State your mission and vision. Record leadership, board member, and volunteer information.

Philosophy & Approach

• Mission Statement

  States the goals of your organization and what you do on a daily basis. The mission statement helps your organization achieve the long-term goal set forth in the vision statement created by the board of directors.
  
  Template
  Answer the question: "Why do we exist?"
  
  First --> "Our mission is to ______ (insert verb with present tense),
  Second --> "the ____" (Explain what you do and for whom)
  Third --> "to _____" (state the benefits)
  
  Example: Google's Mission Statement
  Our mission is to organize (verb)
  the world's information (what they do and for whom "the world")
  to make it universally accessible and useful (the benefit).
  
  200 Mission Statement Examples
  
  

   

• Vision Statement

  An extension of your mission statement that shows what your organization is working towards in the future overall by practicing your mission statement each and every day.
  
  Template
  Answer the question: "Where are we going and why?"
  
  First-->"We envision____" (good place to start)
  Second-->State the impact you're making in the world
  Third-->State what the world looks like
  
  Example: LinkedIn's Vision
  “To connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful.”
  
  100 Examples of Great Vision Statements

  
  
  

• Value Statement and/or Value Propositions

  A value statement is an expression of the main priorities and values of your business. In this section, you list the values that guides your organization.
  
  You can also state your value propositions. These propositions can help you explain the benefit you are bringing to the world and in your community.
  
  Example: WikiCharities Value Proposition for Funders
  To reduce the burden (time and funds) spent on gathering information and maintaining an internal database to verify nonprofits prior to giving.

   

• Elevator Pitch

  An elevator pitch should be less than 30 seconds.
  
  7 Essentials for an Elevator Pitch
  Be brief
  Be clear
  Make it specific to your audience
  Highlight your benefits
  Identify the problem and your solution
  Make a compelling call-to-action
  Extend an invitation to continue the conversation.

  
  

   

• Board of Directors

  Here is a sample of our Board of Directors Requirement document. Feel free to use this as a template when you create yours. 

  Board-Responsbilities.WikiCharities (1).docx

• Volunteer Waiver(s)

  Here is a sample of our volunteer waiver and release form. Feel free to use this as a template when you create one that fits your organizational needs.

  Volunteer-Waiver-and-Release-Form (1).docx 

• S.W.O.T. Analysis

  https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/swot-analysis

Upload financial statements and 990s. Outline your revenue, expenses and funders.

Financial Health

• Financial Statement(s)

  Feel free to use our financial statement template on your profile page. 

  Financial-Statement-Template (1).docx

Upload impact reports, videos and images. Identify past and current projects.

Impact

• Impact Report(s)

  Use our TEMPLATE to create your own Annual Report.

  Annual Report Template.pdf

  Sample (1): https://www.childhopeonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2020AnnualReport2.pdf

  Sample (2): https://www.younglivingfoundation.org/annual-reports-and-financials 

• Video Creation

  Tools can be helpful in creating videos for fundraising, marketing and promoting programs. 

  Promo.com