When an organization’s culture needs to be revitalized, the starting point needs to be each member’s own behavior.
Spoiled by Democracy
Should private colleges and universities with annual tuition and fees of $50,000 and multimillion-dollar endowments remain exempt from paying local property taxes for schools, police, and fire protection?
Focus on the Core Business
As sources of capital, funders can unintentionally contribute to the systematic under-capitalization of the sector–encouraging the growth of programs without providing for a commensurate growth in capacity. Clara Miller offers advice for reversing this trend.
Don’t be fooled about boards of directors! (Mar 07)
This is an invitation to join us in Kansas City in the springtime. It’s very pretty there and on April 26 and 27 we will welcome 150 friends to an event where we will all be fed well and get to argue with one another about boards.
Nonprofit Boards — Secrets and Lies (Apr 07)
Do you sometimes think that there is a lot about the way boards function (and dysfunction) that never makes the guide books? You are not alone!
Goldilocks and the Three Nonprofit Budgets (Apr 07)
I used to spend summers with a very good friend who managed a piece of land on the Rhode Island coast.
A Different Take on Sustainability (May 07)
One of our staff members, Kristin Barrali, had a son two weeks ago — Angelo.
The Bad Behavior of Good Nonprofits (Jun 07)
Organizational cultures are strange and powerful things.
Oppositional Boards a Good Thing? (Jun 07)
There is a feral cat in my yard. I feed her every morning now, but it is weird how this happens.
The Smithsonian Board Game (Jun 07)
As the summer issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly on the topic of governance goes to press, there are two interrelated situations unfolding at the federal level that beg to be addressed.
The ACLU and the Combined Federal Campaign
Whither the Combined Federal Campaign in a post-PATRIOT Act America?
Board chair types plus stories regarding United Way (Jul 07)
“A Chair is still a Chair?” Not in nonprofits!