Trustees – Page 4 – Propper Fundraising

25/11/201929/05/2021 proppec Major gifts

10 Ways to Find New Donors for Your Nonprofit Organization

Each year, approximately 10% of your non-profit donor base will attrition naturally through death, moving, or just not giving any longer. Then you add lapsed donors on top of that natural attrition, and you are looking at an eroding donor list. Sound familiar? Here, Robin Cabral shares some simple steps that you can take to … Continue reading 10 Ways to Find New Donors for Your Nonprofit Organization

31/10/201904/11/2019 proppec Leadership

Charity meetings: making decisions and voting

How to hold charity trustee and member meetings, including AGMs, so you can make decisions legally and your charity can run effectively. Clear guidance from the Charity Commission for trustees. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charity-meetings-making-decisions-and-voting

30/10/201904/11/2019 proppec Leadership

Strategic Planning Sucks the Life Out of Nonprofits

The nonprofit sector has created a culture in which strategic work is seen as a necessary evil, a process to endure, something to suffer through. Executives often enter the process begrudgingly. They may insist there is no time, money, or support. They may say that the board adds little value, that a bold and expensive … Continue reading Strategic Planning Sucks the Life Out of Nonprofits

29/10/201904/11/2019 proppec Leadership

6 questions trustees should ask their fundraisers…

Being a trustee feels like a weighty responsibility. There are so many important issues to get to grips with and fundraising is often one of the areas in which many trustees have little or no experience. In fact, many of the skills and experiences they have from their business lives directly apply to fundraising: having … Continue reading 6 questions trustees should ask their fundraisers…

28/10/201904/11/2019 proppec Leadership

Building fundraising success: the importance of leadership

Time and time again we see the critical role that leaders and trustees have on their charity’s major gift fundraising success. If you are a Trustee or leader, how do you develop the skills that make you effective in either fundraising directly or supporting the executive team? What do you need to know about major … Continue reading Building fundraising success: the importance of leadership

05/07/201921/09/2020 proppec Leadership

Charity governance, finance and resilience: 15 questions trustees should ask

To deliver against their duties, charity trustees need to be able to identify the critical issues - the charity’s purposes and plans, its solvency, its resilience and quality of governance - and to be able to review these at regular intervals. In this post, the Charity Commission has designed 15 questions to help charity trustees … Continue reading Charity governance, finance and resilience: 15 questions trustees should ask