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When Best Isn’t Best and Practice Might Not Make Perfect
Tell me if you’ve heard this . . . “Best practice tells us you need wobbly widgets to effectively wrangle wombats!” Well, not the...
Nov 10, 20244 min read


Wrapping Up The Year
It simply never occurred to me that you don’t have to keep wrapping paper year after year. Photo by freestocks on Unsplash We have one of...
Dec 22, 20213 min read


What Are You Doing (Fiscal) New Year’s Eve?
For many of us in the nonprofit sector, we have entered the 4th quarter of the year. For some it’s a time of fear and terror as we...
Apr 15, 20212 min read


2020 CARES Act, Tax Deductions, and Year-End Giving
“If you’d like to support Acme Charities, please make a tax-deductible gift of . . . “ While it’s true that philanthropic contributions...
Mar 27, 20212 min read


But We Raised a Ton of Money!
Oh, there’s some ranting happening over on #FundraisingTwitter . . . and with good reason: Year-End Fundraising Solicitations. Email...
Jan 3, 20204 min read


Why Can’t You Just Say Thanks?
We’ve made an entire industry out of those terrible gifts we used to get at the holidays. Ugly Christmas sweaters are now a staple of...
Dec 16, 20195 min read
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