Merging Wisely
Funders are increasingly pressuring nonprofits to merge, however, mergers are not always the right path for nonprofits in financial distress.
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Strength Through Flexibility
Over the past 17 years, the Forum for African Women Educationalists has delivered high-quality education to millions of girls across 35 African countries.
An Ounce of Advocacy
When disaster strikes, governments often rely on nonprofits and businesses to help with relief efforts. But making up for the public sector's shortcomings is neither an appropriate nor effective use of the private sector's strengths.
A Spark for Good Art
During its first 10 years, Creative Capital has pumped $14 million into 324 projects from a range of artistic disciplines. But Creative Capital doesn’t just fund projects, it builds careers.
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Outrun the Recession
The seven healthy habits of nonprofits most likely to survive the economic downturn.
What’s Next: A Kickstarter for Creative Types
Artists, musicians, writers, and other creative types are asking the public to underwrite their dreams via an online fundraising platform.
Q&A: Fred Krupp
Under Fred Krupp’s leadership, the Environmental Defense Fund has become one of the most important power brokers in the environmental arena. Krupp has helped accomplish what some thought was impossible—getting businesses to go green voluntarily.
The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle
A vicious cycle is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations—let alone serve their beneficiaries. The cycle starts with funders’ unrealistic expectations about how much running a nonprofit costs, and results in nonprofits’ misrepresenting their costs while skimping on vital systems—acts that feed funders’ skewed beliefs. To break the nonprofit starvation cycle, funders must take the lead.
The Madoff Philanthropic Implosion
With many in the community losing their savings in the Madoff scandal, Jewish philanthropies took a hard hit.
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