Joanne's Nonprofit Charitable Orgs Blog

It must be the years of graduate school that have resulted in my current love for small, easy-to-read, even "sassy" books. I just found another one, Ask Without Fear: A Simple ... Read More

Peter Drucker will be one of the most enduring business minds of the 20th Century. But Drucker was also in love with nonprofit organizations, seeing in them the best of ... Read More

There is endless advice about leadership, but little of it sticks. Or we follow the advice for a few shining moments only to lapse back into our lazier ways. Larry Checco, ... Read More

The Independent Sector says that the estimated value of a volunteer hour almost kept up with inflation during 2007, increasing nearly four percent. A volunteer hour jumped by 74 ... Read More

A number of well endowed universities have recently been criticized for harboring endowments in the billions of dollars, but not providing enough scholarship money to students. Today, the NY Times ran ... Read More

The stock market fell dramatically on Friday as more bad news came in from the economy. It's been a harrowing time since the first of the year if you hang ... Read More

There are new rules for nonprofits filing a 990 with the IRS. Here are some pertinent resources: Draft instructions for Form 990 to be used for the 2008 tax year (returns ... Read More

There is plenty of opportunity for corporate employees to move into the nonprofit world if they are drawn to work that is mission-driven. But it takes more than a fuzzy ... Read More

Let's start with the basics. If you aren't sure what words such as "nonprofit," "tax-exempt," and 501(c)(3) really mean, here are some explanations that will help: What is a Nonprofit? The term, nonprofit, ... Read More

Our web surfing this week has turned up some links you definitely do not want to miss. Guidestar's recent newsletter provided four of the myths surrounding board members and the realities. ... Read More