Nonprofit Expert Articles
- How to Apply for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exemption Status
- Fundraising Ideas
- How to Start a Charity: Know the Basics
- Quick Fundraising Ideas to Boost Your Bottom Line
- Pack Your Bags for a Summer Tech Adventure
- 8 Security Tips When Moving to the Cloud
- How Nonprofits Can Improve Their Email Deliverability
- The 4 Cs of Grant Management
- Using Insights on Charitable Giving to Help Further Your Mission
- 10 Things To Know About Your Boss
- The Nonprofit in the Mirror: Truths to Unlock Your Growth Potential
- Top 3 School Fundraising Ideas
- Developing New Fundraising Ideas During Challenging Times
- Ways Nonprofits Can Save Money
- 5 Unique Fundraising Ideas for Your Nonprofit
- 5 Reasons Why Every Nonprofit Should Participate in #GivingTuesday
- How to Plan a Successful Fundraising Event
- Easy Fundraising Ideas that Get Results
- Ask the Legal Expert
- Learning Resources for Nonprofits and Libraries
- An Integrated Approach to Social Change
- LEADing the Way for a New Model of Sustainability
- Showing Up: A Community Who Cares
- Digital Storytelling: Elevating Youth as Agents of Change
- Maureen Joy Charter School: Finding Success Through a Community of Support
- Universal Truths from the Ball Field to the Boardroom: What we can learn from all-star athletes
- Leveraging One’s Platform for Good
- Becoming a “Grant Detective”: Best Practices for Grantseekers
- 5 Lessons in Values Based Innovation
- Supporting Members’ Quality Improvement Efforts
- Exploris School: Success Through Community-led Learning
- About Nonprofit Software
- How to Secure Private and Federal Grants
- The Board’s Role in Fundraising
- 6 Stages Of Data Maturity
- International Grants
- The Best Productivity Tools: Time-Saving Methods to Find Digital Tools
- How to Grow Your Monthly Donor Program Without Breaking the Bank
- Maximizing Your Online Donations
- 3 Ideas for Maximizing Travel In Your Benefit Auction
- Donors, Data, and Dollars: Benchmarks for Your Fundraising Work
- The $70 Billion Question: Keys to Unlocking the Potential of Donor-Advised Funds
- Monthly Giving
- Better Together: 3 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Needs Fundraising Software and QuickBooks Accounting
- YouTube Strategy for Nonprofits
- TechSoup Honors Unsung Heroes
- Modeling Best Practices for Nonprofit Fundraising in the Age of Big Data
- What’s the Right Way to Set “Suggested Donation Amounts” in Nonprofit Fundraising?
- Report- The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap: Flipping the Lens
- Study: Being Called “Spam” Threatens Nonprofit Fundraising
- When it comes to saving US jobs, what about nonprofits?
- Free Guide: How to Buy Fundraising Software
- How Do You Keep Donors Engaged After Their First Donation?
- 5 Tips to Host a Successful Fundraising Event
- TechSoup Member Organizations Doing Great Work During Hard Times
- Win Back Your Lapsed Members
- 8 Questions About Your Donor Management System
- 5 Tips For When Disaster Strikes
- 4 Points In Making Mental Health Accommodations
- A Balanced Approach to Grants Management
- Trigger Emails Greeting Donors In The Morning
- Elements of ethical proposals
- Responsible Leaders Have 10 Characteristics
- Your Best Just Quit. Now What?
- You Can’t Force Wellness On Some Employees
- Tapping Into The Power Of Social Media
- Six For-Profit Digital Marketing Strategies Nonprofits Can Put Into Action Today
- Don’t Ignore Diversity
- How Micro-Influencers Are Upending The Traditional Advertising Model
- Why Organizations Should Consider Switching To Plain-Text Email Marketing
- Why Organizational Culture Is The Most Powerful, Practical Tool For Impact And What To Do About It
- Three Essentials For A Successful CEO And Board Chair Relationship
- Want A Big-Name Partner? Take These Five Steps First
- Writing A Grant? Seven Smart Tips To Keep In Mind
- Five Big Fundraising Mistakes Your Nonprofit Should Avoid
- Six Changes Nonprofits Should Prepare For Under The Current Administration
- Five Talent Management Tactics To Beat The Skills Shortage
- What Kind Of Leadership Do The World’s Toughest Challenges Need?
