Making the Case for General Operating Support
NEW BOOKS General Operating Support Action Guide, attempts to persuade grant makers of the importance of providing such support to charities. Describing general operating support as “the ‘working capital’ nonprofits need to sustain their day-to-day operations,” the publication discusses what it is,…
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How to Get the Most Out of Evaluation Results
NEW BOOKS Information Gold Mine: Innovative Uses of Evaluation
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‘Scaling Up’ Not Necessary for Great Nonprofit Work, Book Argues
NEW BOOKS Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
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The Lives and Careers of Members of the Forbes 400
NEW BOOKS All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make — and Spend — Their Fortunes
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A Look at Three Homelessness Programs in Massachusetts
NEW BOOKS Preventing Homelessness and Promoting Housing Stability: A Comparative Analysis, by Donna Haig Friedman, Jennifer Raymond, Kimberly Puhala, Tatjana Meschede, Julia Tripp, and Mandira Kala, compares three homelessness-prevention programs in Massachusetts. Each of the programs has given…
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Involving Foundations’ Constituents in Research
NEW BOOKS Participatory Action Research: Involving “All the Players” in Evaluation and Change, by Craig MacGarvey, describes an approach to community change. In participatory action research, community members study civic problems of concern to them and evaluate solutions, often with the support of…
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Report Advocates Socially Responsible Investing
NEW BOOKS The Mission in the Marketplace: How Responsible Investing Can Strengthen the Fiduciary Oversight of Foundation Endowments and Enhance Philanthropic Missions, describes how foundations can use their endowments to support their philanthropic goals. The topic discussed here is often…
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Report Discusses Charities’ Election Advocacy
NEW BOOKS How Nonprofits Helped America Vote: 2006, by Kathryn Clabby, discusses nonprofit efforts to defend voters’ rights, protect the integrity of elections, and expand and inform the voting population. The publication examines charities’ efforts to fight voter-identification laws, arguing that…
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Charities Ought to Learn to Influence Lawmakers, Says Book
NEW BOOKS Hardball Lobbying for Nonprofits: Real Advocacy for Nonprofits in the New Century
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