Governance
Funders Aren’t Investors, They’re Purchasers
Is it accurate or even appropriate for funders to think of themselves as—and act like—investors?
Tag: Capacity-building
Nonprofit Management
Training for Nonprofits That Sticks? Yes, It’s Possible!
The reason many fail to achieve organizational change is that they focus on preparing leaders to change, rather than actual implementation.
Fundraising
The Limited Returns on Fundraising Support for Nonprofits
How can a funder move beyond wishful thinking and achieve a high yield through fundraising support?
Philanthropy
The Key to Capacity Building Is Funding Long-Term Health Not Short-Term Workouts
Philanthropists: Rather than making periodic grants that focus on capacity building, embed capacity-building funding into each and every grant you make.
Podcast
Global Issues
Safe Water in Communities
A Single Drop for Safe Water Executive Director Kevin Lee, a 2010 Tech Award winner, describes ASDSW's work in the Philippines and beyond.
Philanthropy
The Three Core Approaches to Effective Philanthropy
I believe that there are three core approaches to philanthropy, each of which can be effective.
Nonprofit Management
Cohort Capacity Building: Is the Sector Ready?
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.
Podcast
Philanthropy & Funding
Ending the Nonprofit Starvation Cycle
Why are so many nonprofits in a perpetual starvation cycle? How capacity building and systems are crucial nonprofit building points.
Nonprofit Management
‘Tis the Season—How the Nonprofit Sector “Shares” Itself Out of Impact
Nonprofits, government, and philanthropy need to take up better sharing practices to advance nonprofits and the communities they aim to serve.
Foundations
A Different Kind of Philanthropy
The Mulago Foundation is practicing a form of philanthropy that is desperately needed. It is a fundamental departure from the conventional wisdom of what good philanthropy is suppose to be about.