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The 7 disciplines of wildly successful charities
Building the trust that fuels program growth In recent years, about two thirds of Americans respond to appeals from charities for support of projects to meet human needs, create new initiatives, advance faith, and reverse wrongs. Nonprofit organizations received $390 billion in donations and were supported by 7.9 billion hours...
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Bavishni is a young artisan who is beginning to see stability in her business and life because of good demand for the fashion accessories she is producing. She lives and creates her wares in a rural village in India, but her products are selling around the world. Today, life is good and...
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A group of our friends led a wonderful start-up that was trying to bring new perspectives to the environmental cause and reach faith-based constituencies who were not traditional supporters of these concerns. They had the plan worked out on paper, and even had a foundation to underwrite the effort for a...
Read More...Blog / NPOutlookIRS approvals, Red Cross problems and top stories from the nonprofit sector
Nonprofit Tax-Exemption Approvals Double, Thanks to Simplified Form. The Internal Revenue Service approved 94, 365 applications from organizations seeking 501(c)(3) designations in fiscal year 2014, more than double the number approved in the previous two years. 4 Options for Targeting Donors. You have four options when evaluating how you might...
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Leaders Weigh in on 25 Nonprofit Management Tools For nonprofit organizations to realize their potential for social impact, they need more than a good program and ambitious leaders to expand it. They need good managers who adopt approaches that make the most of opportunities, anticipate threats, develop talent, and produce...
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Buzzwords to Watch in 2015 What will catch the ear of nonprofit and foundation leaders in 2015? Perhaps Internet of Things, Smart Cities and a dozen other, one keen observer postulates. The Ups and Downs of Charity at the Checkout Counter Research indicates that, in general, checkout-donation efforts do not...
Read More...Blog / NPOutlook‘Giving Tuesday’ phenomenon and other nonprofit stories of the week
What is #GivingTuesday? We have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. Now, we have #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world came together for one common purpose: to celebrate...
Read More...Blog / NPOutlookFascinating News from the Nonprofit Sector
Venture Philanthropy: $3.3 Billion Investment Payout for Cystic Fibrosis. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) cashed in on one of its biggest venture philanthropy efforts, selling future royalty rights for $3.3 billion — 10 times the revenue that the charity typically generates in a year. “This is a transformational moment for...
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Reversing the pervasive loss of trust in American life Who do you trust? In the public square, that’s a more troubling question than it should be. There isn’t enough trust to go around and nearly every institution—government, media, business, sport, and even churches and charities--are responsible and suffering the impact....
Read More...Blog / NPOutlookThe 7 Most Valuable Assets of a Nonprofit Organization
When you turn to the financial statements of a nonprofit organization, one of first reports is titled Assets and Liabilities. I know this an important report, but as a longtime non-financial manager of NPOs, I’ve always been less interested in this report than the statement of annual revenues and expenses...
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