The Nonprofit Reframe

Listen as we barely keep it together, discussing the outrageous in-kind donations we’ve been given, what to do with them and how to politely say, "NO." Episode Highlights A Quick Definition: In-kind donation is a gift of goods (physical items) or services that are donated to a nonprofit. Why are in-kind donations important to nonprofit organizations? The problem with in-kind donations: Nonprofits...

Let’s get into an uncomfortable space. We have to discuss white saviorism and where it plays out in nonprofits. Episode Highlights ●    An episode FILLED with caveats ●    White Saviors: White people who set up services or programming without actually involving the people accessing services in developing the programs or determining what services are act...

Overhead is confusing and a ridiculous measure of a nonprofit’s value, impact, and success. And yet, we keep having to talk about it.   Episode Highlights ●    What is the “Overhead Myth”? ●    How are other organizations perpetuating it? ●    How can donors truly evaluate the effectiveness of a nonprofit? ●    Ne...

Passing an annual budget is merely the numbers behind a really exciting year ahead. Episode Highlights How budgeting is like Survivor, Harvesting your grant tree, Board Members, stop asking for the probability of revenue coming in, How to pass a budget with grace, Zero Based Budgeting: Why It Holds Back Nonprofits, Be better than Congress: Pass the budget before the new fiscal year, New Hashtags:...

Teach Them Young Philanthropy is a huge topic, not just because it impacts nonprofits so intimately and critically, but because it’s very imperfect. We know we’ll have lots of topics to cover. In this first of many episodes on philanthropy, we discuss everything from small to big gifts, young to old, and the absolute necessity for everybody to engage. Episode Highlights Teaching children about Phi...

Tis' The Season To Be Truly Stressed Out Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Nonprofit Reframe! In this episode, Brittny and Nia dive into the most stressful time of the year: Year-End Giving Season! When getting that year-end mailing out the door seems impossible. How giving days can go wrong. Why, oh why, calendar-year fiscal-years are hell on fundraisers and leads to scarcity budgeting. Whe...