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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight current nonprofit research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day practice. The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance.

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Government contracts and nonprofit organizations: Problems and solutions

ASU Lodestar Center

There is a long history of nonprofit organizations partnering with the government, usually at the state level, through contracts to help provide for and respond to community needs. Still, changing terms mid-contract does little to help establish trust for a positive nonprofit/government relationship. published in 2010.

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Research Friday: Government contracting in the new normal

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Particularly in the last several years, in the wake of the financial crisis, organizations have struggled with a variety of challenges related to government support. In the United States, we rely on government to provide key economic supports. As part of a.

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. In 2010, we gave nearly $300 billion in support of a wide variety of charitable causes—3.8 government aid, capital investment, philanthropy and remittances. Total Net Economic Engagement with Developing Countries, 2010 2. As part of a. Billions of $.

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tammi Marcoullier, Lead Strategist at the GSA’s Center for Excellence in Digital Government Engagement & Outreach. And we took away some ideas that we thought many nonprofits and government agencies should consider. Sometimes there’s no getting around a staff increase: since 2010, the U.S. Government.

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Telling the story in a new way: Should arts leaders use impact evaluation?

ASU Lodestar Center

In the intervening years, several research efforts (Brown & Novak, 2007; Radbourne, Glow & Johanson, 2010; Brown & Ratzkin 2012) proved it was possible to quantifiably measure those intrinsic impacts of art. In it, Kevin McCarthy called for a new way for the arts to describe itself by evaluating the “intrinsic impacts” of art.

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Research Friday: Battling Domestic Violence with Data

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Between 2000 and 2008, this revenue mix provided stability and the opportunity to grow, due to gradual increases in overall government funding.