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The Role of Nonprofits in Health Care: A Trends Summary
This article is one of a series of trend summaries by NPQ’s volunteer lay journalists. This piece by the prolific Michael Wyland, who writes often on both healthcare and policy issues for NPQ, takes a...
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The DIA’s Generosity to Executive Staff Raises Questions
In the midst of the multi-foundation deal to protect the Detroit Institute of Arts from being sold off to help pay for the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy, questions are being raised about its financial...
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Is a Volunteer an Insider or Outsider Candidate for CEO?
As senior positions turn over at large nonprofits, a number of competing logics are in play regarding appropriate replacements. Should the person be a business whiz? There’s a proven quality in an...
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Nonprofits Put the “Creative” into Creative Reuse
For a startup nonprofit in Charleston, S.C., crowdfunding, cross-sector collaboration, and creative reuse may prove to be a winning combination.
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Closing the Gender Gap at Wikipedia
The gender gap at Wikipedia has had serious consequences for how content is developed. These feminist art fans aim to do their bit to change all that.
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Branding: A Labor of Love
If people can have emotional, almost human, relationships with commercial brands, does the same hold true for nonprofit brands?
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Board Closes Agency—Or Maybe Not: Stakeholder Revolt
The board of the Women’s Resource Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, closed the program on January 31 after 40 years, but former staff and supporters are now challenging that decision, saying that the...
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A Reminder about Funding Overdependence
The closing of a city-run clinic in Portland, Maine, that provided healthcare for thousands of homeless people stands as a reminder to guard against overdependence on a single source of funding.
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Seduced and Abandoned: Agencies and their Volunteers
The lack of a well-run volunteer program leads to a terrible collection of missed opportunities.
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Can Management Principles from Zappos’ Holacracy Teach Nonprofits?
The CEO of an online retail outlet has plans to replace his company’s traditional structure with an organization style without job titles or managers.
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As the World Turns: NPQ’s 10 Trends and 10 Predictions
In 2013, issues of economic instability and abridgements of freedom both in the United States and overseas vied with small but substantial gains in the progressive sphere. For a look at the past year...
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The Importance of Exit Agreements
I believe that all boards should read the article and discuss what they have in place for their leader’s eventual exit.
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Marrying Mission with Strategic Planning & Evaluation
People don’t serve on an organization’s board of directors because they love strategic planning, but such planning falls squarely within a board member’s responsibilities. Two organizations on two...
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Financial Success of Boy Scouts vs. Girl Scouts—What’s the Story?
Brian Mittendorf suggests that quick passes at comparing the finances of the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts may end up leading you to wrong conclusions.
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The Skills Businesspeople Gain on Nonprofit Boards
On the heels of “Trustees Week” in the UK, Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd makes the case for why business leaders should encourage employees to get involved in the nonprofit sector as board...
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Nonprofit Trustees May Be Held Financially Liable for Lapses in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has taken action to hold trustees of two struggling nonprofits accountable for what appear to be significant lapses in fiduciary oversight.
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Finding the Right Development Officer for Your Organization: Part 1
Executive directors often ask how to select the right candidate to serve as chief development officer. Here are some tips from Simone Joyaux.
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This article looks at how board/staff relationships played out in four small cultural organizations as each encountered a growth/financial crisis.
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Exit Agreements for Nonprofit CEOs: A Guide for Boards and Executives
This groundbreaking article on the topic of exit agreements for nonprofit executives discusses when such agreements are appropriate and what should be considered.
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Mommie Dearest: Nonprofit Style
Nepotism? Conflicts of interest? A hidden agenda? The Ethicist comes to the rescue.
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