On Air with Amber Podcast
The Real Talk on How to Run a Profitable Nonprofit
On Air with Amber is like having a conversation with your BFF. Difficult concepts are broken down into easy-to-understand explanations; get clear step-by-step instructions on how to build and strengthen your organization’s infrastructure; learn how to stop self-funding and start generating consistent outside funding, and get access to tons of useful resources.
All Episodes:
Episode 12: The Nonprofit Success Path: Stage 6 – Build Your Credibility
How do I get grants as a start-up? You’re competing against organizations with long track records. Learn what you must have, do, and how to get them before applying and getting rejected for grants.
Episode 11: The Nonprofit Success Path: Stage 5 – Build Your Systems
How to get grants? Funders request financial statements to help determine eligibility. How do you produce the financial statements? You need systems in place that track, monitor, and produce reports both the IRS and Funders need. Learn what they are and how to create them.
Episode 10: The Nonprofit Success Path: Stage 4 – Build Your Leadership Team
How to get a Salary? How to hire a paid staff? There’s a formula. And it’s based on your leadership team. Learn the formula and how to go from volunteer to receiving a check every month.
Episode 9: The Nonprofit Success Path: Stage 3 – Develop Your Programs
How to get grants? How to get funding? The foundation of consistent funding is built on your programs. Learn what funders are looking for in your program description that makes them choose your organization over your competitors.
Episode 8: The Nonprofit Success Path: Stage 2 – Develop Your Purpose
How to recruit board members (you don’t pay), Funders, and clients. It starts with a clear purpose. Learn what it should entail.
Episode 7: The Nonprofit Success Path: Stage 1 Pt. 2– How to Start a Nonprofit “The Infrastructure”
How to start a nonprofit in terms of building out the most important foundational elements of the organization—the infrastructure. Step 2 is the key to getting grants, recruiting board members, and becoming funder-ready. This is the most important part of starting a nonprofit that most Founders skip.
Episode 6: The Nonprofit Success Path: Stage 1 Pt. 1– How to Start a Nonprofit “The Legal Entity”
“How to start a nonprofit?” Means more than just getting a 501(c)(3) tax exemption. It’s a 2-step process. Step 1 is forming the Legal Entity. Learn what this means and why it’s an important part of the nonprofit success path.
Episode 5: Alternatives to Starting a Nonprofit: Starting with the End in Mind
Learn how to make a difference, make an impact, and help people in need without making the financial and time commitment required of starting a nonprofit business.
Episode 4: The Nonprofit Success Path: Stage 0 – Thinking About Starting a Nonprofit
Not sure if you should start a nonprofit or for-profit? Learn the difference between the two, and which one you should start.
Episode 3: The Nonprofit Success Path — The 7 Stages of Building a Successful Nonprofit
Before starting a nonprofit, learn the 7 Stages of a Successful nonprofit and get clarity on what should be done to start, fund, and run a profitable nonprofit organization before spending a dime.
Episode 2: What You Don’t Know, You Don’t Know – Things to Consider Before Starting a Nonprofit
People start nonprofits without understanding that there are rules that must be followed, infrastructures that must be in place, and systems that can produce information, in order to qualify for funding.
Episode 1: Nonprofit Does Not Mean "No Profit": A Nonprofit is a Business
Amber explains why "Nonprofit" doesn't mean "No Profit." A nonprofit is a business (it's just a business with a philanthropic purpose), and every business has expenses.