ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

This past year’s social justice movement has caused many organizations to take a leap and highlight their key values for society to take notice of and support. This act of solidarity is a starting point, but not valid unless the organization takes intentional actions to progress their mission to commit to DEI. Where to start?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofit action In the face of these troubling trends, nonprofit organizations are pivotal in the Press Forward funders views of what’s needed. Collaborative reporting: Nonprofits can facilitate partnerships between different news organizations to pool resources, share content, and cover stories more effectively.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

An effective strategic plan will not only provide direction for the organization, it can give nonprofit leaders guidance in day-to-day decision-making and promote more predictable outcomes. Employees, volunteers, donors, community members want to feel connected to the organizations they care about. It can drive daily decision-making.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 24, 2011

& Management Student, Arizona State University. This week we welcome Mary McGillicuddy, one of the researchers who worked with the ASU College of Public Programs on a project that analyzed and mapped the social network of downtown Phoenix nonprofit organizations. Mary McGillicuddy , Nonprofit Leadership.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

As organizations serving public interests, nonprofits answer to the voices of multiple stakeholders. The complex accountability relationships facing nonprofit organizations include responsibilities to donors, clients, community partners, staff members and volunteers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Ask yourself: Has there ever been a time when you sought the services of a nonprofit organization but something just didn’t feel right? You are hesitant to enter the organization because of the lack of Spanish-translated flyers, information posted outside, and because the individuals pictured do not represent you or those from your community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

“Resources, symbolic attraction of alliance members, and expanded networks” as stated in a review from AIM Alliance , are all compelling benefits to joining forces, however, organizations should proceed with caution as these solutions are not sole problem solvers. Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 21, 2022

CauseIQ identified that small organizations make up a majority of the nonprofit sector. Organizations with small staffs create an organizational culture that is reliant few individuals. While proper HR systems are critical to supporting small staffs, the nature of these organization often leads them to rely on informal HR practices.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The nonprofit sector has taken a significant hit during the pandemic and become a strong reminder that nonprofit leaders need to have the skills to plan and guide their organization through a crisis successfully. A crisis management plan is essential for all leaders and their organization to have. Maintain situational awareness.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2021

If nonprofit organizations are going to thrive while accomplishing their missions, then transforming their systems and using ever-evolving digital tools is required in today’s world. Organizations can even develop their own smartphone applications, streamlining all information and invitations through one source.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 25, 2021

Hager Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Arizona State University. And while most volunteering is traditionally in-person and face-to-face, many organizations have been hosting virtual volunteer assignments for several decades. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. posted by Mark A. federal government agency.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The full cost of a program may not be clear for organizations that pull from multiple pots of money to cover overhead, Full cost includes all costs related to programs, as well as the infrastructure that ensures effective program operations. She recently relocated from Arizona to Ontario, Canada. Calculate true costs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2021

Hager Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Arizona State University. It follows up on a study that I conducted back in 2003, when I reported the country’s first national snapshot on the readiness of nonprofit organizations to provide good experiences for their volunteers. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Collective Impact is a helpful framework to organize churches to affect change in their cities. Collective Impact requires collaborating organizations to: Identify a common goal: Understand a problem and the pathway to solve it together. God loves cities. He promises as cities flourish, His people dwelling within will also flourish.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Nonprofits, the fifth largest industry in Arizona, historically the recipient of a most generous donor base, now wear the burden of the downturn in the national economy. Responsibilities fell to the board of directors and executive directors to do something to save their organizations. Is this a job or a vocation? to continue.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Gathering information and involving stakeholders is an important practice to set goals and develop a recruitment strategy. Other avenues include the community served by the organization, volunteer networks and social platforms like LinkedIn. It allows us to see what the current diversity and skill is set of the board.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Accountability to beneficiaries and their communities, or downward accountability, involves voluntarily opening your organization up to scrutiny by those you serve. Prepare to learn from beneficiaries and put new information to use in decision-making. The use of downward accountability mechanisms is growing. He holds a B.A.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

