ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. “I Needs continue to grow beyond what philanthropy or government can provide. Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Municipal bonds (munis) are debt obligations issued by government entities.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

Now, in 2022 Pew Research surveys show that 87% of U.S. adults have heard of cryptocurrency and 16% have actually invested some amount ( Pew Research Center ). . This article goes through some of the larger trends and audience research around cryptocurrency owners. Belief in community-run/owned decentralized structures.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. Like many people in the arts, I'm interested in new models that help people combine mission-driven work with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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APRIL 1, 2024

This might involve establishing data models and structures that allow you to standardize information from a variety of sources, validating that information, appending your data with additional details, and prioritizing data security. Research top providers. Data quality and governance: Data accuracy and integrity are paramount.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

There is a lot of experiments and research in different areas, including the international development sector to address the 2030 development goals, emergency and humanitarian aid, medical fields and many others. There are also research reports , events, fellowships, and bootcamps , and an annual AI4Good Global Summit.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis. We talked about our beliefs and experiences with ideas of truth, of research, of story. Fast forward to today….

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The nonprofit business model is increasingly vulnerable to the volatility of the nonprofit marketplace and broad social, political, economic, and technological trends. Notwithstanding countless initiatives and grants to address this dilemma, the business model problem remains. Like this article? Get another! Get another!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “nonprofit leaders must focus more attention on innovation, measuring the impact of their efforts, and creating funding structures that encourage risk taking, according to a report from Independent Sector." Taking risks in the business sector is considered research and development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders. The recent election proved that rising income inequality and structural economic shifts are the critical issues of our time. Bridging the Gaps.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The blurring lines between government, nonprofit and for-profit sectors have led to innovative vehicles to fund interventions that address society’s most intractable problems. They are an evolution of the traditional contract partnerships between nonprofits and government. As Clara Miller (2015), president of the H.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. What does the decision making and organizational structure look like? Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

There are a few accepted models for content strategy. Structure and Process are more about the delivery and maintenance of your content and your content team. The Structure quadrant answers how content will be organized to be findable, categorized, and personalized. This is also known as content governance.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

Proponents of nonprofit impact investing cite that seven out of ten high-net-worth Americans have more faith in the private sector than the nonprofit or government sectors due to its utilization of social impact investing. This type of investment is increasing among women, Gen-Xers, and Millennials.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

In other words, the effectiveness of the charitable work ultimately falls to how the nonprofit is governed. The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? 378) (Brown, 2005, p. 330) (Bradshaw, 2009, p. 1996, 370-73).

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. First, research creates data Data don't just materialize. I could conduct research by walking outside and gathering the data points "hot" and "humid."

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2019

. “Count Less – Measure More: How to Drive Sustainability through Financial Stewardship” Chantal Sheehan is the Founder and CEO of Blue Fox , a company on a mission to disrupt the traditional accounting model through technology, innovation, and a radically client-centered approach that empowers nonprofits and social enterprises.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 17, 2014

For us at Gradian, this structure has worked terrifically – as a start-up social enterprise we are able to pursue non-profitable objectives with a steady, reliable source of funding (who gets to say that?!). Government t often then adopts these innovations, institutionalizes the programs and scales them up for large social change.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

They can’t build the schools and they can’t train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. When I leave I will write a book that is called the 100 Things We Do to Make Government Worse. That said, there are structures within government that can handle risk. We create systems to mitigate all risk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2010

" The piece was an interview with Columbia Professor of Management William Pietersen summarizing the research in his publication " Strategic Learning: How to Be Smarter Than Your Competition and Turn Key Insights into Competitive Advantage." Notice that the alignment with management and governance again comes into play.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 1, 2015

He said the market is already saturated and government funding is limited. Nonprofit Hub supports the founding of new organizations after careful research and consideration. Weinheimer offered some interesting advice when I asked him what he would tell someone who wants to start a nonprofit.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

But, I’m optimistic – I am seeing good models of this today which can be applied by foundations in their work. The Federal government has recently launched Challenge.gov to enlist the public in helping to solve difficult problems. Use blogs and interactive features to collect input on research and writing in-progress.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 22, 2021

For many, that involves a combination of income sources that, together, make up their funding model. A funding model is defined as the methodical and institutionalized approach to bring in revenue to support an organization’s core programs and initiatives. Government Grants. Federated Funds.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The good news is that research shows that a lack of leadership development opportunities can be addressed cost-effectively, regardless of size, by developing leaders already on the payroll. Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Membership associations are a popular type of nonprofit that use a member-based business model to advocate for change and foster community—usually within a specific industry or sector. How Memberships Work for Associations Membership lies at the heart of the association business model. This article’s got all your bases covered!

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Another is how funders like the Ford and Sloan Foundations have used our platform to facilitate millions of funding for digital infrastructure research. Few tech platforms have both a successful business model and investor agreements that allow them to shift power directly to their community. There are many potential pathways.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

They can't build the schools and they can't train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. When I leave I will write a book that is called the 100 Things We Do to Make Government Worse. That said, there are structures within government that can handle risk. We don't spend a lot of resource or research on.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This is the third in a series of posts about Paul Light's book Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally. It’s a great project that allows us to keep researching and creating content around our collection, and we need about $10,000 per year to produce it.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 6, 2023

However, if your main goal is to make money and you have a successful revenue model, you would be wise to consider starting a for-profit. The timeline generally looks like this: Conduct initial research: Study similar nonprofits, their programs, successes or failures, funding and how you are similar or different. Create your bylaws.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

As our Industrial Institutions fail to cope and to help people, we are seeing a new model for coping where people are connecting to each other to find networked and personal solutions to problems. . This new model is the antithesis of the model that it may replace. Clear signs of what this new model are all over the place.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Otherwise, there are co-ownership models that are interesting today where you can have people from the city that are buying into your farm, and then they have part ownership. Two, social equity is becoming very important to me, the whole class structure about how some people have access to the food, and some people don't.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Knowledge: Subject matter expertise, research, polling, case studies. Lots of research shows that donors don’t want the organization to spend money on free merchandise. Observe your community research as it happens (polling, focus groups, town halls). Joining the board (which is an opportunity to govern).

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

With over 100 panels to choose from on every topic under the sun, choosing the right ones that will give your nonprofit the best research, tools and resources in technology and social media is key. Well look at the underlying technologies that will make this possible, how it will evolve, and the business models that will support it.

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Forum One

JULY 11, 2005

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So there are some things like that that you might want to consider, especially if you’re maybe looking into government grants. Some of the funding is going to go to the state’s local government, so just to be mindful of all of those things, especially when you start thinking about what you can do in-house to prepare.

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