“Just get that money out the door,” urges one community foundation leader who says that philanthropy spends too much time talking.
A Philanthropic Plea to Send Money Now!
Corporate Hypocrisy Is Real but Not the Real Issue
The Business Roundtable, in the name of the same leaders who signed their August statement, advocated for public responsibility before their own.
Big New Funder Initiatives Support Policy Advocacy and Low-Income Workers
The pandemic has vividly exposed the need to address income inequality, and some in the philanthropic world are pivoting to a radically different kind of investment.
A Voice from the Field: Unprecedented Times Call for Bold Action
Providing direct cash assistance to families in need as a result of jobs lost from the COVID-19 pandemic requires unparalleled due diligence and internal reflection.
The Thank-You Note
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during June-1992 has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. In 1977 a woman sent $25 to an advocacy group working on women’s health issues. The organization was run collectively by 2 utterly overworked and underpaid staff and 40 volunteers. They had won recognition for their work
Clean Up Your Language
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during December-1993, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. A few weeks ago I was talking with the development director of a medium-sized organization with a budget of $500,000. He is reputed to be competent and efficient at his job. He is warm and friendly and
When Fundraising Strategies Wear Out
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during October-1998, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. Nearly all organizations have three fundraising fantasies: Fantasy 1: The Council on Foundations will declare their group, “The group to fund now and forever” and, using one simple proposal photocopied over and over, the organization will apply
When Everyone is a Volunteer
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during June-1999, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. Thousands of very successful organizations are run entirely by volunteers. Service clubs, volunteer fire departments, PTAs, and neighborhood organizations have no paid staff. Many of these organizations have run successfully for years. They are designed by
Building a Democratic Economy: Sketch of a Pluralist Commonwealth
As we rebuild a post-COVID-19 economy, we have options. It is time to leave a failed neoliberalist era behind and build an economy consistent with our democratic values.
Who Are Stakeholders and Why Do They Matter?
In times of crisis, having engaged stakeholders can be the difference between seeing your way through and not.
A Shameful Picture Emerges: COVID-19 Grocery Worker Cases Top 1,500
Paid an average wage of $11.43 an hour yet placed in harm’s way, our frontline grocery workers deserve so much better.
Struggling with Overdependence on Fee-for-Service, JCC Faces COVID
The nation’s 164 Jewish community centers, which employ 38,000, have engaged in mass layoffs, as the network’s earned-income acumen becomes a weakness.