article thumbnail

Research Friday: The Self-Sufficiency Standard

ASU Lodestar Center

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. The FPL was based almost exclusively on the cost of food, assuming that food is one-third of a family’s budget. is using the Self-Sufficiency Standard to define poverty.

article thumbnail

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

ASU Lodestar Center

You can see this reflected in the chart, with a low-point coming in the average for November and December 2012: 31 new Arizona charities. This fall I got a pretty good surprise from the spike in number of exemptions that the IRS okayed earlier this summer. That’s actually 41 in November and only 20 that December (2012).

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

100 Courses in 100 Days for Alzheimer’s

Givinga

Later in the tour, when he arrived in Tucson, he recalled that one of the woman’s family members lived nearby and asked her permission to give the two purple balls to them. When Dave was alone on the course, he would use the quiet time he had to reflect on his mother’s life and the relationship he had with her. Did I really do that?”.

Course 40
article thumbnail

Ask A Nonprofit Specialist - Engaging the Board in Financial Reports

ASU Lodestar Center

Together with your Board, develop transparent strategies for focusing on agreed upon financial metrics, based on well defined expectations that reflect your organization’s unique needs. Limit the metrics to the most critical factors— those that truly reflect the challenges and opportunities for your organization.

Report 86
article thumbnail

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. Read Lance Decker ''s , " A Veteran''s Day Reflection on Temporal Community ". The media immediately framed the issue as a corporate CEO verses two premature infants. Could this go any further south for Armstrong? Like this article? Get another!

Issue 45
article thumbnail

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

ASU Lodestar Center

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. If you really just can’t get enough of event planning, then go crazy, but for most of us some variety is good. Need effective board governance training?

Phoenix 77
article thumbnail

Diversity recruitment key to nonprofit boards achieving mission

ASU Lodestar Center

When talking and planning recruitment, it’s important to remind board members that the essential idea is to better reflect the community – not to continue to mirror traditional or current board membership. He grew up in Flagstaff, lived many years in Tucson and has lived in the Valley since 2005.

Arizona 40