Nonprofits want more funding. Funders want more confidence. More confidence comes from demonstrated operational competence. Operational competence comes from understanding and applying best practices. Herein, lies the problem. The definition of operational competency is changing for nonprofits and the new best practices aren’t even wet cement yet. Nonprofits traditionally operated in a silo by design. […]
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January 2018
Why Nonprofits Must Expand Beyond Organizational Boundaries to Survive
Most successful nonprofits operate in a silo by design. To stay on mission, they narrow focus their programs and projects. They serve a particular need and identifiable group of people and their donors and volunteers reward them because they do. This formula worked exceptionally well until recently. Nonprofits are starting to feel a real crunch […]
Why Your Nonprofit Should Accept Bitcoin Donations Now
Over the past few years, Bitcoin and other digital currencies have taken flight as transferable assets creating huge gains for many people worldwide. One unnamed donor set up the Pineapple Fund to give away $86 million worth of their personal bitcoin to various charities, “because once you have enough money, money doesn’t matter.” If your nonprofit accepts […]