Candid

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Respect what every generation has to offer Young activists bring idealism, energy, and fresh perspectives, while elders offer wisdom, resources, and networks. As People For the American Way Foundation wrestles with these same questions, we’ll share insights from some recent successes. The result?

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Recruitment Energy Foundations Governance 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 10, 2023

I have seen these traits in many of the founders I have worked with as an executive coach and governance expert for organizations large and small. Far too many boards have only a cursory understanding of their role in leading and governing their organization. We began that work with a fundamental change in board recruitment.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment Governance Leadership 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Even the transition to renewable energy is threatened by a shortage of some 7 million workers needed to do things like install solar panels on roofs. Build the responsible recruitment industry. The workers who could solve these problems remain on their side of the global tracks. Gather and communicate the evidence of impact.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 18, 2024

In a Washington Post interview , Raj Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, explains how he and his team scaled a proven renewable energy program, in part by raising money from the Bezos Earth Fund and the IKEA foundation. Funding the last mile.

Fundraising 115

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 115

Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

A strong and effective board can help provide strategic direction, keep your finances in check, and uphold a high standard of governance. How do you recruit board members and onboard them to be high performers who give generously of their time, treasure, and talents? 10 places to recruit board members Your volunteer pool.

Participation and motivation 105

Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Leadership 105

Nonprofit Fixer

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Why leading in nonprofits is different than leading in government If you have spent your life in the public sector, you know that to become the CEO or executive director of a government body often requires being elected or appointed. In government, this includes at a minimum constituents.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Nor do they have the time or energy to find, meet, and cultivate everyone in the community who shares a passion for the organization’s mission. A good board starts with good recruiting. The process of engaging your board begins at the recruitment stage. They’re the “force multiplier” for your organization.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Recruitment Nonprofits Philanthropy 124

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

By investing your time and energy into gaining the necessary skills, you can set yourself up for success in your field. Messages need to be concise yet powerful enough to inspire action, whether it’s driving donations, recruiting volunteers, or raising awareness about a cause. Ad copywriting is vital for inspiring action.

Nonprofit Management 238

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Keep in mind that policy makers are not just government officials. The Petey Greene Program was founded in 2008 at Princeton University to recruit college students and community volunteers to tutor people in prison. What a foundation invests in is a matter of institutional policy, as is university admissions criteria, for example.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 122

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Starting a nonprofit requires a decent amount of time and energy. Consider whether your community has a wide range of potential giving sources willing to help out, including individual donors , corporate sponsors, foundations, and government agencies. What questions should you ask before starting a nonprofit? of the overall workforce.

Nonprofit governance and management 110

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Special attention was placed on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund , a $27 billion clean-energy loan fund created by last year’s Inflation Reduction Act. [Today] CDFI assets total $457.9 Houghton noted that the CDFI has “gotten very careful of how they screen for the bankers they recruit.” This year, that exploration continued.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 119

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Finance Public and Nonprofit Management 119

Nonprofit Fixer

MARCH 29, 2022

Much ink has been spilled telling people how to recruit, retain, and remove board members. In the world of electoral politics, government, and democracy term limits are an innovation. In the world of electoral politics, government, and democracy term limits are an innovation. It takes years to govern well.

Governance 52

Governance Recruitment Energy Law 52

Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

government effort to deliver at least 40 percent of the benefits from federal investments in climate and clean energy to disadvantaged communities; $51 million in support of land restoration in the United States and Africa; and $1.5 million in support of tracking and monitoring efforts.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

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NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

The group began recruiting tenant leaders into the organization, helping mobilize them to speak out publicly against their landlords and of their housing struggles.

Psychology 98

Psychology Health Law Recruitment 98

Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 7, 2023

The board of directors is responsible for the overall direction and governance of the organization, and their decisions can make or break the nonprofit’s mission. These strategies cover a wide range of topics, including board recruitment, board development, board diversity, and board governance.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 52

Fundraising Leadership

APRIL 14, 2023

The recruitment strategy, Holder says, includes “internal intentionality and, increased accountability” to reflect the mission, vision and value. government at cost, which the federal government gave for free. We put a lot of energy on it, but what we do we have to do for specific work on this? asks Bible. “We

Culture 52

Culture Race and Ethnicity Health Manufacturing 52

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Automate your reporting to save your organization time and energy. Easier interactions with the government. The federal government isn’t known for its quick response time, but the direct link from Grants.gov makes it easy to immediately apply for grants. Here are some of InitLive’s standout features: Recruit.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

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Nonprofit Fixer

JANUARY 24, 2023

Unlike many European countries, the US government does not require employers to offer paid vacation days - it is up to each employer. Having a four-day workweek became a great selling point while hiring and recruiting. It reduces carbon emissions, soul-crushing commutes, energy costs at the office, and possibly car accidents.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Production Public and Social Policy 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 11, 2024

By Caroline Whistler & Tony Gherardini As of 2023, nearly 20 million people are employed by the government at the state and local level. Despite playing a crucial role, government agencies across the United States are facing a challenge.

