As COVID-19 forces us to engage in self isolation and social distancing, how should your nonprofit adjust its fundraising and program strategies? This week on the Nonprofit Jenni Show, we’ll learn how two nonprofit organizations are adapting to this weird new world: Childspring International and Good Tidings Foundation
Can You Get Funding from CARES Act and Local COVID-19 Emergency Response Funds?
As new loan and grant opportunities pop up through the CARES Act, COVID-19 emergency response funds, and other funding sources, you may feel pressure to research and apply for all of these opportunities for your nonprofit. But do these funding sources actually apply to you? In this special episode of the Nonprofit Jenni Show, we’ll cover the basics of the new CARES Act legislation and best practices for researching and applying to COVID-19 rapid response funds. Our special guests this episode are Charles Rodriguez from Adams Keegan and grant writing professional Nicole Sibilski.
How to Know if You Should Start a Nonprofit
When Nonprofit Jenni Show listeners email me, about half of them are asking for my advice about how to start a new nonprofit organization. But is starting a nonprofit really the most effective way to create meaningful, lasting change in the areas that matter most? In this week’s star-studded episode of the Nonprofit Jenni Show, two of my favorite nonprofit thought leaders share their advice on what you should consider before you decide to form a new nonprofit organization.
How to Host Better Events, Part Two
Hosting a nonprofit event sounds easy...until you actually do it! There are a million little pieces that have to come together for the big day, and I wanted to talk about all of them. There was so much great information in my interviews this week that I have to break this episode of the Nonprofit Jenni Show into two parts. In Part Two, we continue chatting with Holly Clark, a seasoned nonprofit events planner and owner of Holly Clark Events. Holly tells me how she plans and coordinates an upscale signature event for a well-established nonprofit (Dancing for Safe Haven) and helped plan a brand new outdoor event for a young organization (FrankTown Festival of Lights). She explains how she uses the support of volunteers in addition to nonprofit staff, how to set expectations for a new fundraising event, how to work with in kind donors and corporate sponsors, how to decide on event add ons (like silent auctions), and so much more.
How to Host Better Events, Part One
Hosting a nonprofit event sounds easy...until you actually do it! There are a million little pieces that have to come together for the big day, and I wanted to talk about all of them. There was so much great information in my interviews this week that I have to break this episode of the Nonprofit Jenni Show into two parts. In Part One, we talk about how you can improve your next fundraising event with donor data and how to welcome newcomers who are attending their first event with you.