Back to the Future: Will We See a New Generation of Nonprofit Organizations in 2011?

By Rosetta Thurman 1

There are new leaders coming into the nonprofit sector with ideas that have the potential to change the way social change happens. It’s time to ask some new questions.

Minnesota Nice: A Profile in Third Sector Grit

By John Brothers 2

Minnesota is a beacon of nonprofit excellence.

Reflections on Jumo & Need for Co-Creation

By Amy Sample Ward 3

If I have an idea to change the world, I should be just as welcome and have equal access to the spaces where I can share the idea and find others to help me make it come to life.

Cohort Capacity Building: Is the Sector Ready?

By Anne Sherman 3

Earlier this month I had the privilege of learning from four really smart and experienced people who participated in a panel discussion that TCC Group, a global management consulting firm.

Philanthropy’s Buzzwords of the Decade

By Lucy Bernholz

The 10 phrases I have chosen to show the steady rise in market-based solutions for social problem solving, technology’s infiltration of all things fund raising, and a shift in attention from local to global.



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Ten for Ten: Philanthropy from 2010-2020

By Lucy Bernholz 4

Rather than focus in (anymore than the buzzwords list already does) on the top 10 of the year gone by, let’s think about the factors that will shape philanthropy for the decade ahead.