Board members are the primary stewards of nonprofits — the men and women charged with setting the direction and with making changes should the organizations drift away from that direction. It should be obvious that in addition to their leadership, the most visible and importantly symbolic way for boards to benefit their nonprofits is through […]
The last thing the American Red Cross needed was a personal scandal, but it’s got one now. One of the world’s most visible nonprofits yesterday sacked Mark Everson, its president and CEO, after just six months on the job not because of anything performance-related but because he was sleeping with an underling. As the Red […]
As I’ve written before, the amazing diversity of nonprofits is one of the sector’s defining characteristics. That’s why this note from the Austin Business Journal caught my eye. Food as fundraiser is nothing new, of course — church bake sales and the Girl Scouts are testament to that. But I love the notion of a […]
It was the most commercial of times, it was the most charitable of times.
Decrying the rampant consumerism of the period between Thanksgiving and December 25 is a fool’s errand. The toothpaste is out of the tube, and there’s no putting it back in. We’re exhorted nearly nonstop to spend, spend, spend, lest our loved ones […]
The Des Moines Register devoted major real estate on its editorial page yesterday and today calling for greater government oversight of nonprofits and the public release of penalties imposed on those found in noncompliance of laws, respectively. The knee-jerk answer is to decry such calls — using the phrase “witch hunt” liberally — and point […]
One of the coolest and least talked-about traits of nonprofits is their diversity. It’s easy to hear the word “nonprofit” and reach into your collection of mental pigeonholes and pull out an upstart organization staffed by crunchy young types who want to save the world. But the sector is so much more than that, a […]
There’s an interesting discussion going on over at Ask MetaFilter on the advantages of turning nonprofit. Seems a tiny alternative monthly paper in Chicago that’s making no money is batting around the pros and cons, and one of the staffers there posted to AskMeFi to solicit opinions there. The prevailing view is that such a […]
Buried in a contradictory* New York Times story yesterday on mergers among charities was a great nugget that reflects the uniqueness of nonprofits:
“Unlike mergers among corporations, which are normally negotiated among a few people who keep it quiet until all details are worked out, nonprofit mergers require any and all stakeholders — and there are […]
Guess which nonprofit-related stories are real and which are satirical:
Nonprofits prefer not to air their dirty laundry in public
Hospitals treat well-heeled potential donors better than they do other patients
Mel Brooks launches nonprofit to save the word “schmuck”
Has it been a slow news week already? Oy.
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Okay, my 6-year-old hasn’t asked that question yet, but, as Beth Kanter points out, getting your kids involved in philanthropy at a young age is a great way to build a lifetime of giving. And what parent wouldn’t want his children to have such noble aims? Beth is asking her readers how they encourage giving […]
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