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How a small nonprofit organization survived the Great Recession

ASU Lodestar Center

Defenders of Children. Are you willing to take risks within your organizational structure? Defenders of Children headquartered in Phoenix has served statewide some 6,000 at-risk children and kinship during that time. Donnalee Sarda, LPC , Executive Director. The year is 2008. Are you willing to work longer hours?

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2010, we gave nearly $300 billion in support of a wide variety of charitable causes—3.8 The Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Prosperity recently published its Annual Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances for 2010 and reported “financial flows to the developing world from the United States increased notably in 2010 to $326.4

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How can leadership development strategies improve retention in nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time. 2010, October). Although many nonprofits lack the resources needed to create comprehensive in-house leadership programs, training can be woven into daily work (Koenig, 2016). 2016, September 08).

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Research Friday: Battling Domestic Violence with Data

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2009, we conducted a broad financial overview of 70 domestic violence (DV) service providers, which was followed by a comparative financial analysis of 18 organizations in 2010. As a result of the California budget crisis in 2010, many DV organizations laid off staff or closed temporarily.

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Research Friday: Government contracting in the new normal

ASU Lodestar Center

We expect the federal, state, and local governments to play a role in educating our children, helping communities rebuild after natural disasters, and improving our collective quality of life. consistent, structural challenges. In the midst of these ever-shifting resource dynamics are the. embedded in government contracting.

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The Right Way to Wireframe - A New Website for Lend4Health from SXSW

Connection Cafe

The great part about the workshop was that the speakers worked with Lend4Health , a nonprofit focused on micro-loans for health issues and children, run by one woman ( Tori Tuncan ) out of her home to use as the focus for their work. Research should be put into all aspects of your design and structure.

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Better Together: What Collaboration Strategies are Necessary to Increase Nonprofit Effectiveness?

ASU Lodestar Center

Possible threats, such as funding cuts, lack of stakeholder/donor involvement and ineffective leadership, have the ability to weaken nonprofits and can result in creation of duplicating organizations or efforts in order to serve social issues (Suárez, 2010). Restructure budgets and fundraising strategies.