- Five Morale-Boosting Tips To Use In A Fundraising Slump
- Essential Leadership Traits You Need In Today’s Nonprofit Environment
- Five Ways To Encourage Youths To Pursue Social Entrepreneurship
- How You Can Get Past Barriers That Keep Potential Donors From Giving
- Nonprofit Leadership Strategies For Attracting And Retaining Talent
- How To Make Your Emergency Response Efforts More Effective
- Eight Steps To Perfecting Your Nonprofit’s Pitch In Person
- How To Get Executive Buy-In For Corporate Social Responsibility In Four Steps
- When Should Your Nonprofit Organization Adopt A New Platform?
- Six Ways Nonprofits Can Improve Board Relations
- How Corporate Responsibility Professionals Use Employee Volunteer Programs
- Five Challenges International Nonprofits Face And How To Address Them
- How To Encourage Teamwork In A Multigenerational Office
- How To Lead A Business When You’re Dealing With Loss
- Three Ways CSR Can Attract Mature Millennials To Your Business
- How Professional Development Helps Companies And Employees Succeed
- Four Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build Partnerships With Companies And Foundations
- Your Fiscal Year-End Race and Stress-Saving Checklist
- Tips for a Successful Capital Campaign
- The Essential Elements of a Successful Annual Appeal
- Why People Give
- How to Apply for Grants
- Refugee Response: TechSoup’s New Online Technology Resource for NGOs Helping Refugees
- How to Start a Nonprofit Organization
- Applying for Tax-Exemption
- Refunding a Donation
- Form 990 and 990-EZ
- 5 Steps to Build Your Organization’s Civic Reach
- How to Measure the Value of an IT Investment
- NGOs – Non Govermental Organizations
- Public Disclosure Requirements
- What Percentage of Donors Will Join a Monthly Donor Program?
- Fiscal Sponsorship – An Alternative To Creating A Nonprofit
- How Nonprofits Can Save Money on Postage
- Employment Taxes for Exempt Organizations
- Understanding Donations
- Sample Nonprofit Board Policies and Procedures
- 3 Steps to Building Your Communications Strategy in the Digital Era
- Record Highs for Gifts to Nonprofits
- Turning Membership Upside-down: An Experiment from a Nonprofit News Site
- Know Women’s Philanthropic Preferences
- Nonprofit Grant Writing
- Report: Nonprofit Fundraising Stays Strong, But Growth Slows Slightly
- Go and No-Go Decisions When Competing
- Community Foundations
- Scholarships
- Individual Assistance
- Fundraising Trend Report: June 2017
- 6 Beginner Tips for Mobile Fundraising
- Fundraising Trend Report: May 2017
- Fundraising Growth with DonorPerfect Growth Tracks
- Be the First to Know When Your Donors Are in the News with BoldTypeNews
- Assigning Duties to Each Member of Your Team
- The Easiest Way to Get a 31% Increase in Monthly Giving Collections.
- 3 Ways to Capitalize on Donor Data for Year-End Fundraising
- Aqubanc Check Donation Processing Helps Rescue Mission Expedite Donor Recognition Process
- Monthly Giving Has Never Been Easier!
- Event Preparation – Not Just for Boy Scouts
- FREE Monthly Giving Program Marketing Kit: The Secrets to Gaining and Retaining Donors
- Free E-Book! Donor-Advised Funds: Raise More Through Charity’s Growing Trend
- The Story Behind LHI’s Award-Winning Monthly Giving Program
- The Easy Breezy Guide to End-of-Year Acknowledgements
- Boost Giving with LYBUNT and SYBUNT Reports
- The Essential App for Year-End Fundraising
- Give Your Donation Form a Whole New Look!
- Learn The Magic Behind The Athenaeum of Philadelphia’s Incredible 80.37% Retention Rate
- Hope Haven Shares the Secrets and Benefits Behind their Award-Winning Acknowledgements
- Year-End Fundraising Tips: 4 Ways You Can Attract New Donors
- The Pros and Cons of the “Donate Now” button on Facebook
- It’s All About the Brand, ’Bout the Brand
- Recurring Gift Processing with EFT Leads to Great Results
- What Metrics Will Convince Your Board to Start a Monthly Giving Program?
