A few months ago, I was contacted by a friend at the City of Joliet because I teach a Certificate of Nonprofit Administration at Joliet Junior College (JJC). Both the City of Joliet and the County of Will accept and re-grant CDBG monies (Community Development Block Grants). Over the years of implementing the CDBG program, […]
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Chapters: Permits Food Laws Weather First Responders Equipment Garbage Utilities Volunteers Signage Sponsors
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Donor Advised Funds are a tool set up at a Community Foundation or a commercial vendor such as Schwab, Vanguard, Fidelity, and now Edward Jones. A donor deposits an asset into the Donor Advised Fund (DAF), receives an immediate tax benefit, and grants it to eligible nonprofits at their leisure. In some ways, DAFs
For nonprofits: What is a Donor Advised Fund and What am I to do with it? Read More »
A question to nonprofits: is your county getting ready to re-open from a stay-at-home order? Are your local government officials putting together an advisory team? Is someone on that team representing the interests of nonprofits? If not, I recommend that you reach out and add that seat to the team because: We nonprofits are the
I run a nonprofit and it’s difficult to briefly explain what we do. In my early days here I took the advice of the big brains of the nonprofit world and worked with our board to develop an elevator speech that they can deliver at a moment’s notice when encountering the public. “Elevator speech” is
Ditch the elevator speech and try a word-of-the-month Read More »
Many of us in charge of writing and communicating on behalf of our nonprofits often have writer’s block. If you’ve been at your nonprofit for years, it can feel like you have nothing new to write about – that you keep repeating the same message over and over. But since it take donors and the
We are excited to be participating in a FREE webinar on Friday, April 3, 2020, at noon Central time. During our segment we’ll be talking about fundraising and our favorite fundraising – one-on-one donor relations! Thanks to Sally Rutledge Ott of Ottsie for putting this webinar together! 501c3 Nonprofit Organization Webinar – NO COST
Years ago I attended a workshop where a marketing expert shared this handy dandy project to get you started on a marketing plan – and I’ve used it ever since! Everything we do here at NPBB is cyclical – there’s not much that’s a straight line. This exercise is one of those. You can use
Exercise: What do you want your audiences to Think, Feel, and Do? Read More »