Most nonprofits run with minimal administrative infrastructure, so when cutbacks strike, overhead usually rises in proportion to program costs. Emil Angelica offers practical advice for weathering the current "perfect storm" of economic hardship and for explaining our suddenly higher overhead costs to funders.
In an economic downturn that began with housing—the subprime mortgage foreclosure crisis—housing and community development groups have a special lens for these times.
Revenue is so unstable in these times, it’s especially important to monitor your cash flow. Author Murray Dropkin offers a complete refresher on how to budget a surplus, establish policies and train your staff with such fiscal sense in mind. People with less experience in this area or smaller organizations might find this especially helpful.
The Nonprofit Quarterly’s Study on (U.S.) Nonprofit and Philanthropic Infrastructure maps and examines the strengths and weaknesses of the network that supports nonprofits and philanthropy in the U.S. The study’s major findings have to do with who is getting best served among nonprofits and why but there is more here like lists of funders of the U.S. infrastructure and a very provocative sub-study of the financial models of infrastructure organizations.
Nonprofit news from around the country. Today: MOVERS acted illegally, nonprofit world debates new social-innovation fund, and foundation stymied in tackling street crime.
Acknowledging serious differences and facing conflicts is not easy for most of us, especially when power differentials exist, but if there has ever been a time for us to get over it, it's now.
It would be well worth the nonprofit sector's attention and energy to start documenting what 501(c)(3) organizations are doing to generate new jobs as a result of their use of economic stimulus funds.
Sadly, most organizations focus on their own needs and why their good work requires donations. Instead, the donor-centered organization puts the donor at the center.
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