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20 Questions You Should Be Able to Answer About Your Org's Financial Health

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20 Questions That You Should Be Able to Answer At Any Given Time About Your Organization's Financial Health

  1. For each revenue line item, are we meeting our goals? If not, how much are we off, and do we have an explanation for why?


  2. What are acceptable variations and fluctuations in expected revenue?  
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[Recommended Book]

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Average: 4.9 (22 votes)
By Stephen R. Covey
Another example of how business principles can effectively be applied in the nonprofit world.

Publisher's Description:

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People is a comprehensive program based on developing an awareness of how perceptions and assumptions hinder success—in business as well as personal relationships. Here's an approach that will help broaden your way of thinking and lead to greater opportunities and effective problem solving.  Read more



[Tip Sheet]

Avoiding Development Office Horrors Tips

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Development offices have faced a lot of “horrors,” not just at Halloween. Anything from the CEO leaving in the middle of a capital campaign, to naming a building for a convicted felon, to having their major fundraising event of the year “snowed out.”  Read more



[Recommended Book]

Beyond Fundraising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and Investment

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By Kay Sprinkel Grace
Kay Grace leads readers through the process of fundraising, development and philanthropy and guides them to the next level of thinking.

Publisher's Description:

Do you or your volunteers fear rejection or feel like a beggar when fundraising? Do you worry about soliciting donors too often? Are you tired of the relentless cycle of fundraising activities necessary to generate revenues for your programs?  Read more



[Tool]

Board Boot Camp

Does your board understand and embrace their role as fundraisers for your organization? If not, check out our board boot camp, an intense four-hour session to help board members understand what makes a development program successful, what their role is in fundraising, and how to develop a network of support for your organization.    Read more



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Budget Worksheet

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The budget should accurately reflect the direct costs of the project.

Typical budgets are divided into two parts:  Read more


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[Tip Sheet]

Budgeting Tips

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  1. Make sure the development office creates its own budget or has significant input into the budget process. Don’t set the development goal by looking at the organization’s income and expenses and expect the development office to make up the deficit, based on that information alone.
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