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New Markets Tax Credits: It’s an investor’s world
In 2000, the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act was enacted beginning the New Markets Tax Credit program. This allowed investors to “receive a credit against federal income taxes for making Qualified Equity Investments (QEIs) in qualified Community Development...
Fundraising with Gratitude
By: Katie Kinder DeBauche, Associate “It’s almost the end of the year! When is the end of the year appeal going to be in mailboxes?” How often have you heard this from Board members and other stakeholders; volunteers and Staff; or even clients? It’s that...
Advocacy Re-emphasized
By: ML Bennett, MPA, CAP®. President & CEO, The Arc of San Antonio. Marion Lee penned last July that “In 2005, Barbara Taylor, Richard Chait and William Ryan wrote Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Board. This book and its...
This I know for sure…
“For sure” is not as predictable as it used to be, that’s for sure! 2020 threw all of us for a loop and as we come into 2021, we hope that things will change for the better. However, I believe normalcy may be slower than we had hoped. As we all attempt to...
Results Based Accountability: Measuring impact and success
By: Covita Moroney, CFRE, Associate 2020 has been a year that called you to adapt to one unanticipated challenge after another—factors completely out of your control. Whatever happened “out there” that presented challenges to you, if you are reading this...
Beneficial Discovery: Why good Feasibility Study interviews are so important
By: Karen Kegg, Senior Associate Feasibility studies, or planning studies, are a recommended tool for pre-campaign readiness. Interviews are conducted on donors and friends of an organization who desire to launch a major fundraising campaign in the near...
Next Steps: After the Study is Complete
By: Marion Lee, CFRE For many nonprofit organizations, a feasibility study is a huge leap into the unknown. An organization may never have attempted a major fundraising campaign for construction or endowment, or many years have passed since the last...
Business as unusual
By: Amy Phipps, Senior Associate As if nonprofit management, development, and program planning weren’t hard enough…welcome to 2020! Along with everything else, the pandemic has added an unwelcome extra layer of difficulty to all things nonprofit. Clients...
Leadership Reframed
By Marion Lee, CFRE In 2005, Barbara Taylor, Richard Chait and William Ryan wrote Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Board. This book and its follow-up: The Practitioners Guide to Governance as Leadership from Cathy Trower are not...
The best way to stick to your budget is to start one!
By: Barbara Marrou, Associate Why is it necessary to prepare a budget? Isn’t that the thing that takes an enormous amount of time and effort to make, and then is just forgotten until next year? If this is how you feel, then you are not using your budget to...
The best way to stick to your budget is to start one!
By: Barbara Marrou, Associate Why is it necessary to prepare a budget? Isn’t that the thing that takes an enormous amount of time and effort to make, and then is just forgotten until next year? If this is how you feel, then you are not using your budget to...
Annual funds are appealing
By: Marion Lee, CFRE Kenneth Burnett in his book, Relationship Fundraising, said, "Fundraisers are members of a profession that is one of the world’s most powerful catalysts for change." Good fundraisers raise money, great fundraisers make caring service...
Annual funds are appealing
By: Marion Lee, CFRE Kenneth Burnett in his book, Relationship Fundraising, said, "Fundraisers are members of a profession that is one of the world’s most powerful catalysts for change." Good fundraisers raise money, great fundraisers make caring service...
Our role as effective consultants
By Alexis De Sela, COO My decision to become a full-time consultant was solidified after I had a disastrous consulting experience many years ago: The consultant asked very few questions and didn’t listen when we spoke. He talked about himself, who he knew...
New Markets Tax Credits: Organizational opportunities and cautionary cons
By: Hunter Atherton, Lee+ Associates College Intern In a previous article, I discussed the opportunities that New Markets Tax Credits can bring for investors and how they leverage those investments to their own success. As I mentioned, there is little to no...
New Markets Tax Credits: Organizational opportunities and cautionary cons
By: Hunter Atherton, Lee+ Associates College Intern In a previous article, I discussed the opportunities that New Markets Tax Credits can bring for investors and how they leverage those investments to their own success. As I mentioned, there is little to no...
New Markets Tax Credit: It’s an investor’s world
By: Hunter Atherton and Aubrey Parke Lee+ Associates College Interns In 2000, the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act was enacted beginning the New Markets Tax Credit program. This allowed investors to “receive a credit against federal income taxes for making...
New Markets Tax Credit: It’s an investor’s world
By: Hunter Atherton and Aubrey Parke Lee+ Associates College Interns In 2000, the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act was enacted beginning the New Markets Tax Credit program. This allowed investors to “receive a credit against federal income taxes for making...
Does Board size matter?
By Priscilla Guajardo Cortez I recently attended a nonprofit panel discussion titled Better Boards presented by NXTBoard. An Austin-based company, NXTBoard provides technology-based solutions to help governing boards achieve success. The first question...
Does Board size matter?
By Priscilla Guajardo Cortez I recently attended a nonprofit panel discussion titled Better Boards presented by NXTBoard. An Austin-based company, NXTBoard provides technology-based solutions to help governing boards achieve success. The first question...