Month: March 2018

How can the impulse to help others, which led to $390 billion in philanthropic giving in 2016 according to GivingUSA, be coupled with the concept of sin? Many people are familiar with the sins of the Christian religious tradition: envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath. Unfortunately, that old bromide about the road to hell being…

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by Tim Delaney and Ruth McCambridge Last year, NPQ extensively covered repeated attempts by Congress to repeal and weaken the “Johnson Amendment,” the law that since 1954 has shielded 501c3 organizations from partisan politicking. The charitable, religious, and philanthropic communities united to defeat those attacks. But the threat has suddenly returned. To get the latest…

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by Barry Elkus Barry is a Partner and leads the Nonprofit practice of Gilman Partners, a Cincinnati-based executive search firm and talent advisory that helps clients identify, develop, and retain current and future leaders. According to the 2017 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey, half of all nonprofit organizations planned to increase staffing last year-a trend we…

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Although it’s tempting at times to think of the nonprofit and the business worlds as completely separate, they actually rely on each other in a number of significant ways. In a socially conscious age, businesses genuinely want to support good work in their communities to be rewarded with positive public image. The organizations they support…

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