There are a few phrases I hear all the time:
“We finished our Strategic Plan, but now we need the money to actually do what’s in the plan.”
“We finished our Annual Budget, but we always end the year in the red so I don’t know how we’d ever reach our goal.”
The notion that nonprofits will never have enough resources to change the world, are unable to ever be fully funded, or will always struggle because they don’t have enough money?
That’s simply not true.
How do I know? I see my clients do this every day. I see boards, leaders, and development staff successfully make fundamental shifts in their approach to fully financing their missions.
And in my book, success looks like having the money for your programs AND overhead AND reserve fund.
But, here’s the big secret. It’s what everyone gets wrong.
You can’t start with just doing more fundraising things. Your lack of revenue is a symptom of a root problem that needs to be fixed. If you don’t fix it, you’ll always be on the spin cycle.
99% of nonprofit CEOs who come to me are not fully funded because they haven’t addressed the real root problems. These are the things that are keeping donors from giving larger donations to your mission.
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Cyber attacks are one of the biggest threats that organisations face today, so cyber security needs to be high on the boardroom agenda. A well-planned incident response plan can minimise damage from hackers, which is critical for organisations that hold vast amounts of public data and have precious reputations to uphold.
However, a recent survey by Third Sector and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed a lack of action, knowledge, training and confidence among not-for-profit organisations when it comes to cyber security risks and how to stay safe. Only half of respondents were fully aware of the potential consequences of a cyber attack on charities and the vast majority (70%) had no plans to deliver cyber security training in the next six months.
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Did you know that 66% of nonprofits reported not always making decisions based on data and evidence? Understanding and acting on your data has become more important than ever. Many organizations are looking to start their journey in delivering organization-wide data analysis and visualization and we want to help!
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As a grantmaker, one important part of your grant lifecycle is to solidify any required agreements between your organization and your grantees. But one challenge can be to make sure that key data is easily merged from your GMS into your document merging tools.
In this demo jam we’ll go through 4 examples of how grantmakers leverage Salesforce Grants Management and document merging tools to streamline getting agreements to applicants and grantees.
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