- Top 5 Reasons for Monthly Giving
- Donor Retention is a Problem; A Monthly Giving Program Can Help
- Four Ways to Promote Matching Gifts for Fundraising
- 5 Questions Nonprofits Should Ask Before Sending Their Email Newsletter
- Top 4 Strategies to Identify New Major Gift Prospects
- Friends Don’t Let Friends Raise Money Alone
- Matching Gift Essentials for Fundraising
- Fundraising Methodology Improves Results
- Top 10 Special Event Tips that Stand the Test of Time
- Motivating Action with Matching Challenges
- Donor Retention Improvement Could Be Just One Report Away
- Fundraising Falacies 101
- Last Minute Push for Donations – Its Not Too Late!
- Giving Season in Full Swing – Make Sure You Get Yours!
- PayPal: Friend or Foe to Fundraising?
- Making Mistakes… Faster
- Wabbit Season? Duck Season? Nope, it’s Annual Appeals Season!
- Are You Making it Hard for Donors to Give?
- Making the Successful Ask
- Google One Today — Micro-donations could add-up, but limited ability to grow your constituency
- Reconciling Your Fundraising and Accounting Systems
- Using Direct Mail to Improve Email Campaigns
- Supporter-Driven Fundraising: If you build it, will they come?
- Fulfilling Our Mission
- 5 Ways to Validate Giving Decisions and Drive Retention
- Are Your Ears Burning?
- Why the Right Fundraising Software Matters!
- Three Words: Simplified, Accountable and Focused
- Self Funded Causes: Putting the “I” in Mission
- Do you know the Gestalt of Fundraising? How do you recognize the type of person you’re dealing with?
- Telephone Donation Solicitations, The Right Way or The Wrong Way
- Love Letter to My Alma Mater
- Beating Up the Benefactors
- What are people saying about your organization?
- Donor Wealth Screening: To Screen or Not to Screen
- Why Demographics Matter
- When “Free” Isn’t Free
- Mind Your Manners!
- The beginning of a beautiful friendship
- The Truth about Email Usage for Nonprofits
- Ask your mom or dad to make an online donation!
- A boy and his bike
- Fundraising IS Rocket Science…
- Social Network Fundraising – Price vs. Cost
- Are thank-you calls more effective than solicitations?
- Keys to Change
- Using competition to attract website visitors and collect email addresses
- “Painless” Fundraising
- Expanding the Giving Pyramid
- Your Supporter is the Message!
- 3 Dos & 3 Don’ts Regarding Non-profit PCI Compliance
- Ridin’ the curve to fundraising success!
- Online Social Network Fundraising: Hop on Board!
- Focus on What Works
- Want to Know What Donors Are Thinking? Try Asking Them.
- A Recipe for Fundraising Disaster…
- I’m sure your mother taught you to say “Thank You”
- Fundraising Lessons from Barack Obama
- International Fundraising Cuisine…
- Step 1 for Dealing with a Tough Economy – Don’t Panic
- 5 Tips to Raise More Money in a Down Economy
- The Secret to Asking the Right Amount…
- Targeting wealthy donors in a slowing economy
- Credit card fraud against non-profits
- Shorter is better…
- Want to raise more money online?
- Reducing Donor Attrition with a Monthly Giving Programs
- Calculating Donor Life Time Value
- NTEN Conference/Social Return vs ROI
- Something funny about RFP’s…
- Online Giving Roundtable…
- The Case for American Express…
- Mining for Gold- Retaining Donors Is the Key
- Boys & Girls Clubs, Capital Campaign Tips…
- To be or not to be…an RFP
- O Captain, my Captain!
- Team Building Eggs-ercise…
- Be Your Own Donor
- Secret of Success
- Gearing up for the busiest time of year…
- Getting the message through
- Decisions, Decisions…
- Don’t forget your Backbone!
- LYBUNT, SYBUNT, MYBUNT, Oh My!!!
- Get Personal!
- Increase Your Nonprofit’s Security Using the Microsoft Cloud
- What TechSoup Offers Foundations
- Power Up Your Organization’s Data with Microsoft’s Power BI
- Tips for Nonprofits Setting Up SharePoint Online
- Tips for Conducting a Successful Webinar
- 10 Steps for Planning a Successful Webinar
- Do-It-Yourself Troubleshooting for Windows Computers
- Top Tech Training Tips for Nonprofits
- What Are the Benefits and Drawbacks of Cloud Computing?
