NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Review your data management and protection policies and practices to ensure current compliance and also to manage future risks; strongly consider the importance of privacy rights whether currently captured in the law or not. The factsheet What Is Lobbying Under the 501(h) Election? from Alliance for Justice is a helpful resource.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 121

NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2022

The director of development is the senior fundraising manager at a nonprofit organization. The director, who collaborates closely with the CFO, is responsible for securing nonprofit revenue from individuals, corporations, organizations, associations and foundations through a variety of means.

Collaborations 246

Collaborations Associations Foundations Management 246

Candid

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The need to center performance over prestige According to Altrata’s Ultra High Net Worth Philanthropy 2024 report, “[a]lmost 20% of UHNW individuals have a private foundation. Collaborate with influencers to amplify the nonprofit’s brand and bring them to the attention of UHNW individuals.

Health 97

Health Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

By Sheringham Odhiambo , Madeleine Ballard , Ben Pyne & Kathryn Harrison Ten years ago, I (Sheringham) was going door-to-door, providing routine health checks, administering vaccinations, and managing cases of HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and other debilitating diseases for residents of Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

Health 132

Health Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance 132

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Gary McGeough from Bristol Organizations Committed Team Players, Capable of Collaborating Effectively I seek individuals who are genuinely passionate about our mission and show a strong belief in our values and goals. This person should be committed to establishing a solid foundation for the organization and providing strategic direction.

Ethics 107

Ethics Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Children 107

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

AUGUST 15, 2023

It was during this time that William Jewell College introduced the Nonprofit Management Leadership degree, and Nicole became the very first student to enroll in the program. Simultaneously, she worked for the Welch Family Foundation, honing her skills in administration and gaining valuable experience in the philanthropic landscape.

Public and Nonprofit Management 246

Public and Nonprofit Management Homelessness Collaborations Education 246

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 24, 2025

Unlike private sector mergers where financial returns serve as the primary metric, our social sector M&A required deep mission alignment as its foundation. Substantial resources are often required: as George and Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman note , for example, the Guidestar merger with Foundation Center cost $45 million.

Social Enterprise 108

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofits Culture 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

At this past summer’s gathering, Amardeep Singh, vice president of programs at Proteus Fund, a funder collaborative that supports movements to advance justice, equity, and inclusive democracy, shared a vision that sticks with you. “We A society anchored by a shared future is a powerful re-orientation for the nation, including philanthropy.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 111

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 19, 2024

The Nonprofit Leadership Center will bring nearly 1,000 nonprofit and community leaders together for a day of collaboration, conversation and education at the 2024 Nonprofit Leadership Conference: It Starts With Us on October 8. Emceeing this year’s event is actor, community connector and arts leader Patrick Arthur Jackson.

Nonprofit Leadership 242

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Collaborations Education 242

Selfish Giving

JANUARY 8, 2025

Below is a pie chart highlighting how I collaborated with clients last year and provided value through my work. Second, I occasionally collaborate with agencies as their tactical consultant, helping to bring their strategies to life. Director of Corporate Partnerships, Scratch Foundation , NYC ($110k - $120k) 2.

Retail 130

Retail Children Food Public and Nonprofit Management 130

Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2025

A well-thought-out plan to diversify your revenue streams puts you in the drivers seat, helping your organization manage challenges with confidence. The strategies in this article offer practical steps to strengthen your organizations financial foundation. Nows the time to lean into fundraising and partnershipsnot to wait and see.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Retention 121

Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

Revisit mission, vision and values : Everything naturally and powerfully flows from this foundation. Take time to engage all stakeholders board, management, staff, volunteers, donors and beneficiaries to conduct rich dialogues to address these deep questions. Our nation boasts more than 1.5 million nonprofits.

Fundraising 110

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations 110

NonProfit Leadership Center

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Although a growing body of research shows that inexperienced and unprepared first-time managers can be costly for organizations, many individual contributors continue to be promoted into management roles without the proper training, mentoring and support. Allie Markham, inspHire Program Manager, Abe Brown Ministries, Inc.

Leadership 197

Leadership Healthcare Nonprofit Leadership Foundations 197

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Share That Data: Interoperable Datasets Spark Innovation Collecting and managing the large datasets underpinning AI is expensive. By enabling users to skip the hard work of collecting, cleaning, and labeling the data, they can instead devote their limited resources to putting this data to work for managing their health systems.

Social Enterprise 112

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management Ethics 112

Anedot

MARCH 6, 2025

Specifically, this role will manage the grants calendar, develop grant strategies, and research, write and prepare foundation and government grant applications and funder reports. Grant Research, Proposal Development and Grant Writing 3 or more years of grant writing, management, fundraising and/or relevant experience.

Management 40

Management Nonprofit governance and management Health Food 40

Candid

JANUARY 7, 2025

As senior manager of impact at the Maverick Collective by PSI, I tell potential donors that my role is to align their passions with work that is strategic and meaningfulnot to create programs simply to secure funding. This foundational understanding enables us to navigate potentially tricky situations with clarity and mutual respect.

Collaborations 96

Collaborations Culture Leadership Values 96

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Nonprofit Capacity Building Program was designed to support local Black and Latinx youth-serving organizations to provide more opportunities for children to succeed and ensure the organizations had strong management practices and measurable outcomes. Longer engagements translate to measurably stronger outcomes.

Nonprofit governance and management 116

Nonprofit governance and management Organizational Change Nonprofit Capacity Nonprofits 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In 1951, the groups came together to create the United Housing Foundation. Partnerships with state and local governments, foundations, and impact investors are essential to overcome this barrier. After World War II, trade union investment in housing co-ops for low- and moderate-income families in New York City accelerated.

