Inclusion and rigor around community needs can help nonprofits achieve more than the sum of their parts.
The Content of their Character: The State of the Nonprofit Workforce
Despite a weak economy, reduced revenues and the familiar pressure to do more with less, Brookings Institute researcher, Paul Light finds that the nonprofit workforce still rises to the challenge.
The Dynamics of Funding: Considering Reliability and Autonomy
Money makes the world go-round—and keeps programs afloat. But some money comes with hidden costs of its own. Pratt offers a simple tool for navigating the inner logic of fundraising choices and predicting program consequences.
Welcome | Fall 2002
“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” —Matthew 6:21 Usually we feature one topic–this time we have two: in-depth investigations of the nonprofit workforce and philanthropy, in all its variety. Both are central supports to our collective work–two sources of riches–but riches that need to be valued accurately and
Celebrating Public Service
According to the author, the values and motivations expressed by nonprofit workers are at odds with the materialism and cynicism driving the culture-at-large; the challenge for the sector is focusing on our gifts and resisting the rhetoric of being more business like.
The Motivated Workplace
Boston’s Project Hope and the Burlington Group Health Services of Ansonia, Connecticut, share experiences with creating working environments that value, support, and nurture human capital.
Individual Donors: Musings from the Master
We asked the master of donor dollars, Kim Klein, to survey the current fundraising terrain.
Foundation Giving: What Can We Expect, Given?
We approached 12 foundation insiders for their candid perspectives on the social, economic and political factors likely to influence institutional philanthropy in the next period.
Hawaii Community Foundation: Strategic Investment for Hard Times
Taketa lets us peek behind the curtain in this forthright reflection on the challenges and opportunities posed by the current funding environment.
Workplace Giving
As more “alternatives” to United Way emerge, the editors offer some factors to consider when affiliating with a combined campaign.
Corporate Giving: De-cloaking Stealth Philanthropy
Corporations may loudly trumpet the need for free market solutions to social issues, but authenticating their actual contribution to the public good is proving problematic.
Nonprofit Enterprise: Right for You?
The authors examine the growing trend of nonprofit enterprise and find that success depends on the right combination of mission, motivation, risks, capacities and market demands.