The Case for Increased Government Support, Plus More: Tuesday’s Roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
December 15, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
- As many states face budget shortfalls, those in the nonprofit world should no longer be “shrinking violets,” but instead should make their case to legislators for why they need government support, write Judy Sobin and Melissa Pavlicek, two nonprofit veterans, in an opinion article in The Star Bulletin, in Honolulu.
- While efforts to foster innovation among Jewish charities should be applauded, all too often fellowships and other programs do not provide enough money for people to live off of, making social entrepreneurship a “privilege of the wealthy,” writes Daniel Sieradski, director of digital strategy for Repair the World, in an opinion article for the Jewish Telegraph Agency.
- As the number of Web sites that list charities for donors grows, Adin Miller, a nonprofit consultant, wonders on his blog how small and midsize charities can monitor all of them and make sure they are being fairly represented.
- The deadline for submissions for the Knight News Challenge is tonight at midnight, Eastern time. A program of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the competition awards up to $5-million each year for innovative uses of digital technology to help transform local news and information sharing.
- Nonprofit efforts to create national journalism outlets have succeeded in attracting foundation support but seem unlikely to succeed in building a network of grass-roots donors, says Jim Barnett, a blog writer for the Nieman Journalism Lab.
- Over 10 years, the annual budget for the Arizona Children’s Association has grown from $4.5-million to $40-million through a series of six mergers. Fred Chaffee, the group’s chief executive, discusses the organization’s growth strategy with consultant Jean Butzen on the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s opinion blog.
