Debt forgiveness for young nonprofiteers holding student loans. | Mission-Based Management
A call for fundraisers to watch what they say. | the fundit
How do you stay focused on the mission when the work pushes you to the brink of exhaustion? | Perspectives from the Pipeline
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Writing in InformationWeek, John Soat says that chief information officers in coming years must develop a greater sense of altruism. Perceptively, he observes that information technology is one of those putatively non-impact areas that donors don’t like to fund:
The problem is this: Contributors don’t want charities to spend money on IT because they see it […]
Nancy Schwartz’s Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards today recognized a dozen nonprofits for their exceptional efforts in capturing the essences of their respective organizations in just a few words. From arts and culture to education to human services and several other categories, the sector was well represented in all of its diverse glory. More than […]
Red-blooded Americans are not the only ones recoiling in horror that before long, each case of Budweiser they buy will dump money into the coffers of a Belgian company.
Nonprofits in St. Louis, where Anheuser-Busch’s headquarters are located, are worried that the brewer’s new owner, InBev, may not provide the kind of support they’ve come to […]
Jailbreak fundraisers, in which local celebrities go behind bars until enough money can be donated to “free” them, are a familiar feature of the charitable landscape, so kudos to the Nova Scotia chapter of the Children’s Wish Foundation for putting a new twist on things:
[The chapter] is currently working to grant 43 wishes, and has […]
The thank-you note is a staple of fundraising, a document nearly as vital to a nonprofit as its mission statement. A brief missive acknowledging a donor’s gift, thanking her for it, and telling her a bit about what her generosity helps to support is not merely polite, it’s also smart — it helps to continue […]
Responding to my recent post about churches retooling their service missions in hopes of increasing their impact on those who truly need it, a reader asked in a comment:
If “one church was painted six times” isn’t that the fault of that church’s leadership, not of the non-profits seeking to help?
The answer is simple: It doesn’t […]
When was the last time you listened to that CD you got as a favor at the last wedding you attended? That long ago?
How much do you want to throw out the crappy trinkets your 6-year-old brought back from that birthday party she went to last month? That much?
Brides, grooms, moms, and dads, there’s a […]
Writing for GuideStar, nonprofit branding consultant Larry Checco argues that how an organization acts is intricately linked with how it is perceived. With that in mind, he presents five suggestions on how “to operate on a high moral and ethical plane—and keep [your] brand strong and healthy.” Some are on the obvious side (”Recruit and […]
An L.A. Times expose of for-profit fundraisers elicits a good amount of citizen journalism exploring same. | Los Angeles Times
Ten things most people don’t know about nonprofit careers. | CTW Features
How effective are British nonprofits? Maybe not so much. | Financial Times
Two very different ways of dealing with nonprofit embezzlement. | New York Times
Microsoft […]
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