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Busting the Overhead Myth

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building? Capacity building is whatever is needed to bring a nonprofit to the next level of operational, programmatic, financial, or organizational maturity, so it may more effectively and efficiently advance its mission into the future. What is the Overhead Myth?

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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Broad segments of the nonprofit sector are concerned about the new presidential administration and the threats it poses to nonprofit organizations. A charity or nonprofits plans can be shut down for a failure to properly register. Dissatisfied employees heighten legal risks.

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Why Ending the Public Health Emergency Is Not Progress—And What Funders Can Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

The federal government officially ended the public health emergency on May 11, 2023. Even before the PHE status was lifted, some states had already entered the Medicaid “unwinding period,” ending the pandemic-specific policies that allowed continuous coverage for those enrolled.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Sometimes these social boundaries are academic disciplines.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? So, what keeps them alive today?

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Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Social progress, on the other hand, shows a very different picture. From 2000 to 2021, progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been anemic, registering less than 10 percent growth over 20 years. What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors?

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Announcing the Mid-South Nonprofit Conference Speakers!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

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.