Interview with Adam Penenberg

I recently finished reading Adam Penenberg’s book Viral Loop. The book focuses on technology-based businesses from the last 10 years who have grown virally. I found the book extremely thought-provoking, bringing to light observations I’d seen for a long time but never verbalized. It was a really good read. The author has offered to answer [...]

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Has YWCA or YMCA Touched Your Life?

Nonprofits across the United States touch lives every single day. YWCA and YMCA are organizations that have been a part of all of our lives. They are epicenters in our communities connecting and helping our neighbors for generations.
I want to collect some stories about the good work of our local YWCA’s (and YMCA). Leave a [...]

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Development Work Like Pastoring

We have a unique opportunity to partner with people in areas of their passion. In our culture, money is often a taboo topic, yet as fundraisers it is something we talk about often. Where we give or do not give our money often says a lot about us and what we believe in. In conversations [...]

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Featured Fundraiser: John Peterson

This month’s Featured Fundraiser is John Peterson. He was recommended to me by a friend of mine Joel Lentz. If you read this blog regularly take a second to think if you know of a fundraising professional that I should feature here. I’d love to hear your nomination just send me an email. – Jason
What [...]

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Administrative Fee

What is the administrative fee at your organization? Would you be considered highly efficient with an admin fee of 6% or is your operation a little bit more costly at 15%? The administrative fee concept has always bothered me. The cost of doing business is not the same across the nonprofit sector, nor in every [...]

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