Board Governance
Who “Owns” Your Nonprofit?
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This NPQ classic discusses in a practical but unusual way a question every board of directors should be able to ask and answer.
Board Governance
Color Blind or Just Plain Blind? The Pernicious Nature of Contemporary Racism
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FROM THE ARCHIVES:
As many readers may know, NPQ and the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network earlier this month issued a call for papers from young people active in civil society on their thoughts about equity, diversity and inclusion. That call has now closed and we have been overwhelmed by the response, receiving more than 130 submissions. That response sparked our interest in running this classic article again. Over the years, I have found this strain of inquiry very instructive in thinking about why patterns of exclusion in nonprofits that see themselves as liberal or progressive persist.
Nonprofit Management
Cautionary Tales (Aug 07)
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I was having one of those “ain’t it awful?” conversations with an old friend the other day who is a big advocate of economic justice issues.
Nonprofit Management
Welcome to Winter 2005
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Welcome to the Nonprofit Quarterly’s first “Best of the Quarterly” issue. This marks NPQ’s sixth anniversary and such a retrospective is well past due. Thanks to our contributors, the NPQ has published some classics that stand the test of time in terms of their usefulness, and which provide a unique new perspective on issues that are critical to you, our readers. We received many more multiple nominations for this issue than we had space to publish. We took some editorial license to provide a range of topics from among those pieces nominated.
Board Governance
Is Accountability the Same as Regulation? Not Exactly.
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Even the smallest nonprofits can’t and shouldn’t sidestep the runaway steamroller of the accountability conversation. Its motor is on and it’s got plenty of gas. Furthermore it is a legitimate issue for us all. Much better we leap aboard and try to help steer the conversation.
Philanthropy
Nonprofit Conspiracy of Silence
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Regardless of whether it is driven by politesse or short sighted self interest, nonprofit leaders are demonstrating a lack of probity at a time when it is most needed.
Nonprofit Management
Nonprofit Truth or Consequences: The Organizational Importance of Honesty
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Organizational untruths are pervasive and corrosive, explains Belton. Truth telling is an essential practice that helps people thrive in their organizations while leading to increased individual and collective energy.
Capacity Building
Building Adaptive Communities through Network Weaving
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This is an article that focuses on the basic phases of building effective networks, using one grounded example to bring the theory to life. We recommend that readers look back also at Carl Sussman’s article (see Winter 2003, “Making Change: How to Build Adaptive Capacity”) and think about how the two approaches relate to one another in the achievement of real change.
Nonprofit Management
The Spiral of Sustainable Excellence
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: There are any number of articles about how nonprofit organizations grow and develop over time. This classic by Paul Light, however, is in a class by itself in terms of the way he describes nonprofit development as a nonlinear process that is very much affected by the choices made by leadership.
Financial Management
Analyzing the Dynamics of Funding: Reliability and Autonomy
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The nature of nonprofit revenues can make a world of difference in strategy and planning. The author’s framework assists managers and boards in understanding their current revenue and its limitations.