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Revenue as Destiny
Revenue as Destiny
Welcome
Welcome to Spring 2007
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Ethics & Conflict
The Nonprofit Ethicist: Spring 2007

How do nonprofits confront the complexities of immigration and is it right to take a stand that may put them on the wrong side of the law?

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Nonprofit Economy
Dark & Light Matters in the Nonprofit Universe

Pratt examines the size and shape of the nonprofit sector and warns us it may shrink in the wash.

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Financial Management: Structures & Patterns
Organizational Slack (or Goldilocks and the Three Budgets)

Organizations need to have financial "slack" to remain healthy and innovative, but they can have too much. How much is too much, how much is too little, how much is just right?

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Financial Management: Structures & Patterns
Transactional Analysis, Nonprofit Style: An Interview with Richard Brewster

It costs money to make money. This also holds true in the nonprofit sector. But some money comes with hidden price tags.

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Financial Management: Structures & Patterns
In Search of Sustainable Funding: Is Diversity of Sources Really the Answer?

Funding is a constant and pressing concern for nonprofit organizations across the United States. It is surprising, therefore, how little information exists about patterns in funding at a level below that of broad domains (such as youth services) or the sector overall.

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Case Study
In Economic Redevelopment Nonprofits Should Not Get Stuck in the Bleachers

Nonprofits have a vital role to play in economic redevelopment. The author presents contrasting case studies.

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Accountability: Regulation
Now You See It, Now You Don't: Conflict of Interest Demands More Than Just a Policy

Conflicts of interest are a normal part of organizational life, but dealing with them is anything but simple, as NPQ learned from its readers.

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Accountability: Regulation
Conflict of Interest: Mischief, Thou Art Afoot

The author delves into recent press coverage on conflicts of interest that typify some of the issues nonprofits must manage, presenting the public and backstories that make these cases notorious and complex.

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Financial Management: Processes
Absent the Audit: How Small Nonprofits Can Demonstrate Accountability Without One

If your organization doesn't conduct an annual audit, here's what you should be doing to maintain public trust and financial accountability.

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Volunteerism
Online Volunteering Enters Middle Age

Online volunteering seems new to some and old hat to others. The author discusses where it's been, where it's going, and how to get it right.

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Human Resources: Leadership Transistions
Preparing an Organization to Sustain Capable Leadership

By accident or design, your organization will change leadership. The author offers a range of steps you can take to ensure the organization maintains its equilibrium.

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Opinion
Fleishman's World - An Essay

Eisenberg reviews a widely hailed recent book on philanthropy, finding it an insider’s view of a closed system.

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Satire
Emotional Returns Sometimes the Most Measurable

Outcome measurements or a good story, which is more attractive?

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