3 Best Practices for Streamlining Your Endowment Management
Endowments are the result of a successful long-term strategic plan. Through major giving and capital campaigns, your organization has created [...]
How to Secure Your Grantmaking Processes with Effective Internal Controls
Your grantmaking system is one of your organization’s most valuable assets. It contains a history of past grant requests, payment [...]
The Lifecycle of a Nonprofit Budget: Keeping Your Mission at the Center
A budget is more than just a financial document. It’s a reflection of your mission, vision, and goals. It helps [...]
5 Steps to Strengthen Your Grantmaking Organization’s Data Governance
A grant management system is no place for your garbage. And yet, many grantmakers leave duplicate records, incomplete contacts, and [...]
7 Database Goals for Your Independent School’s Capital Campaign
When evaluating your school’s readiness for a capital campaign, database readiness might not be at the top of the list [...]
Nonprofit Budgeting and Forecasting Made Easy with Fund Accounting Software
It’s budget season, and the spreadsheet chaos has begun. But you want to make this year different. You want to [...]
From Data Deluge to Impactful Decisions: Mastering Data in Grantmaking
Grantmakers are swimming in a sea of information. Applications, proposals, progress reports, impact metrics – the data collected throughout the [...]
How to Determine Your Needs When Choosing a New Fundraising CRM
Choosing a new fundraising CRM is exciting–but also needs careful consideration. When embarking on a technology project, you should always [...]
Information: The Better Half of IT
We sometimes forget that IT stands for Information Technology. As a society, we have become obsessed with the “Technology” half—the [...]
Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too
Since she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 and began her momentous campaign of organization-changing donations, MacKenzie Scott has given [...]
