New Years Resolutions for Nonprofit Professionals
Many of us consider New Year's resolutions as personal goals, but there's no reason these resolutions can't be extended to your professional life. This classic article outlines some common resolutions for nonprofits as we start 2018. Some of the resolutions that will hit home for STO professionals follow:
- Resolve to call and personally thank 10 donors a month
- Invite someone at another STO or local nonprofit to coffee
- Resolve to read four books this year on fundraising or the nonprofit sector
- Schedule one-on-one meetings with a few board members who you think could be helpful in fundraising, asking for ideas and connections
- Set work limits. For a healthy work-life balance, you can't always be on call
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Senate President Willing to Consider Cap on Corporate Tax Credit Contributions
The Arizona Senate President recently acknowledged that the 20 percent escalator in the corporate low-income tax credit maximum will someday exceed the totality of the corporate income tax. He also acknowledged that the natural limit might be here, as it took until December 2017 for corporations to meet the FY 2017/2018 limit. We will keep an eye on any pending legislation that will affect STOs and note any updates in this quarterly newsletter, although no bills have been moving forward yet. You can read the full article regarding the Senator's comments here. |
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#GivingTuesday Has Best Year Since Inception
Based on reporting from Blackbaud, whose systems process a majority of the online donations made in the United States on #GivingTuesday, online donations were up again for the sixth year running, at 28% this year. Since the day's inception in 2012, online giving grew by 500%. More organizations are benefiting as well, as 8% more organizations received an online donation on the day in 2017 compared to 2016. Some other interesting notes are that online average gift amounts exceeded $134 and about 26% of online donations were made from a mobile device. For more information amount #GivingTuesday, refer to the campaign's website. |
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