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Raiser’s Edge: A REcipe for Success
July 30th, 2012
by Mark Fabbri A REcipe for Success in The Raiser’s Edge Much like preparing a fine meal, the first step is having a great recipe. Next, be sure you have all the ingredients. One of the most common laments we hear at My Dutch Uncle is, “We are never sure that our reports are accurate.” [...]
Starting Your Nonprofit Checklist Part III: Form 1023
July 5th, 2012
by Spencer Doyle Part III: Create your IRS-required 5-year fundraising plan. Complete your IRS filing requirements. Form 1023. Know your foundations. “Touch”your donors 5 times throughout the year. 2-3 “asks,” followed by acknowledgements, thank you letters, and progress reports. Follow the 3-day turnaround. Send acknowledgement letters no more than three days after receiving gifts. Be [...]
Starting Your Nonprofit Checklist Part I: Mission First
June 28th, 2012
by Spencer Doyle Part I: Start with your mission first. You want to make sure that your mission-your vision-is shared by those who are helping you start your nonprofit. You can’t do it alone! So your FIRST STEP should really be to articulate your mission together. This process will help you write your mission more [...]
100 Tips in 100 Days: Backup Your Data
May 16th, 2012
by Spencer Doyle Since I hadn’t written my daily tip yet today, and now that the fire at Kokkari is extinguished, why not make our second tip in our 100 Tips in 100 Days be to make sure you backup your data! After watching the San Francisco Fire Department put out the fire on a [...]
Paying Homage to Tribute Gifts in 4 Simple Steps
May 14th, 2012
by Peter R. McGrath All nonprofits receive gifts made to offer a tribute to someone else. The majority of these gifts originate from the person honored or memorialized. For example: An obituary mentions your nonprofit organization as a suitable way to honor the memory of someone who has died. A 50th wedding anniversary invitation requests [...]
“Mind Your Business” E-newsletter from My Dutch Uncle Now Available
March 30th, 2012
by Spencer Doyle Today My Dutch Uncle delivered the first issue of its new e-newsletter, Mind Your Business: News Nonprofits Can Use. Designed to bring nonprofits the business knowledge and insights they need to accomplish their missions, Mind Your Business will feature stories about our amazing clients plus strategies and tips from our staff’s many [...]
My Dutch Uncle Staff Expands
March 23rd, 2012
by Spencer Doyle Over the last few months, the My Dutch Uncle team has nearly doubled in size, with new hires and veteran associates joining the staff. Long-time associate and finance guru Janet Smith has been named Controller, and grant writer Cristina Bailey also transitioned from associate to the post of Manager, Research & Grant [...]
Institute on Aging Joins My Dutch Uncle Client Roster
December 1st, 2011
by Peter R. McGrath In the last quarter of 2011, My Dutch Uncle welcomed Institute on Aging (IOA) to its family of clients. My Dutch Uncle is working with IOA to build its professional development capacity, increase board involvement in gift solicitation, and firmly establish its brand as the go-to source for aging-related information and [...]
The Care and Feeding of Donors
June 29th, 2011
by Peter R. McGrath One of the primary ways to increase fundraising is to work with your current donors. A nonprofit can spend a lot of money on techniques to increase its number of new donors, yet often pass up some simple steps to ensure that current donors stay engaged in the mission and contribute–again [...]
Secure Your Most Valuable Assets
June 27th, 2011
by Mark Fabbri When you think of the resources that are stored in your donor database, it’s amazing how little attention is paid to protecting your organization’s most valuable assets–your donors and their records. Limiting users and assigning passwords is only one small part of securing this information. As the administrator of your organization’s database, [...]
