Donor stewardship is all too often pushed to the back burner because it doesn’t produce immediate, obvious revenue. Alison Keys says if you take good care of your donors, the dollars will keep coming!
Think annual reports are just about the numbers? Think again. Patrick Johnston tells Janet Gadeski that the top examples from the Voluntary Sector Reporting Awards were polished tools for fundraising, marketing and communications. And some of the best came from the smallest charities.
Canada Revenue Agency has guidelines to match minor infractions with minor penalties, and serious infractions with serious penalties. Yet charity law specialist Adam Aptowitzer cites a recent case suggesting that even a defect in a charitable receipt may trigger the serious penalty of revocation.
The nonprofit sector is disproportionately female. That means women often manage other women. Janet Gadeski finds that gender-based expectations in that relationship are alive and well, laying a minefield for the unwary female leader.