Every January brings a flood of fundraising “trends”: new tools, new tactics, new promises of growth. But the shifts that will matter most in 2026 [...]
At the end of this year, Linda McNay is retiring. I’ve tried twenty different ways to start this article, and none of them felt sufficiently [...]
“What should I pay my fundraiser?” is one of the most common questions we are asked. The simple answer is in the table below. The [...]
Did you know that September is National Update Your Resume Month? I didn’t, and I’m a headhunter. I personally update my resume every New Year’s [...]
Every summer, we conduct our Nonprofit Salary & Satisfaction Survey, and this summer is no different. (Click HERE to fill it out.) Over the [...]
Did you know that, as part of OFS’ Strategic Planning practice, we offer consulting on mergers and acquisitions? I ask for two reasons. First, the [...]
Nonprofits nationwide are grasping with daily unknown economic shifts. And while some sectors have been impacted more deeply than others, all are, or will be, [...]
In recent years, the topic of interview "homework" (i.e. requested assignments of candidates, typically for presentation at final interviews) has come to the forefront. We're [...]
Let’s just jump right to the elephant in the room. The reality is that 2025 looks like it’s going to be a year of upheaval [...]
I once had a colleague tell me that no one gets in a festive mood until after the SEC Football Championship. While our northern friends [...]
