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This Web site offers employers and managers access to comprehensive human resource information with a portal leading to a variety of articles, tools, and tutorials to aid in attracting workers. The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. America's Job Bank is published by the Department of Labor to help employers and employees stay competitive in the national labor market.
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This book guides applicants through the process of starting a nonprofit and filing for tax exemption. It covers record keeping, filing, and disclosure requirements, and describes assistance available from the IRS. Key Terms: financial management, IRS, legal considerations, organizational development, organizational management, starting a nonprofit, taxation, taxes
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This Web site includes information about online fundraising education, credentialing, and international and audiovisual conferences. Free good practice information relating to ethics and standards in fundraising is also provided.
Preferred Practice:
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Practice Fundraising As An Everyday Art
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Everyone in the organization should share responsibility for fundraising; from the secretary, to program staff, to volunteers, to the president of the board.
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Know Your Donor
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People give for different reasons, at different levels and in response to different needs and opportunities - so it is essential to know your organization and to study its donors. Also, do not be afraid to give donors different levels of recognition, depending on what they give.
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Keep Meticulous Records
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Every successful campaign should be well documented, especially for legal and fiduciary reasons. Documentation includes such things as expenses, donation amount, date donation was received, portion of donations that are tax deductible, and donor contact information.
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Thank and Appreciate Donors in a Timely Fashion
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Deposit checks quickly and send out simple, personal thank-you notes.
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Embrace Creative Fundraising Techniques
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Place a "donate now" button on your website; form a strategic partnership with a business that shares your organization's values; include workplace funding in your campaign; try grassroots givers like churches and service clubs; seek gifts in kind from retailers and manufacturers.
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Make Donating to Your Organization A Long-Term Relationship
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Make sure that between solicitations, donors are thanked for past gifts, receive updates on the use of previous gifts, and receive general information about the organization; being a donor should be an ongoing, not an episodic relationship with your organization.
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Spend Money Like Your Donors Would
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Raise enough money to ensure stable programming, but do not raise more money than is needed.
Pitfall:
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Planning Insufficiently
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Don't wait until there is a problem with your fundraising program. Instead, conduct periodic reviews of your fundraising needs, programs, and capabilities.
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Not Stewarding Current Donors
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Donors don't just want your thanks, they also want information, feedback, and involvement.
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Failing to Inform, Educate, and Motivate Donors
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An uninformed, uneducated, and unmotivated donor is one who will probably not make future gifts.
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