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250 Articles FoundNonprofits as Equal Partners in the Economy: An Interview with Robert Egger
By Nell Edgington In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, we’re talking with Robert Egger. Robert is the Founder and President of the DC Central Kitchen, the country’s first “community kitchen”, where food donated by hospitality businesses and farms ...
Things to Look For Before You Take That Nonprofit Job
August 19, 2011 Ruth McCambridge August 17, 2011; Source: Boston Herald | Debi Brooks, the former CEO of Michael J. Fox’s Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, says that she had to learn what to look for when she made the transition ...
Nonprofits Urged to Lobby Against Limits on Charity Tax Breaks
April 28, 2011, 10:44 am By Lisa Chiu Independent Sector, a coalition of charities and foundations, is calling on its members to lobby against a proposal by President Obama that would limit tax breaks for charitable gifts. Diana Aviv, Independent ...
8 Nonprofit Inflection Points and How to Seize Them
In the lifecycle of any nonprofit there comes a time when something needs to change. Call it an inflection point, a resetting, a fork in the road. I see it all the time. Someone in the organization takes a step ...
Driving Social Change
January 24, 2011 Paul Light 0 Share10 Editors’ note: This article has been adapted and expanded from Paul Light’s new book, Driving Social Change, from John Wiley & Sons publishers. How do societies create the breakthroughs needed ...
Lessons of Wikileaks for today's NPO
I have no doubt much more will come out about Wikileaks in the upcoming weeks, and no I’m not referring to more leaked documents or even more protests of support for the journalist Julian Assange in Australian capital cities . ...
Boston targets non-profits to help fill budget hole
BOSTON - Boston moved on Wednesday to ask hospitals, universities and other tax-exempt nonprofit organizations to pay more to support basic services like fire-fighting, police and road maintenance. The city, whose property tax accounts for some 64 percent of its ...
Back to the Future: Paul Light's Recession Predictions Revisited
TWO years ago, as the recession was just getting a foothold, Dr. Paul Light, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University's Robert Wagner School of Public Service, and a nationally prominent commentator on the public sector, ...
How Will the New Tax Law Affect Your Nonprofit, Your Employees, and the People You Serve?
December 17, 2010 Earlier this week, Congress passed the $857 billion tax package negotiated by President Obama and congressional Republicans. President Obama is expected to sign the legislation today. The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act ...
Facebook Co-Founder Applies Expertise to Charity Network
November 30, 2010, 12:11 pm The founder of a new social network designed to connect people and nonprofit groups tells The New York Times he wants the venture to do for charity what the popular rating Web site Yelp does ...
Liberal Deficit-Cutting Plan Proposes New Charitable Tax Credit
November 29, 2010, 12:03 pm By Suzanne Perry Three liberal groups have offered a new proposal on how to cut the federal deficit, proposing yet another way to change the charitable deduction. The proposal—by the Century Foundation, Demos, and the ...
Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity Final Report
The Report and Legislative recommendations to the 81st Texas Legislature of the Task Force on Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity was issued November 1, 2010 and transmitted to the Legislature. Barry Silverberg, TANO President & CEO, played a leading role in its ...
Amaze Your Friends with these Nonprofit Factoids
Feature Articles • By Rick Cohen • October 30, 2009 • Email Print When we believe something to be true but don't have the data to support that idea, what happens when we do find the hard evidence? Two things: ...
Nonprofits Say Pay Up, Now!
October 27, 2010; Source: Stltoday.com | A number of St. Louis nonprofits say their budgets—and patience—are straining as they wait for money owed to them for helping victims of domestic violence and the homeless. Promised their share of some $870,000 ...
2010 Nonprofit Fundraising Survey - Deadline Midnight Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Have you wondered what to tell your board about what other organizations are experiencing now? To answer this and other questions, the National Center for Charitable Statistics has joined forces with other key sector organizations to produce The Nonprofit Fundraising ...
A Move to Encourage Charities to Focus on Results
By Ben Gose Can five short questions change the nonprofit world? Independent Sector, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, and GuideStar USA are collaborating on an effort to get charities to answer five fundamental questions about how they operate. The very process ...
Nonprofit Newswire | The Difference Between For-Profits and Nonprofits
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23,898 Texas Nonprofits At Risk of Automatic Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status
Congress passed the law that changed the rules so now all nonprofits must file a 990 form with the Internal Revenue Service. For many small nonprofits with annual revenue below $25,000, that means filing an electronic version of IRS form 990-N ...
Charities and Watchdog Groups Clash Over Monitoring Systems
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Charities and Watchdog Groups Clash Over Monitoring Systems
= Premium Content Log In | Create a Free Account | Subscribe Now Thursday, September 2, 2010 Subscribe Today! Home Today's News Fund Raising Giving Managing Causes Facts & Figures Jobs Community Marketplace Ideas & Advice News Guide to ...