by Lauren Brownstein | May 14, 2020 | Nonprofit
What’s Your Nonprofit’s Pandemic Panera Plan? Take the lead from some inventive businesses, and ask yourself: during this pandemic, what is my nonprofit’s Panera Plan – how can my nonprofit organization take stock of what we already have...
by Lauren Brownstein | May 5, 2020 | Fundraising, grants, Nonprofit
Writing a grant proposal for the first time, or the zillionth time? Either way, some of this feels brand new. During the COVID-19 pandemic, more organizations than ever are entering the Brave New World of proposal writing. Whether you are writing a COVID-19...
by Lauren Brownstein | Apr 2, 2020 | Nonprofit, Philanthropy
I don’t typically write about current events in this blog. These are not typical times. Today is April 2, 2020. My daughter is in her room “homeschooling” (or, sorta homeschooling and sorta singing show tunes) for the foreseeable future. I am...
by Lauren Brownstein | Feb 28, 2020 | Fundraising, Nonprofit
My web site and email list recently had a pretty mind-blowing day. I had a 113% increase in visits to my web site, and I had more subscriptions to my email list on that day than for any other day in over a year. I’m going to give you a peak behind the curtain...
by Lauren Brownstein | Feb 7, 2020 | Fundraising, Nonprofit
One question – So What? – can get to the heart of why your program matters. When I was in grad school, one of my professors used to ask this question when my classmates and I were creating objectives for the educational programs and lesson plans that we...
by Lauren Brownstein | Jan 9, 2020 | Fundraising, Nonprofit
Asking for donations can be intimidating. That’s one of the reasons that having your charity’s board members ask each other is a nonprofit best practice. I would never ask anyone for a donation without making my own donation first. I want to put my mouth...
