NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

This happens daily when local governments park public funds in banks. If governments can work with a publicly owned bank that makes modest profits and reinvests those profits in the communities that own it, they can participate in a restorative local economy.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Image Credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on iStock Nonprofit boards often uphold outdated power structures, prioritizing elite control over true community accountability. By shifting from power-hoarding to power-sharing, nonprofits can create governance structures that truly align with their mission.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

One tool that is available to nonprofit housing developers to address this situation is the limited equity cooperative (LEC). The movement gained momentum with the support of government programs like Mitchell-Lama , which aimed to provide affordable housing through a public-private partnership.

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Nonprofit governance and management Manufacturing Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 104

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Fortunately, community land trust (CLT) homeownership appears more successful than most government programs for first-time, low-income homebuyers—both due to demonstrated increased housing stability for residents and a participatory board model that includes both resident and nonresident community representation.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 3, 2025

By Sara Horowitz You can feel it when you walk into a mutualist space for the first timewhether its a worker cooperative in North Carolina , a community garden , a labor-housing cooperative , a cohousing group in New York City, a nonprofit building in Portland, Oregon , or a social cooperative in the Italian Alps.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2025

Credit: Morgan Housel on Unsplash The funding landscape for nonprofits has undergone a seismic shift. Todays model for funding nonprofits and social enterprises is fundamentally broken. This means providing funding with the purpose of investing in the capacity of nonprofits to invest in their own enterprises.

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The Charity CFO

JUNE 12, 2025

No matter your size or mission, every nonprofit needs operating reserves. In this blog, we’ll unpack what operating reserves are (and what they’re not), how to determine the right amount for your organization, and how to manage them responsibly over time. Managing Reserves Over Time Reserves are not a one-and-done decision.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2024

Image credit: Min An on Pexels This is the second article in NPQ ’s series, Just Transition: Liberating Finance to Build a Better World. Regenerative finance is all about taking intelligent risks to advance a solidarity economy more effectively in ways that responsibly mitigate the climate crisis with communities at the helm.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

when she thinks about the Certificate in Nonprofit Management graduate program at the University of Tampa. It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change (or Be the Change) “I took a very untraditional path to get into the nonprofit sector,” Erin says. I felt like I was being called into the nonprofit sector.” Empowering.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By Nithya Ramanathan & Jim Fruchterman Recent milestones in generative AI have sent nonprofits, social enterprises, and funders alike scrambling to understand how these innovations can be harnessed for global good. In order to build a complex machine, we first need to invest in the nuts and bolts.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As the ultimate decision-making body for nonprofit organizations, boards of directors are responsible for guiding a nonprofit’s vision and strategy and for overseeing its financial accountability. Finding the right board members is critical to every nonprofit organization’s success. Do you have a board diversity matrix?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

When you start a nonprofit, one of the most important things to figure out is how to manage your organizations finances. However, nonprofit accounting is often more complicated than it sounds. As your organization expands and evolves, many complexities can arise, making financial management more difficult for your team.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 13, 2022

join the Nonprofit Leadership Center for a nonprofit training class or certificate program in the new year. These learning experiences will strengthen your skills and your nonprofit organization. Certificate in Volunteer Management. We are pleased to unveil our 2023 Q1 event schedule. January 2023.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

Members of a housing cooperative have joint control over the governance of common areas like green spaces and playgrounds, and in the US, owners of a share in a co-op are entitled to the same tax deductions as homeowners. In the United States, when the size of a LEHC is above 20 units, it usually requires a professional management company.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

billion) in assets under management and a 30-year track record, isnt wrong per se. That is the central conclusion of a new report released last December by Boston Impact Initiative , a nonprofit place-based investor in the Boston area and a promoter of the field nationwide. Each fund is unique.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Blue Avocado exists to help nonprofits succeed , and our community of nonprofit experts, leaders, and trailblazers continues to share their wisdom, strengthening us all. Make sure you check out all the real-world advice that nonprofit leaders have contributed this year. Why not ripe?

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Fundraising Leadership

APRIL 25, 2025

Read more from Gloria Feldt about mentorship Governing magazine reports, Research suggests mentorship programs have significant benefits both for participants and for their organizations. The International City/County Management Association offers mentorship for young women aiming to be in government leadership.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Deep and Sincere Caring About the Nonprofit’s Mission The most important “quality” in a board member would be a real and heartfelt caring about the mission/goal of the nonprofit they will be involved with.

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The Charity CFO

JUNE 10, 2025

In this candid and honest conversation on A Modern Nonprofit Podcast , Tosha Anderson chats with ENGin founder Katerina Manoff about the realities of nonprofit board leadership—and how to finally create a board that serves your mission instead of slowing it down. What if the problem with your board… wasn’t your board?

