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News, Tips, and Strategies for Nonprofits


Tax Reform - How Non-profits Can Succeed
Whatever your political beliefs, the passing of the new tax law leaves many non-profits concerned for the future. The way the bill is...
Dec 21, 20173 min read


A Passport to Success: How One Nonprofit Amped Up Colorado Gives Day
Before there was Giving Tuesday, the Centennial State embraced its nonprofits with Colorado Gives Day. Starting in 2010, Community First...
Dec 19, 20172 min read


ZIM Crowdfunding 101
Many nonprofits think of crowdfunding as an easy strategy to gain new donors, raise money, and increase awareness of the organization’s...
Nov 17, 20172 min read


Philanthropy Trends to Watch for in 2017-2018
Good news for nonprofits! Foundation funding in the U.S. had an upsurge in 2016 and 2017 and is expected to continue to grow. According...
Sep 21, 20171 min read


* Giveaway Alert *
For those who missed our FB post, ZIM is giving away four pairs of Frozen tickets! The performance is September 5th at 7:30pm at the...
Aug 3, 20171 min read


Hiring Time: How to make sure you have the right candidate
Finding the Right Person In light of our recent blog series on finding development staff – and the fact that EVERYONE seems to be looking...
Jul 26, 20172 min read


Time for a little "Summer Cleaning"
Summer Cleaning For many organizations, summer is a relative downtime compared to the rest of the year. This makes it a great time to do...
Jul 26, 20172 min read


Development Staff: An Endangered Species Pt. 5
How to find a great development director? Throughout this blog series, I have discussed the decline of the Development Director, which...
Jun 30, 20173 min read


Development Staff: An Endangered Species Pt. 4
How can nonprofits prevent the extinction of good Development Directors? In our last blog, I explained that the decline of the...
Jun 7, 20172 min read


Development Staff: An Endangered Species Pt. 3
How the disappearance of qualified Development Directors impacts the fundraising ecosystem In our last blog, I discussed how the decline...
May 31, 20173 min read


Development Staff: An Endangered Species Pt. 2
Where have all the good Development Directors gone? In our last blog, I discussed how Development Directors started to leave the...
May 24, 20172 min read


Development Staff: An Endangered Species Pt. 1
The history of fundraising and development staffing After 22 years of working in the nonprofit sector, I have seen my fair share of...
May 17, 20172 min read
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