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Dear Nonprofiteer, How do we keep it all in the family?6 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, Nonprofits--General, Social Service Agencies, Board of Directors

A word from the wise

Nonprofiteer wrote 3 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, Nonprofits--General, Arts Group, Career Transition

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

Nonprofiteer wrote 8 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, Nonprofits--General, private philanthropy

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

Nonprofiteer wrote 8 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, Nonprofits--General

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

Nonprofiteer wrote 8 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, Nonprofits--General, Charity, Charter Schools

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

Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, You’ve helped me in the past and your blog is invaluable. Thank you! Here … more →

Tags: Arts Organizations, boards of directors, conflict of interest, executive directors, Legal Services, Management Advice Day tip, Nonprofit Management, Nonprofits--General, Relations with funders

Dear Nonprofiteer, Does refusing to describe my job mean I can refuse to do it?

Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, The Executive Director of our mid-sized environmental advocacy nonprofit never ac … more →

Tags: executive directors, Nonprofits--General, boards of directors, Advocacy Groups, Evaluation, Management Advice Day tip, Strategic Planning (and the tactical kind, too), mission, Nonprofit Management

Where's the beef?: Danger, out-of-control volunteer!

Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Hey, Nonprofiteer, here’s my beef: What can you do if your nonprofit has, for historical reaso … more →

Tags: Social Service Agencies, executive directors, Nonprofits--General, boards of directors, Evaluation, Volunteers/Volunteerism, Management Advice Day tip, Nonprofit Management, Nonprofit

Dear Nonprofiteer, How can I juggle two offers and not drop both?2 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 9 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I am a fan and reader of your website. This may be way out of line, but I was won … more →

Tags: Nonprofits--General, Women's Issues, Management Advice Day tip, Nonprofit Management, Not For Profit, Nonprofits, Job Search, job offer, employment etiquette

On having brains as well as heart1 comment

Nonprofiteer wrote 9 months ago: A few provocative notions from the new book by Cass Wheeler, longtime head of the American Heart Ass … more →

Tags: Social Service Agencies, Nonprofits--General, Evaluation, Volunteers/Volunteerism, Strategic Planning (and the tactical kind, too), mission, Nonprofit Management, Not For Profit, Volunteers

Unless we just prefer to think that every silver lining has a black cloud4 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 9 months ago: Did everyone see this New York Times piece about the current upsurge in volunteering? The anonymous … more →

Tags: executive directors, Nonprofits--General, Current Affairs, boards of directors, Volunteers/Volunteerism, Nonprofit Management, Not For Profit, Volunteers, Service

ATF Whistle-Blower Alleges Backlash

goldiron wrote 9 months ago: Source: Washington Post Edgar A. Domenech says he thought Justice Department officials would welcome … more →

Tags: Government, law enforcement, Alcohol Tobacco Firearms, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms, secret service detail, justice department officials, Office of Special Counsel, Financial Mismanagement

Bankruptcy in the nonprofit sector3 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: Does bankruptcy make sense for nonprofits? The Nonprofiteer isn’t smart enough to decide; but … more →

Tags: boards of directors, Current Affairs, Finances, Management Advice Day tip, Mergers, acquisitions and consolidations, Nonprofit Management, Nonprofits--General, nonprofit bankruptcy

Dear Nonprofiteer, Who's on first?

Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, Our community-based nonprofit has some serious issues to deal with: we’re w … more →

Tags: boards of directors, executive directors, Management Advice Day tip, Nonprofit Management, Nonprofits--General, Social Service Agencies, leadership

Taking the lead5 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: Today the Nonprofiteer got an e-mail from a fellow Obama campaigner requesting that she volunteer to … more →

Tags: Nonprofits--General, boards of directors, Volunteers/Volunteerism, Nonprofit Management, volunteerism

Nonprofits Exist to Serve Poor People, Not Create Them

Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: The notion that the best way to save the economy is give lots of people ill-paying jobs at nonprofit … more →

Tags: Nonprofits--General, Coverage of nonprofits, Current Affairs, Volunteers/Volunteerism, Nonprofit Management, poverty, underpaid nonprofit workers, bipartisanship and other nonsense

More about arts in the Obama administration

Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: The Nonprofiteer is charmed by the notion that the Federal government should provide retraining to a … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Arts Organizations, Public Private Partnerships, Investment, Advocacy, public funding for the arts

Dear Nonprofiteer, How can we protect the Executive Director and mission from the Board?2 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I have a delicate question. I am on the board of a very small social services non … more →

Tags: Social Service Agencies, executive directors, Nonprofits--General, boards of directors, Public Private Partnerships, Volunteers/Volunteerism, poverty, Management Advice Day tip, mission

More thoughts about communal volunteering1 comment

Nonprofiteer wrote 11 months ago: It’s not just their loyalty to preexisting groups that should lead us to recruit volunteers by … more →

Tags: Nonprofits--General, boards of directors, Women's Issues, racism, Volunteers/Volunteerism, Management Advice Day tip, Nonprofit Management, Volunteers, Board of Directors


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