Starting a Nonprofit in 2020? My 20 Tips for Success

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

My Nonprofit Founder to Full-Time Academy -- with online trainings to guide you through the steps to start a nonprofit (in the USA) and more -- is now LIVE! foundertofulltime.com/

[@gregrhodes2171]

I'm in day two after I started thinking more seriously about starting a non profit. Hopefully you'll be the game changer in success.

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Good luck with your starting up!

[@socialenterprisewithensoco5793]

Great tips - the output vs outcome seems to escape a lot of people, especially funds and grants that seem obsessed with you hitting numbers in 6 - 12 months rather than effective, sustainable change.

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Totally! In people's defense, output vs. outcome is a hard thing to grasp and articulate. It can be a challenge finding a way to quantify and describe things like how your program made someone happier, etc.!

[@terryrogers9621]

I am in the process of starting up an nonprofit. I have my board of directors in place. They are 100% behind the ideal of what I am wanting to do. In all my research in the community the ones I have spoke to about what I am wanting to do are excited to help and what to get behind me in my goals. I really hope I am on the right track. Your videos are helping me in this process. How do I take that excitement and turn that into donations.

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Hey Terry, congrats on your progress so far! I say - storytelling! Collect as many inspiring stories as you can from the very beginning. Sharing stories paired with requesting support is effective.

[@imalij123]

Thanks for this video Amber. I found it really useful.

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

I'm so glad! Please let me know if there's anything I can help you with!

[@oskararif]

Great tips. Really helpful

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Glad it was helpful!

[@camiloaristizabal3721]

Thanks for the info Amber. We are starting a non for profit in Brisbane to relieve international students and temporary visa holders of the daily burden of being able to afford food whilst paying schools fees.

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

That's amazing! How far along in the process are you?

[@camiloaristizabal3721]

@@AmberMelanieSmith not long really. We needed to register first as organisation and later as non for profit. The big issue as always is funds, although we have managed to get about 8,000 we have spent them buying food for the hampers. Currently working on some activities that allow us to get cash flow to make some decisions. I find your tips very handy

[@camiloaristizabal3721]

@@AmberMelanieSmith Hello Amber, hope you are doing great. Just wanted to ask you, since we don't really have access to grants nor funding at this stage, what activities other than crowdfunding or raffles do you reckon we can undertake to get some money flowing?

[@GMUStudentDesign]

Well that’s a great idea I would love to have video of me working out and getting my new pantys used is that ok". Gosh I keep getting thrown off when I’m texting

[@drewwmercer]

Fantastic information, thanks for sharing this video!

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

So glad it helped!

[@didasmuhabuzi5690]

Thanks am writing and learning

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Where are you in the process of starting a nonprofit? What are your current challenges? Let us know in the comments and let's see if we can help each other out!

[@yagoubsaleh8224]

My name is Yagoub Saleh I live In New York. Originally I came from Sudan, I lived a nomadic life in Kordufan region with my parent. When I was there I noticed many things that can help the bedouin life be better. 1- Changing the nomadic lifestyle, and encouraging them to settle. 2- Training them to establish and manage pastoral reserves. 3- Developing grazing and pasture systems and improving the offspring of animals. 4- Spreading environmental awareness and guiding them towards optimal methods of independence of environmental resources. 5- Preventing overgrazing and maintaining vegetation to prevent desertification. 6- Providing basic services for them and for their support. Such as: health services, electricity services, clean drinking water for them and others. 7- Building educational institutions in their gathering places for education and preparing them for the future. 8 Preserving the Bedouin culture and heritage. Now I am looking forward For founding an organization to make their life better

[@yagoubsaleh8224]

Thank you Amber for your rich knowledge

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Hope it was helpful!

[@yagoubsaleh8224]

Hi Amber I am Yagoub Saleh Now I live in New City Manhattan . originally I am from Sudan (AFRICA). long time ago I lived with my badwian famjly. As you know we as nomads moving from south to the north of Kordufan region in the time of rain and return back to the south with our herds of cows. By God grace my father sent me to school, because he worked as apolice man in town. I went on education field and graduated from college. my life changed from nomadic to the life of towns and civilization. But I still remember the hardship and difficult life during those days when I was achid. I remered our mothers bring water from far places and use hand ginders to grind sorghum and cook it for us to eat. Many people died of deseases cause of no hospital near them for those reasons I am thiking of founding an organization to heople to be rehabilitated in settleements and provide them with healthy water and build for them health centers for them and their berds. Also we should mprove of cattle and sheep breeds, to raise their life to the best.

[@divinamartinez3020]

Thank you vey much for all you help!

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@divinamartinez3020]

Amber, all your videos help me to continuos with our nonprofit, thank very much .

[@tommalsman4185]

I appreciate your work Amber Melanie Smith, you help me understand and have fun with what I am doing

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

:) Thanks for watching, Tomm!

[@humairajaleel]

Hi Amber. Thank you for the videos. I’m in the process of setting up a nonprofit. We are set up legally. Now looking to apply for funds and grants.

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Best of luck!

[@Melissa-fm9bx]

So perfect! Thanks Amber ☺️

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

You're so welcome!

[@huriwaitana7114]

Where do I start thank you so much Amber for sharing your expertise and knowledge of said subject I have nothing but respect praise for you and your passion and teaching others like myself to help others utilising the knowledge that you share with all ....Thank You Very much frm Humble server to Humanity

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

You are so welcome!

[@Dickie_91]

Youre awesome Im a 6x survivor and founded of Five Time Foundation ! Struggling with this covid shut down smh =(

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Yes, COVID is ROUGH for nonprofits!!! Congrats on the work you've done so far!

[@malikahpopal534]

Thank you for the wonderful information. Do you provide some consultation? If yes, we really need some consultants to our non profit. Thank you in advance

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

I do sometimes, yes, depending on availability. Feel free to reach out!

[@malikahpopal534]

@@AmberMelanieSmith Thank you.

[@aquaculture8028]

Yessss!!!!

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

:)

[@funlarry4145]

Hi. My wife and I, are starting an organization to help the youth of community become ready for adulthood, and to assist young adults in gaining great life skills, and confidence.

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

Thank you for sharing your vision Larry!

[@DronePatrolCB]

Have a for profit 3d printing business thinking of turning into non profit I think the tech is more geared for it....just concerned about funding

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

It sounds like if you do printing you may have some built-in revenue generating activities in there!

[@DronePatrolCB]

@@AmberMelanieSmith what I'm wondering how do you sell as a non profit to raise funds and the legality of it

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

@@DronePatrolCB That's actually what I talk about in my video from last week! This may help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2TJpaKwarBnbdE

[@DronePatrolCB]

@@AmberMelanieSmith thank you very much that helped clear some things up

[@ricardogreen3]

I started my non-profit with no specific route in my mind. have a company name and ofcourse working from home for starters.. but I have ideas but that's it

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

What social issues do you care about? What problems are you interested in solving? That may help guide your thinking!

[@ricardogreen3]

@@AmberMelanieSmith providing programming for people leaving prison or jail and help them find employment or even operating a sober living home and with some type of programing

[@eldacharm8547]

Hi, Thanks for the video. I'm confused about foundation. Can foundation be a public charity, not a private foundation? If I name my nonprofit organization Elda Foundation, does IRS automatically thinks it's a "private foundation", not a public charity?

[@AmberMelanieSmith]

So in the nonprofit world, the word "foundation" often relates to a grant-making foundation - meaning, an organization that gives money to other charities. That is not the case for all organizations with the word "foundation" in their title, though.