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The voice and vision of the volunteer

ASU Lodestar Center

According to The Urban Institute Volunteer Management Capacity in America’s Charities and Congregations briefing report, of charities with a paid staff volunteer manager, only one in eight has someone who devotes 100 percent of his or her time to volunteer management.

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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

As reported by Knowlton (2016), “…only 7 percent of nonprofits report that foundations always cover the full cost of projects they fund.”. Organizations need to properly report actual costs and then use this data to make the case to funders to support those full costs. Special report: engaging board members in fundraising.

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Research Friday: The Self-Sufficiency Standard

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. The recently released report, How Much is Enough in Your County? The Self-Sufficiency Standard in the report calculates and reports the income needed by working families to meet basic necessities. Associates, LLC. Welcome to Research Friday !

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We are what we eat

ASU Lodestar Center

A student at Ochoa Elementary in Tucson proudly displays her bounty of carrots after harvest day. In 2013, the Food Bank partnered with the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to begin the measurement process. posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center.

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. I am a student in the Master of Nonprofit Studies program at Arizona State University and work for the ASU Lodestar Center. Karina Lungo is a graduate student in the MNpS program at Arizona State University. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a.

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Research Friday: Who grants the most? Who gets the most?

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. This information can be found in the Center's 2010 Arizona Nonprofits: Scope of the Sector report.

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Diversity recruitment key to nonprofit boards achieving mission

ASU Lodestar Center

Joseph Garcia began work at Morrison Institute for Public Policy in April 2009 after a career in journalism that included experience as a top editor, columnist and news reporter at The Arizona Republic , The Daily Times , Tucson Citizen , USA Today and The Associated Press. A UA graduate, Garcia has a strong connection to Arizona.

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