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Ethics Governance Management 
Affnetz
APRIL 16, 2024
Corporate Sponsorships for Nonprofits | A Guide to Grow Nonprofits/ By Bala Guntipalli Introduction to Nonprofit Board Management Software: Technology has become an integral part of our lives, changing the way we do business and manage organizations. Making board management easier will only benefit a nonprofit in the long term.
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NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 27, 2025
But the sector needs a more compelling, ethical model for a brokerage that uses decentralized governance, transparency, and inclusivity. In other situations, the honest brokerage approach relates more to managing social relationships and divergent interests in evolving discussions.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Ethically gathering reliable, consistent, and accurate data costs money, but its the only way to achieve an ecosystem in which most of the world can reap the benefits of emerging technology. Share That Data: Interoperable Datasets Spark Innovation Collecting and managing the large datasets underpinning AI is expensive.
NonProfit Leadership Center
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Is your nonprofit following the crucial policies and best practices to remain in good legal and ethical standing? In this this free on-demand webinar, you’ll explore the shifting landscape of nonprofit compliance and what you need to know and do now.
NonProfit Leadership Center
JULY 31, 2023
Improved Leadership and Management Nonprofit leaders are vital in guiding their organizations toward achieving their missions. Funding support for training and development enables leaders to enhance their strategic planning, financial management , fundraising and board governance skills.
Blue Avocado
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Each board member may bring a specific skill or may be a generalist, but in the aggregate, the board provides a full set of business skills to ensure that the executive director is employing best practices — whether it’s finance, budgeting, strategic planning, change management, or succession planning.
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NonProfit Leadership Center
MARCH 6, 2023
Changing Change Management: Why & How to Think Differently About Organizational Change at Your Nonprofit — April 19 With change happening at a rapid pace, it’s essential that everyone in an organization is engaged in the change process. Research shows that a growth mindset can foster grit, determination and work ethic.
Candid
JULY 17, 2024
For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The media was trusted in nine nations and distrusted in 15, while government was trusted in eight nations and distrusted in 17.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
JANUARY 23, 2025
The stories we see in the media and in content shared, both online and off, influence how society perceives, interacts with, and ultimately governs an issue area. For instance, algorithmic management systems are already being used by some companies. By Alex Ash Narratives are an essential prerequisite to social change. Stories matter.
Selfish Giving
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
First, I've talked with some of you about the government's hold on grants and funding. Apply IDEA principles (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility) Prioritize underrepresented voices, remove participation barriers, and ensure ethical storytelling. Three things this week. Fortunately, the hold was lifted.
NonProfit Leadership Center
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Certificate in Volunteer Management. The Certificate in Volunteer Management prepares today’s volunteer managers to recruit, retain, and recognize volunteers more effectively. Competing governance models and governance trends. Budgeting, cash flow management and financial oversight.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The ultimate success of these young nonprofits—their ability to fulfill their missions—will depend on many things, but good governance is among the most important. Successfully experimenting with and evolving its governance structure over the last decade has been central to Jump’s success.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JULY 21, 2016
If you handle media relations for your nonprofit, it’s important to understand the rules that govern professional journalism. It could also raise red flags with inquiring reporters who are ethically bound to serve as public watchdogs. At the very highest level, the rules are simple. be fair to your sources.
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The Charity CFO
MARCH 13, 2025
With government funding and donor contributions facing heightened scrutiny, nonprofit leaders must ensure their financial systems are rock solid. Government regulations are tightening, and donors are demanding more accountability. This ensures accountability and makes audits or donor inquiries easier to manage.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
AUGUST 15, 2024
Ethics and Nonprofits by Deborah L. To help organizations solve that problem, the authors examine the factors that influence moral conduct, the ethical issues that arise specifically in charitable organizations, and the best ways to promote ethical behavior within organizations. Rhode and Amanda K.
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Candid
JANUARY 21, 2025
We bear the responsibility to ensure AI adoption is equitable, ethical, and inclusive. In my more than 20 years as a philanthropy grants manager, nonprofit executive, and consultant, Ive seen how technology decisions can either amplify equity or entrench existing barriers. Adopt equity-driven frameworks. Foster collaboration.
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Blue Avocado
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
We will research and target high-priority foundation s and government funding sources while strengthening our relationships with our current funders. We plan to improve board communications through an online document management program. Looking forward to implementing some important tasks in 2025! Or change it with donor approval?
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
MARCH 13, 2024
The Institute is a national initiative dedicated to promoting the highest standards of ethics and accountability in nonprofit governance, management, and operations. This rigorous process validates our commitment to ethical practices, sound governance, and maximizing our impact. www.standardsforexcellence.org.
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 Leadership Center
AUGUST 6, 2024
This transformational 10-week program strengthens the board governance knowledge and skills of professionals of color while equipping nonprofit organizations to be genuinely ready to welcome these new members onto their boards. ” Rolanda McDuffie, Managing Partner, Rolanda S. I wear this badge of responsibility proudly.”
Clairification
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
They also need to trust the organization to act ethically and effectively if theyre to believe parting with their hard-earned money is a good decision. While nonprofits fare better in the Edelman Trust Barometer than government and media, they lag behind businesses when it comes to being seen as competent.