Culture 103

Culture Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 103

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

After decades of neglect, federal and state governments are making substantial investments to combat the wildfire crisis. After decades of neglect, federal and state governments are making substantial investments to combat the wildfire crisis.

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NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2024

T]he federal government has largely left each state on its own to compete against other states for jobs and tax revenues. 7 Instead, the federal government has largely left each state on its own to compete against other states for jobs and tax revenues. The result has been an imbalance of power. percent of their overall cost structure.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

Or recruit a professional to host a virtual class. But you avoid the hassle of finding a venue, working with the local government to map out a route, recruiting a ton of volunteers, and worrying about insurance. Choose the simplest platform that meets all your needs. Set up a private event and charge admission. And the weather!

Fundraising 111

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

But at Movement Talent, a nonprofit recruitment organization that works with a majority of BIPOC and other individuals from underrepresented communities, we are seeing that, post-COVID, position-vacancy rates continue to be an issue for the organizations we represent. Movement work is not simply intersectional—it’s chockablock.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Recruitment Culture 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It has been very common for governments to request AI models that can identify fraud in a public benefits systemfor instance, in the applications they receive for childcare benefits or unemployment benefits. You would have named things like finding quicker paths to clean energy, finding ways to make crops more resilient to climate stress.

Nonprofit governance and management 95

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 95

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

And I would argue that engagement is probably where 75% or 80% of your communication’s energy should be investment. I often think of engagement as crossing over all of these areas, from fundraising to your programs to, you know, community-based advocacy, government relations. Who could you engage with?

Public and Nonprofit Management 126

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 31, 2023

Many groups highlighted the importance of working with outside facilitators to support their work, hiring staff from the communities they serve, and leveraging existing relationships with grassroots and community-based leaders and organizations to quickly move funds, recruit for boards or committees, and develop trusting relationships.

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Foundations Leadership Education 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Doing so will no doubt require a major recruitment and education drive. 1 Cooperation Jackson is the outgrowth of a strategy and plan of action—the Jackson-Kush Plan—that I and several other key organizers and strategists within the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and the New Afrikan People’s Organization developed between 2004 and 2009.

Public and Social Policy 137

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Nonprofit Fixer

JULY 23, 2020

Remember, we started our nonprofits to solve problems, not to spend all our energy proving our worth and asking “how high” when funders tell us to jump. If you have finance or legal subject matter experts on your board or staff, you should brag about your ability to recruit and retain them. Is your organization a brain trust?

Public and Social Policy 52

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

This happens daily when local governments park public funds in banks. If governments can work with a publicly owned bank that makes modest profits and reinvests those profits in the communities that own it, they can participate in a restorative local economy. It turns out, quite a lot.

Nonprofit governance and management 128

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance Finance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 1, 2023

Julian’s own organization worried about surveillance, and comrades warned their collective about philanthropy being a short-term Band-Aid, and how the government uses nonprofit grants to defang social movements by ways of compliance. First, consider the government. In 2023, these discussions feel like premonitions.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Activism Leadership Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

Nearly all have faced power struggles from within that they didn’t anticipate and can’t seem to get beyond without considerable time and energy that would otherwise be spent on the job they believed they were hired to perform. She started recruiting in pool halls and bars. People witnessed the raw hypocrisy of January 6.

Nonprofit governance and management 111

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

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

He’s mostly associated with his contributions to the education and health of southern Black people, but within his Standard Oil monopoly, Black and Mexican workers were recruited to live near the environmentally precarious refineries and paid sub-wages to do some of the nation’s dirtiest and most dangerous work.

Manufacturing 122

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law 122

Fundraising Leadership

MAY 26, 2023

Alter Women in Government Lecture. “ Alter Women in Government Lecture. ” In 2016, Clinton founded Onward Together, “an organization to recruit young people to run for office at all levels—local, state, federal—with recruiting candidates, training, mentoring.

Participation and motivation 98

Participation and motivation Citizen Participation Recruitment Governance 98