July has been an eventful month for us at NEO. Emily accepted an invitation to speak at the 2011 BoardSource Leadership Forum in Atlanta and Net Impact Annual Conference in Portland (I'll tag along for that one).  For those in the Bay Area, you can catch Emily at The Foundation Center in August and at CompassPoint's […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  tactphil: Young tech millionaires turning first to philanthropy before thinking about how to spend new found money http://lat.ms/pZSBjc GTak: Spending & Management of Endowments Under UPMIFA: 2010 Survey – http://t.co/fkK6Dj8 PBPartnership: NJ Supreme […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  nonprofitsrule: It’s the ED, Stupid! – Curtis Chang's response to #daringtolead on @socialedge http://ow.ly/5z7Xk GregLColvin: IRS backs off gift tax on C4 donors, audits closed, great news! See 1.usa.gov/qZwQho for official word. nonprofitatty: […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  nedgington: Bob Ottenhoff gives his take on the recently released GivingUSA numbers: bit.ly/jS9whe kenscommentary: More evidence of a # nonprofit perfect storm "the likes of which we have not seen in 50 years" […]

Lots going on this week: Millennial Donor Summit, Games for Change, Knight News Challenge, and release of the 2011 Giving USA Report. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  comminitiatives: Is Fiscal Sponsorship a Good Option for Your Nonprofit Project? bit.ly/ks0Cd0 @joannefritz […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  PatrickSternal: Cat Lady Beats IRS on.wsj.com/lKQQND | reminder why taxpayers should keep records of expenses, and charities must acknowledge gifts GTak: One Easy Way to Lose That Charitable Deduction – http://on.wsj.com/mpxyJd (Wall St […]

The big news this week was the announcement that 275,000 nonprofit had lost their tax-exempt status.  On a more positive note, the week also featured TEDxSF Alive!, World Oceans Day (June 8), and lots of graduations.  Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social […]

This week we witnessed the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp (#clfbc) in San Francisco, the Microfinance USA Conference in New York, and the Hollywood Pledge. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  GordonJayFrost: VERY INTERESTING: Congressional Budget Office "Study Shows How Changes to […]

My vacation week in Maui while Emily watched the office.  Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  SSIReview: How important is advocacy to your organization? http://ow.ly/4ZlL6 npquarterly: The best nonprofit video we've seen in a while, from one of the […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  GregLColvin: Wall Street Journal editorial on IRS imposing gift tax on donations to 501(c)(4) groups http://on.wsj.com/iKkE4t, calls it nasty. IndSector: Check out our updated nonprofit advocacy basics page: http://ow.ly/4ZfOR FCSanFrancisco: Boning Up on […]