Tele-Volunteering Allows Corporate Volunteers to Give Back from Their Desks
A tutoring program attracts companies and volunteers by working around their schedules and allowing them to coach students by phone.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
Reducing Youth Violence: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
A low-cost randomized, controlled trial of a youth-violence prevention program helped it win more than $8-million in grants.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
How One Nonprofit Creates Streamlined One-Page Budgets for Grant Proposals
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine explains what it takes to produce their operating and program budgets.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How to Make the Most of Your Meetings with Big Donors
Key concepts to help fundraisers prepare for their first visit with major-gift prospects.
Study Makes Case for Endowments to Stick With Fossil Fuels
A new report on fossil-fuel stocks’ performance asserts that colleges and universities could damage their endowments by heeding the growing call to divest from coal, oil, and gas, The New York Times reports.
Questions Nonprofits Should Ask Before Seeking Feedback From the People They Serve
Charities need to think about what would motivate clients to share their opinions and their experiences and how the information will be used.
Shake Shack IPO Is Charity’s Gain
The company’s early investors realized the potential of the company and decided to give a stake to Share Our Strength, which fights childhood hunger.
By Bill Shore
Contributor
Making Nonprofit Work Better Than Just a 9-5 Job
As the economy changes, keep your employees satisfied by listening and offering nonmonetary incentives, says one expert.
By ALLISON FINE
Contributor
When Board Members Get in the Way of a Great Redesign
Organizations should be grateful to their hardworking board members, but too often those trustees overreach and can have a negative impact on decision making, especially true when it comes to marketing, design, and communications.
By MATTHEW SCHARPNICK
Contributor
Setting Up Corporate Sponsorship Success in 2015
With the marketplace being crowded and volatile, charities will have to be focused, strategic, and confident to win corporate support, says one expert.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor