This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The support that BoardSource provides to individual nonprofit leaders and organizations is strengthened by our broader research to identify and map trends within the nonprofit sector and to unleash the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May 2021, Howard University, one of the United States’ leading historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), rolled out a major fundraising effort for a new facility and endowment for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the ECF was set up, in 2008, its focus was very much on the decarbonization of the energy system. Even though food and agriculture contribute between ten and thirty…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the next two weeks, world leaders are meeting in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th annual UN Climate Conference (COP26). Against a backdrop of intensifying climate impacts — such as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s easy to say that organizations should be collaborative, but what does that actually mean? And what does it take from executives and board members to actually make it happen?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the philanthropy and nonprofit field, training and development for boards of directors has traditionally focused on basic, fundamental roles and responsibilities. Common topics include: the duties of board members;…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been about 50 years since we graduated from college — Scripps College class of ’71 and Miami University of Ohio class of ’74. We’ve both spent our adult lives…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I always joke that when I start writing and producing Nonprofit The Musical, one of the characters would be a consulting robot. It’s a robot that is a consultant, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our sector, and progressives in general, has a problem with excessive intellectualization. We’ve become really good at it. There’s nothing we love more than summits, white papers, theories of change, data,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COP26 negotiations over policies to combat the global problem of climate change have highlighted the great need for global cooperation toward a green transition. Indeed, the recently released Sixth…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In September, New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Food Policy released a report titled, “Citywide Goals & Strategy for the Implementation of Good Food Purchasing.” That it wasn’t loudly, roundly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Oct. 28, President Joe Biden presented his Build Back Better Framework (BBB), a guide for legislative language for several proposals in his $1.75 trillion spending plan. Collectively, the proposal…