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Nonprofit Start-Up Fever Hits the Valley, Sweeps the Nation

ASU Lodestar Center

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Early each semester I graph five years-worth of the number of Arizona nonprofits that gained status as income-tax-exempt under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In a normal month, 40 to 50 Arizona nonprofits will gain ‘public charity’ status from the IRS.

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Ask A Nonprofit Specialist - Engaging the Board in Financial Reports

ASU Lodestar Center

Question: This question was recently posed to the ASU Lodestar Center’s “Ask a Nonprofit Specialist”: Every time the financial report is made at my organization’s Board meeting, the members seem to either fixate on a number that is not especially meaningful or the opposite: their eyes glaze over in boredom. What do you suggest?

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Diversity recruitment key to nonprofit boards achieving mission

ASU Lodestar Center

Boards are the brain trusts of nonprofit organizations, responsible for providing leadership, oversight, expertise, guidance, accountability, vision, fundraising and an invaluable connection to community. So, how can diversity help nonprofit boards better accomplish their mission? Let that sink in a moment. percent of the U.S.

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

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posted by Suzanne Durkin-Bighorn Spring 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Member based nonprofits and trade associations have been consistently losing ground in the volunteer sector and are challenged with remaining relevant and retaining members. It is a principled approach to new product development.

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Research Friday: The Self-Sufficiency Standard

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. While it has been adjusted for inflation, it has never accurately reflected household costs, nor does it take into account childcare costs or other family variables. As part of a.

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AOL tries to discuss a difficult issue

ASU Lodestar Center

Register now for NMI 1 05 High Impact Leadership, a Tucson course from February 28-March 1. Anyone leading an organization, whether it’s public, private or nonprofit, must admire his courage for raising the issue, but should appreciate the foolhardiness of his approach. Could this go any further south for Armstrong? Like this article?

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So, you’re thinking about serving on a board. Now what?

ASU Lodestar Center

Serving on nonprofit boards has been some of the most rewarding and frustrating work I have ever done. To find out more about our upcoming training in Tucson on December 12, click here. Donning the Sweatshirt of Service: Reflections from a Second-Year Ally" by Angela Soliz. posted by Shawn Rudnick , Board Member. YNPN Phoenix.

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