So, who shot J.R.? And why did we care? Ted Ford Webb contends that internal politics and personalities shape most organizations—like subplots of long-running soaps—especially at the point of selecting new leadership.
Stepping Up: A Board’s Challenge in Leadership Transition
Tim Wolfred is adamant that since transition planning is ultimately a board responsibility, the involvement of the outgoing executive may be open to question. So what’s a board to do?
Executive Leadership Transition: What We Know
An ancient proverb says, “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.” Tracing the 20-year history of field research in leadership change in nonprofit organizations, the authors note that mission, capacity, and diversity are intimately and inextricably bound with how an organization manages its executive succession. And, if we all use this wisdom…
The Resilient Sector: The State of Nonprofit America
Lester Salamon scans the environment of the past two decades affecting the organizational practices of the sector, noticing an inherent drive toward innovation and recreation. He also notes an irony and a challenge: balancing the growing culture of the market with our unique commitment to the common good.
Assistive Technology, Like “Curb Cuts” in Cyberspace
Meet Maia Scott, a partially sighted woman who needs a closed circuit television to read a book — and design brochures, edit Web copy, and facilitate communications for a San Fancisco-based nonprofit theater project. For people with disabilities, even the smallest technology enhancement can mean the difference between the ability to work or not.
Valuing Social Equity and Healthy Communities: Future Resources
In our interview with Gar Alperovitz, he cites the upward redistribution of the nation’s wealth, the growing conformity on both sides of the political aisle, and the inexorable “browning” of America as critical markers in the terrain of nonprofit advocacy for the next period.
What Nonprofit Wage Deficit?
“Nonprofit workers earn less than their counterparts in the for-profit sector.” Right? New data suggests that we might have to retire this hoary chestnut to examine the actually motion and influence of market forces.
Lisa Sullivan’s Vision of the Future
Identifying young people and holding their talents up to the light so they are evident to them was one of Lisa Sullivan’s (1961-2001) best gifts—her genius even.
Why Are We Replacing Furniture When Half the Neighborhood Is Missing?
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