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Nonprofit Quick Wins Kit
25 practical actions your organization can implement immediately to improve operations, fundraising, communications, and leadership.
Includes:
✓ Immediate action items
✓ Organized by growth stage
✓ Practical & easy to implement
✓ 25-Day Quick Wins Challenge
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The Nonprofit Health Check: 8 Areas Every Organization Should Review
Is your nonprofit healthy beneath the surface? Use this eight-area nonprofit health check to assess strategy, leadership, people, funding, programs, communications, systems, and financial health.
Sep 225 min read


Capital Campaigns 101: Is Your Nonprofit Ready to Raise Big?
Thinking about a capital campaign? Learn what makes a nonprofit ready for a capital campaign, from leadership and donors to case development, financial planning, and campaign infrastructure.
Sep 174 min read


How to Recruit Volunteers Who Actually Stay
Recruiting volunteers is only half the job. Learn how to attract the right volunteers, set expectations, and create a recruitment process that leads to stronger retention.
Sep 164 min read


How to Find Great Stories Inside Your Nonprofit
Stop struggling to find social media content. Learn how to identify, collect, organize, and ethically share impact stories hiding inside your nonprofit's daily work.
Sep 135 min read


How to Build a Volunteer Program Instead of Just Recruiting Volunteers
Recruiting volunteers is only one piece of volunteer management. Learn how to build a sustainable nonprofit volunteer program with roles, onboarding, training, communication, and leadership opportunities.
Sep 124 min read


Why Your Nonprofit Shouldn't Rely on Events to Raise Money
Events can support nonprofit fundraising, but relying on them for revenue creates risk. Learn why donor-based fundraising creates a more sustainable nonprofit revenue model.
Sep 114 min read


The Nonprofit HR Problem Nobody Talks About: When One Person Becomes the Entire Organization
Is too much nonprofit knowledge concentrated in one employee? Learn how key-person dependency creates organizational risk and how to build systems, documentation, and cross-training.
Sep 103 min read


How to Know if Your Programs Are Actually Meeting Community Needs
Is your nonprofit delivering what the community actually needs? Learn how to evaluate programs, gather community input, identify gaps, and make better program decisions.
Sep 93 min read


Grant Readiness: What Your Nonprofit Needs Before You Start Applying
Before submitting another grant application, make sure your nonprofit is grant-ready. Learn what funders expect and the systems, data, documents, and programs you need in place.
Sep 84 min read


How to Build a Nonprofit Technology Strategy When You Don't Have an IT Department
Your nonprofit doesn't need a full IT department to have a technology strategy. Learn how to organize software, data, access, security, systems, and technology decisions.
Sep 73 min read


What Is Donor Stewardship? A Beginner’s Guide
Donor stewardship is more than saying thank you. Learn what donor stewardship really means, why it matters, and how to build a stewardship program your nonprofit can actually sustain.
Sep 56 min read


Governance vs. Management: Where Should the Board Stop and Staff Begin?
Where should nonprofit boards stop and staff begin? Learn the difference between governance and management—and how to avoid micromanagement without creating a disengaged board.
Sep 45 min read


5 Signs Your Nonprofit Board Needs a Reset
Is your nonprofit board disengaged, confused, or stuck? Here are five warning signs your board may need a reset, and what to do next.
Sep 35 min read


The Difference Between a Busy Nonprofit and a Healthy Nonprofit
Is your nonprofit busy or actually healthy? Learn the difference between activity and organizational health and the signs your nonprofit may need a reset.
Sep 35 min read


The Difference Between Donor Acknowledgment and Donor Stewardship
Donor acknowledgment and donor stewardship are not the same thing. Learn the difference and how nonprofits can build stronger donor relationships.
Sep 24 min read


How Often Should You Thank Your Donors?
How often should nonprofits thank their donors? Learn how to build a meaningful donor stewardship strategy that goes beyond the standard thank-you letter.
Sep 15 min read


What Is a Nonprofit Board Actually Supposed to Do?
What is a nonprofit board actually supposed to do? Learn the core responsibilities of nonprofit boards and how governance differs from staff management.
Aug 295 min read


Why Most Nonprofit Strategic Plans Fail
Why do so many nonprofit strategic plans end up sitting in a drawer? Learn the common reasons strategic plans fail and how to create one your organization can actually use.
Aug 285 min read


How to Turn Your Strategic Plan Into a 90-Day Action Plan
A strategic plan only matters if your organization uses it. Learn how to turn big nonprofit goals into a practical 90-day action plan your team can actually execute.
Aug 274 min read


Why Your Best Volunteers Are Leaving
Losing your best volunteers? Learn why strong volunteers leave nonprofits and how to create a volunteer experience that keeps people engaged and connected.
Aug 265 min read
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