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Welcome | Winter 2009

Welcome to the Nonprofit Quarterly’s Winter 2009 issue.With this issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly, we mark a full year of coverage of our Nonprofits in the Age of Obama series—and what a year it has been.

Ethics & Conflict
Dr. Conflict | Winter 2009

I have just had the most upsetting experience, and I am unsure how to resolve it.

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Ethics & Conflict
The Nonprofit Ethicist | Winter 2009

A nonprofit questions whether the conduct of an organization with which it may merge is too suspect to move forward.

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Age of Obama
The State We're In: How Bad is it Out There?

The daily news reports of state government budget impasses, deficits, and cuts hit nonprofits right where it hurts: that is, in their ability to deliver on the programs and services relied on by their constituents and communities across the nation.

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Age of Obama
Growing Needs, Reduced Funds

Even vastly reduced state budgets have slipped out of balance; so what’s the remedy?

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Age of Obama
The State of the Fields

As we cover the state of the nation in the Nonprofits in the Age of Obama series, we have identified and observed the major variables that affect nonprofit viability and effectiveness. And one such factor is the field of practice in which a nonprofit works.

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Age of Obama
Stories from the Stimulus—Part 1

These two stories are the first of a series about how stimulus funds have affected nonprofits of different types. We have drawn these stories from the evolving case studies of the nonprofit groups we are following in the Nonprofit Quarterly’s Nonprofits in the Age of Obama series.

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Age of Obama
Too Close for Comfort? Big Philanthropy and the White House
Is it categorically a good thing for big philanthropy and the Obama administration to be intimate?
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Trends Alert
Nonprofit Fees and Taxes: A Death by a Thousand Cuts

States have become ever-more bold and creative in levying new taxes and fees on nonprofits.

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Opinion
The Charitable Property Tax-Exemption Debate

States have become ever-more bold and creative in levying new taxes and fees on nonprofits.

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Financial Management: Processes
Local Conditions Vary: Assessing Your Nonprofit’s Financial Position

This financial tool can help quickly diagnose the steps your organization needs to take to secure its future financially—​
or not.

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Organizational Culture & Development
What Makes a Difference in Leadership Development? A View from the Field

Even in times of crisis, there are ways to promote leadership development.

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Organizational Culture & Development
Beware Your Leadership Blind Spots

It’s not news that leaders and staff often see the strengths and weaknesses of an organization differently, but even in high-performing organizations this situation holds true.

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Networks, Collaborations & Movements
Nonprofit Intermediaries: An Untenable Situation?

Changing generations is a difficult process.  How do we best manage it?

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The Take Away
The Take Away | Winter 2009

A summary of the articles in this issue.

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Satire
Unreachable Stars: The End Game for Audacious Goals

Another awkwardly true-to-life satire about the vague but well funded among us.

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