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May 2026 News – Grant Myths and Mistakes

May: Grant Myths and Mistakes One of my first jobs as a professional fundraiser was writing grants. Honestly, my only qualification was that I could write well. I honed my writing skills while working in radio and television where I wrote commercials and scripts. After working and writing in that…

vickyMay 13, 2026

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April 2026 News – Database Management: Not Just for Geeks

Database Management: Not Just for Geeks Here’s the bottom line, you need clean data. You get and keep data clean by having data entry procedures in place to create consistent records and accurate reports. Clean Data Clean data is free of erroneous, inaccurate or duplicate information. It is reliable and…

vickyApril 8, 2026

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March 2026 News – Fundraising Plan: Why Summer is the Best Time for Annual Fund Planning

Fundraising Plan: Why Summer is the Best Time for Annual Fund Planning Yes, it’s March. But not too early to talk about the summer, the end of the 2nd quarter and the beginning of the 3rd. Why is this the best time to do your annual fund planning? Because this…

vickyMarch 11, 2026

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February 2026 News – Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning Strategic plans have a bad reputation. It’s something you’re “supposed” to have, but oftentimes no one bothers to review it or knows how to use, so it sits on a virtual or real shelf gathering dust. What is a strategic plan, anyway? Simply put, a strategic plan is…

vickyFebruary 20, 2026

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January 2026 News – Start Your Year with a Board Retreat

Start Your Year with a Board Retreat A retreat for a board of directors focuses these stakeholders on why they are involved and why they are committed to your organization. The first quarter of your fiscal year is the best time to hold a board retreat and the best time…

vickyFebruary 20, 2026

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December 2025 News – Gratitude 6.0

Gratitude 6.0 2025 has been a year! So much happened that I felt I had no control. I worried about people I know getting swept up in an ICE raid or being arrested at a demonstration or not being able to pay my bills. Anxiety and depression were my companions.…

vickyDecember 10, 2025

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November 2025 News – What is a Board Supposed to Do?

What is a Board Supposed to Do? Board service is a mystery for many volunteers. They want to serve. They want to help. But, oftentimes, they are not sure what they are supposed to do. So many times, I’ve heard nonprofit Executive Directors say they don’t want to ask too…

vickyNovember 12, 2025

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October 2025 News – Yikes! End of Year!

Yikes! End of Year! 1/3 of Your Revenue About 1/3 of a nonprofit’s revenue is raised in the last 3 months of the calendar year. And 12% of that is received the last 3 days of December. Giving Tuesday is popular among donors who give at the end of the…

vickyOctober 20, 2025

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September 2025 News – The Donors We Overlook

The Donors We Overlook How many of you have heard of these organizations? the Young, Black, and Giving Back Institute the Orchid Giving Circle Hispanics In Philanthropy Alianza Americas Unidos US The Village Giving Circle The Asian American Foundation Asian American/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy Links, Inc. Jack and Jill of…

vickySeptember 10, 2025

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August 2025 News – Birthday Month

Birthday Month August is my birth month. Happy birthday to me and to all the other lucky people born under the fire sign of Leo and the Chinese Year of the Tiger. I embody some of the traits associated with these Zodiac signs. I’m loyal, maybe to a fault. I’m…

vickyAugust 18, 2025

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