Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Heather Yandow You might be starting to suspect it’s time for your organization to get some outside help. Maybe your strategic plan has expired. Or the board is feeling a little bit stuck. Maybe it’s time to refresh your...
Transitions of Trailblazers (Part 3): Looking Back to Move Forward
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Barbara Rady Kazdan and Lynn S. Price This is the third in a multi-part series from Barbara Rady Kazdan and Lynn S. Price on the issues nonprofits face in transitioning leadership. You can read the first two installments here:...
The Recipe for an Exceptional Board Member
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Jeb Banner, CEO Boardable Many executive directors daydream about discovering the perfect board member. Perhaps the daydream was born of frustration regarding a current board member, and the director suddenly found himself or...
7.22.19 NC News
News about grants, gifts United Way of Central Carolinas received two major gifts totaling $1.5 million and plans to relocate to the Children and Family Services Center in uptown Charlotte later this year. The John William Pope Foundation seeks applicants for its...
7.22.19 US News
News about grants, gifts Rothko Chapel received a $2,000,000 grant from Houston Endowment to fund comprehensive chapel restoration and campus expansion. Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute selected the 2019–2020 grant recipients for PlayUSA, a program that supports...
Revealing the “Invisible” 98% of Private Foundations
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Page Snow It’s one of the great ironies of the private foundation sector: 98% of all private foundations in the U.S. have assets of less than $50 million each, and 67% have less than $1 million. Yet, despite their ubiquity, very...
Most Common Mistakes Associations Make with their Website
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Amy Hufford What happens when it’s time for an association to redesign their website? Because staff is spread thin and web design is not often an in-house skill set, one staff member is tasked to write an RFP and evaluate...
7.15.19 NC News
News about grants, gifts The North Carolina Community Foundation began distributing $300,000 in grant awards to support information and public engagement as communities recover from Hurricane Florence. Awarded organizations include Enlace Latino, Core Sound Waterfowl...
4 Ways Grantmakers Can Streamline Reporting
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Charities Aid Foundation of America (CAF America) Foreign organizations are able to receive tax-effective charitable funding from the US if 1) the US grantor is able to make a good faith determination that the foreign...
7.15.19 US News
News about grants, gifts The University of California, Irvine Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research received a $1,000,000 gift from the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation to study lithium levels in patients with bipolar and major...