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Bloomerang
OCTOBER 14, 2022
These have to do with your (1) Institutional Readiness; (2) Human Resources; (3) Markets; (4) Management; (5) Dynamic Functions, and (6) Fundraising Vehicles. Management. This means you’ve got a plan and business systems in place to develop, manage and track your work. As you see, you only get to the vehicles (e.g.,
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
MARCH 12, 2024
AI Ethics in Marketing: Addressing Bias, Privacy, and Transparency Challenges in AI-Powered Campaigns In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of marketing strategies, revolutionizing how businesses engage with consumers.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Coined in 2004, ESG emerged as a joint effort by the UN, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Swiss Government to support the financial industry’s consideration of ESG issues in mainstream investment decision-making (although its roots exist in the socially responsible movement, or SRI). ESG is a framework.
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Get Fully Funded
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
It’s also responsible for making sure the organization meets its regulatory responsibilities and files appropriate paperwork with government agencies. They don’t understand their fiscal or legal responsibility nor their ethical responsibility. The Board should help create and maintain a code of ethics for the organization.
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 21, 2023
A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” However, the article also argues that engaging with students is often the most direct path to detecting threats to school security rather than diverting staff time to managing technologically complex security systems.
Nonprofit Megaphone
MAY 6, 2023
However, running a nonprofit requires a unique set of skills and knowledge, particularly when it comes to governing the organization. To be an effective board member, it’s essential to have a deep understanding of the nonprofit sector and the best practices for governance.
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NonProfit Leadership Center
MARCH 6, 2023
Changing Change Management: Why & How to Think Differently About Organizational Change at Your Nonprofit — April 19 With change happening at a rapid pace, it’s essential that everyone in an organization is engaged in the change process. Research shows that a growth mindset can foster grit, determination and work ethic.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Yet in that year, the World Bank’s International Development Assistance alone had pledged about a third of that amount to governments affected by fragility and conflict. Paradoxically, some of these governments contributed to the violence against their people. Those controlling the taps need to readjust the plumbing.
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NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 17, 2025
In Nigeria, where health inequities are deeply rooted in systemic issues such as poverty, 1 gender inequality, 2 and inadequate governance (poor administration/planning), 3 the introduction of new technologies can sometimes deepen these disparities rather than alleviate them.
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Nonprofit Fixer
AUGUST 28, 2024
Despite how many nonprofit boards are struggling, board leadership and management does not have to be complicated. Responsibility 1: Nonprofit Boards Set and Enforce Policy At the most basic level, boards are the governing body of the nonprofit organization. This includes managing risk. Some risk you transfer with insurance.
The Agitator
JUNE 13, 2013
The national media outlet is reporting on recent inv estigations from the Tampa Bay Times and Center for Investigative Reporting, which reveal outrageous ethical breaches in our industry. Every one of us should be well versed in the essentials of ethical fundraising. He writes: We must ask questions and offer advice.
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Momentum Nonprofit Partners
MARCH 3, 2023
This year’s theme, “ All In ”, will examine how the recovery and success of the nonprofit sector is driven by the collective and effective work of the staff, board, stakeholders, clients, community, government, and corporate sector. The Ethical Fundraiser Transparency inspires confidence.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
APRIL 27, 2023
While government agencies worldwide face enormous challenges in leveraging their data to deliver services effectively and efficiently, 89 percent of public sector respondents in 2020 said they were unprepared for rapid data growth. The public sector isn’t much different. Decision support. Advanced use cases are underdeveloped.
Candid
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
This includes AI-driven financial decisions, health-tech solutions based on incomplete data, and the use of digital surveillance against communities that already distrust law enforcement and government agencies. Nonprofits step up to defend data equity The good news is that more nonprofits are stepping up to protect data equity.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MARCH 29, 2023
This speaks directly to the central paradox: While the traditional approach to money management is part of the problem in philanthropy and impact investing, chosen strategies have also played an outsized role in where we are. What if DAFs and foundations relied on fund allocators and managers who are proximate to communities and their issues?
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
JUNE 10, 2024
Common roles include executive directors, program managers, fundraising coordinators, marketing specialists, volunteers, and board members. Skills like communication, fundraising, grant writing, program management, networking, and a passion for the mission are essential for nonprofit team members.
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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. .”
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. The Advocate.
Bloomerang
MAY 6, 2021
In the early 2000s, Google gained broader traction and then took off to become what it is today as it became accessible to people beyond government and businesses. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . The world debated the ethics, morality, and issues of confidentiality around this particular hack.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JULY 5, 2023
This can lead to issues such as insecurity when faced with ethical decisions around technology, risk aversion due to the often sensitive nature of the data involved, and general lack of internal technical expertise. ” This shows the importance of institutionalizing individual knowledge through effective knowledge management.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
DECEMBER 14, 2023
It takes courage to talk explicitly about racial equity; to ethically disaggregate data that reveals disparities; and to educate policymakers, boards, and trustees about racial equity. This article was adapted from Dr. Akilah Watkins’ keynote address at the 2023 Nonprofit Management Institute.
Candid
MARCH 1, 2023
We then kicked off a conversation with early Demographics via Candid partners Satonya Fair of PEAK Grantmaking , Grant Elliot of Foundant Technologies , Dawn Stone of Center for Nonprofit Management , and Michael Wright of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to discuss their first-hand experiences collaborating with Candid on this initiative.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MARCH 7, 2024
We both have worked across a variety of disciplines, including teaching, ethics, economics, architecture, and design. Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Thirty people attended, including managers and members of an academic gender committee we were on.
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