A publication that both employed and raised money for homeless people in Washington DC has suspended operations during the pandemic shutdown.

Pushed by both mounting food insecurity and reduced food donation supply, nonprofit food banks innovate to meet their mission of making sure our neighbors can eat.

Spurred by a sense of urgency due to COVID-19 about organizational directions and employee benefits, a growing number of nonprofit workers seek union representation.

Pay teachers more? Nah. How about another school reform effort, this time led by Governor Cuomo in New York? Wait! Haven’t we seen this before?

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Sep/Oct 2002, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. When we think about the boards, we’re on, we usually think about the board meetings—which says a lot about the importance of having good meetings. Here at the start of the fall fundraising season, make a

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Nov/Dec 2005, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. The first thing Wes Mukoyama asks me after we greet each other at the beginning of our phone interview is, “So, tell me a little about yourself.” It’s clear from the start that Wes likes

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Jan/Feb 2005, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. Adapted from The Accidental Fundraiser: A Step by Step Guide to Raising Money for Your Cause by Stephanie Roth and Mimi Ho, forthcoming (Fall 2005) from Jossey-Bass. Auctions, whether of the live, silent, or more recently,

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Jul/Aug 2006, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. “We seek not rest but transformation. We are dancing through each other as doorways.” — MARGE PIERCY “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Jan/Feb 2006, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. Almost everyone I know, in whatever profession, will be asked a few predictable questions. For example, a gardener friend says people always ask, “Is it fun to be outside all day?” and a high school principal

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Jul/Aug 2006, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. Whether professional or volunteer, as fundraisers we run up against a number of ethical dilemmas in the course of our work. Ethical issues are often quite straight-forward: It is not OK to tell a funder or

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Nov/Dec 2006, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. One of the common reasons (or excuses?) given by board members and other volunteers as to why they can’t participate in fundraising is that they don’t know how. Explaining that fundraising is not so complicated, but

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Mar/Apr 2006, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. This article is adapted from an excellent report, “Conservation Fundraising at a Crossroads: Creating Healthy Fundraising Organizations,” published in 2005 by Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC), a capacity-building organization serving environmental nonprofits. Although