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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Just a side comment on general failings of the nonprofit sector. The next administration should appointment numerous nonprofit executives into cabinet positions. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. Where did all the fervor go? What happened to the get out the vote cash spent by both sides?

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The impact of COVID-19 on civil society, part two

Candid

Conducted between March and July, these surveys revealed that during the early months of the crisis, nonprofits were concerned about financial stability and challenges related to new working conditions. Many nonprofits have adjusted and kept operations going, even if at a limited level.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

Akilah Watkins, who previously led the Center for Community Progress and has been a leader in the CEO Circle, a group of community development leaders of color, became president and CEO of Independent Sector in January 2023. The nonprofit sector is hugely important both economically and socially to this country. percent of annual GDP.

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit:Rayson Tan on Unsplash Below is a transcript, edited for length and clarity, of “Escaping Corporate Capture: Nonprofit Survival in a For-Profit World,” hosted by Opus 40 in Saugerties, NY, on July 26, 2024. Moderating the conversation are Caroline Crumpacker of Ultra Advising and Steve Dubb of Nonprofit Quarterly.

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Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SSIR is a nonprofit media organization that is entirely funded from subscriptions, events, webinars, and donations. We do not receive any monetary support from Stanford University. One nonprofit is working to change that. A few of the stories on this list are only available to subscribers. We Just Need to Get Them There.

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Calling All Donors (and Would-Be Donors): The Vital US Nonprofit Sector Is Under Threat and Must Be Protected

NonProfit Quarterly

Nonprofits are facing significant, arguably unprecedented, challenges and its crucial that donors, whatever their ideologies or particular programmatic goals or priorities, pay attention. Lets start with the drop in rates of giving to nonprofits. We will be taking the pulse of nonprofit leaders on this topic again this year.)