Candid

MARCH 5, 2025

Nonprofits are facing ever-increasing challenges in obtaining financial capital, with reports of declines in individual donors , fundraising challenges , and proposed government spending cuts. A 2020 Candid analysis suggests that about half of nonprofits have less than six months worth of cash reserves.

Psychology 102

Psychology Nonprofits Collaborations Governance 102

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

First, I've talked with some of you about the government's hold on grants and funding. Make research a habit Building a culture of inclusive research strengthens communications and enhances organizational impact. Three things this week. Fortunately, the hold was lifted. But what happened SCARED THE out of people - and rightfully so.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Manufacturing Ethics Nonprofits 130

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2023

When most of us think of arts and culture nonprofits, the biggest names come easily to mind. A rts and culture nonprofits face distinctive challenges in the nonprofit sector. Despite their challenges, Ballet Lubbock has become an integral part of Lubbock’s cultural landscape. The Smithsonian.

Culture 118

Culture Medical Leadership Nonprofits 118

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 Leadership Alliance

JULY 2, 2024

Reviewal of Values, Mission, and Beliefs Core values, mission, and beliefs serve as the foundation of every nonprofit organization. Beliefs and Organizational Culture The collective behaviors, norms, and shared values that shape the nonprofit’s work environment. Depending on our field, we all develop a unique way of describing things.

Public and Social Policy 209

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

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 Quarterly

JUNE 29, 2023

Image Credit: Ron Lach on pexels.com Historically Black Colleges and Universities are responsible for educating 80 percent of Black judges, 50 percent of Black doctors, and 50 percent of Black lawyers in America, and continue to provide an essential academic and cultural service for Black communities.

Foundations 109

Foundations Philanthropy Education Education 109

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2025

In Peru, weak governance, inadequate enforcement of environmental laws, and corruption have created an environment where these illegal activities can thrive. Effective regulation is the foundation of an ethical supply chain, ensuring that all actors are held to the same high standards.

Ethics 75

Ethics Agriculture Environmental Production 75

Fundraising Leadership

JANUARY 17, 2025

I think we have a culture of magic bullets and immediate gratification. What is the governance around AI, so you have to teach people how to use it and the impact it will have. This corporate cultural shift is one reason Smith and Monahan wrote this book. Smith completely agrees. AI can be a very powerful tool.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Leadership Culture Universities 100

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

A Cautionary Tale: Overcoming Governance Nightmares in Nonprofit Organizations No one enjoys it when a nonprofits board doesnt work well together. Community & Culture Working together lifts everyone up! Learn how culturally responsive leadership can help bring out the best in your nonprofits team. Updates by topic!

Nonprofit governance and management 78

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Collaborations Leadership 78

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: Prioritizing Collaboration and Sustainable Funding Arts and Culture Alpine County (ACAC), a local arts agency, has obtained small grants from the Alpine County Board of Supervisors and Live Healthy, an organization under the Alpine County umbrella.

Nonprofit governance and management 59

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Food Collaborations 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 5, 2024

By recognizing that the organizations that foundations fund are best positioned to inform the solution, a trust-based approach proceeds by presuming that maximum impact is created when the organizations doing the work are fully empowered and when operational and funding barriers are removed. This is all well understood.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Culture Foundations Leadership 126

Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

Because we choose not to be under the government’s thumb by acquiescing to the 501(c)(3) status game, we are generally not permitted to apply for grant funding. David J.Dunworth from Trinity International Ministries FBO PMA Building a strong foundation for sustainable growth. But doing this the right way is hard.

Volunteerism 55

Volunteerism Volunteerism Healthcare Agriculture 55

NonProfit Hub

MAY 20, 2015

He quickly changed gears and founded the Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation and now serves as the president and CEO of the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA). Through his experience, Grundner developed a pyramid of four nonprofit board of governance levels. Passion sets up the basis for solid governance.

Governance 77

Governance Construction Leadership Recruitment 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. The integration of these values has led to transformative changes in many nafda schools.

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

By late March, Honolulu Civil Beat ’s Maui Fires Money Tracker had tallied more than $450 million in private donations and nearly $2 billion when including government assistance. As far as we know, this is the highest amount ever raised by a single community foundation for a non-terrorism-related disaster. funders contributed $266.2

Philanthropy 122

Philanthropy Disaster Relief Governance Foundations 122

Candid

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We analyzed data provided by 743 organizations via SMU DataArts’ Cultural Data Profile from 2019 to 2023, revealing the complexities beneath the surface. As arts organizations navigate these challenges, their commitment to innovation and community relevance can lead to a stronger, more sustainable future for the cultural sector.

Nonprofit governance and management 106

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Foundations Culture 106

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 14, 2023

Significant racial equity advancement will remain elusive until organizations are willing to examine their own purpose, leadership, strategy, and culture. A 2022 racial equity audit by the Skillman Foundation uncovered some hard truths. And every piece of the puzzle is required to complete the scene and make change happen.

