Nonprofit Founders Can Make or Break a CEO Transition
A study of 2,000 organizations found that organizations thrive when charities find a way to allow founders to share their knowledge without getting in the way of a new leader.
By Donald Yeh
Contributor
Truth Initiative Wins Award for Successful Antismoking Campaign
The nonprofit is credited with dramatically reducing cigarette use, making it a model for how to move public opinion on an important issue.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Philanthropy Must Connect the Planet’s Health and Human Health
Nonprofits are finding ways to prevent climate change and keep people healthy, but the isolated way grant makers work limits available funding, say Gabrielle Fitzgerald, CEO of Panorama, and Heather Tallis, secretariat chair of Bridge Collaborative.
By Heather Tallis
Contributor
Nonprofits Must Rally Americans to the Ballot Box to Protect the Needy
As voters and lawmakers focus on the midterm elections, it’s essential to support grass-roots organizing and advocacy against policies that would shred America’s safety net.
By MARK ROSENMAN and Nonprofit Activist
Deepak Bhargava Exits Center for Community Change; New CEO at Sixty and Better
Also, the Council on Foundations creates a new role to advance racial equity in grant making, and the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center gets a new leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Some International Groups Saying Hiring More Locals Boosts Results
Proponents say the change can lead to big gains in results, but it also has meant job losses for employees previously deployed to the field from nonprofits’ headquarters.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Update: New Trump Administration Rule Ties Funding to Abortion Restrictions
The effort takes aim at Planned Parenthood, said some administration officials. In other articles, a campaign lawyer for Missouri Gov. Greitens says a Greitens aide took a donor list from a veterans charity, and a Missouri House committee wants a court to compel the Greitens’s nonprofit to turn over records; the Obama presidential library drew scattered protests in Chicago; and much more on nonprofit innovation and the arts and other news.
A Nonprofit’s View: It Takes a Lot More Than Money to Change the World
I’m tired of nonprofits being in service to and subservient to philanthropy. I’m weary and beaten down by the business-as-usual practices in the nonprofit world — it’s working for exactly no one. Not the communities and missions we serve, our nonprofit organizations, or our colleagues at…
By Upwardly Global and Jane Leu
A Grant Maker’s View: Money Doesn’t Make Us More Powerful — or Smarter
I’m tired of apologizing for philanthropy. For our inconsiderate behavior. For our inefficient timelines. For our opaque communication (or entire lack of communication). For our ego-driven fragmentation. And for so much more. The nonprofit world that we are part of has boundless untapped potential…
By Peery Foundation
Contributor
Donors Pool $40 Million to Light a Fire Under Pay-for-Success Programs
Steve and Connie Ballmer put up $20 million, Prudential Financial added $10 million, and the Kresge Foundation put up to $10 million to shield investors from losses.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor