Evaluating and addressing the health of your nonprofit’s governance, legal, and risk management functions is essential for stability, credibility, and long-term success. These crucial elements help ensure your organization is in a strong position to fulfill your mission and serve your community well.
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
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
CapinCrouse’s 2025 Key Tax Figures summary offers valuable tax information for use throughout the year. Designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, this annual summary covers key tax figures related to: Using accurate tax figures is crucial for effective financial planning and budgeting to ensure that your nonprofit maximizes tax benefits and remains compliant with IRS requirements. … Continue Reading
As part of The Capin Center for Excellence’s commitment to empowering nonprofits, our OpX360 online assessment tool is now available to your organization at no charge.
Why Do Businesses Need Nonprofits? Not long along, only a few enlightened businesses actively promoted social issues as part of their marketing and branding. Today, corporate philanthropy and corporate social responsibility are integral parts of almost every serious business plan. Corporate philanthropy used to primarily take the form of a financial contribution and to a … Continue Reading
You are not alone. When it comes to getting an objective view of your organization’s operations, most nonprofit executives and board members are too close to judge. One of the hardest parts is determining where the gaps are and what to do about them. Until very recently, the only real option was to have a … Continue Reading
Is there competition between nonprofits? Probably, even if it is not head-to-head competition. Here’s why: In short, more nonprofits are seeking funds, less money is being donated, and fewer major donors are redistributing the same amounts of money. The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University reported that 20 million fewer households gave in … Continue Reading
Business leader and philanthropist Bill Gates said, “I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.” Thought provoking, isn’t it? I wonder what questions the founder of the largest software company and largest private foundation in the world would ask your nonprofit (or the one you fund)? … Continue Reading
All nonprofits want to operate effectively and efficiently. Most do not. According to the Harvard Business Review, 94% of all managers assume that they are operating above operational competency. They are not. Given its systemic nature, this must be an extremely difficult problem to solve. It is not. What Gets Measured Gets Managed The complete … Continue Reading
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