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AFP eWire
May 12, 2008 |
Mixed Results on Growth in Foundation Diversity A new report reveals that foundation diversity has increased significantly in some areas, including board and staff composition, but there continues to be problems in others, such as funding to diverse organizations.   |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Gwen I. Walden |
What are NPIOs and Why Can't Foundations Succeed Without Them? Nonprofit infrastructure organizations are the frontline capacity builders for grantees. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2005
Lee Draper |
Where the Money is: Tapping Overlooked Sources of Support for Nonprofits Where will the funding come from to enable nonprofits to serve more people? How can nonprofits find the capital to reorganize for greater efficiency and economies of scale or to invest in new ways to address growing social needs? |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Allison H. Fine |
Blending the Bottom Line Nonprofits and grantmakers must meet each other halfway to move toward outcomes-focused approaches to collaboration. |
AFP eWire
March 27, 2006 |
Nonprofit Executives Burning Out, Planning to Leave Jobs A survey of almost 2,000 nonprofit executives found that 75 percent are planning on leaving their jobs within five years, while another 10 percent are already in the process of switching job. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Lee Draper |
Funder's Little Shop of Horrors Grantees look to funders for support in overcoming entrenched financial and management challenges, but they also want to be acknowledged for their expertise in running organizations, delivering services and relating to their constituencies. |
AFP eWire
July 24, 2013
Horvath & Mehta |
The Inclusive Fundraiser's Tool Kit Diversity: a buzzword in today's fundraising world. How do we fundraise for and within diverse communities? Do our fundraising efforts reflect the communities we serve? Do we have a diverse board and staff? |
AFP eWire
August 20, 2007 |
Most Nonprofit Boards Not Diverse or Involved in Fundraising Just 29 percent of boards were described as "very active" in fundraising, while 35 percent were ranked as "not at all active." |
Job Journal
November 23, 2008
Shelly Cryer |
A New Day in the Nonprofit Sector The dynamic, evolving, and rapidly expanding nonprofit sector offers abundant career opportunities -- and plenty of jobs providing a livable salary. |
Searcher
February 2004
Hazel Cameron |
The Nonprofit Phenomenon Internet resources for nonprofit organizations |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Kathleen P. Enright |
Philanthropy's Greatest Asset Grantmakers' success depends on the performance of nonprofit leaders. Committed people are at the heart of every innovation and every bit of progress the nonprofit sector makes. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2004
Kasper, Nielsen & Chao |
Democracy in Action Focus funds, the next wave of community philanthropy, are responding to the needs of both marginalized groups and new donor bases. |
AFP eWire
January 8, 2014 |
Creating Successful Nonprofit Boards, Staff and Programs--Take a Cue from Successful For-Profit Businesses Borrowing from for-profit best practices, Keith Jennings explains how you can revamp your nonprofit board, staff and programs in 2014 for your most successful fundraising year ever. |
AFP eWire
April 28, 2008 |
New Study Recommends Ways to Address Flaws in Grant Application and Reporting Nonprofit organizations and foundations alike are beginning to stagger under the weight of a grant application and reporting system that needs fixing. |
AFP eWire
June 7, 2004 |
U.S. Nonprofit Employment Rate Increasing Faster Than Business, Government Employees at nonprofits now represent 9.5 percent -- 12.5 million individuals -- of all employees in the United States. The total number of employees working in the nonprofit sector has doubled in the last 25 years. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2004
Lee Draper |
The Philanthropy Afterlife: What Does A Career in Philanthropy Prepare You For? In this era of diminished assets and administrative budget reductions, a traditional pattern of turnover - coupled with a slower pace of foundation formation - has made the philanthropy job market tighter and far more competitive. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Suzanne McGee |
The New Philanthropy Betsy Dickey was startled and dismayed to realize how much she had to learn about what is involved in becoming a hands-on philanthropist rather than just a checkbook donor. |
AFP eWire
August 27, 2007 |
Finding the Right Match: Nonprofit Board Speed Dating Speed dating isn't just for the romantically inclined anymore. Nonprofits can now use a similar service to find the right board members for their organizations. |
AFP eWire
August 9, 2011 |
What is Your Funding Strategy? Find out how your organization fits into these models so you can better articulate your funding strategy to funders and constituents. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Lee Draper |
Achieving Impact Without Giving Cash Grantmakers are trying to stretch dollars, but there are limits to their budgets' elasticity. How can we achieve broader impact with limited dollars? |
CRM
May 28, 2014 |
Salesforce.com Foundation Unveils Salesforce1 for Nonprofits New solutions offer tools for program management, community engagement, marketing communications, and fundraising. |
AFP eWire
April 25, 2005 |
Nonprofit Sector is an Economic Force in Massachusetts The State's nonprofit sector generates about $50 billion in salaries, goods, services and expenditures for the state, according to a recent study. |
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2005
Wing et al. |
Paying for Not Paying for Overhead Many nonprofits are sacrificing organizational infrastructure needs to tell foundations what they want to hear about overhead costs. |
Job Journal
November 30, 2008 |
First Steps on a Nonprofit Career Path Inside insights on how to be in the right place at the right cause. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
David A. Twibell |
Helping Nonprofits Profit Small and midsize nonprofit organizations can be great clients for financial advisors, but understanding their unique needs is critical to success. |
CRM
February 2010
Jessica Tsai |
Helping Hands The nonprofit sector needs CRM more than it knows, but its relationships are with donors, members, or activists - and technology is rarely a cause worth fighting for. Will the low cost of on-demand solutions finally allow nonprofits to embrace CRM? |
AFP eWire
January 25, 2011
Brydon M. DeWitt |
The Power of the Volunteer Working with volunteers is not easy. With the right support, however, volunteers can do more than any number of staff can do -- it's just a matter of harnessing their potential. |
AFP eWire
April 20, 2010 |
2009 Saw Record Decline in Foundation Giving The recent economic crisis caused the more than 75,000 grantmaking foundations in the United States to cut their 2009 giving by an estimated 8.4 percent -- by far the largest decline ever tracked by the Foundation Center. |
AFP eWire
July 24, 2006 |
New Website to Collect Nonprofit Research A new website allows nonprofit organizations to post their research and other analysis on social issues free of charge. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 14, 2010
Julia Hanna |
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact Donors are placing nonprofits on the hot seat to measure social performance. Problem is, there is little agreement on what those metrics should be. |
Job Journal
April 11, 2004
Jennifer Corkery |
Fundraisers & Grant Writers Fundraisers and grant writers prove indispensible to nonprofits. |
Inc.
