How Volunteer Stewardship Sustains Public Plazas
Community-Led Urban Greening: How Volunteer Stewardship Sustains Public Plazas Urban green spaces depend on continuous volunteer maintenance to survive because municipal funding rarely covers post-installation plant care. While cities frequently grant permits for...
Grant-Research Workflows and Funder Qualification
Grant-Research Workflows and Funder Qualification: Stop Searching for Grants. Start Qualifying Funders. Ask your development director how many active prospects are on the grant pipeline right now, and how many of those they’d bet real money on. If the second...
Volunteering Beyond the Front Line: Put Your Skills to Work
Volunteering Beyond the Front Line: Put Your Skills to Work When people picture volunteering, they often picture public-facing roles: staffing a table, joining a workday, doing outreach, or welcoming guests at an event. Those roles are essential. They are also only...
Join Us in Bringing the Bernal Heights Town Square to Life!
Join Us in Bringing the Bernal Heights Town Square to Life! Thank you for your interest in becoming a steward of the planters at the Bernal Heights Recreation Center! This green installation is a vital step toward a community-driven vision: transforming the blacktop...
Donor-Research Workflows and Major Gift Qualification
Donor-Research Workflows and Major Gift Qualification: Stop Chasing Names. Start Qualifying Donors. A wealth screening returns 300 names. Somebody sorts them by capacity rating, highest first, and the gift officer starts at the top. Six months later, most of that list...
Assessing Time Commitments: Be Realistic About Your Availability
Assessing Time Commitments: Be Realistic About Your Availability One of the most important parts of volunteering well is being honest about your time. A strong commitment starts with a realistic one, because the right volunteer role is the one you can actually...
Beyond the Check: Empowering Donors to Support Nonprofits in New Ways
Beyond the Check: Empowering Donors to Support Nonprofits in New Ways Traditional giving still matters, but it is no longer the only, or always the best, way donors can help a nonprofit thrive. Today’s most effective supporters contribute in multiple forms: money,...
Monthly Giving vs. Annual Giving: Which Helps a Nonprofit More?
Monthly Giving vs. Annual Giving: Which Helps a Nonprofit More? A practical donor guide to cash flow, retention, and predictability. If you care about a nonprofit’s impact, you’ve probably asked some version of this question: “Is it better if I give a big gift once a...