Consumer Reports Selects a Director of Its New Digital Lab (Transitions)
Also, Step Up hires its next CEO, and a Teach for America executive will now lead the Making Waves Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Protect Nonprofit CEOs From Bad Board Members
When nonprofit leaders worry all the time that their boards are about to fire them, they can’t focus on the mission. Let’s consider adding a third party to mediate or a mutual evaluation system to insulate chief executives from arbitrary acts.
By Rob Blizard
Contributor
Ignite Your Board Members’ Passion
How executive directors and key leaders should inform, engage, and enrich trustees to maximize their contributions. Let us know something you are going to try.
By JOAN GARRY
Contributor
Advice on Leading in Turbulent Times for Planned Parenthood and Nature Conservancy
A veteran of organizational turnarounds suggests reaching out to critics for advice and making explicit to everyone how decisions are being made as he suggests how to get through hard times — and better yet, avoid them entirely.
Humane Society International Appoints New Leader (Transitions)
Also, Adam Meyerson is retiring from Philanthropy Roundtable, and Sonal Shah, who oversaw social innovation work in the Obama White House and is now a Georgetown U. scholar, is taking a leave of absence to work on the presidential campaign of Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Most of What We Think Works to Change People’s Behavior Doesn’t. Here’s What Does.
Social science can help determine what ideas move people to act or summon their support. Messages we just think will work often don’t — and they can send people running in the opposite direction.
By Nat Kendall-Taylor
Contributor
10 Questions a Nonprofit Should Ask Before Selecting an A.I. Provider
How to understand and evaluate the services and products offered by artificial-intelligence companies
By France Hoang
Contributor
Tiny Grant Maker North Star Points the Way to Big Shake-Up in Philanthropy
Its “participatory grant making” model, where control of the money is ceded to the community it serves, has drawn notice from bigger foundations and young philanthropists.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
93% of Wealthy Donors to Women’s and Girls’ Funds Are Female, Study Finds
The study by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy explored the giving patterns and beliefs of high net worth donors to women’s fund and foundations.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Interim Leader Named at Planned Parenthood (Transitions)
Also, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations hires new CEO, and Caryl Stern will exit Unicef USA next year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Fundraiser Salaries Jumped 8 Percent in 2018, Survey Finds
However, a relatively small percentage of fundraisers enjoyed most of those gains, according to a survey released Thursday by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Cold Cash: What to Do When Unexpected Money Pours In
The Ice Bucket Challenge, a grassroots effort that went viral, brought a sudden $115 million to the ALS Association. Five years later, it’s out to tell the public what it’s accomplished with all that money.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
How One Nonprofit Responded in the Moment
Environmental Defense Fund officials had second thoughts about what message to send on Election Night in 2016.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Gaining a Say: Lifting Up Philanthropy’s Unheard Voices
Grant makers, board members, journalists, conference organizers, and others can do far more to ensure that it’s not just powerful men who get to offer critiques of giving.
By JEN BOKOFF
Contributor
Denver Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust Install New Leaders (Transitions)
Also, the Newman’s Own Foundation dismisses its longtime CEO, and the Rockefeller Foundation names a vice president for climate and resilience.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Advice for Young Nonprofit Professionals of Color — From People Who Have Been There
Take advantage of networking opportunities. Develop a circle of mentors and advisers. Build strong connections within your organization.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor