2013 Highlights: About Leading Nonprofits

Some Nonprofit Leaders Ask: Is Philanthropy Killing Itself With Kindness?
With money tight and people in and out of nonprofits demanding brutal honesty, the lack of candor about bad nonprofits and foundations is a growing problem.

Opinion: Nonprofit Leaders Must Speak Out About What’s Wrong
In the fiscal-cliff negotiations, the response to the Newtown shootings, and elsewhere, too many nonprofit executives have refused to accept responsibility for their actions.

Charities Started During the Recession Find Success Despite the Odds
A strong focus on the mission, thrift, and perseverance can equip new nonprofits to do better than those founded in good times.

Charities Turn to Chief Strategy Officers to Help Plan Their Futures
As competition for resources grows, nonprofits are hiring new executives to plan for the future and look beyond a group’s day-to-day operations.

Leadership Programs Emphasize Collaboration, Not Budgets
A new wave of training programs focus on helping nonprofit executives solve problems they encounter every day.

Nonprofits Go All Out to Find and Recruit Stronger Board Members
Charities are hiring headhunters, seeking advice from local leaders, and turning to matchmaking services to find people who have strong leadership and strategic skills.

How to Find New Ideas: Tips From PopTech’s Leader
Andrew Zolli gets people in different fields to work together and share ideas.

Teach for America Announces Unorthodox New Leadership Plan
Wendy Kopp, the charity’s founder, is stepping aside to chair the group’s board and let two executives, who work in different cities, share the top job.