The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Secretary of Homeland Security Jacob Wood Co-Founder & Executive Board Chairman Team Rubicon Team Rubicon became one of the most impactful nonprofits under Wood’s leadership. She teams with and coordinates with other environmental nonprofits to use every law on the books to battle climate change and polluters. Cook, Ph.D.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 5, 2025

Tenant unions often have room for allies, but decision-making about campaign strategy and tactics lives with the tenant leadership. For instance, the quasi-autonomous government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac established a set of multifamily tenant protections for properties they finance.

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Fundraising Leadership

JUNE 28, 2024

These issues demand response and action in the workplace now and require deep understanding of the laws, processes and practices in order to be successful in achieving parity and equity in leadership across gender, race and identity. “ “ Prevailing in an anti-DEI climate requires intention and effort.

Leadership 124

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Even though that number has increased over the years, she continued to see a lack of representation at the C-suite and senior leadership levels of organizations. "I I know there are individuals like me who are qualified to be in leadership positions in the community. I found myself constantly asking why they weren't there.

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Fundraising Leadership

JULY 12, 2024

But we can use what we know to redefine leadership,” she says. Times are changing, and if you’re not looking at the qualities of great male and female leaders when considering what leadership means to you, you’re really missing out,” says Carter. Leadership Takeaway of The Week: “Don’t underestimate yourself.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Whether you are about to embark on your fundraising career or are a seasoned veteran looking to take that big leap into a leadership position, looking for that “just right” fundraising job is likely to create enthusiasm. Get nonprofit tips and tools delivered right to your inbox by joining The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Newsletter.

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Non Profitvote

MARCH 7, 2025

In the run up to our March 19 webinar On the Radar: The Save Act, State Laws, & Other Policies Impacting Nonprofits , heres a brief rundown of a few of the nonprofit-facing developments that the Nonprofit VOTE team and our peer organizations have been monitoring. Signed into law on March 30, 2022, H.B. Arizonas H.B.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 20, 2024

Doing so means transforming our governing institutions, laws, regulations, and customs in a more fundamental way than tinkering around the edges with policy and programs. When everyday people, institutions, and government act in service, out of love for the particular needs of particular people, the benefits flow outward.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Leila Amineddoleh , a lawyer specializing in art and heritage law, shared that she’s witnessed a growing willingness among her clients to return objects when they find out they have been acquired unethically. The Path Forward Despite the progress, challenges remain.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 8, 2024

There had been a lack of senior leadership, staff had been promoted into senior roles before they were ready, and funding infrastructure needed to be improved. For executives of color, nonprofit leadership is a ‘Hollow Prize.’ Political scientists coined the term “the Hollow Prize” for this doomed leadership.

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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.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Then, we’ve been trying to compare the information given by the federal government and the one been given by the Puerto Rico government, which was usually different in terms of the amount of money. The US government and FEMA recently changed the recovery process in Puerto Rico. The wording, the categories of the information.

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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.” And this leadership has extended beyond the worlds of academia and research to also include advocacy, organizing, and thought leadership on facial recognition technology within the larger context of algorithmic bias.

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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. Note that this is for US 501(c)(3) public charities, not private foundations.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The board governance model is one of four primary nonprofit governance models. These organizations are structured to grant the power of governance to the board of directors and power of Executive Director management. We will outline the top five responsibilities that governing bodies assume for the Executive Director (ED).

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A New Court Tactic The youth were represented by Our Children’s Trust, a nonprofit law firm. As NPQ reported in May 2023, “young people and environmental groups are increasingly turning to the courts as a means of indicting governments and corporations for their role in exacerbating the problem” of climate change.

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Fundraising Leadership

MARCH 3, 2025

Just as weve seen that 105 years after women won the right to vote and the law was written into the U.S. It must have had the same earthshaking effect on people that 19th century suffragists had on cultures that had never imagined women voting before they started advocating for it. But winning is always a fragile bird.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Among the leading voices for missing Black women and girls is the Black and Missing Foundation , founded by sisters-in-law Derrica and Natalie Wilson. Derrica is a former law enforcement official who saw the disparate treatment of missing Black women firsthand while working on missing person cases.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The whole structure of the law is designed to evaluate which evidence is most compelling. In the law, confirmation bias is identified as a risk early in legal training, and cultural norms are explicitly set down, especially for the judiciary. Using governance structures for learning, not just reporting. Hosting "Evidence Events."

