Is survival a new measure of success?
I have had a great few months swanning around the country side catching up with old acquaintances and making new ones over countless cups of coffee and the occasional tea. All of the people I met had...
View ArticleInteresting trends amongst US nonprofits
This week the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) released the results of their fifth annual State of the Nonprofit Sector survey. As far as I can see the data relates only to US cause-based organisations...
View ArticleA Novel Revenue Raising Idea For Your Cause-Based Organisation
B-Cause followers will be aware that one of our Touchstones for a truly effective and impactful nonprofit organisation is Revenue Diversity. We are the first to acknowledge that this one is much easier...
View ArticleTo Get Donors to Give – Give Them What They Want
I have a pet theory that in Australia when governments decide to fund a community program of any description, they pitch their contribution at roughly 70% of the true cost of delivering a highly...
View ArticleThe Race Is On!
By Ian Sampson No, this is not a post about a certain famous Australian horse race conducted earlier this month. This one is about the race for survival, from a couple of different perspectives. I...
View ArticleNew Thinking Is Required
By Ian Sampson One of the biggest issues that bedevils cause based organisations is surely: “How do we get the funds we need to deliver on our mission?” The traditional sources of revenue are...
View ArticleHow To Increase Your Not-For-Profit’s Revenue
By Frank Spranger Today everyone wants to make and save money as well as do exceptional things for humanity and the planet. While sourcing revenue can be difficult for not-for-profit (NFP)...
View ArticleHow Many Baskets Do You Have Your Eggs In?
By Chris Gandy Ran into local sage Alf again yesterday and he started lamenting: “There just aren’t any serious farmers around anymore” “Hey, what do you mean” I said feeling a bit affronted. “I...
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