article thumbnail

Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

The Council on Nonprofits has samples to review. Jen Nation is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University. Examine current goals and objectives around board diversity and create benchmarks.

Help 96
article thumbnail

Research Friday: Arizona’s seniors: The latest profile of volunteering behavior

ASU Lodestar Center

What about volunteers in Arizona and particularly senior volunteers? Are Arizona seniors influenced by both formal and informal social networks to volunteer? These challenging questions were addressed by the 2010 Arizona Health Survey sponsored by the St. The average age of the sample was 75 years old and 64.5%

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

BIGGER! BETTER! FASTER! CHEAPER!

ASU Lodestar Center

As a knowledge enterprise, our Center finds the wherewithal to regularly produce a few core research products in our Giving and Volunteering Study , our Arizona Scope of the Nonprofit Sector , and our Nonprofit Compensation and Benefits Study , along with our work on Models of Collaboration. Like this article?

Arizona 90
article thumbnail

How can nonprofits leverage digital technology to increase giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

Below is a sampling of benefits nonprofits can enjoy when they use a social-first digital fundraising strategy: Data collection : Digital technology not only helps donors learn about, connect and give to nonprofits; it provides a way for nonprofits to learn about and connect with donors themselves.

Digital 52
article thumbnail

Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

One large local organization that has made tremendous strides in their governance is the Arizona Sports Foundation, which operates the Fiesta and Buffalo Wild Wings bowl games. Sample nonprofit job descriptions: Roles and responsibilities. Does your nonprofit need board governance assistance? The ASU Lodestar Center can help!

article thumbnail

What are the nonprofit management implications of Pay for Success programs?

ASU Lodestar Center

Despite this small sample size and lack of evidence for success, the concept has captivated politicians and Wall Street alike. and Phoenix, Arizona. There are less than 40 known SIBs across the globe (Gustaffson-Wright et al, 2016). She is a volunteer on the Young Professionals Council of UMOM New Day Centers.

Program 58
article thumbnail

We are what we eat

ASU Lodestar Center

Leaders of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, who have helped 30 Tucson schools––mostly public schools in low-income areas––grow gardens through its Farm-to-Child Program, understand that happy stories don’t carry much weight in the budgeting processes of underfunded schools and don’t go far with today’s results-oriented donors.

Tucson 40