Measuring What Matters in the Nonprofit World

whitePaper | November 26, 2019

Our dedicated team has delivered digital projects to over 100 customers in the charity and membership sector. Throughout these projects, as well as dedicated events, roundtables and partnerships, we have learnt a lot about what makes a successful CRM strategy. As part of our commitment to non-profits, we’ve taken some key learnings from our team, our customers and attendees at our events, and compiled this guide to help you in the planning, execution and maintenance of your digital strategy. Thank you to all of our contributors for sharing valuable insight and advice.

whitePaper | January 9, 2020

Nonprofit organizations serve a critical role in today’s society by providing opportunities for advancing divested and underserved populations, facilitating volunteerism and civic engagement, and developing innovative approaches to solving complex issues--to name a few. In order to effectively serve the community, however, nonprofits must balance maintaining their commitment to excellence, equity, and accountability while successfully realizing their missions, managing resources, and executing proper governance. In order to help Illinois nonprofits strike this balance, set forth on the following pages are thirteen key principles of nonprofit governance, followed by best practices for consideration in effectuating on these principles.

whitePaper | May 19, 2022

The cryptocurrency market is worth c.a. 1.5 trillion USD, with no signs of slowing down. New tech and crypto savvy millionaires are being created every day, and will be looking to not only diversify their portfolios, but also to reinvest capital and support ventures that they believe in. AngelBlock will make that possible. Funding within the crypto and blockchain space is broken. This was especially highlighted with the COVID-19 pandemic moving more of our life into the digital space. AngelBlock will allow crypto, FinTech, and blockchain startups to raise funds, and provide support from knowledgeable, experienced professionals via our online platform. We will promote new startups providing information about their ideas, mission, plans and the people behind them, just as any professional investor would expect. No flights, no long-winded meetings, and no need for handshakes. Let’s move fundraising into the 21st century.

whitePaper | December 12, 2019

Your donors have entrusted you with their hard-earned money and they expect you to acknowledge them and their contributions. If you interpreted that to be a manual process, like looking up donors to make sure you’re updating the correct record, you may have the wrong technology stack.

whitePaper | February 3, 2020

In 1990, domestic automobile manufacturers found themselves in deep trouble. The innovative design and the quality of production long associated with the three dominant American brands, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, had long been consigned to the annals of memory. The autos that rolled off of the Detroit assembly lines were notoriously ill designed and were, in general, very unreliable. Additionally, the oil crisis of the 1970s, one that would drive the American consumer to more fuel efficient vehicles, prompted the production of domestic compact vehicles that could not compete with the new foreign imports of Toyota, Mazda and Honda.

whitePaper | November 4, 2021

The primary purpose of this publication is to present an accessible guide on the many topics pertaining to the process of starting a 501 (c)(3) organization with the sound construction needed to be successful and sustainable. The materials presented are based upon nonprofit best practices, and though there will be a brief mention of other types of tax exempt organizations for educational purposes, the focus of this guide is on the 501 (c)(3) organization. It is the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits’ mission to educate nonprofit leaders and staff on best practices so that they can grow, develop, and accomplish their stated missions.