Archive for the ‘Nonprofit Downturn’ Category

This is not a pity party. You understand?

January 16th, 2012Posted by Mazarine

Wow, hello hate mail! Because of my posts about being a nonprofit wage slave, and being unable to make rent on a nonprofit “salary”, someone took issue with this. Actually, more than one person did, and I’m glad about it. I got a reader email saying, “I HATE YOUR PITY PARTY! IF YOU DON’T LIKE [...]

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A response to “Bad Nonprofit Consultants” from Inside Philanthropy

January 9th, 2012Posted by Mazarine

Todd Cohen, editor of the Philanthropy Journal, wrote a blog post on how bad nonprofit consultants can be. He writes: “Often exiles from nonprofits because they were ineffective, burned out or just wanted a bigger paycheck, bad consultants can drain nonprofits’ limited funding in return for simplistic advice masquerading as strategic thinking. Many who could [...]

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What is a host-beneficiary relationship, and how can you work it for your nonprofit?

August 29th, 2011Posted by Mazarine

So you’re looking into making multiple streams of income for your nonprofit. You’ve got your events going. You’ve got your grants program going. You’ve got your appeal letter out. How ELSE can you make money for your nonprofit? Think about who you can partner with in a host-beneficiary relationship. This could be part of cause [...]

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Is your nonprofit a “safe bet”? Let’s Get Dangerous!

August 24th, 2011Posted by Mazarine

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Do you know a Graduate with no future? What is up with these protests?

August 16th, 2011Posted by Mazarine

London Riot

Um, hello? The austerity measures that the EU is trying to put into place are basically helping millions of people fall off the poverty cliff, and I am not down with that.

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6 ways you can be an effective nonprofit leader

July 11th, 2011Posted by Mazarine

First off, if you like how I write, you are going to LOVE how I teach. Because then it’s like I’m writing, but you can hear me talk, and then we can have a conversation, too! Here’s a neat thing: My Wildly Successful Events Webinar on how to get sponsorships on July 13th is all [...]

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Do you want to be a nonprofit consultant? Read this interview with Desiree Adaway

June 6th, 2011Posted by Mazarine

desiree adaway

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Reader Questions: How do you partner with a nonprofit, get AKA Fiscal Sponsorship?

April 27th, 2011Posted by Mazarine

1. What is Fiscal Sponsorship?
Well, when a nonprofit loves an individual very much, they get together and 9 months later fiscal sponsorship is born!

You + A Nonprofit = Fiscal-Sponsorship-Marmoset!

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Can I get a hell yes? Thank you RE:Philanthropy & Dan Pallotta!

April 26th, 2011Posted by Mazarine

RE:Philanthropy wrote this review of Dan Pallotta’s talk to the council on philanthropy, and I just want to shout, “FRABJOUS DAY!” So tell me, as a fundraiser, would you like a higher salary? Would you like grants to fund your salary so that you can keep this nonprofit afloat, instead of your org looking at [...]

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Reader Questions: How can I get funding for a think tank?

April 21st, 2011Posted by Mazarine

I recently got an email from a reader asking me how I would fundraise for a think tank in a country that does not have the best history of democracy or political discourse. This is my response. —————————————————————– Thanks for writing! As far as I know, usually American think tanks are funded by a few [...]

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