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Here are some of my notes for the panel discussion on nonprofits and climate change at the 2024 Nonprofit Management Institute – What’s Next for the Social Sector? – hosted by the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). I had the pleasure of joining Judith LeBlanc, executive director of Native Organizers Alliance; Keesha Gaskins-Nathan, director for the […]
I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the 2024 Nonprofit Management Institute – What’s Next for the Social Sector? – hosted by the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The future is uncertain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t prepare for it, or help to shape it. At this year’s Nonprofit Management Institute, hosted annually by the Stanford Social […]
I’ve been writing and speaking on the responsibilities of virtually all nonprofits and their leaders to consider climate change (and pollution) in planning and decision-making. See, for example, What’s Your Nonprofit Doing to Fight Climate Change? Expectedly, I’ve received some push back from attorneys and others about the requirement not to divert charitable assets away […]
Nonprofit leaders can and do react to current conditions in developing their plans and advancing their organizations’ missions. Effective leaders also proactively prepare for the future while looking back for lessons and context. Among the many trends and forces for the future worthy of consideration: Many nonprofits have adopted devices and strategies incorporating their thinking […]
The question of a nonprofit’s future needs and impact raises a couple of related concepts: intergenerational equity and longtermism. Of course, all planning involves thinking about the future – whether it be in designing programs, fundraising, marketing, budgeting, investing, advocating, collaborating, or engaging in myriad things that are necessary for managing and governing a nonprofit. […]
Conferences of grantmaker organizations focus on many critically important topics. But I have noticed that nonprofit and exempt organizations law tends to be an underappreciated area of coverage, even when it might inform several areas of focus. And for those willing to make the investment in learning and managing nuances and complexities, a better understanding […]
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 […]
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: Running the Advocacy Race: Bolder Advocacy’s Top Resources for an Impactful 2024 Election Season (Natalie Roetzel Ossenfort, Alliance for Justice) The California Endowment Will Plow Its Entire $4 […]
The following are just some of the many highlights from the 2024 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO). Because of a change in the timing of the WCTEO from late fall to late winter, there was no conference in 2023, but that gave us a few more months of developments and events to discuss. The Latest […]
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: Day of Remembrance (Fred T. Korematsu Institute) [Ed. Statement from President Biden: “On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to […]