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Getting Real About Nonprofit Overhead Costs

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There is something pretty interesting going on in Illinois around nonprofit overhead costs. I have written many times (here and here for example) about how the distinction between “overhead” and “program” costs in the nonprofit sector is meaningless at best, and destructive at worst. I’m really excited to see that the Donors Forum in Illinois […]

The Perils of Nice

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This post originally appeared on the Change.org Social Entrepreneurship blog last spring. The nonprofit sector often suffers from a propensity toward niceness. Indeed, according to a recent study by researchers at Stanford and two other business schools, nonprofits are perceived as “warm, generous and caring organizations, but lacking the competence to produce high-quality goods or services […]

Echoing Green's Be Bold Summit Comes to Austin

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Later this week I’m participating in the Echoing Green Be Bold Summit, which is being held in Austin. Echoing Green is a critical part of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. Through two-year fellowships they invest in and support emerging social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. To date, Echoing Green has invested […]