Equity in the Nonprofit Sector: Moving From Statement to Practice
Many nonprofits have adopted equity statements, but moving from stated commitment to changed practice requires more than language. This piece examines...
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Nonprofit Board Governance: What Strong Boards Do Differently
Board governance quality varies enormously across the nonprofit sector. Strong boards do specific things differently that produce better organizationa...
Volunteer Management in Nonprofits: What Research Shows About Engagement and Retention
Volunteers are essential to most nonprofit organizations, yet managing them effectively is one of the sector's persistent challenges. Research on...
Foundation Giving Trends: What Research Shows About Philanthropic Strategy and Impact
Foundations distribute hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Research on how foundations make decisions, which strategies are effective, and how t...
Advocacy Effectiveness in Nonprofits: What Research Shows About Influencing Policy
Many nonprofits engage in advocacy to change public policy. Research on what makes advocacy effective is limited but growing, with some clear lessons ...
Nonprofit Program Design: Building Evidence Into the Work From the Start
Too many nonprofit programs are designed based on intuition rather than evidence. Building evidence into program design from the beginning produces be...
Collective Impact: Research on Whether Cross-Sector Collaboration Produces Results
Collective impact has become one of the most prominent frameworks in nonprofit and philanthropy circles. Research on whether it produces the promised ...
Nonprofit Overhead: Why the 'Charity Efficiency' Metric Misleads Donors
Overhead ratios have become the dominant metric for charity evaluation. Researchers and nonprofit leaders argue they measure the wrong thing, and can...
Crisis Communication for Nonprofits: Protecting Mission in Difficult Moments
Every organization faces crises. How nonprofits communicate during them shapes trust, donor confidence, and long-term organizational viability....
Fundraising Ethics: When Donor Intent Meets Mission Integrity
Fundraising creates ethical tensions between pursuing needed resources and maintaining mission integrity. Understanding these tensions is essential fo...