Donor Resources
Friday, January 29th, 2010
The best resources for a donor to utilize to help make the donating experience enjoyable, focused and take up the least amount of time are Guidestar and the National Center for Charitable Statistics. The higher the dollar value of the donation, the more variables the donor may wish to utilize under Guidestar. The higher subscription fee is worth it.
In my recent analysis of Massachusetts human services nonprofits I found that capping the administrative costs of an organization resulted in savings of a minimum of eighteen million for nonprofits under two and half million dollars and one hundred and forty-three million for nonprofits over two and half million dollars in revenue. If funding a nonprofit is going to be decided based on administrative costs, then restrict your donation to not be used for administrative costs or to a specific amount.
Rather than lower its spending in the weak economy, government has leveled off the amount of money allocated for nonprofits. Because of this level funding combined with an ever-increasing population, government has been forced to favor the more established institutional organization structures.
