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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. 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.

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Diversity in fundraising

ASU Lodestar Center

The ‘Daring to Lead’ study found that 82 percent of executive directors were white, that recently hired executives were just as likely to be white as their longer-serving colleagues and that executive directors under 40 were only slightly less likely to be white.”. in History from Arizona State University in 2008 and earned an M.A.

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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. For the nonprofit sector, the GFC wreaked havoc on donations and budgets.

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Getting It Right at the GEO Conference in Seattle

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. What’s missing from the survey are the robust debates behind the various grantmaking practices probed in the study.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. This study investigated older adult volunteers serving in the Experience Corps program across 23 U.S.

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Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. However, studies reveal that most nonprofits still view evaluation as exclusively about program outputs, and they often perceive data gathering as a resource drain and distraction. As part of a. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. and Herring, A.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

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For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Installation Date: August 24, 2012. She became the library tech person by default. She is a favorite on TechSoup for Libraries because she is always open to new technology. 4 Plugable USB Docking Stations.

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