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Non-Profit · Susan Fochs

The Make An Impact Podcast

by Susan Fochs

Have you ever wanted to start your own non-profit organization? Become a social entrepreneur? Just make an impact in the world? Where do I possibly start in being the CEO of a non-profit? Welcome to The Make An Impact Podcast! Your host, Susan Fochs, launched a national non-profit organization at 18-years-old out of her freshman college dorm room. Now with almost a decade of experience under her belt, she is here to teach you her tried and true tips and tricks for starting your own organization and how to build it from the ground up. Along with sharing her tips, tricks, and how tos, Susan interviews some of the best in the non-profit and social enterprise sector to bring you tangible information that you can take action on right away. Susan believes that every person on this planet is capable of making amazing impact on someone else's life - whether that be a person, animal, environment, or whatever you're passionate about. Furthermore, she doesn't think that people should have to choose between making an impact and making an income. We're going to fight for a new world of service work and I promise, it starts with you.  Now, let's make an impact together.Â

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58: BONUS - What Settling Does to the Soul, the Empath & Narcissist Epidemic, Romantic Soulmates, and More with Ainslie MacLeod

I couldn't resist asking Ainslie a whole host of questions regarding our souls, romantic soulmates, our spirit guides, and so much more. Plus, we get into the discussion

Jun 30 2021
43 min

57: Discovering Your Soul's Purpose in a Helping Career with Ainslie MacLeod

What is your soul's purpose? What are you meant to be doing with your life? Why are you being called into certain career paths? Why do you feel drawn to helping other peo

Jun 28 2021
1 h 06 min

56: Your Ultimate Guide to Non-Profit Startup Paperwork

So you want to start a non-profit, but have no idea where to start, right? Do you actually need a 501(c)3 status in order to be legit? How much paperwork is actually invo

Jun 14 2021
17 min

55: Achieving Your Next Level in Life Starts with Your Inner Circle with Jamar Jones

There's achieving goals, and then there's striving to achieve your whole next level of life. How you want your days to look, where your income streams are flowing from, h

Jun 7 2021
57 min

54: Should You Start a Foundation or an Organization?

What is the difference between a charitable organization and a charitable foundation? What is the difference between a 501(c)3 and a 501(c)4? Which one should you sta

May 31 2021
25 min

53: Do Non-Profits Provide Job-Security?

As a non-profit founder, do you think that you'll have this job forever? Did you start it with the same mindset track as an entrepreneur? Well then this episode is for yo

May 24 2021
32 min

52: Can Moving Cities Help Your Entrepreneurial Goals? with Jessica Palm and Tim Cowden

Have you been wondering to yourself, "am I in the right city for my next big move?" Whether that's for your career, starting a business, looking for a new romantic partne

May 17 2021
33 min

51: 6 Types of Self-Care That Need to Be in Harmony (Train Like a Warrior Campaign)Â

Train Like a Warrior Campaign: This 15-minute session with Lindsay Stecher, who is a behavioral health professional and the CEO of Cultivate Humanity, is all about self-c

May 10 2021
16 min

50: Do "100% Model" Non-Profits Really Work?

Hitting you with a controversial topic today! 100% model non-profits are loved by donors, sometimes cringed at by long-time professionals, and a confusing catch for aspir

May 3 2021
31 min

49: Listen To This Next Time You're Struggling with Comparison Fatigue

I've been thinking a LOT about comparison lately and how I've let it consume me negatively in previous stages of life (whether it was in a literal competition setting) or

Apr 26 2021
17 min

48: How to Keep Your Organization Audit Ready with Germeen Greene (aka the Visionary Accountant)

Okay, so you've tackled the fundraising and the grant writing. You've secured the money! But now where does it sit and who is managing it? Who is responsible when your or

Apr 19 2021
59 min

47: What Success Looks Like To Me

Ah, success. A word we all tend to have a love-hate relationship with.  And when you're on the entrepreneurial journey, it can be even more difficult to define and work

Apr 12 2021
18 min

46: A Full-Body Scan Guided Meditation for Body Positivity with Madison Auge (Train Like a Warrior Campaign)

Train Like a Warrior Campaign: This guided meditation is meant to take you through a full-body scan to relax, appreciate, and fuel your body. It's easy to get caught up i

Apr 5 2021
26 min

45: Don't Ask About Non-Profit Overhead. (Ask This Instead.)

A question about the non-profit sector that gets me really fired up? "How much of my donation goes to the mission vs. overhead?" This is an antiquated and outdated qu

Mar 29 2021
38 min

44: Trailblazing for Change through Adversity with Bushra Amiwala

Did someone say, "the youngest Muslim elected official in the United States?"  Bushra Amiwala is a Pakistani-American who was elected to her first public service positi

Mar 22 2021
45 min

43: The 5 Measures of Non-Profit Health with Jess Cooper

Have you ever thought to evaluate how well your organization was doing in terms of...health? If a non-profit was a body, how is each area really doing? And how does that

Mar 15 2021
50 min

42: Why You Need to Change The Tone of Your Non-Profit Marketing with Racheli Edelkopf

It's no secret that the marketing and advertising space becomes more crowded by the second. Everything in our lives can feel like an ad is attached to it, or like our pho

Mar 8 2021
46 min

41: The Secret to True Connection? Powerful Storytelling with Carlos Maestas

The secret to finding your most powerful story that is waiting inside of you to come out is not always easy, nor a natural feeling process.  Carlos Maestas is a standup

Mar 1 2021
40 min

40: Evaluating Opportunities and What's Worth the 'Exposure' with Jasmine Williams

Have you ever thought of your speaking career? Have you been doing some free gigs here and there? Are you afraid of telling people that you're transitioning from free to

Feb 22 2021
37 min

39: Your Basic Guide to Non-Profit Tax Paperwork

One of the least exciting, fun, or sexy aspects to non-profits? Paperwork and tax filings.  BUT! They don't have to be the beast that we build it up to be in our heads.

Feb 15 2021
26 min

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