Nonprofit governance and management 100

Nonprofit governance and management Manufacturing Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 6, 2023

In a previous Stanford Social Innovation Review article , we wrote about the importance and challenges of forming collaborations across organizational and sectoral boundaries in cities and shared our view on the steps collaborators should take to make progress toward a solution.

Collaborations 111

Collaborations Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 111

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 6, 2024

Melissa Morin Director, University of South Florida Foundation Melissa Morin, director at the University of South Florida Foundation, is one of 23 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2024 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship. ” Harold Bryant Jr.,

Participation and motivation 264

Participation and motivation Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 264

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 22, 2024

The military invests a lot of time, work, and energy into formal training in areas such as strategic planning, resource management and conflict resolution. The Power of Teamwork Teamwork is at the heart of all military operations, where success often hinges on seamless collaboration and unity of purpose. After retiring from the U.S.

Leadership 216

Leadership Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofits Collaborations 216

Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what the average foundation portfolio size is for a full-time grant manager: Dear Charity Clairity, What is the average foundation portfolio size for a full-time grant manager? This requires foundation research. Will your grants manager do this?

Management 121

Management Foundations Finance Collaborations 121

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 2, 2024

Reviewal of Values, Mission, and Beliefs Core values, mission, and beliefs serve as the foundation of every nonprofit organization. Developing new programs and initiatives that address community needs effectively requires careful research, collaboration with stakeholders, and alignment with organizational priorities and resources.

Public and Social Policy 209

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 209

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 4, 2023

However, you probably work at an organization where each department works in a “horseshoe” format – meaning nobody collaborates well and communication takes way too long – traveling up the chain of command, across, and then back down. It means helping them solve their most pressing issues in a collaborative process.

Leadership 211

Leadership Participation and motivation Collaborations Culture 211

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Tina James​ Senior Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility, Florida Blue Tina James, the senior manager of corporate social responsibility at Florida Blue, is one of 20 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship.

Nonprofit governance and management 244

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Race and Ethnicity 244

Bloomerang

MARCH 14, 2025

Effective internal communication and trust are the foundation of donor retention success. In this blog post, well explore how to align your internal team for fundraising successbreaking down silos, fostering cross-department collaboration, and ensuring that everyone is engaged in achieving your organizations philanthropic goals.

Finance 77

Finance Fundraising Fundraising Collaborations 77

Fundraising Leadership

MARCH 7, 2025

Read more in Take the Lead on avoiding toxic traits A 2024 study out of Brazil in 2024 about women tech leaders in collaborative teams dealing with harassment, sexism, dismissiveness, and difficulty being heard offer specific strategies to shift the dynamic. A key point is to secure mutual female support. Thats how we get bad bosses.

Collaborations 81

Collaborations Management Foundations Culture 81

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 13, 2015

New this session: In addition to providing a rock-solid foundation of nonprofit marketing best practices, we are also adding what we call CALM marketing skills into the mix too. CALM stands for being Collaborative, Agile, Logical, and Methodical in how you manage the marketing within your organization.

Collaborations 172

Collaborations Foundations Management Communication 172

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Image credit: Ahmad Odeh on Unsplash In this interview, the CEO of a California-based CDFI offers her observations on what her work as a theater director has taught her about nonprofit management. But I find I draw on it quite a bit because theater is such a collaborative art, and I am talking more about the collaborative nature of theater.

Nonprofit Management 124

Nonprofit Management Management Sociology Collaborations 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Time differences become less problematic, especially when urgent matters arise, and it often eases collaboration with local governments due to in-person contact and contextual familiarity. Segal Family Foundation, a trust-based funder focused on social justice in Africa, has approached leadership this way for more than a decade.

Leadership 103

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 103

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Delegation also fosters more participation, collaboration, and teamwork, allowing marketing teams to harness the diverse talents across the team. Onboarding is the Foundation for Success Effective onboarding is critical for the success of new hires. or “How can we break down this goal into smaller, manageable steps?”

Marketing 205

Marketing Marketing Participation and motivation Construction 205

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Global Talent Base, Global Challenges Yet managing a global team is not without its challenges. These are the pillars on which we build our organizational culture: Inclusive collaboration, respect, commitment to learning and adaptability. And you need a diverse team to focus on that global-to-local perspective.

Health 242

Health Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Civil Society 242

Candid

MARCH 26, 2025

No matter how much financial planning or nonprofit management training you receive, some things about fundraising have to be learned the hard way. The more Carpenter worked in collaboration with the other teams across the organization, the better she could tell the real storyrather than just a story.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Collaborations Values 52

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

Collaborating on grant-funded projects, and particularly proposal development, is essential for nonprofits. AI: Before deep discussions, ask collaborators how they deploy AI and whether they anticipate using it for any proposal components. Subject matter experts are often working beyond their capacity to manage their proposal duties.

Collaborations 52

Collaborations Ethics Health Technology 52

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 13, 2018

But the case managers who work with clients directly refuse to share any details, citing privacy concerns. While the case managers haven’t said it out loud, Jane also believes that they feel storytelling about clients is exploitative. In what ways could being more CALM (Collaborative, Agile, Logical and/or Methodical) help?

Collaborations 157

Collaborations Management Foundations Communication 157

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Learn how nonprofit collaboration strategies can help you partner with like-minded people and organizations and create a deepened impact, more sustainable relationships, and a stronger funding pool for your nonprofit. Finance Once your nonprofit or private foundation is tax-exempt, you never have to deal with the IRS again, right?

Nonprofit governance and management 74

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Collaborations Leadership 74

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 10, 2016

In Act III, community foundations and/or individual nonprofits rallied with creative Plan Bs that saved the day! (Of Likely Heroes: Community Foundations. I’ve loved seeing community foundations step up to lead Giving Days. But community foundations are in a tenuous position right now.

Foundations 186

Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Associations 186