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Dear Nonprofiteer, How do we keep it all in the family?2 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 1 month ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, My wife and I started a small non-profit 3 years ago which has grown to have a … more →

Tags: boards of directors, conflict of interest, Disease charities, executive directors, Management Advice Day tip, Nonprofit Management, Personnel Issues, Social Service Agencies, Board of Directors

A modest proposal--that might actually work3 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 1 month ago: This is the most innovative idea I’ve heard to date for modifying the nonprofit model to bette … more →

Tags: Arts Organizations, Current Affairs, executive directors, fundraising, Investment, Nonprofit Management, private philanthropy, Relations with funders, Arts Management

Dear Nonprofiteer, How can I be sure that he who needs, gets? 3 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 2 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I am wondering if you can help.  I recently made a film about the efforts of a gr … more →

Tags: Finances, fundraising, INTERNATIONAL, Management Advice Day tip, mission, poverty, care, Charity, International Aid

A word from the wise

Nonprofiteer wrote 2 months ago: The Nonprofiteer received this note from the soon-to-be-ex-Executive Director of the Guild Complex, … more →

Tags: Arts Organizations, boards of directors, executive directors, Management Advice Day tip, mission, Nonprofit Management, Personnel Issues, Arts Group, Career Transition

Dear Nonprofiteer, "AND my office is in a broom closet!"9 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 2 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I am just finishing a year as an ED for a small nonprofit arts organization which … more →

Tags: Arts Organizations, boards of directors, Earned Income, executive directors, Finances, fundraising, Management Advice Day tip, mission, Nonprofit Management

Dear Nonprofiteer, What happened to the agency we knew, yester-me, yester-you, yester-day?*1 comment

Nonprofiteer wrote 3 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer: For the last year I have been hovering near the Board of a small startup nonprofi … more →

Tags: boards of directors, Charity scandals, Corporate giving, executive directors, Management Advice Day tip, mission, Nonprofit Management, Volunteers/Volunteerism, Board of Directors

Making your nonprofit a star--or a pigeon

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: It’s not just Susan Boyle and “Britain’s Got Talent”–the nonprofit wor … more →

Tags: Social Service Agencies, Coverage of nonprofits, Arts Organizations, INTERNATIONAL, Advocacy Groups, Marketing, Higher Education, Environmental, housing

Dear Nonprofiteer, I've got a treasure-house of knowledge and no one appreciates it1 comment

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer: I was just reelected as Treasurer of our social-service nonprofit.  You’d t … more →

Tags: Social Service Agencies, boards of directors, Women's Issues, Volunteers/Volunteerism, Management Advice Day tip, Earned Income, Nonprofit Management, Finances, Not For Profit

Specter!1 comment

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: Low on inspiration this morning, but the Nonprofiteer assures her readers that nothing she could thi … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Current Affairs, Education, Health Care, Public Private Partnerships, filibuster, Franken, Nonprofits, Not For Profit

The best thing we can do for nonprofits--and ourselves2 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: Have you seen Rick Cohen’s typically smart and on-target piece “The Worst Thing We Can D … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy Groups, Current Affairs, mission, Public Private Partnerships, Volunteers/Volunteerism, ACLU, Nonprofits, Not For Profit

Where's the beef?: Why are women getting all the gravy?

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: Hey, Nonprofiteer, here’s my beef: All of a sudden a number of colleges have received complete … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Education, Finances, fundraising, Higher Education, mission, Nonprofit Management, Personnel Issues, private philanthropy

Dear Nonprofiteer, How to reconcile Board and ensemble?6 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I’m curious about your take on a recent situation with a non-profit arts organiza … more →

Tags: Arts Organizations, boards of directors, Coverage of nonprofits, Current Affairs, fundraising, Management Advice Day tip, mission, Nonprofit Management, Personnel Issues

As if nonprofit advocacy weren't squelched enough . . . 3 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: it’s now being used as a reason for keeping knowledgeable nonprofit executives out of position … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy Groups, conflict of interest, Coverage of nonprofits, Current Affairs, INTERNATIONAL, mission, Nonprofit Management, Human Rights

Charter schools and unions: good ideas in conflict?6 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: The on-line ChiTownDailyNews reports a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on at a charter school … more →

Tags: Coverage of nonprofits, Current Affairs, Education, Finances, fundraising, Nonprofit Management, Personnel Issues, Charity, Charter Schools

Where's the beef?: Revenge of the math nerds

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: Hey, Nonprofiteer, here’s my beef: The Board treasurer, who’s the only accountant on the … more →

Tags: boards of directors, fundraising, Women's Issues, endowment, Management Advice Day tip, Earned Income, Nonprofit Management, Finances, Not For Profit

Hospitals get more in tax breaks than they give in charity care

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: according to Crain’s. The Nonprofiteer is always eager to trash the big corporate nonprofits, … more →

Tags: Advocacy Groups, Arts Organizations, Coverage of nonprofits, Disease charities, Earned Income, endowment, Environmental, Health Care, Higher Education

Dear Nonprofiteer, How can I restructure to be the nonprofit I was supposed to be to begin with?3 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, You’ve helped me in the past and your blog is invaluable. Thank you! Here … more →

Tags: Personnel Issues, executive directors, Relations with funders, boards of directors, Arts Organizations, Volunteers/Volunteerism, Management Advice Day tip, conflict of interest, Nonprofit Management

From the front lines: arts organizations report in

Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: The Arts Work Fund surveyed 70-some small and mid-sized Chicago arts organizations about their adapt … more →

Tags: Coverage of nonprofits, boards of directors, Arts Organizations, fundraising, Nonprofit Management, Finances, Nonprofit, Charity, arts groups

A retrospective on information technology from someone who should know

Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Here’s some talk about the use of technology in nonprofits straight from the horse’s mou … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, fundraising, Marketing, mission, Nonprofit Management, technology, Clabaugh, Information Technology, ITRC


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