- Ten Tips for Donating a Computer
- 5 Steps to Improving Your Website on a Tiny Budget
- Tips for Staying in Sync with Microsoft Office 365
- An Introduction to Using A/B Testing for Fundraising
- Create a Fundraiser Invitation Using Adobe InDesign
- Comparing Microsoft Office to LibreOffice and OpenOffice
- A Few Good Methods for Processing Credit Cards
- Microsoft Office 365 Nonprofit Tips
- Three strategies for empowering women in informal economies
- Why don’t more eligible Asian Americans benefit from the earned income tax credit?
- What welfare reform can teach us about proposed budget cuts to the safety net
- Medicaid Coverage of Effective Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
- For the real story on disability, look at the data
- How Repealing and Replacing the ACA Could Reduce Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Parity Protections
- What do immigrants cost state and local governments?
- The cost of homelessness will spike if Congress adopts Trump’s 2018 budget proposal
- Why Does Cash Welfare Depend on Where You Live?
- State and Local Fiscal Effects of Immigration
- Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict, Third Edition
- Giving Numbers: Why, What, and How Are We Counting?
- Strategies for Cultivating an Organizational Learning Culture
- 2016 Fundraising Effectiveness Survey Report
- An Assessment of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s Financial Opportunity Centers
- State Regulation and Enforcement in the Charitable Sector
- Can Red Nose Day catch on in the United States?
- The 21st Century Fight Over Who Sets the Terms of the Charity Property Tax Exemption
- The charitable deduction is safe, but tax reform could still hurt charitable giving
- Tax Psychology and the Timing of Charitable-Giving Deadlines
- Profiles of Individual Charitable Contributions by State: 2013
- How vulnerable are nonprofits under Trump’s skinny budget?
- How the Social Innovation Fund supports a culture of evaluation
- Should nonprofit leaders rethink the relationship between political and charitable giving?
- An unexpected leader in international charity: The Twin Cities
- Human services organizations lag in fundraising, but they’re gaining ground
- What are the issues with donor-advised funds?
- A “better way” for nonprofits and government to partner to address poverty
- New IRS data release could transform how we study the nonprofit sector
- TechSoup Members Really Love Cloud Services (and Other Things You Told Us)
- How much money can a nonprofit have or carry over from year to year?
- Political Campaigns
- Board Guide
- After School Programs
- How to Set Up an E-commerce Store and Raise Money for Your Nonprofit
- Fundraising As Social Change
- The Best Productivity Tools (Part 2): Favorites Revealed
- How Theater Resources Unlimited Bridges the Gap Between Art and Business
- Under New Strategic Plan, Alliance Helps Museums Go Farther Together
- Nonprofit and Media Collaborations
- The Importance of Developing an Evaluative Mindset in Foundations (Part II)
- Using Art and Humor to Heal
- Post-election Volunteer Bump Calls for Nonprofits to Reassess Volunteer Screening Practices
- Humanities and Social Sciences: Complements Not Competitors to STEM Disciplines
- Tips and Tools to Strengthen Your Fundraising and Accounting
- Developing an Annual Giving Program
- Best Nonprofit CRM Software
- Formalizing Volunteer Programs
- Start Your Day by Tuning-In to these Podcasts
- What is Advocacy?
- How TechSoup Uses Box Donations
- Building Donor Loyalty
- Non-Boring #Tech4Good Meetings for Nonprofits
- Top TechSoup Product Donations for IT Infrastructure
- Fundraising an Ongoing Process for Museums
- 5 Steps to Remove Blockers When You Really Need an IT Upgrade at Your Nonprofit
- 5 People You Should Follow on Social Media Right Now
- 10 Steps to Planning A Successful Fundraising Event
- Hidden Gems for Nonprofits in the TechSoup Catalog
- How to Ask for New Technology for Your Nonprofit
- What You Can Do About Ransomware
- Introducing the TechSoup Ambassador Program
- Building Your Grantseeking Program: Setting Measurable Objectives
- 7 Best Practices to Engage and Retain Donors for Nonprofits
- Nonprofit Tech Resources: TechSoup Is Your One-Stop Shop
- Adapting to Complex Environments Using Small Teams
- Learning the Ropes: Nonprofit Startups Face Hurdles
- The Gift of Mobility
- Unmentionable Dignity
- Restoring the Rhythm of Life
- Sharing Opportunity
- The Importance of Developing an Evaluative Mindset in Foundations (Part I)
- Can Charities Survive Trump? For Some, It’s Life and Death
- Why I Love my Donor-Advised Fund
- Nonprofits Opposed to Trump’s Ideology See a Surge in Donations
- Your Nonprofit Organization Needs Annual Giving Campaigns
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- From Prospect to Donor
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- Better to Give than Receive
- What does inure or incurment mean?
