ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 12, 2022

Employees are frontline; their talents and efforts determine success within any organization. Employees choose specific nonprofit organizations because they have a personal connection or emotional attachment to the nonprofits mission. Three key tools are discussed below that can help organizations boost their employee engagement.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 16, 2018

If your nonprofit is serious about long-term sustainability, succession planning needs to be part of the overall plan for the organization. Disruption happens and the more prepared the organization is for change, the better for long-term success. What leadership style does the organization need for long-term sustainability?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Grantmaking foundations have the financial resources that nonprofit organizations need to accomplish their work. Nonprofit organizations are doing the work essential to further the grantmaking foundation’s mission. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Grantmaking practices are important to grantmaking foundations.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Grant research tip : As you look over the list and peruse potential funders, take notes of those who best align with your work. Arizona Community Foundation. Funding Priority: Education.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Without stability, the organization will not be around long enough to continually realize its mission. For the social enterprise movement to realize its potential, organizations will need to invest in the recruitment, development, and growth of their future leaders, just as for-profits do.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2022

Is your organization struggling to keep key employees around? Nonprofit employees are leaving at a rapid rate for a variety of reasons, including low pay and benefits packages, lack of long-term career opportunities, poor work-life balance, and even faulty leadership. Include the entire organization in this strategy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2022

Leadership succession planning, similar to donor succession planning, is often addressed when the concern arises rather than preemptively within a nonprofit organization’s fiscal year. This is a common theme that lurks in the veins of many of our organizations. This rings true for many organizations. Validate your work.

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MAY 13, 2021

Youth organizations like yours don’t just help kids live happier, healthier childhoods—you prepare them for the future! The work you do is invaluable to generations of people. That’s why the longevity of youth development organizations is so important! Why are hybrid events important to youth organizations?

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If you answered yes to any of these questions, chances are, you are working at an organization that is not primed for innovation - and, you’re not alone. Readiness factors increase the capacity for organizations to innovate, but many nonprofits lack this basic foundation for innovation success. Decision-making.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

posted by Shayla Hubbard Project Coordinator, University of Arizona College of Medicine. Nonprofit organizations have the ability to connect and mobilize individuals. According to Frumkin (2002), nonprofit organizations are “ideal vehicles for foraging networks of weak ties that link people together.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Most nonprofit organizations in the U.S. For most nonprofit organizations, volunteers serve in capacities that are vitally important to the organization’s impact. Well-managed volunteers provide incredible value, giving organizations the ability to strategically position themselves for continual growth and impact.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, we were using more and more technology in our work and personal lives. Over the past year, our research team at Arizona State University has conducted the Technology Evolution in Volunteer Management, or “TEVA” project. Some manage a handful of volunteers, others work with many thousands.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2011

Public Allies Arizona. There are people who think of work-life balance in a Utopian way — where work and life responsibilities are lines in the Zen garden of life. When those same people realize how fictionalized that image is, they often give up on the daydream and get back into the thick of their work. to 1:30 p.m.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 17, 2011

A few years ago, the ASU Lodestar Center, working in collaboration within the AIM Alliance (nonprofit centers in Arizona, Indiana, and Michigan), investigated giving and volunteering behaviors specifically within those three states. How do 50+ adult volunteers engage with your organization? Senior males volunteered 24.6

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2017

posted by Christopher Chappell Social Media Coordinator Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company. It is crucial for nonprofit organizations to understand what motivates this generation and to add millennial strategy to their marketing plans. Nonprofit organizations can do this through the following means. Technology.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2017

posted by Christopher Chappell Social Media Coordinator Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company. It is crucial for nonprofit organizations to understand what motivates this generation and to add millennial strategy to their marketing plans. Nonprofit organizations can do this through the following means. Technology.

