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On the Road to Find Out
On the Road to Find Out
Summer 2006
Welcome
Welcome to Summer 2006
Ethics & Conflict
The Nonprofit Ethicist Summer 2006
The Nonprofit Ethicist tackles cozy boards, and questionable funding practices.
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Accountability: Evaluation
"On the Road to Find Out"
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Accountability: Community Engagement
In Whose Interest: Do National Nonprofit Advocacy Organizations Represent the Under-represented?

A recent study raises serious questions regarding the legitimacy of the “representing the under-represented” argument for funding advocacy groups.

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Governance
Do Big Names Really Draw Big Bucks?
If ever there was a bit of conventional wisdom that needed to be challenged here it is: “Big names on your board will translate into big funding.” This research suggests—that ain’t necessarily so.
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Human Resources: Leadership Transistions
Founders Who are Effective Over Time: Their Characteristics
Is founders’ syndrome dependent on personal and organizational characteristics? This research, looking at world-class programs where founders have remained involved over decades, suggests it may be. ...
 
Accountability: Regulation
Emerging Nonprofit and Foundation Enforcement Issues

This article examines some of the key areas of ongoing nonprofit regulation, as well as emerging trends confronting government officials.

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Financial Management: Enterprise
Tiny Bubbles: A Guide to the New New Nonprofit Economy

This article intends to cut through some of the fluff to identify what’s real and what isn’t within social entrepreneurship. We’ll also review at a high level some of the tools available to you should you choose jump onboard, and supply some tips on moving forward.

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Case Study
Phoenix In Calgary: How the Calgary Philharmonic Survived Bankruptcy and Flourished
A uniquely exciting story of how one symphony revitalized itself even while in a potentially fatal organizational crisis by reconnecting with its core assets: the people it touched.
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Financial Management: Processes
On Nonprofit Investment Income
This excerpted chapter from a much anticipated book by the National Centre for Nonprofit Enterprise provides a concise, easy to understand framework to help nonprofits understand the legal and other considerations in managing investment income....
 
Financial Management: Structures & Patterns
Should Your Nonprofit Build an Endowment?
Most nonprofits dream, at some point, about that endowment that would ensure their stability from year to year. But endowments aren’t for every nonprofit. This article walks the reader through their up and downsides....
Accountability: Regulation
Getting a Grip on the Regulatory Landscape

Every organization should have an in-house expert on nonprofit regulations, and that expert should train others in the organization about what is required.

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Exposes, Scandal and Fraud
The Enron Family Philanthropies
The crimes of Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling have helped focus attention on their equally misguided use of philanthropy for personal gain. Cohen shows the dark side of these “generous” benefactors, their misuse of philanthropy, and how some nonprofits were happy to go along.
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The Take Away
The Take Away: Summer 2006
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