10 Ways to Work Smarter in 2017
Nonprofit leaders offer tips for improving productivity and effectiveness.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Nonprofit That Trained Caseworkers to Coach Clients Sees Less Employee Burnout
Professional coaching gave caseworkers new tools to help social-service clients and offered a bonus — less stress for the caseworkers.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Foundation Gives Young Women Chance to Make Grant Decisions
A new fellowship in New York City lets teens call the shots on which nonprofits to fund.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Editors’ Picks: The Year’s Best Career Resources
Revisit our top advice of 2016 for job-seeking, starting off in a new place, or growing in your current role.
Compassion International donors are inspired by the group’s pictures of where the children they serve sleep.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
How to Make the Most of the Final Fundraising Week of the Year
A collection of advice to help you draw more dollars as the year wanes.
Grant Makers Can Do a Better Job Handling Risk. Here’s How.
Foundations take a variety of steps to assess potential projects and protect resources, but too often they either seek to avoid risk or, worse, fail to acknowledge it.
By Jim Joseph
Contributor
How Foundations Can Ensure Diversity Efforts Include People With Disabilities
10 questions a nonprofit can ask to assess whether its policies and practices promote inclusion.
By Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
Contributor
Girl Scouts’ 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave Is Rarity Among Nonprofits
The organization draws strong praise for its benefit to new mothers and fathers, but nonprofits in general still lag far behind the corporate world.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
How Emily’s List Turned Donors’ Attention to Planned Giving
Sensing supporters’ curiosity about legacy gifts, the pro-choice political-action committee surveyed donors and adapted communications to draw more bequests.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor