nonprofits

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by The Washington Post
The philanthropic organizations and foundations that make up Washington’s massive nonprofit sector are borrowing lessons from the business plans of their for-profit counterparts as they look to fulfill social missions and achieve financial...
by The Chronicle of Philanthropy
To reach people in their 20s and early 30s, the most important thing nonprofits can do is to make sure their Web sites are easy to read on a mobile device and not overly cluttered, says a survey of more than 6,500 young people released...
by The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The New York Times has eliminated its philanthropy beat, a move that could make it harder for nonprofits to get their stories told to a national audience.
by Michael Smith
The Case Foundation is fortunate to be able to work with so many great organizations, and as you make your holiday giving plans this year, we are proud to recommend a few to you! As you may know, the Case Foundation operates differently than many...
by The Whitman Institute
On June 22ndChris Gates, Executive Director of PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement), wrote a blog post for TWI in which he argued that in this “new world” of “strategic philanthropy” nonprofits need to approach funders with an...
by Sokunthea Sa Chhabra
Updated on Jan. 5, 2011 to include the video of Scott Case's talk at the NextGen: Charity Conference. This is part of a special series on “accidental entrepreneurs” that showcases inspiring stories and learnings of determination and innovation in...
by Rohit Menezes
Growing or scaling an organization and its impact in any sector is hard. All leaders face the day-to-day challenge of operations - what one of my heroes has called "the constant grind to get folk to do what they agreed to do." In the nonprofit...
by Eric Johnson
I like Apple's computers and phones. (It's a vice, I know.) Over the past couple of weeks all of this iPad, iPhone iNews has allowed for plenty of indulgence of that vice. But yesterday, Steve Jobs said something that could impact how people find...
by Kristin Ivie
Excerpts from this week's conversations on Social Citizens, which explores the potential impact of individuals who are combining their use of digital tools and people power to make change in their communities and around the globe. How can we help...
by Kari Dunn Saratovsky
Given the enormous complexity and scale of today’s social problems it may seem tough to pull out the crystal ball and begin looking to the future for answers. With shifts in public policy, unstable funding environments, and a new wave of social...
by Eric Johnson
In 1787 the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade began what became the first modern public awareness campaign. Abolitionists painstakingly documented conditions in the slave trade, publishing broadsides (like the graphic at left),...
by Eric Johnson
You’ve seen those nonprofit fundraising challenges, haven’t you? A funder or corporation puts up some funds—donation or matching grant money—and asks nonprofits and their supporters to compete for it. Maybe it’s a race of donations or votes, or...
by Eric Johnson
This question, by Friendfeed co-founder Paul Buchheit, solicited more than 270 replies on a Friendfeed discussion thread over the weekend: Assume that I’m going to get rid of $20,000 and my only concern is the “common good”. Which of these is the...
by John M. Bridgeland
Guest blogger John Bridgeland is President & CEO of Civic Enterprises, a policy firm that helps corporations, nonprofits, foundations, universities and governments develop and spearhead innovative public policies to strengthen our communities...
by Abbas Jaffer
Guest blogger Abbas Jaffer is a fellow at the Buxton Initiative, a Case Foundation partner organization. A lot of technology sites, like ReadWriteWeb and Mashable discuss the social web: a place where you and I share our thoughts, our causes and...
by Eric Johnson
The recent spate of competitions in the non profit sector has got me thinking of Paul Graham and partners’ Y Combinator—that inspired mix of venture capital and summer camp. Could the same approach work for nonprofits? Y Combinator invests in...
by Kristin Ivie
Monday morning at 9 am, I squeezed into “Nonprofit 911,” a meeting organized by a coalition of eight DC organizations concerned with helping the nonprofit sector survive – and even improve as a result of – the economic crisis. Normally for events...

Infographic

by The Millennial Impact
As part of the 2012 Millennial Impact Report, this infographic details the key findings in this year's study on how Millennials prefer to connect, get involved and give to nonprofits. This year, Achieve and Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates (...

Spotlight Archive

by Britt Bravo
Blogs fall under the category of "social media" because they are, well, social. They are a tool that allows for a conversation between the reader and the writer, and for information to reach people quickly all over the world. So if your nonprofit is...