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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Nonprofit governance and management Finance Collaborations Leadership 74

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By Woodrow Rosebaum Tech for nonprofits has been overlooked for decades, lagging while governments and businesses found ways to streamline, coordinate and scale. With outdated systems and siloed data, nonprofits are not keeping up with the basic demands of modern digital infrastructure. We just have to embrace that possibility.

Public and Nonprofit Management 59

Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

By James Anderson Here’s a new axiom fit for the 21st century: The greater the global challenge, the more likely it is to fall to local governments to fix. Local governments are left bearing the brunt and have, understandably, so far struggled. Or take the ongoing global migration wave.

Nonprofit governance and management 144

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 144

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Philanthropy can play a crucial role in supporting underserved and marginalized communities in their rebuilding process. Alongside that, successful philanthropy also requires a long-term commitment—continuing the work for months and often years to make a real and lasting difference. Be there for the long hall.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

By James Nardella & Maharshi Vaishnav We’ve appreciated the thoughtful conversation going on between smart colleagues on both the philanthropic and implementer side of social change about the merits and pitfalls of Big Bet Philanthropy. First and foremost: We do not mind being the “guinea pigs” for this new, bold kind of philanthropy.

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Nonprofit governance and management Health Governance Finance 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2024

To fill in that gap, we’ve put together a reading list of some of our favorite SSIR articles from over the years, on where leadership has been and where it’s going, all across the social sector: from a practice centered on heroic, charismatic individual leaders to something more communal, collaborative, and cross-sectoral. Rhode and Amanda K.

Leadership 131

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Ethics Nonprofit Leadership 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

There are specific funding strategies that philanthropy can employ to shield artists from the capitalist market. Troutman insists, “Historic Clayborn Temple, and others like us, can teach philanthropy a few things.…Artists Anasa is right: Artists can indeed help philanthropy rethink its pace and purpose.

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Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 29, 2024

In this series thus far, our colleagues have explored what this future requires of each of us , and what it could begin to look like for governments. But what about the nonprofit sector? As a nonprofit sector, the first crucial step toward accelerating our progress toward this future is aiming for it.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 23, 2023

From the COVID-19 pandemic to structural racism, community-based organizations have always stepped up to fill the gaps and forge new solutions—especially where government is unable, unwilling, or ineffective. These organizations face onerous and exclusionary processes to tap into government funding sources.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, which points to dozens of breakthroughs where open Form 990 data enabled new insights and practices.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 18, 2024

By Valerie Conn & Sofia Michelakis Over the past few years, more and more funders with free-standing, endowed, or well-resourced private philanthropies have reached out to us asking us for help connecting them to potential co-funders. This fundraising approach differs from donor collaboratives in several respects.

Fundraising 115

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference + Catalyst Awards will offer a keynote address + 12 breakout sessions The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference returns for its 5th year and aims to address barriers, solutions, and best practices within the nonprofit sector.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public Policy Ethics 108

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Now, they’re expanding their philanthropy to news organizations that report on food, agriculture, and the environment and, in turn, amplifying the family’s other efforts. Journalism is welcoming the new infusion of philanthropy. Notably, Walton family journalism philanthropy is focused in overlapping areas.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 136

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 14, 2024

Image: “Death Caught From A Plane Window” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” And the more effectively we can organize and collaborate, the more movement we’ll make in that direction. AV: So many ways.

Culture 111

Culture Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Funders for Housing and Opportunity is a collaborative of 13 philanthropies, including JPMorgan Chase, where we collectively pool $4 million in grant funds annually and work across three focus areas: elevating what works, influencing policy, and changing the narrative about housing. Piloting Cross-Sector Solutions in Miami-Dade County.

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Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Governance Leadership 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 13, 2023

With a growing realization of philanthropy’s power to shape social change agendas—and an aim to make better use of philanthropic funds and better address structural causes of inequity—these practices rebalance power and place decision-making authority closer to the nexus of change.

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Collaborations Organizational Development Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Image credit: Christian Ouellet on istock.com Financing challenges often stymie nonprofits. CRH is the only organization in the colonized territory actively collaborating with communities to transform the ever-present blight of abandoned buildings into habitable affordable housing and healthy community spaces. Winning the Lottery?

Non-Profits 124

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

We derive these findings from a report we collaborated on, recently published by the National Resources Defense Council, that explored these issues. There are also opportunities to advance equity and establish more community-responsive co-governance in the process. Learning from Community Groups So, what are we learning?