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 7, 2025

If they can engage in institutional philanthropy as deeply as they have impacted high tech, finance, hotel management, medicine, and academia, they could radically increase the resources and talent available for philanthropic ventures in India and the United States while also serving as a model for other diaspora groups around the world.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 31, 2022

It’s a myth that all stakeholders need to be experts in every aspect of nonprofit finances. Even on nonprofit financial committees, some members may be skilled in accounting, others in banking, and others in investing or financial analysis. Because the basics of nonprofit finances are easy to grasp. .

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The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In a recent episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Greg Miller, President and CEO of Penn-Mar Human Services, to discuss the critical issues of recruitment, retention, and strategic partnerships in the nonprofit sector. Look beyond government funding and explore community support.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While nonprofit organizations’ finances are regularly put under a microscope, grantmakers’ finances typically come under less scrutiny. Family foundations are typically funded by a single family, whose members also play a role in governance and management.

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Anedot

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The ideal candidate will be deeply committed to our mission, have demonstrated success in nonprofit administration and the ability to inspire and lead a largely volunteer-driven organization. IT, communications/marketing, finance, administrative support). Monitor financial performance and ensure the organization’s fiscal health.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 30, 2024

To support these projects, a whole field of solidarity finance has emerged. The Boston Impact Initiative , founded in 2013, has invested more than $10 million into businesses, co-ops, and nonprofits led by entrepreneurs of color. The Boston Ujima Project , formed in 2017, manages a $4.5

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

When carefully structured and governed, spend-down strategies can provide targeted financial support to causes that need it most. However, the total dollars granted will be reduced, meaning risk management will take priority during the distribution process. This combination reduces the original value of the portfolio.

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Anedot

MARCH 11, 2025

More about us: www.welcominghome.org Current Staffing: For the l ast eight years, the two founders have led the organization on a pro-bono basis, with one heading up program management and development and the other focusing on finance and board management. Have managed annual cash budgets of between $300K – $600 K.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Ability to manage and prioritize many projects of varying size, scale, and importance with competing deadlines.” Ability to manage and prioritize many projects of varying size, scale, and importance with competing deadlines.” “Inspiring go-getter with experience in events, annual appeals, and peer-to-peer fundraising.”

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 23, 2025

Not just the hard finance factors that big banks use. It counts to them as managing risk responsibly. For the bank, federally insured deposits are the cheapest capital around, cheaper than the rates the US government itself borrows at. As for governance, there are a couple of different versions. That is required by law.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In our first 10 years, we managed to mobilize 400,000 out-of-school girls, while we mobilized 1.3 It was like going from driving that single small car to managing an electric vehicle fleet. Like private sector investments, funders hope another payer exists on the other side, be it another funder, the government, or the private market.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 13, 2025

Is Your Nonprofit Ready for Increased Funding Scrutiny? Heres How to Prepare The financial landscape for nonprofits is shifting, and the pressure is mounting. With government funding and donor contributions facing heightened scrutiny, nonprofit leaders must ensure their financial systems are rock solid. The good news?

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The Agitator

APRIL 29, 2015

The finances of the Clinton Foundation have now come under renewed scrutiny with the launch of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid. What is highly worrisome to me — and should be to any nonprofit — is the potential abuse of basic constitutional principles in the opposition’s pursuit of political goals.

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Governance Finance Foundations Nonprofits 73

Lets Talk Nonprofit

JANUARY 4, 2017

It's really not surprising that so many individuals join nonprofit boards because they have a passion for the cause. million registered nonprofits in the U.S., Nonprofit boards are responsible for the governance of the organization. What is governance? Governance" comes from a Greek word meaning "to steer."

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 16, 2022

Today we’re proud to announce another amazing addition to the industry’s best nonprofit accounting team! Theresa Guest is joining The Charity CFO team in the role of Accounting Manager. She’s going to play a key role in ensuring that each and every one of our nonprofit clients gets the service they expect and deserve.

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Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Healthcare 98

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building? Capacity building is whatever is needed to bring a nonprofit to the next level of operational, programmatic, financial, or organizational maturity, so it may more effectively and efficiently advance its mission into the future. What can I do?

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Candid

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every industry, from finance to health care to retail. Or a system that empowers communities to articulate their own needs, then maps the funders and nonprofits best positioned to respond. Yet, in philanthropy—and specifically in grantmaking—such transformation has been slow to arrive.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JANUARY 22, 2021

How Exemplary Governance Can Keep Nonprofits Operational. While nonprofits can’t control donor behavior, they can optimize their appeal by demonstrating competence, value, and transparency at every level. For nonprofits looking to maximize their outreach potential, exemplary governance is the answer.

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