Category: Blue Avocado
Blue Avocado Recap: September 2024
Learn how nonprofit leaders measure their success. Find out how to get — and keep — your organization's tax-exempt status. Discover an easy-to-use template for creating an accounting practices manual.
Blue Avocado Recap: August 2024
Learn how five years of hard work paid off for one nonprofit. Find out the biggest pitfalls that new nonprofits encounter. Discover how your nonprofit can better appeal to potential donors. Explore how private foundations can get (and keep) tax-exempt status.
Learn how collaboration can lift up multiple nonprofits. Find out which tools and strategies nonprofits wish they'd used sooner. Discover how to measure if your team is upholding your mission and values. Explore how to present to donors how your mission benefits them, too.
Learn how long-held misconceptions about food insecurity impede paths to food security. Avoid the common pitfalls of nonprofit rebrands. Find out how good board governance is key to a healthy nonprofit. Four ways your nonprofit's CFO can help properly administer grants.
How can nonprofits can support staff that double as caregivers? Show how working with your nonprofit benefits everyone. What are the benefits of adopting culturally responsive leadership practices? Learn how investing in your people can advance your mission.
Blue Avocado Recap: April 2024
What your nonprofit's budget says about your priorities. Creating cultures of safety. Budgeting challenges and solutions. New paths to self-awareness.
Blue Avocado Recap: March 2024
How nonprofit leaders can avoid burnout. Preparing to move beyond the founder. Reviewing your grant prospects. Advancing racial justice.
Blue Avocado Recap: February 2024
Nonprofit board accountability. Small steps to make big changes. Seeking inspiration from the past. Advocacy in the courtroom.
Blue Avocado Recap: January 2024
Nonprofits post-affirmative action. Governance nightmares. Discipline or terminate employees. Advisory committees. Grant application process.
Blue Avocado Recap: December 2023
Shift your mission. Meet the needs of young people. Pros and cons of ESG for small nonprofits. Avoid strategic planning pitfalls.
Blue Avocado Recap: November 2023
Guide to grant budgeting. Trauma in the workplace. Collaborating with other nonprofits. Expanding marketing to a wider audience.
Blue Avocado Recap: October 2023
Getting and keeping volunteers. Reducing board resignations. Succession planning. Making DEI actionable.