Foundations
Carrot and Stick Philanthropy
Funders engaging in "carrot and stick" philanthropy only escalate the problems faced by struggling nonprofits.
Tag: Capacity-building
Podcast
Organizational Development
Sarah Brown - Lessons on Nonprofit Management
What are the key things anyone starting an organization should know about nonprofit management? In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation, Sarah Brown uses her organization, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, as an exemplar. She talks about how to choose an issue, establish a mission and goals, obtain funding, measure performance, and manage challenges.
Essentials of Social Innovation
The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle
Funders must take the lead in breaking a vicious cycle that is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations—let alone serve their beneficiaries.
Nonprofits
How to Fund Nonprofit Mergers and Partnerships
Mergers may require their own specific funding. The author recommends various sources for such funding.
Social Innovations
Compromise Might Greatly Diversify Leadership of California Foundations and Nonprofits
An effort to broaden and deepen diversity in foundations and nonprofits.
Nonprofits
Is Capacity Building Making a Comeback in the Face of Economic Downturn?
There's no time like the present to focus on building the capacity of your nonprofit to withstand the changing economic landscape.
Podcast
Nonprofits
William Foster - How to Grow a Nonprofit Big
Many nonprofits want to expand their staff and funding base so that they may serve a broader public. Until recently, little information was available about how such organizations may do so successfully. In an audio interview with Stanford Social Innovation Review managing editor Eric Nee, William Foster shares findings from the Bridgespan Group's groundbreaking research on what it takes to be in the big leagues. He discusses types of funders to pursue, how to restructure an expanding organization, and whether going big is right for everyone.
Nonprofits
What Business Execs Don’t Know—but Should—About Nonprofits
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
Fundraising
Capacity by Any Other Name
Donors don’t know much about capacity building, except that they don’t like the term.