{"id":33,"date":"2017-04-28T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/2020\/12\/23\/10-things-someone-working-nonprofit-will-understand\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:05:21","slug":"10-things-someone-working-nonprofit-will-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/10-things-someone-working-nonprofit-will-understand\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten things only someone working at a nonprofit will understand"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1. When you show your donor the first impact assessment report<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"Impact assessment report-gif\" width=\"824\" height=\"618\"><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>2. When your donor tells you to partner with another nonprofit<\/strong><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"Parnet-gif\" width=\"826\" height=\"554\"><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>3. What your Executive Director thinks he sounds like<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"idron-article-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" id=\"idron-1846227982\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/what-is-idr-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png\" alt=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-1024x205.png 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-150x30.png 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-768x154.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FVUkd7VezA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/FVUkd7VezA0<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>What he actually sounds like<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z4emR_2RH-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z4emR_2RH-8<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>4. When your colleagues nominate you to petition management for an air conditioner<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/giphy-2.gif\" alt=\"Air conditioner-gif\" width=\"823\" height=\"617\"><\/strong><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>5. What asking for CSR funding looks like<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"idron-content\" id=\"idron-2662054416\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"donate banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"donate banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-1024x205.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-150x30.jpg 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-768x154.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xmy26mUCsHo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/xmy26mUCsHo<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What it <em>feels<\/em> like<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l5MZmQ6s-FM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/l5MZmQ6s-FM<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>6. Your finance manager during the audit<\/strong><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"During the audit-gif\" width=\"833\" height=\"625\"><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>After the audit<\/strong><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/giphy-4.gif\" alt=\"After the audit-gif\" width=\"827\" height=\"465\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>7. When an HNI wants to volunteer at your nonprofit<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1z2NNr5A28g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/1z2NNr5A28g<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>8. Your hotshot new recruit from the corporate sector<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YDUSh0ctlJY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/YDUSh0ctlJY<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>9. What your team looks like in the funding proposal<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/giphy-5.gif\" alt=\"funding proposal-gif\" width=\"821\" height=\"349\"><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What your team actually looks like<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/giphy-6.gif\" alt=\"Funding proposal2-gif\" width=\"827\" height=\"465\"><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>10. When your executive director decides that he needs to step in and &lsquo;help&rsquo; the team meet its midnight deadline<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q5zx0JZq5tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/q5zx0JZq5tc<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"idron-troublemakers-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"idron-2412486336\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"donate banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"donate banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-1024x205.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-150x30.jpg 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-768x154.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. 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