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Invest in Networks for Exponential Climate Wins

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This aligns with other research showing that nonprofits further their missions more effectively and efficiently by investing in external networks and tapping into resources outside their direct control. Because energy systems are interconnected, our solutions must be as well. Take electric vehicles (EVs) for example.

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The New Problem-Solving Skills That All Cities Need

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Today’s public officials are most often trained in areas of administration, policy development, fiscal analysis, and in stewarding public resources and promoting public accountability. That means developing a shared understanding of what those problems are (or will be), how to tackle them, and what success looks like.

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How the City of Boston Is Investing in the Future of Its Youth and Home

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? 3 After Wu was elected mayor, in late 2021, Boston’s Green New Deal came to fruition under her administration.

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Local Solutions to Federal Problems: Moving Climate Dollars to Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Connie Binkowitz, director of development and external policy at CTC, described how, in 2020, the organization received a grant from the Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). This grant came out of a program supported by federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars.

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The Folk Dance of Nonprofit Organizational Development

Fundraising Coach

501 Mission Place provides nonprofit leaders a place to “let their hair down.&# The Folk Dance of Nonprofit Organizational Development. The first three to four years of a nonprofit is a startup phase. The nonprofit is the team’s life. Fear is often exhibited by worry that the nonprofit is doomed.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

We are here to talk about philanthropic leadership. That’s awesome, really involved in their nonprofit leadership program, which is really cool. And I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS Fundraising, which is a global fundraising consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations. Really thrilled to be here.

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How to Start a Volunteer Program: 12 Steps for Success

Bloomerang

Has your nonprofit identified an unaddressed need within your community? Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Train volunteers.