Ideal Printer Plus for Small Nonprofit

The Brother MFC-J6945DW is a wide-format color inkjet all-in-one printer that prints well and is feature-packed and inexpensive to use, making it an exceptional value for small offices. It allows a small nonprofit to print regular sheets front and back to save money while also printing large posters in color. It does all this via wi-fi and allows you to scan and copy.

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Nonprofit Management Challenges

In a recent survey of nonprofit administrators, the following concerns were at the top of the list: Growth/Generating Revenue was at 16.7%, Funding/Donors at 11.3%, and Fundraising at 7.5%.
Clearly, the nonprofit sector is concerned about how to generate revenue, gain more donors, and fundraise more effectively. All of us who have worked in nonprofits have felt the pressure of raising enough money to accomplish our programming goals.

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Writing a nonprofit budget

The annual budgeting process: a necessary evil exercise involving crunching numbers until you go cross-eyed to arrive at an estimated idea of how much money you will raise versus spend throughout the year — and, of course, which you hope your board will approve. For most organizations, developing a budget is a tedious and painstaking process that many leaders dread each year. However, considering the following strategies can help streamline the process, making it easier, more efficient and more accurate.

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Writing a nonprofit business plan

For many nonprofit organizations, business plans represent outdated and cumbersome documents that get created “just for the sake of it” or because donators demand it. However, a business plan can still be an invaluable tool for your nonprofit. Even a short nonprofit business plan pushes you to do research, crystallize your purpose, and polish your messaging.

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How to write a grant proposal

For many nonprofits, grants are very appealing. They can provide the opportunity for an organization or business to make a significant impact on its community that it would otherwise be unable to fund.

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Ways a nonprofit can save money

Nonprofits often operate on shoestring budgets. The pressure is high, the hours are long, the competition is tough. Now, m0re than ever, nonprofits nonprofit professionals are seeking ways to save money.

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Listing of Grant Search Databases

The fastest way to find grant opportunities is to use a grant database. There is a time and place for Google searching, but it is a huge time-suck and simply ineffective to find grants that way exclusively. A database can do in seconds what could take you days; and visually, it’s a much easier way to organize your grant opportunities and keep track of them.

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A nonprofit site we recommend

For over 30 years, TechSoup has lead the way in creating social impact through supporting over 965,000 nonprofits globally. TechSoup helps these organizations gain access to the technology and services they need to build a more equitable planet. Enabling local impact at global scale, TechSoup has delivered $9.5 billion in technology products and services to nonprofits around the world — through online e-commerce, services, and a network of leading technology and funder partners. As TechSoup embraces its role as the leading global social enterprise devoted to social good, it aims to become the trusted global platform for dissemination and adoption of all technology and capacity-building resources in the nonprofit sector.

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