Organization-wide support and commitment to the effort should be established among all leadership, management, and especially the board of directors before creating the agenda. This will inform who leaders will deem responsible for overseeing the public policy agenda. Establish support. Establish the What and Why.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 20, 2019

Can you imagine if nonprofit organizations were able to operate this way? However, changing the attitudes within the sector from being risk averse to the embrace of a risk culture could mean the difference between how much impact organizations make. Cultural shift within the sector starts with you and your organization.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

According to Huiquan Zhou and Shihua Ye, “The rapid development of information technology has boosted nonprofit organizations’ ability to reach out to a larger and more diverse audience… in a fast and affordable way.” Outreach to donors online requires an organization, no matter the size, to utilize some form of technology.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

of Central Arizona. 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. In 2011 I gave to over twenty different nonprofit organizations. United Cerebral Palsy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

These costs, referred to as “indirect” expenses, “general and administrative (G&A)” costs or “overhead,” include such outlays as salaries and employer related expenses, utilities, rent, computers, and information technology (IT). Heron Foundation, put it, ‘In the long run, you can’t have strong programs in weak organizations.’”

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

With merely a click of a mouse or tap on a phone, individuals can quickly learn about and donate to nonprofit organizations. In addition, because of technology information is available 24/7. Crystal Nettles is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. Make sure your organization is ready for capacity building. Has the organization embraced policies, resources and a culture that supports evaluation? Assess the organizational context.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 29, 2020

While it might seem contrary to the type of organizations nonprofits are, they must earn some money to fund the good work they hope will be sustainable community solutions. Collect that data and then use it to inform the solution you want to put in place. There’s a plethora of information on his website.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow and a research affiliate of the University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, his writing and data visualization have appeared in The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian, Vox, and many other publications. Priscilla Chomba Kinywa. “I’m Isabella Gonzalez Potter.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. I am a student in the Master of Nonprofit Studies program at Arizona State University and work for the ASU Lodestar Center. In addition to the organizations previously mentioned, in Arizona there are over 300 501(c)(3) charitable organizations with an international focus.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

Organizations in all sectors will benefit when including disabled individuals, yet it’s even more dire for nonprofit organizations to strategically implement inclusion principles. Even nonprofit organizations whose missions do not specifically target individuals with disabilities certainly still have disabled stakeholders.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 1, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The term grantmaker typically refers to a nonprofit organization that grants money to other nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2019

Programs within a nonprofit can then use these goals to create individualized action plans that help serve the needs of the program while focusing on the global mission and vision of the organization. Community Planning and Organization – working with outside stakeholders to meet the communities needs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The reality of the nonprofit sector is that many organizations must rely on state and federal funding to advance their missions. Without this funding, many organizations would not be able to provide services to the population they seek to serve. Let clients choose how much information they provide.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

But nonprofit leaders do not always know how to communicate their organization's impact to retain donors and attract new ones. Charity watchdogs are a type of nonprofit that publicly share information about charities, including reviews and ratings. So, how can nonprofit leaders effectively communicate impact to stakeholders?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 10, 2019

People want to work/volunteer for and give money to organizations that they believe in and trust. Nonprofit leaders need to build strong stakeholder relationships to sustain and grow an organization (even when they are no longer with that organization). Share information (to the best of your ability) with all your stakeholders.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Capacity building is not a one-time effort to improve short-term effectiveness, but a continuous improvement strategy toward the creation of a sustainable and effective organization” (National Council of Nonprofits, 2017). For many organizations, capacity building would fall into the “overhead” category.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Organizations can better leverage technology through first recognizing three notions. Primarily, those that donate via digital platforms do so because they are influenced by their social network, not by what an organization accomplishes. In this digital age, most information is not private. Add interactivity to donor messages.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 11, 2018

Within the sector itself exist organizations that are run with the precision of any Fortune 500 company. But, charitable organizations in general are thought to be lagging behind their for-profit cousins in some of the more basic areas of organizational operations necessary to grow and maintain healthy enterprises.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. 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. As part of a.

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