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A Helpful (Unofficial) Digital Training Guide for New AmeriCorps Members

Whole Whale

Just to be clear from the beginning of this guide, Whole Whale is not directly affiliated or funded by AmeriCorps (though there are alumni on our staff), but we ARE huge fans of the program. If you are a part of the AmeriCorps network please reach out through our contact us form for a discount on any course or a subscription.

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How Effective Branding Helps Achieve Nonprofit Mission

ASU Lodestar Center

Goodwill, AmeriCorps and Girl Scouts are good examples in the nonprofit sector. But what about most nonprofits, without national recognition? These nourish the brand to attract more funding, helping the organization become stronger and more successful. Apple, Google and Starbucks all are famous brands in the for-profit sector.

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Volunteer administration: What has changed in recent decades?

ASU Lodestar Center

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. Note: The 2019 Volunteer Management Capacity Study was funded by AmeriCorps, a U.S. federal government agency.

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Effective Branding Helps Achieve Nonprofit Mission.Really?

ASU Lodestar Center

Goodwill, AmeriCorps and Girl Scouts are good examples in the nonprofit sector. But what about most nonprofits, without national recognition? These nourish the brand to attract more funding, helping the organization become stronger and more successful. Apple, Google and Starbucks all are famous brands in the for-profit sector.

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Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Hatch Introduce Serve America Act of 2008 at Service Nation Summit

Have Fun - Do Good

This morning at the Service Nation Summit , Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), represented by his niece, Caroline Kennedy, announced that they are introducing the Serve America Act of 2008. Some of the elements of the Act are: Build on the AmeriCorps and create new "Corps" focused on areas of national need.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday Guest Post: "State of.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Friday, March 25, 2011 Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector 2011: All quiet on the nonprofit front" posted by Angela Francis , Senior Associate Nonprofit Finance Fund Welcome to Research Friday ! The survey primarily says no : 23% of national respondents were comfortable talking about their working capital needs.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

ASU Lodestar Center

The National Center for Charitable Statistics notes that 90 percent of these organizations have never filed any kind of return. million in government grants , although Ill guess that those were probably really contracts. The fourth one is The Nations Missing Children, in Phoenix. Most of them are very small.