Month: June 2017

by Rebecca Koenig When you decide to commit $90 million to a cause, it’s best to consult some experts. For the NoVo Foundation, those experts are girls and women of color. The grant maker spent a year traveling the country, listening to children, teens, and young adults describe their goals, challenges, and ideas for improving their lives….

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by Sheela Nimishakavi   When performing a risk assessment, many organizations focus on issues such as loss of funding and reputational damage. Yet data breaches, which can cause just as much harm to the nonprofit, largely get overlooked. Nonprofits collect sensitive data, which can include donor information, health information, Social Security numbers, confidential emails, employee…

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by Cyndi Suarez Giving Circles in the U.S. have doubled over the last eight years, according to an upcoming study led by Angela Eikenberry, a professor at the University of Nebraska. Based on preliminary study data, there are more than 1,300 active giving circles and, in addition, 525 chapters of giving circle federations in the U.S….

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by Jeremy Bradley Nonprofits face many of the same challenges that for-profit businesses face in managing staff. However, there are some human resources issues unique to nonprofits, including compensation and benefits, training and development, and recruitment and selection. Nonprofits also are likely to have a stable of volunteers who pose their own HR challenges. Knowing…

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