- Processing Your Exemption Application
- Preserving your Tax-Exempt Status
- Understanding IRS CP120 Notice
- Money or Happiness? The answer might surprise you!
- The Nonprofit Arena 2010 Outlook
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- Finding Paradise
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- Receiving Charitable Deduction For Giving A Conservation Easement
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- IRS Investigates Community Foundations
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- Nonprofits Need To Understand Their Donor
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- Annual Electronic Filing Requirement for Small Exempt Organizations — Form 990-N (e-Postcard)
- What is a Grant?
- Private Foundations Guide To Grant Making
- Elimination of the Advance Ruling Process
- Charitable Solicitation – State Requirements
- Public Charities versus Private Foundations – What is the difference?
- Exempt Organization Appeal Procedures
- A Non-Profit Requirement – Employer Identification Number (EIN)
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- Oh My, The IRS Is Auditing Our Non Profit!
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- When Are Charitable Receipts Required?
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- The Value of Money
- Employment Taxes for Exempt Organizations
- Volunteers – Do You Love Them or Leave Them!
- The Nonprofit Of The Future – A $100 Challenge
- How well do you know your donor?
- Donors Need A REAL Reason To Care
- Gates, Buffet and Feeney! Wait, who is Feeney?
- Understanding Nonprofit Employee Stress
- A Learning Moment For Nonprofits
- Your Nonprofit Guide To Acquiring And Retaining Donors
- Hard Issues Facing Nonprofits
- Fired Up Fundraising
- Are you giving donors the respect they deserve?
- Understand Your Donors And Thank Them Properly
- The Donor Merry-Go-Round
- How Some Try to Justify a Fundraising Approach
- Customer Service And Your Nonprofit
- Manage By Crisis, Or Not!
- Giving Permission To Believe
- Understanding the Nonprofit Arena in a Nutshell
- The Gift of Self
- Showing Donor Appreciation
- Preparing For A Capital Campaign
- The Ethics Of Hiring A Professional Fundraiser Or Grant Writer
- For-Profit World, I Dare You To Take The Nonprofit Challenge
- Asking for a Contribution the Right Way!
- Development Director Faux Pas
- The Truth About Nonprofits and Multi-Level Marketing Programs
- Steps To Fundraising Success
- What Every Board Member Should Know
- Pretending To Care
- Planned Giving
- Understanding The Giving Potential Of Your Community
- What Does Your Nonprofit Deserve?
- Sending A Donation Receipt Via Email
- Pennies From Heaven – True Fundraising Story
- Leaving A Legacy
- Would You Do What You Do, If You Were Not Paid?
- When a Donor Say’s “No Publicity” What Does This Mean?
- Asking for A Contribution
- Director of Appreciation Versus Director of Development
- A Donor Friendly Nonprofit
- Is “Honoring” Someone Really An Honor?
- Cause Marketing: Good – Bad – Indifferent
- Nonprofit IRS Topic Index
- What does the disclosure law require a tax-exempt organization to do?
- What disclosure laws apply to private foundations?
- What tax documents must an exempt organization make available for public inspection and copying?
- What organizations are tax-exempt organizations for purposes of the law requiring that certain tax documents be disclosed and copies of those documents be provided to persons requesting them?
- Public Disclosure Requirements in General
- Obtaining Information about Organizations from IRS
- Complaints about Activities of Exempt Organizations
- Non-Compliance with Exempt Organizations Public Disclosure Requirements
- Can I get a list of donors to a nonprofit organization?
- What does the IRS consider to be a reasonable charge for copying costs?
- Is a tax-exempt organization required to disclose the names or addresses of its contributors?
- Are organizations that are not required to provide copies of their exemption applications also exempt from the requirement to provide copies of annual returns to requesters?
- Is personal identifying information provided on an exempt organization return subject to public disclosure?
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