Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, more transparency needed in Florida nonprofits, neighborhood stabilization, tuition tax showdown in Pittsburgh and more.
Nonprofit Newswire | December 14, 2009
Nonprofit Newswire | December 11, 2009
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, New Jersey puts a freeze on arts funding, Smart Money’s “ten things nonprofits won’t tell you,” beware of politician-run nonprofits and more.
Critics of Stimulus Pork or Simply Critics of Government?
Continuing their roles as scourges of wasteful earmarks, Republican Senators John McCain and Tom Coburn have issued a report on wasteful American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects. Rather than dismissing all of their charges as reflections of Coburn’s well-known social and culture war issues, there are categories of their criticisms that should be addressed.
Nonprofit Newswire | December 10, 2009
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, ACLU and the $20 million donor, L3C’s in Philly, LA gang tours and more.
Philanthropic Aggrandizement and Barron’s Top 25
My grandmother, who lived to her mid-nineties, abhorred people who put on airs. From her, I got the sense that I had to work hard, listen hard to the experiences of people around me, and take myself with a grain of salt. That is why I worry about the tendency in some nonprofit and philanthropic circles to build habits of self aggrandizement and mutual congratulation.
Nonprofit Newswire | December 9, 2009
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, the jobs picture and nonprofits, weird philanthropic landscape in Delaware, ACORN and the ethics of leadership and more.
Nonprofit Newswire | December 8, 2009
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, nonprofit health insurance as fig leaf, what to do when the guys stop loving you, list of effective philanthropists causes stir on the Internet and more.
America’s Next Top Philanthropist
Last week Barron’s magazine ranked the 25 best givers of the year, tapping Pam and Pierre Omidyar for the top spot. I’m not one to dismiss lists but it’s way too easy to throw up lists—with nary an explanation as to how the winners were chosen.
An Independent Governance Assessment of ACORN: The Path To Meaningful Reform
As we expected, ACORN received a wake-up call on governance and leadership from the management review conducted by Scott Harshbarger, former Massachusetts Attorney General and former CEO of Common Cause, now Senior Counsel with the Proskauer Rose law firm.
Nonprofit Newswire | December 7, 2009
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, IRS approves almost all 501(c)(3) applications, many stimulus jobs in Georgia are temporary, and sector envy.
Nonprofit Newswire | December 4, 2009
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, remarks by president and vice president at jobs and economic growth summit, foundations shower money, administration of HUD HOME monies raises questions and more.
Enabling your board members and other fundraising volunteers
Fundraisers complain about board members who don’t help fundraise. Executive Directors complain about poor governance. Look in the mirror, I say! In general, board members fundraising and board members governing are only as good as they are enabled to be. And enabling is the staff’s job.