NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As noted by Native Americans in Philanthropy, Tribal Nations, through their nation-to-nation relationships with the federal government and their deep knowledge of the ecosystems they steward, bring unique tools and resources to the 30×30 movement. In the United States, Tribes oversee approximately 5% of the country’s landmass.

Philanthropy 96

Philanthropy Nonprofit Administration and Development Energy Nonprofit governance and management 96

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Every nonprofit has a Board of Directors. Yet most people don’t understand exactly what the Board’s job is. You see, it means that hundreds of people are sitting on nonprofit Boards and have NO IDEA what they said “yes” to. People are going to be frustrated and unhappy, and ultimately Board members will resign.

Nonprofit governance and management 116

Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment Public and Social Policy Governance 116

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As a result, the organization is strong and growing, offering innovative and highly relevant programs and services to its members and the larger nonprofit community in the state and beyond. The Executive Director actively supports building the membership base and the value members find in belonging to MNA.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 76

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy 76

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Many of the Indigenous families intact with language and culture today are here in large part to the strength and resilience of grandmothers and great-grandmothers, who endured forcible removal to boarding schools, stripping them of language and access to lifeways. There is a level of access that you just can’t get in a city.

Nonprofit governance and management 93

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 93

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

By Annisa Wanat , an independent consultant who works to strengthen the capacity of mission-driven organizations to achieve their goals more strategically by providing customized solutions in leadership, management, and communications. Most nonprofit board members volunteer because they want to support a worthy cause.

Nonprofit governance and management 126

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Organizational Change 126

Candid

MAY 2, 2022

By nature our field hosts a wide array of organizations all in service of good. Centralizing what we can know about each organization is essential to building a field that is effective, efficient and equitable. . The Center was one of the first organizations to work with Candid in this capacity.

Finance 98

Finance Recruitment Governance Collaborations 98

Nonprofit Fixer

MARCH 29, 2022

Today I want to talk about nonprofit board term limits and why I am (generally) opposed to them for most nonprofit boards. and the vast majority have small budgets, small teams, small boards, and small bank accounts. In short, most nonprofits don’t have the capacity they need or the current ability to reach their mission.

Governance 52

Governance Energy Recruitment Law 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 13, 2023

For seven years, I served as the Senior Program Officer for a financial intermediary providing grant making, technical assistance, and training for community development corporations, and grassroots organizations. What services are your specialty? Strategic Planning with a focus on building alignment across the organization.

Nonprofit governance and management 90

Nonprofit governance and management Leadership Community Development Organizational Change 90

EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. Here are a few key ways to mobilize your advocates: Provide training opportunities.

Nonprofits 82

Nonprofits Leadership Activism Education 82

CNPE

JANUARY 6, 2022

Even those of us who are trained nonprofit professionals! Building a Bigger We” means thinking more intentionally about who you see as the “we” you identify with – and broadening it. In Louisville, nonprofit organizations are champions of helping build a better community for everyone. People who choose our words carefully!

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Homelessness Values Governance 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

.” In July, after over a decade of operation in Nicaragua (and an unwavering commitment to the organization I founded), I found myself uttering this unthinkable phrase at a board meeting. The Pitfalls of Government Support. In an already unstable economic climate, the ground beneath our organization had crumbled beneath us.

Civil Society 90

Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 90

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? Independent Sector, the organization I lead, has used all its levers in one way or another to work in service of economic justice. We build community and coalition with others. If not, why not? But we still have work to do.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 123

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 20, 2020

How to Train Your Nonprofit Team in 5 Easy & Effective Steps. Nonprofit training is a critical component of running a successful organization. Considering your nonprofit’s mission in the context of staff training is the first, and arguably most important step. For example, where does training fit in?

Nonprofit governance and management 94

Nonprofit governance and management Universities Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 94

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

On a sunny May afternoon, they had disrupted the quiet and solemn atmosphere of Yale’s ivy-covered stone buildings with the sound of R&B and hip hop blasting from a powerful sound system. Colleges, universities, and their medical centers are registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organizations.

