Fundraising is a large part of any youth program, especially in the nonprofit sector. It is important you get creative with your fundraising and find additional ways to generate revenue to make sure you have ...
Jon Kidwell is a leadership and business coach who helps leaders in mission-driven organizations succeed. This is the final installment of the six-part series devoted to helping you lead, build, care for, and navigate impending ...
Seven examples for showing appreciation and thanking donors. People give to people and worthy causes too. They will give because they believe in your organization, and they can identify with your mission and goals. They ...
Finding new ways to rethink your aquatics revenue strategy. While the COVID-19 pandemic caused challenges for all aspects of community rec centers, aquatics departments were hit especially hard. With relatively high operation costs, heightened staff ...
Three industry experts share how to boost pool profits with basic aquatics programming. Swimming pools, while popular, are no small investment for community rec facilities to undertake. Many operators have asked themselves, “How can aquatics ...
As the country faces reclosures and the holiday COVID-19 surge, community centers across the nation are being forced to think creatively on ways to gain and retain revenue in the new year beyond the regular ...
Community rec centers are playing from behind. Despite the multitude of offerings organizations have put in place to keep the community engaged — virtual classes, socially distanced day camps and learning centers — generating membership ...
COVID-19 has brought unique challenges to the industry. As the world’s understanding of the virus has changed, so has the way you approach business. The same applies to members who are reevaluating their daily lives ...
YMCAs, JCCs and community rec centers are unique. They’re nonprofit entities, but they have to keep the lights on. This puts community rec professionals in a difficult position of finding the balance between prioritizing initiatives ...
In The Last Word, we sit down with an industry expert to share their wealth of knowledge with you. This issue, the conversation features Matt Whitehead, the CEO of the Decatur Family YMCA. 1. How did ...