We’re in the midst of the giving season, a time when many nonprofits raise the majority of their contributions for the entire year. Last year individual donations fell for the first time in many years. Soon we’ll know how 2009 turns out, but so far the indicators—things like the unemployment rate and the [...]
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On July 22, I joined Brad Smith, president of the Foundation Center, on a teleconference to talk about the future of the nonprofit sector. It was the first time GuideStar and the Foundation Center have collaborated on such an event and only one of a few things our organizations have ever done together. It was [...] I’ve been talking to a lot of people about my last blog on the "new normal"—a term that suggests we may be in for a new economic paradigm for our country and the nonprofit sector. The other day I had two interviews with reporters and prepared for a press conference with a nonprofit colleague. In all three meetings, I was asked in one way or another, "Are nonprofit organizations ready for a ‘new economic normal?’" All three conversations presumed we are headed to a new economic reality, for [...] |
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