Governance
Challenging Conventional Wisdom on Nonprofit Boards
Rethinking board sizes, term limits, and fundraising requirements may help unlock greater strategic insight and value from your board.
Tag: Fundraising
Leadership
Mending the Broken Development Link
To build stronger relationships with development staff, nonprofit leaders must understand the work and set feasible fundraising goals.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Is Online Fundraising a Bad Idea?
Four tips for avoiding the pitfalls of online giving.
Review
Foundations
In Defense of Perpetuity
Limited-life foundations are currently all the rage, but Fleishman’s book reminds us that perpetual, endowed foundations are in many cases preferable.
Governance
A Roadmap to Better Boards
It’s time for nonprofits to recognize that diverse groups are more innovative and better performing, and to apply that insight to their organizations’ governing bodies.
Collaboration
Nonprofit Collaboration 2.0
As challenges mount, the social good sector must find new ways to join forces.
Collaboration
The Next Wave in Fundraising Collaboration
Three considerations for nonprofits looking to work together to raise funds.
Collaboration
Creative vs. Transactional Collaboration
Lessons from experiments in nonprofit innovation at 92Y.
Governance
Governing a Collaborative Organization
Collaborative organizations require collaborative leadership, but are boards getting in their own way?
Civic Engagement
Protecting Our Civil Liberties
The ACLU spent the last decade strengthening its state affiliates, just in time to battle the Trump Administration’s reactionary policies.