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Rethinking Overhead: What Donors Should Know About Nonprofit Impact

For years, the social sector has been shaped by what many call the “overhead myth,” the belief that a nonprofit’s effectiveness can be measured primarily by how little it spends on administration, fundraising, technology, finance, evaluation, communications, and staff support. But nonprofit effectiveness is far more complex than a single percentage…

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Best Practices Checklist for Funders

As a funder, your foundation plays an important role in strengthening our region’s nonprofit ecosystem. This checklist is designed to help you get to know nonprofit organizations more deeply — their mission, leadership, financial health, organizational capacity, and long-term sustainability.

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