[mfulop]

I tend to believe that the strategic plan should play a pivotal role in the budgeting processes. I work with my board to identify what are the operational investments, required to maintain the core strategies of the plan and what, additional capital investments are needed to fund the innovations, expansion strategies in you strategic plan. The trickier part is to identify and match the revenue streams that will support your core functions operationally and will give you access to the capital required to support growth. Sometimes strategic growth needs to be deferred because of fundraising headwinds and other times, you may have to dig into savings or reserves to fund growth. It can be a source of difficult conversations or collaborative problem-solving, depending on the sophistication of your board.

[mfulop]

Ok, this did not post my whole thoughts and when I tried to edit my reply, they did not go through. What I meant to type, in addition to the link, was that …depending on your online donor platform you may be able to set up a Venmo account. For a while we had a venmo account through the Classy platform (which we no longer use).

[mfulop]

Here is all you need to know:

https://help.venmo.com/hc/en-us/articles/6678084998291-Charity-Profile-FAQ

help.venmo.com

Charity Profile FAQ

Create a unique Venmo profile for your charity and gain access to millions of Venmo users who can donate and learn about your charity all from their Venmo app.   Who can create a charity profile?  ...