Fixing Top Grant-Application “Pain Points”
For the nonprofit community, an important hashtag to keep an eye on is “FixTheForm.” It’s a self-described “scrappy grassroots international movement to identify (and fix!)
Nonprofit Mergers: A Bit More Exploring
It’s not surprising that the pandemic has sparked a flurry of chatter and activity in our sector about “collaboration” and other creative responses to
Exploring the Nonprofit Merger Option
There’s no such thing as a quick and easy merger. That was a key takeaway from our recent post: A Look At Two Pandemic-Era
Nonprofits: More “What Not to Do”
In Nonprofits: What Not To Do (July 13, 2021), we crafted a post loosely inspired by “What Not to Wear,” the popular British TV
Effectiveness of Nonprofits: New Data
Over the past decade or two, there’s been an escalating “crisis of trust” in all of the traditional institutions of society including nonprofit organizations.
Bad News on Nonprofit Postal Rates
A special, reduced postal-rate schedule is “… a perk for nonprofits that doesn’t get as much attention or fanfare as the tax deduction for charitable
A Look at Two Pandemic-Era Nonprofit Mergers
Several months ago, we posted a four-part series on options available to nonprofits searching for ways to ride out the COVID-19 crisis. Titled Nonprofits
Nonprofits & Student-Loan Forgiveness: Action Needed
The troubled Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Act is getting a shot in the arm. The U.S. Department of Education (DOE), spearheading this resuscitation
Will Funders Continue Grantmaking Reforms? Part 2
On March 3, 2021, The Chronicle of Philanthropy published an article by Alex Daniels, veteran reporter on the nonprofit beat. Titled Nonprofits Welcome Billions in
Suddenly, It’s Raining Grant Money
States and local governments around the nation are sitting on gobs of American Rescue Plan Act money given to them by Congress several months ago.
Adios to Mandatory Volunteerism
Well before White House staff change out the draperies and bring in the family photos of a new president, the incoming administration from a different
Will Philanthropy Funding Reforms Stay or Go?
In the earliest days of the pandemic, a few dozen major foundations “collectively agreed to loosen grantmaking restrictions to enable their nonprofit grantees to focus