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Management
Why Can’t We Get Over Overhead?
Outcomes-based metrics may be more accurate and more effective, but they do not speak to the heart the way that program-focused endeavors do.
Want Charities to be Evaluated Based on Impact? Be Careful What You Wish For
The passion with which many hate accounting measures as proxies for effectiveness is often matched by their ardent belief in the promise of impact-based performance measurement. At the risk of sounding like an accounting apologist, Brian Mittendorf believes the nonprofit sector should be careful what it wishes for.
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Few things are more loathed by the public than taxes, and our cultural models encourage us to view government as something to be resisted and our tax system as a ...
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Museum Invites Visitors to Help Curate “Mad” Collection
A fascinating art exhibition was staged in New York City, wherein visitors to the Museum of Art and Design were invited to take and leave “exhibits” as they chose.
State Grant in Question for Orchestra as a Result of Labor Dispute
If the Minnesota Orchestra won’t be playing music, how should it spend the money given to it by the state?
“Abrupt Resignation of CEO” not an Organization’s Dream Headline
When will nonprofit boards realize that some kinds of statements to the press are like waving a red cape in front of a bull? We’d place the messaging around this United Way CEO departure in that category.
The Nonprofit Ethicist: Re. Cheese Curls and Conflicts of Interest
A board member applies for an ED position; a congregation member wants to do management consulting with his own church; and our continuing struggles with donations of junk food. The Nonprofit Ethicist weighs in.
Why Can’t We Get Over Overhead?
Outcomes-based metrics may be more accurate and more effective, but they do not speak to the heart the way that program-focused endeavors do.
Co-Op Nonprofit Home-Care Condominium Usurped by Alberta Health
Creekside Support Services seemed to operate pretty well as a mini-cooperative. Then the 15 disabled residents received a letter that all home healthcare services would be turned over to five large providers.
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