2024 Northern California Grantmakers Annual Conference

On Tuesday, June 18, Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) held its Annual Conference: Imagine and Act in Oakland, California. The NCG website included the following in its description of the Conference: We can only act on what we can imagine. As philanthropy is called to meet this moment, we need to expand our imagination. How can we […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 6/16/24

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Here We Go Again (and Again and Again): Let’s Stop Looking for the One ‘New Approach’ to Philanthropy (Phil Buchanan, Center for Effective Philanthropy) [Ed. This excellent response […]

More from the GEO 2024 National Conference

I had the pleasure of attending the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) 2024 National Conference last week and wrote about some highlights from Day One here. Below are some highlights from the rest of the Conference. Highlights from the Conference Asset Framing: Why Your Peers Are Still Achieving Historic Wins for Equity Trabian Shorters delivered the enlightening […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 5/19/24

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Ways and Means Advances Solutions to Protect Election Integrity, Fight Foreign Money in American Politics (U.S. Ways and Means Committee) House Committee Advances Bills to Increase Transparency of […]

Movement Organizations

Social movements are collective efforts, some organized, some impromptu, with a goal to bring about some change important to movement participants. Well-known movements that have resulted in beneficial changes include those for civil rights, women’s rights, children’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, worker rights, immigrant rights, environmental rights, animal rights, democracy, and peace. But, as we’ve witnessed, […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 5/12/24

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. I had the privilege of spending much of the week in Zion National Park (pictured above) for the first time and learned that “approximately 71 percent of Utah consists of public lands managed by federal […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 4/14/24

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Nonprofit Champion | April 8, 2024 (National Council of Nonprofits) Last week, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its major rewrite of the Uniform Guidance, the […]

Purpose-Driven Board Leadership and Climate Change

Governance and climate change. More attention is being given to the interplay of these seemingly unrelated issues, including at the upcoming 2024 Stanford Social Innovation Review Nonprofit Management Institute – What’s Next for the Social Sector? This year’s conference, taking place on September 17-18, is organized as a hybrid, allowing for in-person and virtual attendees. We […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 3/24/24

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: What happens when an AG dares to investigate Leonard Leo’s network (Heidi Przybla, Politico) [Ed. I have a quoted belief on the matter here.] Cross-Sector Initiatives Should Start […]

IRS TE/GE FY 2023 Accomplishments Letter

The IRS Tax Exempt & Government Entities Division (TE/GE) recently published its FY 2023 Accomplishments Letter. One segment of customers covered by TE/GE is Exempt Organizations (EO), which includes charities, private foundations, business leagues, labor unions, and veterans’ organizations. The other two segments of customers are Employee Plans and Government Entities. The Accomplishments Letter covers the IRS fiscal year ending […]