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
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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
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Setting Prices for Nonprofit Services
Nonprofits have several options when it comes to setting prices for their services.
By Norah McVeigh
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Nonprofits and lenders need to better understand how borrowing can help an organization thrive.
By Dione Alexander
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Let’s Change the Way Nonprofits Find Money to Grow
It’s time to stop starving nonprofits and give them the resources they need to serve the greater good.
By DAVID GRECO
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For-Profits Should Drop the ‘We Know Better’ Attitude
All the effort to make nonprofits more like businesses is backfiring. Instead, it’s time to make sure nonprofits achieve their potential.
By DAVID GRECO
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Nonprofits Can’t Always Borrow From Business
Business ideas work well in many parts of the nonprofit world, but not when it comes to closing a nonprofit and leaving clients without anywhere else to turn.
By DAVID GRECO
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Finding Incentives for Nonprofit Collaboration
The nonprofit world doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to collaborate.
By Garvester Kelley
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Let’s Solve Problems, Not Fiddle With Tax Status
Do charities really need to look more like businesses to solve social problems? Don’t believe the critics.
By CLARA MILLER
Contributor
Does Nonprofit Status Offer the Best Way to Achieve Your Mission?
Why organizations that want to grow might not want a nonprofit structure.
By Kristin Giantris
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Purpose Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Nonprofits won’t attract the talent they need unless they do more to spur innovative cultures and pay employees better wages.
By Anne Mai Bertelsen
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Shattering the Myth About Diversified Revenue
Grant makers and other experts often tell charities to diversify their revenue. But many times that advice is completely wrong, as many nonprofit leaders can attest.
By CLARA MILLER
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How Jargon Can Damage Nonprofit Work
Many of the words nonprofit workers use to sound positive about their work actually end up masking problems about how best to promote change.
By Elizabeth Ortiz
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In a Connected Society, Corporations Must Focus on the Social Good
Savvy corporations understand that how a company makes its profit matters and what it does to solve broad social problems is what determines shareholder value.
By Scott Henderson
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How to Balance Vision and Action in Financial Decisions
Questions nonprofit leaders need to ask themselves to translate their vision for their missions into concrete actions that lead to financial success.
By Rebecca Thomas
Contributor
Financial Fluency: Capital Is Not a Synonym for Money
Nonprofits that want to weather the economic storm need to understand the basic differences between capital and income.
By CLARA MILLER
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