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Spending Down Your Family Foundation (Before your Kids Do!)

“A dollar spent today has more value than a dollar spent 10 years from now” (pfc.ca) When our children were young, I remember an article that mocked the “Baby Boomer” generation for acting like they “invented” children. It didn’t take long for me to realize that we belonged to that very generation and, indeed, we…
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Are you SURE you’re ready for a Fundraiser?

(Things you can do and have in place before you hire a fundraiser) Many non-profit organizations erroneously assume that once they can afford to bring a fundraiser on staff, all of their money problems are over! A seasoned fundraiser, however, will ensure that the organization realizes at the outset that, along with good marketing and…
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Non-Profit Sustainability

“Sustainability” has become a commonplace word in nonprofit circles. When such powerful words are employed mostly to suit the need of the speaker or writer – whose purpose might be little other than to display their trendy vocabulary – the meaning is watered down and becomes worthless over time. (Be sure to leave a comment…
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The Seesaw of Nonprofit Resourcing

All of my grandparents are from Ukraine. In fact, my Dad was born in Ukraine. The extended families immigrated to Canada with dozens of children to escape religious, cultural and economic injustices that arose in the early 20th century. By the late 1960s, the annual family reunions, held in a large Canadian park, were huge…
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