Philanthropy 2173

MAY 9, 2023

Eileen Pan on Unsplash There's been a lot of writing over the last three decades about the blurring of boundaries between nonprofits, governments, and markets. prizes or matching grants) or direct government involvement in supporting specific companies the way investors do.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Public Policy 72

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Strong communities need strong nonprofits. Government, philanthropy, and community members all relied on nonprofits during the COVID pandemic. Many nonprofits were on the frontlines of these movements for racial justice and equity. Were they able to keep up with service demand?

Governance 111

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2023

And data show that while such exclusions may not be intentional, they have a significant impact on board recruitment and composition—with implications for nonprofit governance. This reveals that the sector is becoming aware of this trust gap—but how are nonprofits responding? The thought had simply never occurred to them.

Race and Ethnicity 114

Race and Ethnicity Social Entrepreneurship Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2023

In our soon-to-be released strategic plan, we champion community-based organizations and advocate for them in philanthropy. Even as nonprofits might seek to dismantle parts, if not all, of the system, they must navigate this system. And at the heart of community-based organizations are people.

Nonprofit governance and management 116

Nonprofit governance and management Organizational Development Leadership Governance 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

We have so many arbitrary rules that limit our imagination of whats possible when it comes to nonprofit governance. This framing inherently challenges the top-down board knows best assumption that weve inherited from the past.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Culture Poverty 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

For decades, nonprofits, governments, philanthropies, and corporations have been dogged by how to measure social impact. By Jason Saul.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Health 113

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A more liberatory future is possible, one in which nonprofit leaders and boards work together more equitably, effectively, and impactfully by reimagining the role of boards in the broader nonprofit governance ecosystem. To get there, however, requires an understanding of how boards came to be.

Nonprofit governance and management 66

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 66

Candid

MARCH 18, 2025

Candid and the Urban Institutes Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy have each released analyses examining government funding of nonprofits and implications for what’s at stake for communities nationwide. nonprofit sector. Numbers are based on most recent available filing (largely 2022 or 2023).

Governance 52

Governance Philanthropy Nonprofits Education 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Events and social movements of the past three years have spawned many efforts to advance racial justice in philanthropy , as many have written about at NPQ and elsewhere. Ensuring that Black and Brown leaders have access to philanthropy’s vast resources is central to funders’ efforts to realize equity in the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy 121

Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership 121

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 14, 2024

And are there ways of righting the ship a little so that there’s an important civic role the nonprofit sector plays, but that the role doesn’t devolve into a means of, essentially, patching over inequalities rather than addressing the systems that are creating those inequalities in the first place? “As So I see a lot of that both/and tension.

Culture 111

Culture Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 111

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 27, 2025

The president's recent executive order targets for-profit and nonprofit government contractors, universities with large endowments, and foundations with assets north of $500 million.

Foundations 335

Foundations Nonprofit governance Universities Governance 335

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2025

To say that many nonprofits would cease to exist without this funding is putting it mildly. According to a recent study by Candid and the Urban Institute , about a third of nonprofit government grantees rely on these grants and contracts for more than 50 percent of their total revenue.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise 52