NonProfit Leadership Alliance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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Advertising 130

Advertising Leadership Nonprofit Leadership Recruitment 130

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In this Remaking the Economy webinar conversation, developed in partnership with the Institute for Nonprofit News the panelists discuss the state of journalism and explore how it can advance economic justice. What is journalism now, and what should it be? What should journalism and what stories should journalism tell?

Collaborations 120

Collaborations Associations Leadership Nonprofits 120

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 31, 2024

What is Courageous Leadership? Courageous leadership is built on heroic leadership. Courage, a leadership superpower, empowers individuals to persist in leading when faced with adversity. Senior Leadership Consultant, 180 Management Group Anthony is a leader’s leader! About the Author Anthony A.

Leadership 130

Leadership Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit Leadership Culture 130

Candid

MARCH 13, 2024

One of our major research initiatives over the last two years has focused on Black experiences and Black leadership. Additionally, we formed an external expert advisory group to help guide our efforts—including Black scholars from academia, grassroots nonprofits, philanthropy, and leadership development. HBCUs were still underfunded.

Leadership 52

Leadership Philanthropy Universities Education 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Though it is not unusual for Black women to face misogynoir and microaggressions at work, it is a sad irony that the source of Candia-Bailey’s alleged abuse was her White boss at a historically Black institution. Candia-Bailey’s story is a prime example of the unique challenges facing Black women in academia.

Universities 105

Universities Health Leadership Culture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 29, 2023

By SSIR Editors Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2023 Nonprofit Management Institute will grapple with the many challenges and opportunities facing nonprofit leaders today. She’ll join this year’s NMI to talk about leadership transitions. Decolonize Your Board by Natalie A.

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Culture Leadership Health Energy 93

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Image credit: skyNext on istock.com “We have observed a disconcerting pattern where Black women leaders are vacating their roles, with some leaving the non-profit sector altogether, citing hostility toward their leadership, strain on their health and well-being, unfair job expectations, and limited opportunities for career progression” (3).

Leadership 145

Leadership Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Culture 145

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

” “ We wanted to find out more about the needs of Black-led, Black-supporting organizations and their fundraising behaviors, and what can the larger sector of particularly institutional funders [do to] shift or change some of their practices, requirements, barriers to entry?” YBGB executive director Ebonie Johnson Cooper tells NPQ.

Nonprofits 116

Nonprofits Leadership Poverty Social Policy 116

NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Nonprofit Leadership Center trainer Sara Leonard, MBA, CFRE, encourages every nonprofit with volunteers to have a structured volunteer evaluation process in place to continuously improve the organization and the experience volunteers have with it.

Management 162

Management Recruitment Nonprofit Leadership Leadership 162

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) have a mission to counter redlining and support lending in low-income and BIPOC communities. We were putting together a small grantmaking fund called the Black Liberation Initiative to recognize the urgency of investing in Black leadership and Black power building.

Finance 128

Finance Leadership Associations Foundations 128

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Leadership, as it should, is likely to come from movement organizations and equity-oriented power builders directly. Notes Sulma Arias is executive director of both People’s Action Institute and People’s Action and Manuel Pastor is Director of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California.

Philanthropy 136

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 4, 2023

By Gail Christopher & Deepa Iyer Across sectors, organizations in the United States have long placed barriers between women of color and leadership positions. When they do attain leadership roles, challenges persist; the intersectional threats posed by patterns of misogyny and racism intensify, rather than lessen.

Leadership 117

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation 117

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 14, 2023

This report provides in-depth information for three focus areas including organizational leadership, organizational capacity, and public policy and advocacy. The findings from the 2023 report reveal: Continued racial leadership gaps , particularly at the executive organizational level. “ Costs are going up due to inflation.

Public Policy 89

Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

By Guibson Trindade , Débora Montibeler & Paula Jancso Fabiani Silvio Almeida, Brazil’s human rights minister and a well-known intellectual prior to taking office, writes in his book Racismo Estrutural , “Institutions are racist because society is racist.” Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 66

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 9, 2023

Momentum Nonprofit Partners, in partnership with the Institute for Leadership Development (ILD) at Christian Brothers University (CBU), has revived the award-winning LeadingUp Program. Then read on.

Nonprofit Leadership 102

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofits Universities 102

Bloomerang

MARCH 27, 2024

Start where you are and be realistic about the mindsets of those in leadership across your organization. Yet, this can still be an issue when organizations or institutions do not enact the due diligence to ensure that this simple—yet profound—step has been taken. Change organizational culture to impact the bottom line Know thyself.

Philanthropy 84

Philanthropy Fundraising Fundraising Leadership 84

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

But there has been little research on private philanthropic support of these institutions. foundation funding to HBCUs and exploring these schools’ relationship with institutional philanthropy. It also examines the findings from its comprehensive assessment of New York City’s nonprofits’ leadership demographics.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Education Education 120

Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A common theme emerges from the experiences shared by these leaders from diverse backgrounds: a fundamental absence of trust in their leadership. This, in turn, exacerbates the absence of trust in their leadership. And when I talk to the leadership or my board about that, it seems to fall on deaf ears,’” said Wilds Lawson.

Leadership 98

Leadership Recruitment Foundations Health 98

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 10, 2023

Beyond the cost associated with replacement, high turnover rates also result in loss of institutional knowledge, lower productivity and morale, and community image issues. To help you better understand the “hidden” costs of employee turnover, the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance has created a free Cost of Employee Turnover Calculator.

