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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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Nonprofiteer wrote 1 month ago: This is the most innovative idea I’ve heard to date for modifying the nonprofit model to bette … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, "AND my office is in a broom closet!"
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Nonprofiteer wrote 3 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I am just finishing a year as an ED for a small nonprofit arts organization which … more →
Foundation Friday: Project Streamline
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Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Hat tip to our colleagues at PhilanTopic for their report on efforts to reduce redundancy and excess … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, How to reconcile Board and ensemble?
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Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I’m curious about your take on a recent situation with a non-profit arts organiza … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, How can I restructure to be the nonprofit I was supposed to be to begin with?
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Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, You’ve helped me in the past and your blog is invaluable. Thank you! Here … more →
Foundation Friday: Case study from Detroit
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Nonprofiteer wrote 8 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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Nonprofiteer wrote 9 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I’m wondering if you saw the Chicago Tribune story last week about the billboards … more →
Foundation Friday: Is grantmaking getting smarter?
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Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: Nope. And if institutional funders aren’t giving multi-year operating-expense grants now, wha … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, Isn't it great that Boeing's helping our wounded soldiers?
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Nonprofiteer wrote 10 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
Nonprofiteer wrote 10 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
Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: Here’s an intriguing method of gaining lobbying clout for the nonprofit community: let corpora … more →
"It's not just the hog farm--we're all feeding each other, man!"*
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Nonprofiteer wrote 11 months ago: Interesting concept: First Slice describes itself as a “self-funding charity,” a subscri … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, We need another hero!
Nonprofiteer 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
Nonprofiteer wrote 11 months ago: Glad to see that the Nonprofit Quarterly has taken on the sacred cow of foundation perpetuity. The N … more →
Mathoms for charity
Nonprofiteer wrote 1 year ago: Those of you who’ve read Lord of the Rings and its progeny are familiar with mathoms–gif … more →
This IS the rainy day, you idiots!
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Nonprofiteer wrote 1 year ago: Our colleagues at Philantopic have been posting major foundations’ statements on the current e … more →
Gifts that keep on giving
Nonprofiteer wrote 1 year ago: Kudos, as always this time of year, to ChangingthePresent.org, JustGive.org and Redefine-Christmas.o … more →
Foundation Friday: Volunteerism a la The Taproot Foundation
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Nonprofiteer wrote 1 year ago: In a white paper issued last month, the Taproot Foundation argued that a commitment to pro bono serv … more →
Why are we talking about volunteerism in a financial crisis?
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Nonprofiteer wrote 1 year ago: This sudden attention to volunteerism can be seen as nothing more than the Nonprofiteer’s obse … more →