Governance 106

Governance Community Development Environmental Collaborations 106

Candid

JULY 18, 2023

That’s potentially a lot of philanthropy. Pledgers have convened in past years to informally share perspectives on how best to leverage their philanthropy, but from the outset—and by design—the pledge is only a general affirmation with no rules, no timetables, and no specific expectations.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Foundations 98

Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

A lack of standardized demographic data not only hinders our collective work to create a more equitable sector; it also requires nonprofits to take time away from their mission-driven work to respond to disparate requests by funders for this information. Watch the video clip “How do we work better with nonprofits?

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Nonprofit governance and management Technology Production Collaborations 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The best nonprofits don’t rest on their laurels. . How hard is your nonprofit working? What moments is your nonprofit living? If you’re doing anything worth doing, you can collaborate with business, government and other nonprofits in consortium efforts to address complex problems holistically.

Culture 133

Culture Nonprofits Activism Children 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By Akilah Watkins The Supreme Court’s June decision on affirmative action at US colleges and universities has raised profound concerns for the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit leadership and boards are growing more diverse. While trust in nonprofits has declined, more than half of Americans still trust us to do what’s right.

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Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Ethics Foundations 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

Jubilee Justice , an organization founded by Konda Mason, who serves as the strategic director of my firm RUNWAY , recognizes that land ownership provides a pathway to create generational wealth, access financial resources, have agency over agricultural and sustainable land management practices, and foster community resilience.

Agriculture 144

Agriculture Finance Culture Collaborations 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

In contrast, a 2017 report found that only 5 percent of nonprofits were using artificial intelligence, and only 28 percent of nonprofits were using data for predictive or prescriptive purposes. The public sector isn’t much different. In the private sector, market forces drive investment in data to stay competitive.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

From equitable policies and low-carbon infrastructure to values like collaboration and fairness, we need deep shifts, and we need them soon. Our minds and our collective governance systems would bog down if we had to always consider all the connections of everything to everything else. This is useful, even necessary.

Energy 143

Energy Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 143

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin. Our reasoning was straightforward: We didn’t want to be seen as competing for funding with the nonprofits using our software. We decided early on to incorporate NeedsList as a for-profit, purpose-driven company.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 119

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These audits are part of the bigger picture of organizational change management. Significant racial equity advancement will remain elusive until organizations are willing to examine their own purpose, leadership, strategy, and culture before collaboratively exploring the demographics of their partnerships.

Leadership 130

Leadership Culture Foundations Philanthropy 130

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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. MNA’s staff team is engaged, collaborative, committed to growth, and passionate about MNA’s unique mission.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 76

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We looked at spending across the social impact sector; including government , global and domestic philanthropy, and S-themed ESG assets under management; and found that globally we are spending an extraordinary amount of money—roughly $72 trillion annually—making social spending the world’s largest financial market. .”

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

A regional backbone organization— Wild Rivers Community Foundation , an affiliate of Humboldt Area Foundation—was tapped to manage the initiative in partnership with community leaders and TCE program officers and staff. Community leaders identified the issues the community thought most important.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Governments and their policies in far off places can affect food supply or the spread of disease at home and can go further to impact elections, social policy, and even violent conflicts with loss of life. Poor, rich, and everything in between: SDoH is typically used to illustrate poor health outcomes for underserved communities.

Health 130

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 130

The Agitator

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

We asked whether some independent party like Charity Navigator or the Better Business Bureau should rate nonprofit CEOs and Boards — 35% said yes to that idea; but 23% said no, and 42% were not sure. ” And finally: ” I am all for having independent reviews of nonprofit organizations. ” OK, point taken!

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Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Associations Leadership 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The importance of housing as a social determinant of health has been well-documented by researchers and philanthropies alike. Flexible, Collaborative Learning. ” How Philanthropy Can Do Better. Funders can also lean into the principles of trust-based philanthropy , including flexible reporting and proposal requirements.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 105

Anedot

AUGUST 28, 2024

Collaborates with leaders across the organization to build and maintain relationships with funding agencies to understand and solicit support for strategic initiatives. In collaboration with the development team and the organization, continually builds a culture of philanthropy.

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Nonprofit governance and management Insurance Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The complex is modest, but it houses an estimated 27 primarily immigrant-led small businesses and nonprofits. A nonprofit, the East Portland Community Investment Trust , serves as the owner and lead manager and developer of the property, and for a monthly subscription fee of $10 to $100, nearby residents can become owners themselves.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? So our land, our languages, our kinship systems, our governances were forced out of us.” Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.”

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Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 105

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

We are here to talk about “How to Get a Return on Your Nonprofit Technology Investment.” But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang, Bloomerang is donor management software. And, you know, I started way back working inside a nonprofit in 1991. Like the Mailchimp expert going to manage Mailchimp.

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Technology Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Production 122