Education 94

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 4, 2023

New organizations led by people of color have emerged at the local and national levels in the wake of the uprisings, and government action has been more significant and sustained. In historically male-dominated leadership circles, these women’s capacities, worldviews, and experiences are sorely needed for balance.

Leadership 112

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation 112

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 22, 2022

Cheryl also serves on the NLC Board of Directors and is a key contributor on the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee, Human Resources Task Force, and is serving a second year as a mentor for NLC’s Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards (ARENB) Fellowship. Social Capital: Building Your Network and Net Worth with Gary Hartfield.

Nonprofit Leadership 52

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Culture Nonprofit governance and management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Other organizations have an ideological analysis but lack the skills to develop an effective strategy and execute a campaign in a way that builds large bases. The structural and ideological limitations of 501(c)3 non-profits in terms of their subservience to funding sources and resulting incompatibility with power building.

Leadership 145

Leadership Culture Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

It’s defined as an equitable distribution of resources and recognition among social groups, which provides an equitable capacity for individuals to shape society to meet their needs. Keep in mind that policy makers are not just government officials. After all, social justice is by nature utopian.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 97

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Ideally, every three to five years, your board and staff directors will meet to realign regarding goals and begin the strategic planning process. Volunteer boards should take charge of fundraising. We recommend that you don’t place board members in charge of setting strategic direction.

Nonprofit governance and management 117

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 117

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

“OF THE WIND” BY CARLA JAY HARRIS/ WWW.LUISDEJESUS.COM/ARTISTS/CARLA-JAY-HARRIS Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ ’s spring 2023 issue, “The Space Beyond: Building the Way.” Are our social justice and movement-building organizations places to win concessions from existing power structures on a macro level?

Leadership 104

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 104

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Jan 24 - 25.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Finance 105

Nonprofit Fixer

JULY 23, 2020

Transparency and low overhead may be data points, but they don’t necessarily point to organizational effectiveness or capacity. But it does take years and the building of capacity and infrastructure to do this. FREE TRAINING: HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR BOARD IN 90 DAYS. Most organizations are tortoises, not hares.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Nonprofit governance and management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But they’ve asked us—institutional leaders with resources and capacity—to stay with them; to stay woke. As Sarita Gupta and I note in our book The Future We Need , a healthy democracy is a system in which all people have various pathways to consult, confer with, and collectively govern themselves.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Food Universities 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Wainwright is the CEO of Family Life , one of Australia’s largest family services providers working with vulnerable children and their families. “If Even though most of us in the social services industry genuinely want to be helpful, it is one of the most colonizing industries. Others have embarked on a collective healing process.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

The agency tasked her with restructuring outreach efforts and increasing people’s awareness and use of agency services in communities of color. In fact, attempting to train and hire leaders from within a framework that puts people in separate boxes inevitably reinforces patterns of hierarchy and isolation that underpin existing systems.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 101

Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

If you are ready to turn your board around and increase their comfort level with fundraising, Sabrina Walker Hernandez will show you how! We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it.

Fundraising 118

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 118

Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

Renee Rubin Ross will provide concrete steps organizational leaders can take to plan strategically, building investment, ownership and fundraising. You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. And I teach Board Development and Grant Writing for the program.

Nonprofit governance and management 120

Nonprofit governance and management Energy Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 120

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And we partner with them for those services, and our energy and resources are focused on the gaps.” So, in order to know what to track, we have to start and do the build-it-backwards approach and say, “What action do we want people to take as a result of our impact reporting?” We want people to take action.

Children 78

Children Curriculum and Teaching Education Education 78

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

I wish I could see you all because so much of what we do in this work is building community. We’re going to be using strategic planning processes to talk about how we can engage folks in helping to design the services, the programs, the community infrastructure that we all live in, right? Here we go. Julie: All right.

Nonprofit governance and management 76

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Culture Management 76

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

I also want to share with you some tips for engaging your board in fundraising, for utilizing social media, and really leveraging your current connections as part of getting grants. Government grants, which include state and U.S. We all know how important it is to build relationships with funders. Enough about the numbers.

Foundations 97

Foundations Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 97