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High Drama at the Opera as Heroes Continue the Battle
Even though diehard supporters have raised $2M toward the $7M needed to save the company, the performance of “Anna Nicole” on Saturday may have been the final curtain for the New York City Opera.
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Paid and Unpaid Workers: The Lean In Flap
A solicitation for a volunteer editorial in New York City gets us thinking about mission-based dissonance and the question of unpaid internships.
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Big Data for Little Nonprofits
Big Data sounds intimidating, but it can help tell the story of how you plan to make a difference in your community, and there are lots of places to get some good Big Data for your nonprofit.
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American Democracy Demands Increased Nonprofit and Philanthropic Transparency
Is it time to rethink the scope of transparency and disclosure in the nonprofit and philanthropic realms? Doing so is certainly a trade-off, but it’s one that we think is worth undertaking.
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What Do We Know about What Makes Programs Fail or Succeed?
Charles Murray’s “three laws of social programs” discusses how social programs can “backfire,” but some of these “laws” are not immutable and can be addressed with better program design.
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A Tale of Two Nonprofit Messages on U.S. Gun Violence
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the National Rifle Association have very different messages on guns in the U.S. In the wake of recent killings, will action be taken?
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Curtain Comes Down on New York City Opera
On Tuesday, the New York City Opera announced that it would immediately file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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CNN Is Shocked: Some Big Nonprofit CEOs Make over $1 Million
Within the nonprofit sector, there are any number of multi-million and even multi-billion dollar endeavors, but CNN is still shocked that some CEOs make over $1 million in compensation.
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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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The Vicious Cycle that Stops You from Raising Money (Part 1)
Nonprofits could raise more money if they had more engaged organizations, supportive bosses, board member participation, and adherence to the body of knowledge. In this first of a two-part column,...
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Gen Op vs. Program Support: A Funder Takes a Run at Reframing the Overhead...
Paul Hogan believes that the never-ending argument about which is better: general operating support or program support misses some of the point. What do you think?
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How Nonprofits Should Handle REALLY Bad Publicity
An affair with a subordinate that end in a suicide, a very public suit that claims retaliation against staff for reporting sexual harassment: these are situations that we would not long for but when...
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Does Your Information Technology Department Report to the CEO? If Not, Why Not?
Tate & Tyron’s small survey shows that among the nonprofits they investigated, those in IT more commonly report to the financial or operations departments than the CEO. This implies that nonprofits...
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Bad Executives and Lost-in-Space Boards: More on What Stops You from Raising...
“Bad executives and lost-in-space boards”—nonprofits could raise much more money if they approached development differently. In this second of a two-part column, Simone Joyaux shares her insights into...
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The Clear Logic behind Shockingly Low Fundraising Goals
McSweeney’s Publishing celebrates 15 years in unconventional style with a quirky crowdfunding campaign.
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Nonprofits: It’s Time to “Lean Into” Paid Internships
Let’s have a conversation: Are unpaid internships a moral issue for the nonprofit sector? This opinion piece suggests that unpaid internships are bad not only for interns but for the sector as a whole....
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NY State/Charity Take Their Time Releasing Prostate Cancer Funding
Eight years after its establishment, the New York State Coalition to Cure Prostate Cancer has disbursed none of the $1.8M it has been given.
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Murky Financial Concerns Close Big Brothers Big Sisters in SE Connecticut
Public understanding of nonprofits might be helped if nonprofits and funders discussed the financial challenges nonprofits face. This story about the closing of a Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliate in...
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Post-Recession Budgets and Boards
NPQ has been monitoring stories about the recovery, or lack thereof, of all types of nonprofits now that we’ve “passed the end of the recession.” We’d love to gather some of your stories about the...
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