Board Governance
Nonprofit Dissolution: What to Do When Closing the Doors
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AN NPQ CLASSIC:
We have seen too many sudden closings of nonprofits lately. This article provides some do’s and don’ts of closing your doors with honor and integrity.
Dr Conflict
Executive Committees as Nonprofit Pestilence
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Here, NPQ’s Dr. Conflict addresses a common source of conflict in nonprofits: the not-so-secret “dominant coalition” that actually runs the show.
Nonprofit Management
Improving Nonprofit Decision Making amid Economic Crisis
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When the finance committee chair of Youth Horizons Inc. announced that in just weeks the organization wouldn’t have enough cash to meet payroll and didn’t know when the cash situation would improve, members of the board of directors were speechless. After two years of deficits, the cash reserve had been spent and the finance committee had run out of options. Soon board members jumped in with questions: What happened to all the grant applications that had been submitted? Wasn’t there a fundraising event planned? How could this have happened, and what should the board do now?
Nonprofit Management
Welcome | Spring 2009
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In this issue of the Quarterly we begin to chronicle the combined effects on nonprofits of the economic downturn and a shift in presidential administrations. What kinds of challenges are nonprofit managers facing and what decisions are they making in the face of cascades of both problems and opportunities?
Nonprofit Management
High Anxiety
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As the economy continues to sputter and the Obama administration completes its first 100 days, nonprofits face unprecedented challenges. Nonprofit leaders reveal their strategies to survive and thrive.
Philanthropy
Foundation Grantmaking during the 2008–2009 Economic Collapse
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With foundation payouts declining, what are the financial prospects for nonprofits in 2009–2010?
Editors’ Note: This article includes two tables and a sidebar not available in the digital version. Please purchase a reprint of this article for full content.
Nonprofit Management
The Dance of the Four Veils
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Don’t bury your message: your communications count now more than ever.
Nonprofit Management
How Applied Learning Shapes Nonprofit Management Education
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In universities across the nation, applied learning curricula offer students real-world nonprofit experience and challenge in classroom settings.
Policy & Government
Solid Associations: Not Recession-Proof
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The recession has affected even the most reliable of nonprofit performers.
Nonprofit Management
Compassionate Layoffs: Proceed with Care
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Layoffs are never easy. But they can be less draconian if organizations abide by the golden rule.