funder relationships
Trust-Based Philanthropy: Alvin Ailey and Prudential’s Decades-Long Partnership
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What in the world would sustain a funder-grantee partnership over decades and through multiple transitions on both sides?
museum ethics
Saudi Government Funding of US Museums Poses Ethical Dilemmas
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Nonprofits must look to all sources of funding to remain sustainable. At the same time, a nonprofit’s reputation can easily be tainted, whether by misuse of funds or the company they keep.
Nonprofit News
Study Looks at Funder Culpability in Nonprofit Failure
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Managing cash flow can be tricky for nonprofits. A newly released study from the Open Road Alliance identifies some of the ways philanthropy inadvertently contributes to grantee cash flow crunches, as well highlighting some ways to mitigate those problems.
Nonprofit Management
Arson Nonprofit Closed in Michigan after Sole Funder Pulls Out
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In Michigan, an organization with a unique mission and a single source of funding goes under. Some may not notice the tree falling, but those who have lived in cities where arson takes hold know the devastation it causes and the key importance of the tools needed to fight it.
LGBTQ community
Same Mission, Different Ideas: Long Beach Pride Faces Backlash over Funding Decisions
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Even when nonprofits work toward the same goal, their decision-making processes can differ drastically, which can lead to major, publicly aired, disagreements.
funder relationships
Continuing to Pound the Venture Philanthropy Drum
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Venture philanthropy may or may not work, but the dialogue about partnership between nonprofits and philanthropy is critical.
foundation effectiveness
4 Foundations to Philanthropy: Listen More to Nonprofits and Speak Less
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For experienced nonprofit leaders, the good news is not in the findings themselves, but in that they are being offered by foundation leaders, who are beginning to recognize that much of the responsibility for change lies on their shoulders. Still, unintended consequences loom.
funder relationships
Bad Nonprofit Business Model: Relying on the Support of an Adversary
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This nonprofit’s predicament illustrates the perils of relying primarily on one funding source, compounded with a reliance on potential political adversaries for support.
Board Governance
University of Louisville Foundation: Two Steps Forward, One Back
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The U of L Foundation has discovered that once an organization appears on the front page, its every step for the foreseeable future will be scrutinized.
Baltimore
Baltimore Clayworks Fights for Sustainability amid Conflicting Stories
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Clayworks’ planned sale of two historical Mount Washington properties has the organization’s external stakeholders, including its founder, up in arms.