Trustees Don’t Do Well in Fund Raising or Promoting Diversity, CEO’s Say
Learning to raise money is the biggest trouble spot in governance, say both chief executives and board members.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
Transforming Failure Into Success
Nonprofits that will prosper in the future will be those whose innovative projects translate into innovative cultures.
By Rebecca Thomas
Contributor
Two Utica, N.Y., Groups Plan Merger
Two Utica, N.Y., nonprofits, Family Services of the Mohawk Valley, and Mohawk Valley Council on Alcoholism and Addictions plan to merge, writes The Observer-Dispatch.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
North Carolina Charities Merge
Appalachian Family Innovations, an Asheville, N.C., family-services group, has merged with the Barium Springs Home for Children, in N.C., reports the Ma href="http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2010/nov/03/barium-springs-agency-adds-asu-nonprofit-ar-506516/">Winston-Salem Journal.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Study Questions Efficiency of Charity Business Activities
New research casts doubt on whether social-purpose businesses truly help bolster charities’ programs.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Money Can Influence Innovation
Overly high expectations and a lack of continuing financial support can hamper the success of new programs.
By Rebecca Thomas
Contributor
We Need More Research on Nonprofit Boards
There is a remarkable amount of information about how boards should and shouldn’t operate, but much of it is not based on evidence.
By RICK MOYERS
Contributor
Jewish Federation Lays Off Half its Staff
The Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix, in Scottsdale, Ariz., has laid off more than half of its employees, writes the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Genocide Intervention Groups Merge
Two Washington nonprofits, the Save Darfur Coalition and Genocide Intervention Network, have merged, according to a news release on Genocide Intervention Network’s Web site.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Two Human-Service Groups in Conn. Merge
The Arc of New London County, a human-services group in Norwich, Conn., is merging with Seacorp Inc., a similar organization is Uncasville, Conn., reports
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Four Questions to Determine Whether a Nonprofit’s Ready to Change
New leadership is often the key to bringing about truly transformational changes, says one foundation executive.
By Rebecca Thomas
Contributor
A Foundation’s Effort to Transform Arts Groups
An official of one of the nation’s biggest grant makers explains how his organization responded to the bad economy and the difficult challenges facing cultural organizations.
By Rebecca Thomas
Contributor
Americans’ Faith in Nonprofits Is Strong, Survey Finds
Trust in nonprofits to fix problems is higher than for business or government, but the public worries about the financial challenges facing charities.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
The Faces Behind the Twitter Handles
Meet the personalities behind some of the nonprofit world’s best social-media machines.
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
Despite the Bad Economy, Charities Made Minimal Changes to Employee Benefits in 2009
Some nonprofit groups are getting ready to restore benefits they reduced last year, and some are even planning to add new ones, a study of New York and Washington organizations finds.
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
Indigenous Groups Get GPS Technology
Twenty-first century technology has become an important tool in indigenous groups’ fight to protect their ancestral lands in the Amazon. The Amazon Conservation Team, in Arlington, Va., has provided equipment and training to 32 Indian groups in Brazil, Colombia, and Suriname to help them map their…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor