November 28, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
Getting Results in Nonprofits and Philanthropy: Key Lessons in Strategy, Funding, and Leadership
By the Bridgespan Group
As more and more academic publications such as the Harvard Business Review and the Stanford Social Innovation Review devote attention to nonprofit management and innovations, many of their articles have come from authors at the Bridgespan Group, a management consulting firm.
Now the organization has gathered its best articles that have been published by magazines and journals over the past decade in a book covering topics such as how charities can grow, new approaches to financing, and management techniques.
Most of the articles are based on studies conducted by Bridgespan officials, such as one by William Foster and Gail Perreault that studied 144 charities that were established in 1970 or later and grew to earn at least $50-million in revenue by 2003. Behind their success: They secured financial support mainly from one source rather than a variety of places, and their financing approach matched their missions and beneficiaries. In addition, the charities spent considerable time and money to hire professionals who could garner this financial support rather than expecting other staff members and volunteers to do it.
Bridgespan Group, 535 Boylston Street, 10th Floor, Boston, Mass. 02116; (617) 572-2833; http://www.bridgespangroup.org; 220 pages; $9.99; ISBN 978-1453708156.
