article thumbnail

Who’s Responsible for A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy?

Bloomerang

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . Because you are the one person, or one department, actually charged with living and breathing philanthropy on a daily basis. You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You’re part of the problem.

Culture 129
article thumbnail

Capacity Building as a Tool for Transformation

NonProfit Quarterly

Organizations that work in organizational and leadership development (aka capacity building) not only support the nonprofit sector, but shape it. In our soon-to-be released strategic plan, we champion community-based organizations and advocate for them in philanthropy. Image Credit: Andras Kovacs on unsplash.com.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Building Power for Healthy Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Tia Martinez In seeking to improve the health outcomes of people in underserved communities, philanthropy’s results have, in general, been disappointing: Socioeconomic and racial injustices run so deep in these communities that strong barriers to change extend well beyond the health care system. ” USC ERI 3. ” USC ERI 3.

article thumbnail

Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

By definition, board members should be counted on to make sacrificial gifts or at least to consider the organization a high priority for their philanthropy. Simply put, the board failed to keep up with a growing organization and provide it with the leadership and vision it needed. Board service is actually the opposite of pay.

article thumbnail

MNA is searching for our next Executive Director

MNA Association

Mission and Values Montana Nonprofit Association provides leadership for Montana’s nonprofit sector and partners with Montana’s charitable nonprofits to promote a sustainable, networked, and influential sector. The Executive Director is responsible for MNA, its talented staff, and the resources entrusted to the organization.

article thumbnail

Building Infrastructure to Support Equity: A Conversation with Dr. Akilah Watkins

NonProfit Quarterly

We were all in the community and affordable housing space, and we came together to create frameworks for leadership. While groups come together…all the time, this one was special because CEO Circle was created at a time [of leadership transition] in the community development sector. We did not want to compete.

article thumbnail

Better Climate Funding Means Centering Local and Indigenous Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

All of this ultimately requires major changes in the culture, infrastructure, and practices of climate and conservation funders, including international NGOs, private foundations and philanthropies, and government funding agencies. These changes are possible for both public and private funders.