Just when I thought that the struggling economy couldn’t possibly be blamed for any other nonprofit troubles comes word that it’s having an effect on board recruiting. Crain’s New York Business reported recently that because trustees and directors are expected both to give and to help with fundraising, they are in extremely high demand among […]
Antioch College is about to close, and undoubtedly the accompanying hand-wringing will include an intense search for someone to blame. Unfortunately, there are plenty of worthy candidates:
Antioch’s board, for failing to direct the implementation of policies that could have staved off such financial disaster.
The college’s office of institutional advancement, for failing to adequately solicit donations […]
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A new study puts an estimated price tag on what theft by nonprofit employees costs their organizations each year.
Forty billion dollars. That’s billion, with a "B."
From yesterday’s New York Times:
Almost 95 percent of the reported frauds entailed loss of cash, and a majority of those involved false or inflated invoices, billing for expenses that were […]
Writing in the Wall Street Journal recently, Erin Chambers offered several sound tips for new nonprofit board members. But I can’t help but take issue with how she opens her otherwise useful piece:
Since so few of them pay these days, joining the board of a nonprofit is usually more about passion—or resume building—than making a […]
GuideStar is a donor-centered organization; its mission, after all, involves the advancement of organizational transparency so that funders can make more educated giving decisions. But the firm sends out a month e-newsletter that has some terrific information for nonprofits themselves. This month’s piece includes five useful tips from Gail Perry, the author of Fired Up Fundraising: Turn Board […]
Take a look at the advisers and directors of the nonprofit Foundation for Defense of Democracies and you’ll notice a lot of names with a similar political bent: Steve Forbes. Newt Gingrich. Jeane Kirkpatrick. Bill Kristol. Gary Bauer. Richard Perle. Charles Krauthammer. Even FDD’s Democrats — Joe Lieberman and Zell Miller — are known for […]
Yesterday’s New York Times had a fascinating piece about a tough situation faced by the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, an addition to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that is just about to open. It’s a story about the influence a deep-pocketed board member can have, the complex relationships between a nonprofit’s board and […]
Last month the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University brought together a handful of funders for a panel discussion of tips and trends. Representatives of dozens of nonprofits packed a meeting room in the basement of PECO Energy’s Center City Philadelphia headquarters to listen in, and the Center was kind enough to […]
Maybe it’s the former PR guy in me, but even as the fallout from the Red Cross’s cashiering of CEO Mark Everson becomes more sordid, I find some very positive stuff for the organization to hang its hat on. As the NonProfit Times reported recently, not only did the married Everson have an affair with […]
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