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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

In April of 2011, a story broke regarding The Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization. The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance. Increased understanding of their legal and governance responsibilities.

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What are Effective Strategies Nonprofit Organizations Use to Improve Diversity and Inclusion?

ASU Lodestar Center

The 2012 State of the Work Report shows that “people of color make up 37 percent of program offices at foundations…21 percent of U.S. managerial/professional workforce, but only 10-17 percent of CEO and board leadership at foundations” (Ryan, 2012, p. This leads to effective board governance and an overall healthier organization.

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Research Friday: Government contracting in the new normal

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit Finance Fund’s (NFF) 2013 State of the Sector survey explored a variety of financial and management challenges facing organizations across the country. 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.

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A Huge Thanks To Guest Bloggers from the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Conference 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Gen Z Is Ready to Join Your Junior Board of Directors

sgEngage

According to USAFacts.org, Gen Z is the generation born in the 15-year span from 1997 to 2012. For a nonprofit organization, these non-revenue resources can be incredibly valuable over the lifetime of a Gen Z supporter. How can your organization benefit from this? Let’s Get the Terminology Right: Who Is Gen Z? can pay off.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. government agencies ii. Before this time, government grants collection had been limited to a few agencies like the National Science Foundation and Department of Education.

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Personal Democracy Forum 2012 Discount for TechSoup Community

Tech Soup

The Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) 2012 conference is June 11-12 in New York. The PDF conference is organized by Personal Democracy Media (formerly Personal Democracy Forum), an organization dedicated to exploring technology’s impact on government, politics, and society. And lucky you! Getting the Discount.