Blog Posts: Nonprofit Finance



Charities with the Highest Donor Growth Top 10 List

Posted June 18, 2022 by Al Mueller 0 comments

Which nonprofits have experienced the greatest growth in individual donors?

A healthy donor base is essential to executing a nonprofit’s mission, but growing this base year after year can be challenging. Donor growth can indicate confidence in the capabilities of an organization to carry out its mission, making it an important metric to keep an eye on when evaluating nonprofits.

Tags: Non profit organizations, Nonprofit Analytics, Nonprofit Finance, Nonprofit Fundraising, Nonprofit Performance

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Guidestar is Wrong: Half of U.S. Nonprofits are NOT on Financial Precipice

2018 financial health guidestar report

Posted February 5, 2018 by Al Mueller 0 comments

Guidestar announced in January 2018, “Around 50 percent of the nation’s nonprofits are operating with less than one month’s cash reserves.” That headline makes it sound like a half million charities could close if people stopped giving for a month. Oliver Wyman and SeaChange Capital Partners analyzed Guidestar’s archived 990s from 2010-2014 to make this claim. Suzanne Coffman, Guidestar’s editorial director, summarized the data from this study of nonprofit financials in a simple article (admittedly designed to market a Nonprofit Quarterly webiner): “Half of U.S. Nonprofits on Financial Precipice, New Report Finds.” That’s scary news. The good news is that Guidestar’s information is both old and incorrect.

Tags: Guidestar, Nonprofit Finance, Nonprofit Performance

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