We reiterate that sitting out this advocacy moment is a dereliction of fiduciary duty. The policy proposals in play will deeply affect nonprofits and the lives of those they serve.

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Nov/Dec 2001, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. “I think we are ready to go public with our capital campaign!” “Let’s launch!” For many of us in the fundraising business, these phrases are uttered with a feeling that combines joy, relief, and a new

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Mar/Apr 2003, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. Fundraisers in rural communities working on local causes face a number of unique challenges, including fewer services, higher costs, and less advanced technology (for example, limited high-speed Internet access). In many rural areas, jobs are few

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Mar/Apr 2003, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. As you add up all the money you raised in 2002, and evaluate how your fundraising program worked and what you should do differently, I hope one of the items you will add to your plans

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Nov/Dec 2003, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. You may remember a controversial practice of the early 1990s called “outing.” As the name implies, someone would find out that a famous person was gay or lesbian and would “out” this person by telling the

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Jan/Feb 2003, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. I maintain a neat desk and I am a well-organized person. But I do have this pile of stuff next to my desk that sometimes gets out of hand. In that pile go articles I should

Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Sep/Oct 2003, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. Everywhere we turn we see good organizations cutting back, laying off staff, or closing altogether. These are weird and hard times, and we need long-term solutions. But sometimes we just need cash. This article focuses on

Relying on prisons and processing plants as “growth industries” turned rural communities into COVID-19 hotspots. It’s environmental and economic injustice made manifest.

The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced, and they do civic society proud.