About Mysamaris
The Mysamaris team is comprised of diverse talents joined together by their dedication to serving the nonprofit world. Understanding that your organization is unique and that you need flexibility, Mysamaris offers custom, phased approaches to creating sustainable, results-oriented paths for your online success.
Mysamaris has the knowledge in web design, development and strategy to bring your cause, your story, and your organization together with focused, revenue-generating solutions for a return on your online fundraising investment.
Kimberly Reckner
President & Founder
Kimberly Reckner has been working in the world of technology for over fifteen years. She is a graduate of Methodist University with a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics.
Like many of us, Kimberly was unsure how to apply her academic experience to a career path. Luckily, she had an amazing opportunity present itself and started contracting with a government agency utilizing her analytical skills. After growing her experience of real world technology uses in a high security environment, she decided to move to the private sector and transitioned to working in the world of online communications technology. She discovered that she loved the potential of opening portals and doors to connect people and data through technology across the nation and across the globe.
Through her career, Kimberly has worked along side companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Aol, FBI ic3.gov unit, and others. She led the American Red Cross Online Fundraising Team through the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, was responsible for the half billion dollars raised in support of Hurricane Katrina victims, and built one of the first hierarchical technology models designed to support a non-profit affiliate structure.
Kimberly’s hope is that through Mysamaris, she will be able to provide all non-profits with the same consulting and fundraising capabilities available to national organizations, truly making a difference in each one’s cause.
Email her at: kimberly@mysamaris.com
On LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/kreck
“I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.”
-Clara Barton
Partnerships & Associations
Mysamaris partners and works with a range of technology partners to bring best of breed solutions to our clients.
Read our latest article for best practices for writing your organization’s COVID-19 advisory notice.
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The spread of the coronavirus has led to many organizations implementing a work from home policy. This could be a new experience for many employees who now must be self-motivated and accountable for productivity away from the office.
To help, here are four tips to keep yourself productive, accountable, and collaborative as you work from home:
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Working from home? 4 tips for staying productive
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COVID-19 has led many employees to work from home. To help, here are four tips to stay productive, accountable, and collaborative as you work from home.Are you getting the most out of your data? Learn how new research on Pseudo-Set Framing is increasing donations for NPOs! #nonprofitdata
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By contributing to a sense of completeness and thus increasing giving, pseudo-set framing can boost your donations and result in more engaged donors.So You Want to Start a Nonprofit: Part 2
Last week we discussed all the reasons you might think you want to start an NPO, and perhaps dismissed some misconceptions. This week we’d like to get into the basic steps you should follow to make it really happen.
Make a Sound Plan
It would be a good idea to conduct a needs analysis. Make sure that what you are considering that your organization will do isn’t already being done or that the population you want to support isn’t already being served. The odds are you have done some of this and found a need to fill, however be thorough. Going any further without a real goal here can result in a lot of wasted effort. If you plan to be in direct competition with an existing organization, start thinking about what will differentiate you from them.
Once you’re sure there’s a need and an underserved population really consider if 501(c)(3) is right for you. Grantspace has a handy article on the subject here: grantspace.org/tools/knowledge-base/Nonprofit-Management/Establishment/pros-and-cons. There is nothing wrong with founding a for profit socially conscious company to achieve the same ends as a nonprofit. It might even be easier.
Get Down to Business
Really, we mean it. Businesses are founded in paperwork, not just agreements but foundation documents that detail how a business is run, what it does and why.
Mission Statement
This is not a small task. A mission statement details your purpose, what groups you will serve, and how you plan to do that. It’s far more than a simple paragraph. A great mission statement is your cornerstone for everything you do moving forward.
Business Plan
Writing a real business plan can be hours of grueling work and research. A business plan incorporates a marketing plan, a strategic plan, an operations overview, a management plan and a financial plan. Though having the document for reference is handy, writing it forces you to think through all these variables.
Board Cultivation
Your board will not only be a source of guidance internally, it is also one of your best gateways to the community. A standard board (be they governors or trustees) is the governing body of a nonprofit. Among the tasks the board performs are:
•Overseeing the financial operations of the organization
•Being the moral compass, setting the standards by which an organization will function
•Providing leadership and strategy at the highest level for the organization (your board shouldn’t be making day to day decisions, but long range plans)
•Ensuring that an organization remains accountable to its donors and to the world at large
Remember each state has different laws governing what a board should look like. Here’s a handy reference: www.harborcompliance.com/information/nonprofit-governance-by-state
Now that you have all the above work to get through (take your time) we will break until next week. In part three of this series we will discuss filing! We hope you’re looking forward to it.
What are the advantages/disadvantages of becoming a nonprofit organization?
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GrantSpace, a service of the Foundation Center, offers information and resources that are specifically designed to meet the needs of grantseekers.