NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Fed up with a system that regularly provides limited, top-down support, a group of BIPOC-led organizations banded together to create the EFOD Collaborative in 2018. The high presence of banks in the industry, which often includes bankers serving on CDFI loan committees, can alter the culture of CDFIs, reinforcing systemic barriers to capital.

Food 104

Food Finance Community Development Culture 104

Nonprofit Megaphone

MAY 6, 2023

Nonprofit board members play a critical role in overseeing the organization and ensuring its success. To be an effective board member, it’s essential to have a deep understanding of the nonprofit sector and the best practices for governance. Behind every successful nonprofit is a well-run board of directors.

Governance 52

Governance Nonprofit governance and management Ethics Nonprofit 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. In an already unstable economic climate, the ground beneath our organization had crumbled beneath us.

Civil Society 102

Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

I want that infrastructure to go toward spreading this story and hosting these conversations, so it’s not just you and me, it’s you plus the next leader in a particular area—to help us all understand: What does leadership look like in this space? I end up being real patient and real sweet and all this stuff, so I get it.

Construction 84

Construction Leadership Philanthropy Culture 84

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 19, 2023

I’m writing a piece right now called “Leadership Is Voice,” which is based on [Michel] Foucault’s last series of talks on parrhesia , the parrhesiastes , the history of truth telling—and how in Western thought there has always been an obsession with trying to identify who was a truth-teller and how truth telling was done.

Leadership 102

Leadership Culture Philanthropy Values 102

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Fundraising Planning and Climate Report ’s findings show the following: Adjust fundraising strategies : Based on the report’s predictions, consider adjusting your fundraising strategies to align with the current socioeconomic and cultural climate, and donor preferences. Have you brought this to the attention of your CEO and board?

Fundraising 75

Fundraising Fundraising Finance Retention 75

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Any attempt at individual, organizational, or social change that focuses exclusively on external structures without addressing the internal expressions of oppressive systems will achieve only limited or short-term gains. People tend to come to us when they are at the end of their rope, like Nicole. So, where to begin?

Values 91

Values Culture Race and Ethnicity Leadership 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States. By failing to make a coordinated effort to support a new leader and leadership approach, the agency isolated her.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 8, 2023

Supercharge your board fundraising Board fundraising is one of the thorniest challenges in nonprofit leadership. Board members and nonprofit leaders know that fundraising is essential to meeting your organization’s mission. And yet board members are often reluctant to fundraise – and staff are hesitant to push back.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit governance and management Governance 98

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. You are worth it.

Fundraising 120

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 120

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A. There’s all kinds of videos and resources you can get a hold of to kind of get to know us and maybe even make contact if that’s something you are interested in or in need of in terms of software. . We’ll have Q&A time at the end. It’s hard.”

Nonprofit governance and management 92

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Food Activism 92

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A so don’t be shy, don’t sit on those hands. So I’ve even had a call where United Way said, “Hey, it’s our fiscal year end and we realized we have $75,000 extra. I know a lot of you already have. That’s awesome. You can use either of those.

Nonprofit governance and management 78

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Culture Management 78

Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

I hope everyone had a nice year-end giving season. We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A. And then as Steven said, if you’re interested in having more support, we can talk about that at the very end if you want support in the program and the course. That’s the keyword there, this year and beyond.

Energy 86

Energy Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising 86

Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

I hope everyone had a nice year-end giving season. We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A. And then as Steven said, if you’re interested in having more support, we can talk about that at the very end if you want support in the program and the course. That’s the keyword there, this year and beyond.

Energy 72

Energy Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Administration and Development 72

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A, and like Kishshana said a minute ago, we’d love to hear from you. When I started in the sector right after grad school, I realized that there weren’t a lot of folks who I thought looked like me who were in leadership roles. So use the chat, the Q&A.

Management 90

Management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Children 90

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In this series, movement leaders explore what’s possible if philanthropy adopts a reparative model—one in which it supports the leadership of BIPOC communities, not just by writing grants, but by shifting assets and control over resources to frontline communities. Rooting the new model in repair. What else might accountability involve?

Philanthropy 114

Philanthropy Culture Foundations Governance 114

iMarketSmart

MAY 31, 2023

This is never going to change unless you make big changes to your nonprofit leadership. Too often, leadership tends to coalesce around one person – usually the founder, the CEO, the president, or the public face of the organization. Leadership instability and turnover are a problem. In short – it takes two to lead. Yin and yang.

Nonprofit Leadership 52

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Culture 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

We committed to centering stories of joy and healing in our writing and speaking to remind ourselves and anyone listening that we are powerful and capable of birthing on our own terms, and that we deserve nothing less than transformative, radically loving, high-quality care that affirms our power.

Health 117

Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 117

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 15, 2023

Finally, we offer a practical assessment at the end of this article with concrete questions to help organizations and individuals develop shared understanding and skills needed to break the cycle of disconnection.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Values 104

Bloomerang

APRIL 23, 2021

We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A. Also a board member. She’s a board member for the YNPN in Boston for the Massachusetts Chapter of Democrats for Education Reform. I’m on the idea board, I’m on the education committee, but I’m also a part of women development.

Public and Nonprofit Management 131

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Technology Fundraising 131

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For example, corporate and philanthropic dollars don’t always flow toward economic justice movements for a variety of reasons, which include everything from a lack of understanding of new leadership and organizational structures to grappling with supporting leaders of color dismantling systems of economic and social oppression. More than 1.1

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 117

Nonprofit Fixer

JULY 23, 2020

When grantees chase outputs (metrics) instead of the long-term outcome, they may be tempted to fudge or exaggerate their impact. We can reduce goal displacement by thinking longer-term, pushing for multi-year general operating funding, and being realistic about what we can actually prove or accomplish in 12-24 months.

Public and Social Policy 52

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

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Theory of the Case As the term suggests, the idea behind big bet philanthropy is to pour large amounts of resources into a small number of groups, with the goal of shifting practice throughout society. In terms of numbers, there are concrete, albeit modest, gains. The second area of gains is in the realm of public policy.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public Policy Governance Foundations 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

9 In terms of wealth, the data are even more dramatic. At the end of 2021, the top 1 percent of Americans held 32.2 In other words, by the end of 2021, the top 1 percent of Americans held more wealth than that held by the bottom 90 percent of the population in total. percent to 60.9 percent of total wealth.

Public and Social Policy 74

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 74

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

And Amaha Sellassie, who is co-executive director of Co-op Dayton and the board president of West Dayton’s Gem City Market. [00:03:54] And through that process, we started developing, I guess, the back end, which is Co-op Dayton, which is basically we’re building a cooperative economy, right? 00:03:54] A few notes.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 89

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

People in leadership are finding their roles untenable, claiming it is “impossible” to execute campaigns or saying they are in organizations that are “stuck.”. We promote leadership and courage by individuals, but media exposure, social media fame, and access to resources compromise activists. Some have great politics, some do not.

Leadership 145

Leadership Culture Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management 145

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Owing to a healthy skepticism of a government and institutional structures that were designed to expropriate land, labor value, and even cultural capital from our communities, movement organizations are rightly set against reformist policies. Until it was.

Public Policy 74

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 74