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How to Apply for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exemption Status

If you’re thinking of starting a nonprofit — whether to do charitable work, to bring the arts to your community or to care for local assets like a private park or historical building — one of the most important steps to take is to file for your tax...

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How to Start a Charity: Know the Basics

When you have a cause you care about and have gone as far as you can on your own to champion it, it might be time to start your own charity to spread your work to a wider audience. Starting a charity can be a big undertaking, but there are basic...

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Ways Nonprofits Can Save Money

Often times, nonprofits find themselves constantly putting out fires, with no time left to truly manage their organizations. But it is critical that those in charge keep costs in mind and seek to proactively make their organization more efficient...

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How to Plan a Successful Fundraising Event

If you’re involved in a nonprofit or charitable organization, you understand that soliciting donations online isn’t always enough. In fact, a large portion of many groups’ revenue comes directly from fundraising events. Of course, these events can’t...

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How to Secure Private and Federal Grants

Darian Rodriguez Heyman shares tried-and-true tips to help you obtain grants in a competitive fundraising space. Record numbers attended our webcast on July 26, 2016. Darian Heyman Rodriguez, a prominent nonprofit expert, author and CEO, shared...

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How to Grow Your Monthly Donor Program Without Breaking the Bank

Monthly Giving expert Erica Waasdorp dives into the power of monthly giving, and shows the basics for starting your own monthly giving program, and sustaining that program once its up and running.

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The $70 Billion Question: Keys to Unlocking the Potential of Donor-Advised Funds

Jodi Rosen shares her expertise on how donor-advised funds work and Doug Schoenberg will present his perspective on why he uses donor-advised funds for his personal philanthropy, along with how nonprofits can most effectively engage DAF donors...

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Free Guide: How to Buy Fundraising Software

With so many options that vary in feature combinations, pricing, and commitment levels, evaluating fundraising software isn’t just challenging. It can be downright confusing. Sure, there are guides to help you navigate your search, but more often...

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How to Apply for Grants

While some of your organization’s funding can come from gifts and donations, grants are another vital source. In 2015, foundations awarded more than $58 billion in grants, and charitable giving has been on an upward trend for several years...

Start a Nonprofit Organization: A How-to Guide

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How to Start a Nonprofit Organization

Knowing you want to give back in some way and actually knowing how to start a nonprofit organization are two very different things. Many people do what they can on their own, but there comes a time when it just makes sense to create an official...

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How to Measure the Value of an IT Investment

This post was originally published here (TechSoup) Consider the staff time and other hidden costs to implement it Some say life’s a gamble. But gambling can be very random, as in the rolling of a die, or very scientific, as in the calculation...

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How Nonprofits Can Save Money on Postage

Nonprofit Standard Mail – While nonprofit organizations and businesses use Standard Mail® the same way, authorized nonprofit organizations are eligible for additional savings on Standard Mail. Eligibility to use nonprofit rates is based both on the...

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