Announcing The UnFundable Project Top 10 Finalists

Announcing The UnFundable Project Top 10 Finalists

If you’ve been following along, you know we’re in the middle of our first grant initiative – The UnFundable Project.  In October, to mark our upcoming 10th anniversary, we invited Mecklenburg County nonprofits to apply for a $10,000 grant for a project that...
The ‘Pandemic Effect’ on Social Good

The ‘Pandemic Effect’ on Social Good

by Josh Jacobson I’m fired up! During the May 22 session of The New Normal, I had a chance to chat with three staff leaders of local nonprofit organizations about their major gift campaigns: Jenni Gaisbauer outlined the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library...
A Checklist for Corporate Sponsorships during COVID-19

A Checklist for Corporate Sponsorships during COVID-19

By Caylin Haldeman We’ll say it over and over: few elements of the nonprofit business model are more misunderstood than corporate sponsorship. Unlike grants, sponsorships are built upon a fundamental assumption that there is a return on investment (usually through...
The New Normal: Virtual Event Recap

The New Normal: Virtual Event Recap

  Thank you again to everyone who joined us on The New Normal to talk about what happens when a crisis interferes with your spring event schedule. Huge thank you to our panelists for sharing their wisdom and lessons learned. Unfortunately, we had some technical...