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 "new normal" phrase in today’s economic context is generally attributed to Bill Gross of PIMCO, a man of strong opinions. [...]
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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 [...] Quick! What are the largest sources of revenue for nonprofit organizations? The public usually thinks the right answer is charitable giving, and this is certainly where most of the attention goes. But according to the Urban Institute’s Nonprofit Almanac 2008, 50 percent comes from fees for services and goods from private sources, and [...] I usually focus on the "benefit" side of philanthropy—what can we do and how we can make sure our efforts have the greatest impact. That’s why I have so much interest in measuring the effectiveness of nonprofits—how can nonprofits get better and serve more people? What do you make of the news from Giving USA about the drop in revenues for the nonprofit sector for 2008? Sean Stannard-Stockton in his blog, Tactical Philanthropy, asks whether we should call the glass half full or half empty: "Charitable Giving Exceeds $300 Billion. Second Highest Level of Giving Ever!" or "Charitable [...] Last week I spent several days in Columbus, Ohio, at the DonorEdge 2.0 conference. You can find out more about the conference here. DonorEdge is a partnership between GuideStar and a growing number of community foundations committed to the proposition that, armed with better data and tools, donors will make better decisions and nonprofits [...] Several days ago, GuideStar hosted a free Webinar led by Perla Ni, founder and CEO of Great Nonprofits in San Francisco. (FYI, we began including GreatNonprofits reviews in our nonprofit reports in March. You can read more about them here.) Like most of our recent Webinars, this one was fully subscribed. You can view a [...] How would you have answered this call? Will this economic climate encourage nonprofits to begin thinking seriously about mergers and acquisitions? Can we dream a minute? |
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