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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue?

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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

ASU Lodestar Center

While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Giving USA’s number for individual giving in 2008 is $214 billion.

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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

ASU Lodestar Center

According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. Second, model out and scenario plan for revenue declines of 5, 10 and 15 percent.

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2013 NTEN Lifetime Achievement Award: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

NTEN

Past winners have had a hand in creating and funding the biggest organizations in our space, built nonprofit technology communities large and small, and are exploring and sharing some of the most interesting and innovative technology models. 2008: Vince Stehle. The 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. 2011: Judy Hallman , RTPNet.

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Social Impact Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

Recent trends in philanthropic giving indicate that the new generation of donors has a high interest in ensuring that their donations generate outcomes (Flandez, 2012). Though the practice is decades old, the term was only coined in 2008, making it a relatively new field of study. 2012, June 21). Sources: Ategeka, C. Flandez, R.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

Braided River teamed up with Alaska Wilderness League to deliver 1 million signatures to President Obama opposing drilling in the Arctic in 2012. We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. The Last Polar Bear project reached 26.5 Challenges. Images: Braided River.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

Braided River teamed up with Alaska Wilderness League to deliver 1 million signatures to President Obama opposing drilling in the Arctic in 2012. We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. The Last Polar Bear project reached 26.5 Challenges. Images: Braided River.

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