Leadership 130

Leadership Culture Foundations Philanthropy 130

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 16, 2022

Today I finished a three-part webinar training series with the Liberal Communicators Network , a project of the European Liberal Forum and its partners, including the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. With all of these cultural differences, it was also striking just how similar the challenges of the work are.

Nonprofit governance and management 143

Nonprofit governance and management Foundations Governance Culture 143

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How does the country move forward and create new monuments that better reflect the history, struggles, and culture of all people? The panel met in the midst of a five-year $250 million commitment by the Mellon Foundation to support new American commemorative projects. And why do monuments even matter?

Culture 139

Culture Construction Foundations Technology 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

Nonprofit finances in the United States were relatively strong at the beginning of 2022, largely as a result of government and foundations stepping up their support of nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The March 2020 pandemic shutdown decimated our earned revenue,” wrote a leader of an arts and culture nonprofit.

Nonprofit Finance 132

Nonprofit Finance Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Especially as philanthropy has been shifting its focus from individual grants and programs to investing in broader systemic change, addressing confirmation bias becomes all the more urgent: the tools, practices, and cultures for evaluating evidence and learning have not kept pace with this shifting scale.

Philanthropy 122

Philanthropy Culture Law Governance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

Twenty-five percent of the entire Amazon Basin is on legally recognized Indigenous Territories, which are generally better protected than even government parks and reserves. Even less support has reached rightsholder women , despite the essential role of women in forest management and their exclusion from many governance structures.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Environmental Public and Social Policy Governance 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

From Experimentation to Diffusion of Urban Innovations The innovative role of dynamic cities has been referred to as government by experiment. Experimentation is particularly important for climate governance, where cities have developed new ideas at an impressive rate. Some small wins even turn into legislation.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Construction Governance 119

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 25, 2025

While nonprofits were already struggling in a climate of decreasing donors and increasing donor churn , funding freezes from the federal government have created a host of challenges. For example, Pinky Swear Foundation a nonprofit in Minneapolis/St. It’s cliche but true, garbage in garbage out. Like eating an elephant.

Technology 61

Technology Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Governance 61

Candid

MAY 7, 2021

A report from the Equitable Evaluation Initiative (EEI) and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations highlights how foundations are working to integrate an equity lens into their evaluation practices. According to the report, the entry point for engagement with more equitable evaluation practices will vary from foundation to foundation.

Foundations 98

Foundations Culture Governance Values 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Elsewhere, large philanthropic organizations such as the MacArthur Foundation have provided unrestricted grants to organizations doing reparations work. The Bush Foundation, based in Minneapolis, also committed $100 million in 2021 to atone for its ties to slavery and land theft.

Philanthropy 134

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 134

The NonProfit Times

JULY 23, 2024

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker announced he will step down from the position by the end of 2025, ending a 12-year run at the helm of the $16.8 billion foundation. Walker’s innovations include a first-ever $1 billion social bond by a foundation to bolster and strengthen nonprofits during the Covid-19 crisis.

Foundations 52

Foundations Philanthropy Culture Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Public lands across the United States are being mismanaged, whether by the federal government or private interests, in ways that mirror the relationship these powers have had with Native people for centuries. We’re talking about dismantling the systems that made land theft possible in the first place. Imagining a Transformative Future.

Philanthropy 142

Philanthropy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Culture 142

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 28, 2024

Filmmakers of color play a crucial role in our cultural landscape. People of color represent 37 percent of the population, but just 4 percent of all foundation arts funding is allocated to groups whose primary mission is to serve communities of color.” Yet, too often, they are underfunded and underresourced.

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Culture Public and Nonprofit Management 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 8, 2024

Similarly, 51 percent of POC leaders cite lack of access to foundations as a challenge compared to 41 percent of white leaders. But when the (often white) leaders had funder relationships that could allow them to write their own checks, governing boards didn’t ask too many questions.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Leadership Governance Non-Profits 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Community-based organizations and local governments are starting to recognize where such individuals may fall through the cracks and are creating policies and networks for more inclusive disaster response and recovery. Nowadays, CBOs often fill the gaps left by government agencies in the aftermath of climate disasters. “We

Disaster Relief 136

Disaster Relief Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Insurance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

” This is the opening of a new report by the Washington Area Women’s Foundation entitled Thrive As They Lead: Advancing the Infrastructure to Support Black Women Leaders in the D.C. Beyond Infrastructure, Healing Toxic Cultures But is supportive infrastructure enough? Metro Area Nonprofit Sector. Let’s follow their lead (38).

Leadership 145

Leadership Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Culture 145

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 124

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 10, 2024

As a growing non-profit, you can work with agencies that provide disability employment services and connect the right people with the right employers, while they also provide training and support to make sure their candidates fit your culture. How Do Nonprofit Teams Collaborate with Other Organizations or Government Agencies?

Non-Profits 122

Non-Profits Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management 122

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Two things jump out at you: the organization – its mission, vision, culture, etc., This is important because we are about to expand into government and foundation grants, which means someone needs to make sure we have everything set up from application to tracking to reporting.

Fundraising 183

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit governance and management Law 183