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A modest proposal--that might actually work
This is the most innovative idea I’ve heard to date for modifying the nonprofit model to better suit organizations which aren’t properly “charities” but still serve the public … more →
A modest proposal--that might actually work
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wrote 2 months ago: This is the most innovative idea I’ve heard to date for modifying the nonprofit model to bette … more →
Where's the beef?: Why are women getting all the gravy?
wrote 8 months ago: Hey, Nonprofiteer, here’s my beef: All of a sudden a number of colleges have received complete … more →
Foundation Friday: Project Streamline
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wrote 8 months ago: Hat tip to our colleagues at PhilanTopic for their report on efforts to reduce redundancy and excess … more →
Where's the beef?: Big projects swallow up all the money
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wrote 9 months ago: Hey, Nonprofiteer, here’s my beef: I read (Crain’s Chicago Business, March 16, registrat … more →
Foundation Friday: Case study from Detroit
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wrote 9 months ago: This account from Sunday’s New York Times gives the flavor of life in a community where the su … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, Isn't Oprah omnipotent?
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wrote 9 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I’m wondering if you saw the Chicago Tribune story last week about the billboards … more →
Of church and state
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wrote 9 months ago: A friend who’s a church administrator mentioned to the Nonprofiteer that the church’s fu … more →
Of kids and dogs
wrote 9 months ago: Obviously the Nonprofiteer has been in the business too long, because the press release below– … more →
Polio: once more, with feeling
wrote 10 months ago: For many years, Rotary International has been a leader in raising funds to eradicate polio around th … more →
Foundation Friday: Is grantmaking getting smarter?
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wrote 10 months ago: Nope. And if institutional funders aren’t giving multi-year operating-expense grants now, wha … more →
Common sense from Katha Pollitt
wrote 10 months ago: Into the midst of all the hand-wringing about “What is to be done for/with/about philanthropy … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, Isn't it great that Boeing's helping our wounded soldiers?
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wrote 11 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, Isn’t it great that the Boeing Company gave $50,000 to a program at Camp Pe … more →
The disappearance of yet another painless way to give
wrote 11 months ago: One painful side-effect of a shrinking consumer economy is a reduction in the money remitted to char … more →
A modest proposal for nonprofit lobbying
wrote 11 months ago: Here’s an intriguing method of gaining lobbying clout for the nonprofit community: let corpora … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, We need another hero!
wrote 11 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer: Could you please share with me an inspirational story about individual charity to … more →
Foundation Friday: To be, or not to be, forever
wrote 11 months ago: Glad to see that the Nonprofit Quarterly has taken on the sacred cow of foundation perpetuity. The N … more →
Lies, damn lies and statistics
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wrote 12 months ago: Nicholas Kristof’s column Bleeding Heart Tightwads purports to reveal that political conservat … more →
Mathoms for charity
wrote 1 year ago: Those of you who’ve read Lord of the Rings and its progeny are familiar with mathoms–gif … more →
Where government fears to tread? And a note about Board members
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wrote 1 year ago: Two quick responses to a recent announcement from the Growth Philanthropy Network, which provides gr … more →
