Nonprofit Leadership Still Shaky, Study Finds
A study of 3,000 charity executives finds that organizations are unprepared for the wave of leadership transitions about to hit.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Executive Directors in One City Share Their View from the Trenches
Executive directors in Bend. Ore., share their strategies for coping with the downturn, government budget cuts, and other challenges.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
‘Emphasize Humanity’: Tips for Nonprofits
Nonprofits should offer “reusable content” and focus on young adults’ grand ideals, says a new report.
Exit Interview: President of Women’s Fund Retires
Becky Sykes, head of the Dallas Women’s Foundation, says her biggest accomplishment is persuading more than two dozen donors to give at least $1-million.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Robert Hohler, Foundation Leader Who Fought Homelessness
Robert Hohler was executive director of the Melville Charitable Trust, and he played a key role in changing how society helps people who have lost their homes.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Many Boards Fail to Fully Support Executives or Coffers, New Study Finds
Trustees rarely provide the money or other support nonprofit leaders say they need, according to a study of the more than 3,000 charity executives.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
An Executive Adjusts His Strategy to the New Economic Reality
Tim Rusk’s 10-year-old organization—MountainStar Family Relief Nursery, which offers programs to prevent child abuse—was growing steadily until donations from individuals peaked at $307,000 in the 2009 fiscal year and then started to fall. He says it lost $100,000 in canceled five-year pledges…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
A CEO Shoulders More Duties in a Struggle to Make Ends Meet
In 2009, when Kim McNamer joined Deschutes Children’s Foundation—which operates four campuses that provide rent-free offices to human-services groups—she inherited the job of collecting more than $60,000 in pledges made as part of a $4.1-million capital campaign to help the group construct a new…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
In a Fund-Raising Drought, a Leader Calibrates Her Pitch
Cate O’Hagan, head of Arts Central, describes how she had to adjust her definition of success after watching her group’s revenues plummet from about $706,000 in 2008 to less than $423,000 in 2009. In recent meetings with grant makers, she complained that income from class-registration fees and…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Education Official Takes the Helm at Social-Change Group
New job: Kevin Jennings, 48, was appointed to succeed Alan Khazei, the founder of Be the Change, a group in Cambridge, Mass., that organizes coalitions to fight for social causes. Mr. Khazei left to pursue the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts for the U.S. Senate. Background: Mr. Jennings, who…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Questions About Charity Boom’s Sustainability Linger After IRS Purge
Nearly half of the groups that lost tax-exempt status were created in this decade or in the 1990s, a sign of how hard it is for new groups to gain a foothold.
By Lisa Chiu
Contributor
Making Smart Design Central to Nonprofits
Why design is an important piece of achieving a nonprofit’s mission.
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Kansas Animal-Welfare Groups Merge
Animal Haven, a lost-pet and adoption center in Merriam, Kan., and No More Homeless Pets KC, a low-cost veterinary clinic in Kansas City, Kan., have merged to form Heartland SPCA, according to The Kansas City Star.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Bellevue, Wash., Orchestra to Disband
The Bellevue Philharmonic, in Washington state, will cease operations at the end of July, reports The Seattle Times.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Senior Services Group in Calif. Temporarily Closes
Lassen Senior Services, in Susanville, Calif., has laid off about 10 employees and closed down until July, writes the Lassen County Times.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Progressive Jewish Alliance, in Los Angeles, and Jewish Funds for Justice, in New York, have merged, according to a news release on the Alliance’s Web site.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor