When I talk to a nonprofit leader for the first time I will often see opportunities for her to make powerful and transformative connections for her nonprofit — to influencers, networks, organizations, trends, advocates, and/or money — which she just doesn’t see. Let me give you an example. I was talking to a nonprofit leader […]
Fundraising
The Opportunities The New Year Holds for Nonprofits
Happy New Year, Social Velocity readers! The beginning of a new year is usually, for me at least, a time of mixed emotions. I’m excited about the new experiences that wait around the corner, but fearful of the unknown that also lurks there. A new year by definition brings change, and that can be exciting, […]
Breaking the Nonprofit Financial Glass Ceiling
I received some great responses about my last post, “Why Don’t We Make Big Bets on Nonprofits?” One of the recurring questions in those responses was “How do we change nonprofits and the nonprofit sector to be able to absorb bigger investments?” The fact is that a financial glass ceiling exists for nonprofits — a […]
Why Don’t We Make Big Bets On Nonprofits?
One of the Giving Pledge philanthropists and co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, recently died. But at his death he was worth more than he was when he signed the Giving Pledge, a pledge that 186 of the wealthiest philanthropists have made to give away half of their net worth before they die. This inspired Alana […]
The Nonprofit Sky May Not Be Falling
Note: The Center for Effective Philanthropy recently released a report uncovering how foundation and nonprofit leaders are feeling about the potential impact of new tax legislation on charitable giving. I found the report fascinating and asked CEP if I could write a guest post on their blog about the report. Below is my post, which […]