Retention 177

Retention Psychology Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Leadership 177

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Conference + Catalyst are presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners in partnership with the Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration. We are also happy to announce that the Nonprofit Catalyst Awards returns and will be held in-person for the first time! Register here

Public and Social Policy 89

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

Boardsource

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Leadership within the social sector today is as challenging as ever. Perhaps more than any other time in recent history, civil society, including governments, nonprofits and the philanthropic sector, is revisiting the fundamental premises that structure its institutions, determine its value and, literally, justify its existence.

Leadership 88

Leadership Civil Society Governance Values 88

Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 22, 2024

Leadership isn’t just about deciding what to do, it’s also about knowing what not to do.” - Jeremy Reis “Nonprofit leaders must have the courage to take risks and try new approaches, even in the face of uncertainty and challenges.” - Nancy Lublin ( source ) “Nonprofit leaders are inventors and entrepreneurs. Don't feel pressure to scale.

Nonprofit Leadership 111

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Fundraising Fundraising 111

Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

I believe it is fostering the love of people and that pathway to change that is the role and mandate of philanthropic institutions and funders. It is that example of rising to the occasion and people coming together that has helped shape my ardent belief in our collective power and what guides us at the Ms. Foundation.

Philanthropy 93

Philanthropy Organizational Change Leadership Foundations 93

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 15, 2023

from Pixabay Race plays an outsized role in how people experience leadership, with White leaders widely considered to be the norm. 1] In spite of the salience of race in the experience of leadership, there is not much study of the Black leadership experience. Image Credit: Van3ssa ? A somewhat different perspective.is

Leadership 136

Leadership Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 136

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 4, 2024

Both at our current institutions, the Urgent Action Fund and the Kataly Foundation , and in other realms of philanthropy and social movements, we have had unique experiences of resourcing healing justice work. These institutions point to what can be possible when robust infrastructure for healing and collective care exists.

Health 124

Health Culture Food Philanthropy 124

Bloomerang

MAY 1, 2023

We partnered with the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy to conduct our Fundraising Planning and Climate Report: Outlook for 2023. Leadership Respondents expressed their concerns about frequent changes in leadership and its effect on the organization’s ability to fundraise.

Fundraising 92

Fundraising Fundraising Culture Leadership 92

Anedot

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

San Rafael, CA, November 17, 2022 – SAN RAFAEL, CA, NOVEMBER 17, 2022 – Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) is pleased to announce the nominees for the 30 th Annual Heart of Marin Awards. Excellence in Board Leadership (Sponsor: BioMarin ). Excellence in Leadership (Sponsor: Marin Community Foundation ).

Nonprofit Leadership 98

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Agriculture Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A new survey of these organizations published by the Urban Institute, the first in 18 years, seeks to fill this gap. That era gave birth to the urban CDC movement—nonprofit and place-based institutions with a mission to steward the future of a place, particularly disinvested places that were often predominantly populated by people of color.

Community Development 121

Community Development Public and Social Policy Governance Production 121

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

My leadership and personal endurance were tested with crises at every turn. Over the next year, we will continue building on our accomplishments and focus renewed energy on building the capacity of resident change agents through the Neighborhood Institute and other community leadership initiatives. taking care of your team.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership Energy 130

Candid

JULY 22, 2021

These included higher education institutions with students from underserved communities, arts organizations, and social sector infrastructure organizations. Scott supported more than just nonprofit institutions. But it does demonstrate a willingness to be examined and signals accountability, leadership, and trust. Conclusion .

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Non-Profits Philanthropy Leadership 128

Candid

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Featuring 40% more compensation data compared to last year’s report on 14 top leadership positions—including CEO, CFO, and more. However, female representation in executive leadership roles declines as organization size increases, and the pay gap is more significant at organizations with higher budgets.

Health 111

Health Leadership Nonprofits Technology 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But this modern reality comes with an inconvenient truth: Our public institutions are not equipped with the updated skills they need to effectively tackle the world’s ever-escalating challenges—not by a long shot. That’s about culture and mindset change and it starts with leadership. Consider the climate crisis.

Nonprofit governance and management 138

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 138

Fundraising Leadership

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

According to Integrated Benefits Institute, “An IBI study in 2022 found that remote and hybrid employees are 22% more productive, 21% more satisfied, and 51% more highly engaged.” Communicate to leadership how you prefer a hybrid model. Communicate to colleagues and leadership about what your needs may be. Ask for perks.

Entrepreneurship 112

Entrepreneurship Leadership Finance Production 112

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 19, 2023

In recent years, private investors have been buying hospitals, nursing home chains, and other key healthcare institutions, squeezing out their profits, saddling the institutions with debt, then dumping these now distressed “assets” back into the community.

Health 121

Health Healthcare Medical Insurance 121

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 4, 2021

Thus, my donor-centric practice of fund development really revolved around my perception of where power and influence existed: the desires and will of the board, leadership of my organization, and the organization’s donors. I worked in an institutional silo to advance a local scope of work and reduce harm. To whom are we accountable?

Nonprofit Administration and Development 124

Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising Leadership 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

Showing Up In the United States, the public murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in 2020 sparked a national moment of reckoning with institutional racism, income inequality, and related failures inherent in US social and economic systems. In its wake, momentum for change seemed to build.

Nonprofit governance and management 108

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 108

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 14, 2023

This report provides in-depth information for three focus areas including organizational leadership, organizational capacity, and public policy and advocacy. The findings from the 2023 report reveal: Continued racial leadership gaps , particularly at the executive organizational level. “ Costs are going up due to inflation.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership 52