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 9, 2024

But the group’s latest report, released this June, contained some good news for the sector: the survey found a rise in trust in nonprofits for the first time in four years—and that nonprofits remain the most trusted of various American institutions surveyed, from corporations to local and state government to the news media to the federal government.

Public Policy 115

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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. Develops an annual foundation and government grant strategy that includes cultivation of new funders and development/scaling of existing funder relationships.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

knew that changing government policy towards asylum-seekers would require more than quick and large protests. Meanwhile, the Human Rights Law Center filed an emergency High Court proceeding to prevent Baby Asha from being forcibly returned to detention on Nauru. The principles created a methodology for shared leadership.

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NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 14, 2024

Steve Dubb: Can you begin by telling us a little about your background and how you came to be a consultant around issues of leadership and equity in the nonprofit sector? We spiral around questions of power, decision-making, and leadership. We are a 501c1, directly funded by the government, but an independent entity.”

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Moseley, the university’s president who has since been put on paid administrative leave as an outside law firm investigates the abuse claims. As she prepared to enter the academic workforce herself, she did so with the knowledge that for many Black women, climbing the leadership ladder in academia can be at a cost to their mental health.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 20, 2023

The Nonprofit Talent Summit, co-presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners , Christian Brothers University Institute for Leadership Development , and Mid-South Philanthropy Network , is perfect for nonprofit executive directors, board members, HR professionals, COOs, directors, and managers.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2023

This includes the expertise and leadership of people with disabilities. Yet institutions and funders continue to underinvest in their leadership and expertise. Inclusion and equity across every level of tech design, deployment, and governance is crucial. Consider, for example, approaches to ensuring voting access.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 3, 2023

With new leadership at each of the organizations, the CEOs of these organizations decided to come together to create better avenues of communication and collaboration. Substantively, nonprofits are governed by state laws on tax-exempt status, giving incentives, regulation, employment standards, contracting, and more.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Leadership team building. Government funding and donor support. Develop a plan to build a strong and professional leadership team. Provide ongoing training opportunities and support to help your team members develop their leadership skills overtime. Financial projections. Strategies for achieving those goals.

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Candid

MARCH 25, 2024

As a share of all revenue streams, including government funding, program revenue, and investment income, foundation and corporate grants made up 15.3%. By law, foundations can only give to organizations if they are set up for a charitable purpose , as defined by the IRS. Do you have capable leadership and an effective board?

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States. By failing to make a coordinated effort to support a new leader and leadership approach, the agency isolated her.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 30, 2023

Western media coverage has largely been focused on hijab and the veiling laws. In the context of Iran, the government is using hijab as a tool—it’s not [about] the hijab but the way government is using it. This [movement] is about the hijab and not about the hijab at the same time.

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Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

City Safe provides armed and unarmed security professionals to protect government, residental and commercial sites. Women in law enforcement in the U.S. “ Women in #law #enforcement in the U.S. At the leadership level, just under 3% of police chiefs at local police departments are women, according to the U.S.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

“ The AAUP is blowing the whistle, banging the drum, basically to all faculty in Florida, as well as around the country,” says Anita Levy, acting director of the Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure and Governance at AAUP and a staff member to the AAUP special committee that authored the report. “If

Education 128

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The Kindful Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

All businesses need four things to survive: a brilliant idea, a great business plan, top-notch leadership and money. Bylaws are the main governing document of your nonprofit and will act as a guide and decision-making tool for the board of directors. How can I tell if my nonprofit will succeed? Create your bylaws.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

The Conference + Catalyst are presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners in partnership with the Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration. Attendees will learn to identify community assets and bolster intergenerational leadership as key agents of change. Register here

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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. The Board should make sure the organization has a system for keeping accurate records in case they are requested by government agencies or donors. Plain and simple.

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