It has been hard, for some reason, to write a cover letter for the attached two articles because, well, they make me mad. I did write one letter but my colleagues here advised against actually sending it to you. It's for my own good, I suppose. Anyway without further ado, I send to you one
Coming Soon to a Regulator Near You (Apr 05)
I seem to be writing to you every two weeks now instead of every month, but there is a lot happening right now that I feel we should share sooner rather than later. This time I wanted to let you know about what is happening at the federal level regarding the regulatory environment for nonprofits.
Meeting Face to Face (Apr 05)
There is a sign above my desk right now that says in big letters "Go Home, Ruth." It was a not-so-subtle directive from one of my colleagues here at the Nonprofit Quarterly who may have been concerned last week that I had entered an over-stimulated state that promised only diminishing returns. Too true — I
The Weirdness of Nonprofit Money (May 05)
When I was a time-constrained ED trying to make sense of managing nonprofits, I loved finding those rare articles that acknowledged problems I was having trouble even naming — never mind addressing. Every now and then the Nonprofit Quarterly publishes an article like this — an instant standard. Such is the case with Clara Miller's
Fiduciary Funnelvision (Jun 05)
I know that it does not always seem like it when we are buried in our day-to-day routines, but a good board that knows how to make the most of its duties is worth its weight in gold. On the other hand, a board that doesn’t know how to act wisely on what is in
Boards Behaving Badly (Jun 05)
The reason why I like my job is that I get to meet lots of people who are both good AND interesting. This is not an automatic pairing, of course. This is why if you really like “interesting” your personal life can end up in shambles — ’nuff said I guess. Anyway, so when I
Ethically Challenged? (Jul 05)
We want to hear your quandaries and conundrums! Below you will find a link to the first installment of a new regular Nonprofit Quarterly column, "The Nonprofit Ethicist." https://www.dev-npq-site.pantheonsite.io/section/730.html This column is designed to help answer your questions about any situation in or around your nonprofit in which an ethical choice is required of you.
Can the Dependent Sector Kick the Habit? (Aug 05)
First and foremost in my life I am a mother. As all of my close friends know, I could not stand to be separated from either one of my children when they were babies. I found them unimaginably beautiful in every way. As infants, they both ended up with the same illness requiring major surgery
Unnatural Disaster: What’s the Right Response? (Sep 05)
First and foremost in my life I am a mother. As all of my close friends know, I could not stand to be separated from either one of my children when they were babies. I found them unimaginably beautiful in every way. As infants, they both ended up with the same illness requiring major surgery
Our Highest Calling: Ensuring the Rights of the Dispossessed (Sep 05)
They don't have money, or clout. They don't have a Web site, and they're barely reaching the independent press. So why should we care about Community Labor United and other groups like it in New Orleans? We should care about, and actively support, coalitions and organizations like the CLU because they are knit from local
Branding Amidst the Noise (Oct 05)
My delicate flower of a daughter is jamming and blocking on a new Roller Derby Team. The team is called Boston Massacre. The team name makes its intention quite clear (although the Providence Riveters took them down in their debut bout last week). My daughter’s moniker is “Cookie Push”. Some of her team mates —
Speechless by Default? (Nov 05)
Its funny how we don't know or we forget that having a broken heart or having a heavy heart is a real physical sensation until we get right up on it and then it hits us–"what is this thing in my chest I can suddenly actually feel?" We forget that our hearts are real sometimes