tale of Two Not-for-profit Agencies – Part 2 of 5

Following up on my introduction of this series of posts, here is the first of two agencies that I want …

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