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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

APRIL 22, 2020

The lifeline of all mission-driven organizations is the volunteer. It is clear that the manner in which an organization provides goods, services and outreach can be determined by human capital. CEOs in the nonprofit sector are often considered visionaries who chart the voyage of the organization. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 29, 2019

Nonprofit employees are vital in realizing an organization’s mission and goals. Even though organizations recognize the importance of nonprofit employees, the sector is the third-least engaged industry in the United States with employees that are hostile or actively disengaged. Create a recruitment strategy. Qualifications desired.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 17, 2019

posted by Susan Nusall Director of Volunteers at Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education/Arizona Bar Foundation. We had to take off our rose-colored glasses and see that it’s all about each and every one of our staff, how they work with and value the volunteers, and how we document our effort and the volunteer’s value.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Nonprofits in Arizona are facing some terrifying scenarios when it comes to maintaining funding amid COVID-19. All of the above points are concerning, and as Kristen Merrifield, the CEO of Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits said, “it is just the tip of the iceberg.” for small- and medium-sized organizations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Since the 1980s, nonprofit, for-profit and public organizations have formed partnerships to produce and distribute various goods and services. A cross-sector partnership is an alliance between organizations from two or more sectors that commit themselves to working together to develop and implement a specific project.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Increasingly, leaders of nonprofit organizations manage and drive their missions forward in a more complex and less certain world. Prioritizing these professionals’ development, wellness and growth increases job satisfaction; as a result, they stay with the organization and do their best work. Add remote work flexibility.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 28, 2021

When the pandemic hit in early 2020, most found that their typical and secure lifestyle came to a halt, and many of the employed were re-assigned to work remotely, or joined the increasing statistics of those unemployed. Often, these are used as recruiting tools, promoting the organization as forward thinking and evolved.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

Organizations that rely on donations and grants for funding are being forced to look at their revenue portfolios and determine whether their revenue streams will be sustainable in the foreseeable future. Several organizations across the U.S. Step 1: Get organized. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Why pursue a social enterprise model?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

According to 2019 research by Meredith Kavanagh , nonprofit leaders believe that some of the top investment priorities for their organizations that year were more advanced technology (e.g. However, according to Yale Insights, when it comes to nonprofits, only 11% view their organizations’ approaches to digital as highly effective.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2022

Having a welcoming culture is vital for a nonprofit organization to be a part of a strong and healthy community. Ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is a focus and priority for any organization takes intentional effort, hard work and practice. Nonprofits are known for their expertise in effective group work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Many believe there are too many nonprofit organizations competing for the same donor dollars, resources, and stakeholders. Partnering with another organization can have many benefits, however they need to be executed carefully and appropriately to achieve the desired benefits. Are there too many nonprofits?”

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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. Are you willing to work longer hours?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 23, 2022

According to Race to Lead's report on addressing the nonprofit racial leadership gap, although nonprofits are aware of how workforce diversity benefits organizations and communities, the awareness is not converting to measurable change. Nonprofit organizations have barriers with increasing staff diversity for a few reasons.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2022

The pandemic has caused a re-thinking of how we live and work, while social justice movements have highlighted demands for liberation from models and methods that have upheld the status quo. Hierarchies are becoming flatter, work more collaborative and co-location less relevant. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to the nonprofit sector and many organizations have had to undergo massive staffing cuts, eliminate programs, and struggle through maintaining minimal viable operations to avoid closing permanently. Many organizations are now finding that a crisis management plan is not the whole story.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

posted by Whitney Herr-Buchholz, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Director of Operations & Advancement | University of Arizona School of Dance. It provides critical data for nonprofit leaders, board members and funders to understand the effectiveness of organizations in serving their missions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

Nonprofit human service organizations consist of a wide range of organizations focusing on delivering solutions to communities through health care, housing assistance, family-oriented services, youth development, and more. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Finding ways to bring short-term volunteers into your nonprofit can be tough, especially if your organization relies heavily on training or extensive screening mechanisms to ensure long-term commitments. Some organizations have received legacy donations and major gifts as a result of a well-executed one-time volunteer event.

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