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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

By definition, board members should be counted on to make sacrificial gifts or at least to consider the organization a high priority for their philanthropy. In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. Reality 2: It’s all work and no pay.

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“A Wish Begins With Hope.”

DipJar

His wish was to become a police officer. The family worked with the local department of public safety to make him a police officer for a day. The family worked with the local department of public safety to make him a police officer for a day. While a global nonprofit today, the founding chapter was in Arizona. .

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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

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Check out the blog post, “ Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do With It? ”. You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Choosing Your Participatory Grantmaking Champion.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In a recent blog post , I described how HRP statistician Daniel Guzmán’s expert testimony in a breakthrough legal case against two former police officers helped score a remarkable victory in the fight to end impunity in Guatemala. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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Biker Philanthropy: TechSoup Revs Up Donated Computer Programs for Kids

Tech Soup

Motorcycle Gang Philanthropy? We found out about BIKERSCAP when the organization's CEO, Greg Reaster , posted on our Facebook page "TechSoup has made all we do here at BIKERSCAP possible. From their birth at the Hollister riot just after World War II, to the 1953 Brando film, The Wild Ones , to Hunter S. In the Beginning.

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Reflections on the path to social sector success

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Karen Ramsey. In a recent blog post , Bernard Marr gave several examples of business leaders who have persevered to become wildly successful. followers suffered greatly at the hands of the police while. President & CEO , Lead for Good. Instructor. Nonprofit Management Institute. Bernard Marr, business author.

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What We Learned at 17NTC: Day 1

Tech Soup

James Rooney, senior manager of Microsoft Philanthropies, kicked off the first day's general session, highlighting the free cloud services available to nonprofits. Also check out the work Microsoft did with the Missing Children Society of Canada and the Calgary Police Department. Please visit the site to view this video).