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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
