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The Fundamental Flaws in How We Finance the Nonprofit Sector

April 7, 2014 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Today the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) released the results of their sixth annual State of the Nonprofit Sector survey and the data underlines a growing crisis in the financial sustainability of our nonprofit sector. 56% of nonprofit leader respondents reported that they were unable to meet demand for their services in 2013, this is the […]

Funding Stronger Nonprofits: An Interview with Denise Zeman

January 9, 2014 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

In today’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Denise San Antonio Zeman. Denise has been President and CEO of Saint Luke’s Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio since 2000. A lifelong Clevelander, Denise’s career has spanned higher education, human services, healthcare and philanthropy.  Now in its 17th year of grantmaking, Saint Luke’s provides leadership and support to […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: April 2013

May 6, 2013 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

April was all data, all the time. From big data, to performance data, to how donors use data to improve programs, to whether donors even care about data. It’s enough to make your head spin. But many people were cautioning to keep the end goal in mind. Data is only data, its ultimate use is […]

How to Use Real Performance Data to Raise More Money

April 22, 2013 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

A big topic of conversation lately has been whether donors really care about impact, or whether they simply just give based on less scientific things like their emotions, or their friends recommendations. Which is why I’m excited to announce that I’ll be participating in a Google Hangout April 30th about using data to attract donors. […]

Making Performance Management Work for Nonprofits

March 13, 2013 By Nell Edgington 4 Comments

When Mario Morino’s book Leap of Reason came out in 2011 I called it a Call to Arms for the Nonprofit Sector, because I believe Mario was challenging the nonprofit sector to undergo a complete shift from “doing good work” to becoming a performance management sector. And in recent year we are witnessing an ever-increasing […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: October 2012

November 2, 2012 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

It seems that October had two primary themes: moving nonprofits to measure outcomes and the evolution of philanthropy. The drum beat that nonprofits must find a way to measure what change they are creating has been growing louder, and every nonprofit leader would be wise to listen and understand this new trend. But in order […]

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