Harvard’s Good Business offers advice for struggling non-profits

Harvard’s Good Business blog has a piece today about Non-profits facing hard decisions. Last week we talked about how Minnesota non-profits are struggling, so it should come as no surprise that non-profits around the country are dealing with the same problems — increased demand, decreased donations. Nan Stone, the author of the blog post offers up some advice to non-profit leaders.

Hard times force hard choices – for nonprofit leaders and for those who support them. The best advice I’ve heard about how to make those choices is fundamentally the same on both sides of the philanthropic equation: Be clear about what matters most, and focus your resources there. For nonprofits, this means protecting your core programs and staff – the ones that have the greatest impact on the people and causes you serve – and cutting back, or discontinuing altogether, other less, essential activities. . .

Here’s my advice for MN non-profits. Sign up for the Sierra Bravo’s Overnight Website Challenge. Not only do you get a chance to get a free Web site built by the best Web nerds in the area, you also get a chance to talk about your cause.

What are you waiting for? sign up today, the deadline (January 9th) is coming soon.