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Winter 2007 Digital Issue
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Click the cover image below to read and download the Winter 2007 digital issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly.
Board Governance
Government Funding and Community Representation on Nonprofit Boards: The Bargain We Strike
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Government funding changes the composition of boards, the way nonprofits function, and the lines of accountability. What can you—and should you—do about it?
Nonprofit Management
Consultants Directory Winter 2007
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NPQ’s listing of consultants from across the nation from 2007.
Policy & Government
The Whistle-blower: Policy Challenges For Nonprofits
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See also Rick Cohen’s sidebars to this article, titled “Whistle-Blowers by the Numbers,” and “Does the Law Protect Whistle-Blowers? ”
Nonprofit Management
Peak Performance: Nonprofit Leaders Rate Highest in 360-Degree Reviews
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A study conducted by Community Resource Exchange (CRE), a nonprofit social-change consulting firm, and Performance Programs Inc. (PPI), a consulting firm that specializes in leadership and organizational assessment, showed that nonprofit leaders received higher ratings than for-profit leaders based on feedback from direct reports, managers, peers, and a category called “others.”
Accountability
How to Steal from a Nonprofit: Who Does It and How to Prevent It
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Is it easier to steal from a nonprofit organization than from a business? That’s what some researchers have speculated. To identify how people steal from nonprofits and how to prevent it, we turned to the biannual surveys of fraud examiners.
Nonprofit Management
The Nonprofit Ethicist | Winter 2007
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Shady spousal dealings, complicated board loyalties, and the IRS, all in this edition of the Ethicist!
Nonprofit Management
Welcome to Winter 2007
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The cover image of this Winter edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly is a little dark and stark, as befits the winter solstice before we light the lights and candles to cheer us. NPQ hopes you are safe and warm, but it wants to contribute its own bright moment to those who work in the nonprofit sector with a landmark study that indicates that nonprofit leaders out-perform business leaders. This study, conducted by Community Resource Exchange and Performance Programs Inc. compares the results of the 360-degree evaluations of the two groups, finding that, while nonprofit leaders rated themselves approximately on par with how business leaders rated themselves, peers, superiors, and direct reports actually rated nonprofit leaders higher than those of for-profit leaders in 14 out of 17 categories. This comes as no surprise to the NPQ editors who understand the challenges of the role, and we were glad to find that it came as no surprise to Jim Collins, world-renowned author of the classic management books, Built to Last and Good to Great. He explains why nonprofit leaders may be perceived as more capable by those with whom they work.
Policy & Government
The United Way’s Way or Bust
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One of the nonprofit sector’s flagship organizations and a cultural icon has another new strategy. Will it work?
Nonprofit Management
Organizational Culture Checkup: An Interview with Erline Belton
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When an organization’s culture needs to be revitalized, the starting point needs to be each member’s own behavior.