Back home after a great week in New York at the Independent Sector Annual Conference. Unfortunately, the most memorable event of the week was the federal government shutdown. Have a listen to Leonard Cohen's Democracy while persusing this week's tweets: on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises:
- U.S. Capitol: Due to a lapse in government funding, this account will not be active until further notice.
- Lucy Benholz: Gov shutdown and NPO use of gov data – Ocean Conservancy
- Law for Change: Thoughts? We Need A Tax Professional To Run The IRS - Forbes
- Lucy Bernholz: key facts on US Foundations – out today from Foundation Center
- Stanford Social Innovation Review: Who Really Gets Paid In The Nonprofit World? http://stnfd.biz/oHumm
- Nonprofit Law News: Assets Held by Charitable Organizations Are Safe From Claims of Creditors in… | by Manatt
- Stanford Social Innovation Review: Stanford PACS Center published 4 new reports on philanthropy, nonprofits, tech, & policy: http://ow.ly/phXZY
- Bridgespan Group: #NonprofitDueDiligence: Researching a potential grantee's organization and operations http://brev.is/ibG6 #StrategicPhilanthropy
- Gene: Philanthropy and the Millennium Development Goals – PND Blog
- Nonprofit Quarterly: Why is it that board members gravitate to operations? http://ow.ly/phESz
- Jed Emerson: Price Waterhouse on Measuring [and Managing] Total Impact http://bit.ly/19ODo7s