Opx360’s People & Organizational Development: Strengthening Culture and People Management

Behind every impactful program and successful initiative is a well-managed, empowered team supported by a strong operational foundation. A nonprofit organization is only as effective as its people, so it’s imperative to invest appropriately in your employees. From hiring and onboarding to performance reviews and professional development, these functions help your organization run smoothly, ethically, … Continue Reading

Opx360’s Program Management & Accountability Assessment: Insight for Strategic Planning and Program Development

How healthy is your nonprofit’s program management and accountability? Effective program management helps to ensure that your nonprofit’s initiatives are well-planned, efficiently executed, and aligned with your mission. Accountability is vital to maintaining donor trust, securing funding, and demonstrating effectiveness. Both are important for fostering credibility and long-term support. The OpX360 Program Management & Accountability … Continue Reading

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Opx360’s Fundraising, Marketing & Communications Assessment: Insight for Strategic Engagement and Growth

The OpX360 Fundraising, Marketing & Communications module from The Capin Center for Nonprofit Excellence offers a free, easy-to-use assessment to help your nonprofit evaluate your communications and technology, marketing and branding, objectives and outcomes, and more. It also provides an assessment score you can share with your board members and potential funders. Assessment Breakdown Each … Continue Reading

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New Guide Offers In-Depth Accounting and Financial Reporting Insight

The Capin Center for Nonprofit Excellence was founded to help nonprofit organizations understand and apply operational best practices so they can be good stewards of the resources entrusted to them. That’s why we are proud to co-sponsor the new Accounting and Financial Reporting Guide for Churches and Ministries published by the Accounting Committee for Churches … Continue Reading

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OpX360’s Finance & Accounting Assessment: A Key to Strengthening Nonprofit Operations

In today’s competitive nonprofit environment, organizations continually seek ways to improve their operations and attract more funding. Funders require more than a compelling mission; they expect demonstrated operational competence before investing. The OpX360 Finance & Accounting module from The Capin Center for Nonprofit Excellence offers a free, easy-to-use assessment to help your nonprofit evaluate your … Continue Reading

100% of Board Giving Escapes Over 27% of Nonprofits

Only 73% of nonprofits indicated their Board of Directors are all active donors and give financially every year. This is according to a OpX360 Executive Study of 155 nonprofits benchmarking their marketing, fundraising, and communication practices suggesting a reluctance of some nonprofits to either fundraise from board members or require board giving.  BoardSource, another recognized leader in nonprofit board … Continue Reading

How Nonprofits Increase Their Foundation Funding Through Best Practices and Technology

Nonprofits can increase their foundation funding by automating their manual grant management process through grant management smart tools that leverage industry best practices. There is no better time than now to demonstrate operational competence. What Are Grant Management Smart Tools? Grant management smart tools help foundations and nonprofits manage the grant process. Some tools are designed … Continue Reading

Financial Management Matters!

For our programs and ministries to be successful, we need to realize financial management matters. It is nearly impossible to accomplish the mission of your organization without cash and that is why financial management matters. Sometimes we are so focused on the specific program activities and outcomes that we neglect the infrastructure of the organization. … Continue Reading