May 1, 2002
Donna Fenn |
Shaking the Foundations Sanjay Chopra is an astute donor. The founder of two technology companies recently joined 59 other fledgling philanthropists to give $50,000 to KidsVoice, a Pittsburgh nonprofit that provides legal services to children in juvenile court... |
AFP eWire
September 8, 2008 |
Recruit and Retain Quality Nonprofit Employees Organizations hoping to hire quality employees need to sell prospects on the big picture - focusing on rewards that come in other forms than a big paycheck, according to a recent roundtable of nonprofit recruiters, workforce experts and nonprofit practitioners. |
AFP eWire
June 16, 2008 |
U.S. Nonprofit Sector Growing in Size and Scope According to the Nonprofit Almanac 2008, the sector employs more people, draws in more revenue, and contributes more to the gross domestic product than it did a decade ago. |
AFP eWire
January 26, 2004 |
Nonprofits Struggle to Keep Talented Employees While most nonprofit employees are deeply committed to their jobs, low salaries, high workloads and the lack of opportunity for advancement make it difficult for the employees to stick with their jobs, a new report on Canada's nonprofit sector shows. |
BusinessWeek
November 8, 2004 |
For Nonprofits, "It's a How Crisis" Professor and author Paul Light says the biggest problem is underinvestment in infrastructure, which leads to more inefficiency at nonprofits. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Emmett D. Carson |
Beyond Relief and Recovery Philanthropy's biggest challenge in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is to move past just doing the familiar. |
AFP eWire
December 17, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of December 17, 2014): You Need Data Nerds! Here are some of the top items, articles and ideas you need to know so you can keep up-to-date and help your charity succeed. |
AFP eWire
November 10, 2008 |
Where Do Nonprofits Fit in Obama's Plans? Barack Obama put forth a three-step plan to increase public service. His plans for nonprofits include the creation of an agency within the Corporation for National and Community Service called the Social Entrepreneurship Agency for Nonprofits. |
Entrepreneur
December 2006
Carol Tice |
Making a Difference If you have a passion for a cause, starting a nonprofit could be for you. |
AFP eWire
May 5, 2006 |
Best Practices in Nonprofit Board Governance in Canada The first national study of Canadian nonprofit boards of directors provides an overview of current practices and identifies key strategies in creating a fully engaged board. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Bernholz, Fulton & Kasper |
Staying Ahead of the Technology Curve Here's how the latest technology trends could help community foundations serve their communities better. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 27, 2008
Sean Silverthorne |
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits Nonprofit boards and executives are confronted by a confusing landscape of conflicting demands, rapidly evolving rules, and changing opportunities for finding resources. |
AFP eWire
November 20, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 20, 2012) What Do Donors, Foundations Want to Know about Nonprofits?... Direct Mail -- The Exquisite Corpse... How High-Profile Causes Like `Movember' Push Less `Sexy' Ones Aside... |
AFP eWire
December 20, 2011 |
Women Drive Philanthropic Decisions in Wealthy Households, but Nonprofits Must Work for Their Trust, Study Finds In nearly 90 percent of high net worth households, women are either the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Gerald R. Solomon |
The New Conversation for Capacity Building Looking beyond institutionalized definitions can help the nonprofit sector reshape its approach to capacity building. |
Job Journal
November 7, 2004
Julia Hollister |
Nonprofits Ideal for Careers with Care Nonprofit work might be a way of breaking new ground. Because you may be the only one in your department, you often have autonomy. And you can learn to be a jack-of-all-trades. |
AFP eWire
August 11, 2008 |
Most Nonprofits Devote Little Resources to Advocacy A recent survey of lobbying and advocacy activity by nonprofits shows that while many organizations are involved in policy advocacy, relatively little time, attention or resources are spent on the activity, hindering deeper policy involvement. |
AFP eWire
November 29, 2010 |
Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts The small rebound hasn't been enough to help many nonprofits that are grappling with staff and service cuts even as demand for their services has increased. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 29, 2005
Manda Salls |
How Organizations Create Social Value A recent study on the factors that contribute to successful high-performance social enterprises finds a connection between enterprises that link economic value with social value. |
