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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. What’s the problem? Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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Boosting Arizona's Philanthropic Resources

ASU Lodestar Center

Arizona Grantmakers Forum. In my last post , I highlighted the current status of Arizona's philanthropic sector, based on a research report released by Arizona Grantmakers Forum in January 2011. It seems clear that Arizona's philanthropic sector is underdeveloped relative to most other parts of the country.

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Overcoming the Government-Nonprofit Dependency

ASU Lodestar Center

Federal, state and local governments increasingly depend on Social Service nonprofit organizations and, because of that dependency, have been willing to help fund them. government funding accounts for approximately one-third of the annual revenue received by nonprofit organizations, primarily through grants and contracts.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance. Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. Increased understanding of their legal and governance responsibilities.

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Board Governance Versus Management: Where the Board Duties End

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Sentari Minor , Development Officer, Arizona Humane Society. The more I work with boards of directors, the more the topic of board governance versus management comes up. While board members are obviously valuable and insightful, that venerability should be used to govern and not to guide staff or their roles.

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Why your nonprofit must invest in outcome measurement and a culture of innovation

ASU Lodestar Center

Services that were once provided primarily by the government have slowly shifted to the nonprofit sector to reduce government spending. One CEO of a local behavioral health and human service organization found value in program evaluation measures in his organization where there was no prior initiative to evaluate programs.

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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). Notably, about 32% of nonprofit funding comes from government contracts and grants. The effects of federal policy often trickle down to the state and local levels. A missed opportunity.

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