On July 11, 2023, Fiscal Sponsor Conversations (“the weekly form for fiscal sponsors”) focused its discussion on governance for fiscal sponsors. What role does your Board of Directors play in your organization’s fiscal sponsorship work? How is it working? What could be improved? As with most things in fiscal sponsorship, there isn’t one single “right” […]
Author: Gene Takagi
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 7/21/23
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets: Equity and Justice: Forcing people to work in deadly heat is mostly legal in the U.S. (Jacob Bogage and Eli Tan, Washington Post) Wells are drying […]
Starting a Nonprofit: Designators and Board Member Selection
One of the first decisions a founder of a nonprofit corporation must make is who selects the board members. Initially, that’s usually the founder or the founding group. But what happens after the initial board has been selected? Self-Perpetuating Boards Most nonprofit boards are known as self-perpetuating boards. In such structure, the board elects new […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 7/14/23
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets: Equity and Justice: The Most Baffling Argument a Supreme Court Justice Has Ever Made (Adam Serwer, The Atlantic) In order to argue that the Framers of […]
The Nonprofit Board Member You’d Love to Recruit
Shortly after writing The Nonprofit Board You’d Love to Join, it seemed important to look at this issue from the other direction. The following is a list of ten attractive characteristics of a board member from the perspective of a charity: Ten Attractive Characteristics of a Nonprofit Board Member Deeply connected to the mission This is […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 7/7/23
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets: Equity and Justice: “A Tragedy for Us All”: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Dissent (The Nation) Sotomayor says Supreme Court ruling condemns LGBTQ people to ‘second-class status’ […]
Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
While many of us are still thinking and learning about how the June 29, 2023 Supreme Court decision overturning affirmative action in college admissions will impact the broader nonprofit sector, here are thoughts from the majority opinion, dissents, and others regarding the two critical and, in my opinion, wrongfully and politically decided cases: Students for […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 6/30/23
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. UPDATE: Added two additional events noting this morning’s decisions of the money-influenced Supreme Court – 6/30/23. Notable Events of the Week: Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets: Equity and Justice: Opinion: The 50-Year Fight to Dismantle Affirmative […]
The Nonprofit Board You’d Love to Join
If we accept as given that a nonprofit has a mission that resonates with you, what makes a board one you would want to join? Likely, the principal reasons are your existing relationships to the organization and its leadership. But for organizations seeking board members, the following list of ten attractive characteristics of a nonprofit […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 6/23/23
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets: Equity and Justice: Ms. Honors Juneteenth (with Ann Grundy) (On the Issues with Michele Goodwin, Ms., podcast) The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth (National Museum of African […]