Redesigning the Social Sector
These are just some of the many assumptions that make up the foundation of how we think about social services and change in our country.
These are just some of the many assumptions that make up the foundation of how we think about social services and change in our country.
Posted 04.03.2012
Though demand for services is up, an alarming percentage of nonprofits don't have enough cash on hand to last more than three months. After intervi...
Max Skolnik | Posted 05.15.2012
It's time to believe and invest in our communities again. We're going to build a new partnership between a government motivated by the public good and a non-profit sector driven by compassion and innovation.
Pablo Eisenberg | Posted 05.05.2012
As the 2012 elections focus debate on the nation's priorities, it's time for nonprofits to figure out how they can best serve a society increasingly divided over ideology, class and financial scarcity.
Sen. Mark Warner | Posted 04.28.2012
In tough times, we need to find more creative ways to help. Many American businesses have agreed to partner with their employees to donate pro bono services, leveraging the extraordinary talents of their workforce to help support community needs.
Robert Egger | Posted 03.13.2012
The idea of government partnering with nonprofits to create new jobs and inspire innovation will generate investment, and most importantly, an air of excitement critical to attracting a new generation of employers.
Tiziana Dearing | Posted 02.22.2012
We put our faith in the adults around us because to do otherwise would be to embrace chaos. We put our faith in nonprofits and like institutions because we know how badly we need them to do the work they do.
Aaron Hurst | Posted 02.04.2012
Edmund Phelps, a Nobel-prize winning economist believes the "natural rate" of unemployment in the medium term is likely to be around 7.5 percent and ...
Aaron Hurst | Posted 11.23.2011
Are nonprofit boards a social innovation worthy of export or would you recommend other countries find a better model?
Richard Buery | Posted 11.07.2011
Because of their commitment to positive social change and dynamic work environments, nonprofits offer veterans unique opportunities to continue their service to America, and the sector can use the support.
Tom Sheridan | Posted 05.25.2011
The dollars on the chopping block in the federal budget debate constitute too little of the budget to make a dent in the federal deficit. But they support programs that do the bulk of the work that most Americans expect from their government
Huffington Post | Gabrielle Canon | Posted 05.25.2011
It's late in the evening when Gordon Gibbs receives a call. The police have once again been called by a senior citizen who claims there are men outsid...
Posted 05.25.2011
New York is a big town, and for a non-profit organization that needs help, it's easy to fall through the cracks. That's why we want to hear from yo...
Tom Tresser | Posted 05.25.2011
So I sent the post on Chicago's nonprofits and the opportunity to impact the 2011 Mayoral election to a number of local nonprofit leaders and scholars...
Tom Tresser | Posted 05.25.2011
The stakes couldn't be higher. Due to state and local budget woes area nonprofits are being decimated. Many are operating in a state of perpetual crisis.
Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011
In the view of market fundamentalists, government and nonprofits are conflated into the inefficient enemy and their opposite, the private sector, embodies all that is true and noble. This claptrap is ideological, rigid and disconnected from reality.
Pablo Eisenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
Contrary to the claims of charity apologists, there are a huge number of "rotten apples" in the nonprofit barrel. Yet charity regulators, federal and state, have taken insufficient steps to eliminate these abuses.
Fran Barrett | Posted 05.25.2011
It is frustrating, to be sure, to be thought of as in the same company as Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, but the most profound reaction I have to all this is: "how did he get away with it?"
HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011
Even some bloggers may not have heard of Beth Kanter. That's because she doesn't blog about celebrity gossip or the latest KFC sandwich -- she's a non...
Saundra Schimmelpfennig | Posted 05.25.2011
It seems logical that the less a charity spends on administration, the more donation dollars reach people in need. In reality, however, the amount that a charity spends on administration is not an indicator of effectiveness.
C. Nicole Mason | Posted 05.25.2011
A new study by the Racial Diversity Collaborative and the Urban Institute finds that less than 8 percent of nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC ...
Ellen Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011
At a recent conference, activists discussed how the future of social change movement rests in how we network our individual efforts with one another to create more coordinated and unified action.
Gordon Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011
The next ten years, I hope, will be better than the last for New Yorkers, especially those in our underserved communities. To put us on the right track I want to highlight five goals for 2010.
Ellen Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011
The nonprofit sector is a sector of innovation, creativity, and people for the common good. This heightened wave of community activism, volunteerism and social entrepreneurship needs to be celebrated, not discouraged.
Gordon Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011
The jobless rate is at a 16-year high and we are seeing an ever-increasing demand for basic human services nonprofits provide as families lose their health care or their homes.
Aaron Hurst | Posted 04.17.2012