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Our Mission
The Nonprofit Quarterly’s overarching editorial goal is to strengthen the role of nonprofit organizations to activate democracy.
Nonprofit Quarterly believes that open societies require venues for individuals to undertake public projects together that are larger than friends and family but smaller than the state and that range from community arts and group homes to environmental advocacy.
Nonprofits naturally fill this role, particularly when their efforts engage the ideas, energy, and speech of members of their community. While generating resources encouraged by tax exemption is useful to support this work, Nonprofit Quarterly believes that in a democratic society the essential role of nonprofit organizations is rooted in the First Amendment and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, not the tax code or the market economy.
We live in a world that needs more of what nonprofits can achieve. We know that our communities hold untapped courage, compassion, and support and that nonprofits are uniquely positioned to build relationships and understanding. Nonprofit Quarterly is committed to provide a forum for the critical thinking and exploration needed to help nonprofits stay true to this democratic calling—and to achieve their potential as effective, powerful, and influential organizations in concert with their constituencies.
Our People
Ruth McCambridge transformed the Nonprofit Quarterly into a national journal in 1999. Her background includes 35 years of experience in nonprofits, primarily in organizations that mix grassroots community work with policy change. Beginning in the late 1990s McCambridge spent a decade at the Boston Foundation developing and implementing its diverse capacity building programs. She has spoken and published extensively on nonprofit management and governance.
Kristin Barrali joined the organization in 2001. She oversees editorial production, assists the editor in chief in fundraising, and is responsible for coordinating NINA’s operations. She began her work in development at the Center for Campus Organizing and then moved to United for a Fair Economy where she worked in finance, development and administration for four years.
Rick Cohen joined NPQ in 2006, after almost 8 years as the executive director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) as the magazine's national correspondent. In his position at NPQ, Cohen is continuing the investigative and analytical work he led at NCRP, advocating for increased philanthropic giving and access for disadvantaged and disenfranchised constituencies and promoting increased philanthropic and overall nonprofit accountability.
Timothy Lyster brings 20 years of publishing experience to the Nonprofit Quarterly. Tim started his career at Intra Press, a small multi-title magazine house in London, England. He moved to the U.S. to become managing editor of Sky & Telescope, an award-winning science monthly based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has filled advertising, circulation, editorial, management, and production roles, and most recently coordinated advertising production for Body & Soul.
James David Morgan is responsible for NPQ's online presence and advertising sales. A Hampshire College graduate, he is also co-founder of The Groundswell Collective, an art and design studio that works for social change.
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