5 Ways Nonprofits Can Improve Data Quality and Insights

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In many ways, a nonprofit is like a small business. While businesses try to increase sales and make a profit, nonprofits attempt to collect donations and drive support for their causes. In both cases, data allows you to make more informed decisions that boost incoming revenue. However, you can’t make reliable decisions if your data […]

Creating a Nonprofit Operating Budget: 4 Best Practices

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Thorough financial planning is critical for nonprofits of all sizes and in all verticals. To make the greatest possible impact, you not only need to maximize your fundraising efforts but also properly allocate the funding you bring in to cover all of the costs associated with your mission and operations. The most important financial planning […]

Maximizing Fundraising in a Difficult Economy

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While U.S. economic growth proved to be higher than most expectations in 2023, fears of a recession persist in 2024. Nonprofit organizations are understandably concerned with their ability to raise money in potentially turbulent times. Fortunately, Convergent Nonprofit Solutions knows how to raise money amidst economic uncertainty, proving it during the Great Recession and the […]

Ways to Increase Community College Enrollment and Fund Program Expansion

Finding quality employees is plaguing employers nationwide. One aspect of that struggle is procuring the necessary educational programming for individuals to receive training to match employer requirements. Community colleges are a natural resource to offer those services to support employers with customized programs at affordable costs for individuals. After a decade of declining enrollment at […]

The Concerns Keeping Community College Leaders Up At Night

Declining enrollment, high dropout rates, and decreased state funding are creating a perfect storm of economic challenges that are alarming to community college leaders across the country. Since 2021 community college enrollment has fallen by more than 1 million students and 40% of all community college students drop out after their first year. Many community […]

Is Your School Ready for a Capital Campaign?

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Walking before you run, reading over your notes before the big exam, pouring the foundation before the main structure–these all seem like obvious steps in achieving a goal. Yet, in my career as Head of School at several institutions over the past 30 years, I have seen numerous schools fall short of their capital campaign […]