Effective Board 4-part Workshop: Resourcing Your Mission A Practical Fundraising Workshop for Board Members Nonprofit boards must provide governance and leadership while ensuring that sufficient resources are available to carry out their organization’s important mission.…
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Teaching Board members to make “the ask”
Teaching Board members to make “the ask” For most nonprofit board members, helping to govern and lead an organization is the exhilarating part. Asking people for money? Not so much. Few people feel comfortable asking…
Money, Money, Money!
Money, Money, Money! Nonprofits do world-changing work on shoe-string budgets. If you would like to help a cause by raising funds for them, register for JRP’s Effective Board 4-part Workshop: Resourcing Your Mission: A Practical…
It Takes a Village
Nonprofits do world-changing work and it takes a strong team to guide, monitor and evaluate a organization’s work. Many thanks to JRP volunteer Mitch Dorger and the large virtual audience of board members at our…
Thank You!
It has been a crazy year; at JRP, we didn’t know what the year would look like financially, as so many people were out of work and those lucky enough to have disposable funds were…
Built on a Strong Foundation
JRP Celebrates 10 Years of Helping Nonprofits Be Strong Although this is not the 10th anniversary year we planned, we celebrate being a strong organization that supports a robust nonprofit community. In this challenging time,…
Many Ways to Give
There are several great ways to designate nonprofits with no additional cost to the consumer: Amazon Smile: smile.amazon.com: once you designate a nonprofit, a portion of all applicable purchases goes to that nonprofit. Ralph’s: https://www.ralphs.com/topic/community-contribution-2:…
How Much Do Americans Give?
During this time of giving, I wondered how much Americans give each year. Charity Navigator gave a great synopsis of the Giving USA 2018 (using 2017 stats) report, citing the following: $410.02 billion were given…
Development Directors’ Roundtable is Nov. 14
Development Directors’ Roundtable is Nov. 14, 12 – 1:30 pm The Pasadena Development Roundtable is an intimate peer-to-peer program where people who are responsible for the fund development of their organizations, including Chief Development Officers,…
Keep Staff Happy, Raise More Money
Keep Staff Happy, Raise More Money Fundraisers have very high turn-over rates, which has a negative impact on nonprofits. What can organizations do to keep development staff in their jobs? How do we create work…
Should I get this excited whenever we receive a donation?
I’m always so touched and grateful for people’s generosity. Our fiscal year starts July 1, when I zero out the fundraising thermometer, which often sits sad and empty through the summer. But we just received…
Be All You Can Be
Serving on a nonprofit board benefits the community and builds leadership skills and community connections. Have you ever considered serving on a nonprofit board? If so, you are invited to JRP’s Effective Board quarterly workshop…