Nonprofits

15 Minutes with John Seffrin

By SSIR Editors

Interview with John Seffrin, CEO of the American Cancer Society.

Business

Strategic Alliances

By James E. Austin

Managing the collaboration portfolio.

The Peer Yardstick

By Sacha Litman

Measuring success in franchise nonprofit organizations.

Is Foundation Grantmaking Biased?

By Chris McGarry

Social movement and grassroots organizations left in the cold.

The Incredible Shrinking Donor Base

By Rosanne Siino

When nonprofits join forces, individuals give less to the cause.

Leaders Without a Paycheck

By Victor Wishna 1

New York Cares uses volunteers to recruit and retain other volunteers.

One Scoop, Two Bottom Lines

By Ken Yamada

Nonprofits are buying Ben & Jerry’s franchises to help train at-risk youth.

Nonprofits

Reel Impact

By David Whiteman

Over the past decade, nonprofit organizations have increasingly made independent documentary film and video projects a central component of their campaigns for social and political change.

Nonprofits and the News

By Ken Yamada

Ever wonder why some nonprofits get all the press? That's the question a pair of sociologists set out to answer, with surprising results.

The Effectiveness Trap

By Jan Masaoka

Millions of words have been written about the need to measure the effectiveness of nonprofits, and millions of dollars have been spent doing just that. It's time to ask: What has been the impact of this effectiveness movement?