Foundation Effectiveness: Definitions and Challenges
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04/2007
What does effectiveness mean to foundations? Explore definitions, challenges, and tips for evaluating foundation effectiveness.
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Intersector Transfer of Marketing Knowledge
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04/2007
What is social marketing? Find out how nonprofits use and shape social marketing concepts from the business world from the Social Marketing Institute.
Keeping Your Board Out of Trouble: What Implications Does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Passed by Congress Have For Your Nonprofit
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04/2007
What implications does the Sarbanes-Oxley law passed by Congress have for nonprofits? Learn more about recent changes in federal and state laws and find sample policies of use for nonprofits.
Making Waves: Stories of Participatory Communication for Change
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04/2007
What is participatory communications and what role can it play in the development process? Explore 50 stories and profiles where communications played an essential role in empowering communities for social change from the Communication for Social Change Consortium.
New Charitable Giving Incentives and Exempt Organization Reforms: Pension Protection Act of 2006
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04/2007
Summary of new charitable giving incentives in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 from Ropes & Gray; focus on donor-advised funds, supporing organizations, IRA rollover, and intermediate sanctions.
Stateline.org: Where Policy and Politics News Click
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04/2007
Online news service for state public policy information from Pew Charitable Trusts; focus on important state-level issues such as healthcare, tax and budget policy, the environment, welfare reform, and more.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit Organizations
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04/2007
While nearly all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act apply only to publicly traded corporations, nonprofits may want to review them and adopt particular governance practices. Learn about the provisions of this bill and their relevance to nonprofits from the Independent Sector and BoardSource.
Using the New Media to Promote Your Mission and Protect Your Reputation
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04/2007
How can you integrate new media with traditional communications planning? Get tips and tools from this concise guide from the Nonprofit World. Free Registration Required.
Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations
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04/2007
This guide was developed by a joint working group of the Council on Foundations and the European Foundation Centre. It identifies eight principles of good disaster grantmaking and offers a number of tips to help grantmakers address disasters more effectively, including facts and figures about recent major disasters around the world and a list of useful disaster information websites.
Rural Fund Development 101:Starting and Growing Rural Community Endowments
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03/2007
Across rural America, people are joining together to do something new and different. They are launching and growing community endowments. Community endowments resemble savings accounts that grow over time. Local residents are using the interest earned on these community endowments—and the local energy and leadership that come from building them—to improve the quality of life for people, organizations and the places they call home.
Rural Philanthropy: Building Dialogue From Within
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03/2007
In this report, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy explores the disparity in giving between urban and rural nonprofits, and how geographical isolation and capacity-building needs greatly reduce the ability for rural nonprofits to secure funding. The report offers substantive recommendations on ways to make philanthropy more responsive to rural America.
More Giving Together: The Growth and Impact of Giving Circles and Shared Giving
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03/2007
A broad study commissioned in 2007 by the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers of the characteristics, benefits, and impact of giving circles across the country.
Marketing Your Knowledge
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03/2007
Turn organizational knowledge into action with models for knowledge sharing, proven strategies, and a six-step framework to market knowledge effectively from Bob Tobin, Williams Group.
Using Your Organization's Technology to Connect
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03/2007
How can you tell if you are effectively using your technology resources to connect with members? Explore a knowledge management framework from ASAE that shows you how to use, enhance, and promote your technology resources.
Beyond the Jitters: When Foundations and News Media Connect
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03/2007
How can foundations move from interest to action in developing media relations? Read about key lessons learned from the Foundations Media Relations Project, an effort to boost the media capabilities of five regional associations.
Let the World Know: Make Your Cause News
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03/2007
Should your organization be in the spotlight? Learn how to engage the media and turn your cause into a newsworthy event from the Nonprofit World.
Op-Eds: A Cost Effective Strategy for Advocacy
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03/2007
Newspaper op-eds are an inexpensive and powerful tool for reaching policymakers and the public. Get tips for writing effective op-eds from the Benton Foundation.
Racial, Ethnic, & Tribal Philanthropy Knowledge Center
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03/2007
Explore information, stories, profiles and how-to resources about racial, ethnic and tribal philanthropy.
Foundation Expenses & Compensation: How Operating Characteristics Influence Spending
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Publication date:
02/2007
How much is appropriate to spend on administrative expenses? Learn how major differences in operating characteristics can affect expense levels in this comprehensive report from the Urban Institute.
How to Read the IRS Form 990 and Find Out What It Means from the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York
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Publication date:
02/2007
Find out how to read IRS Form 990 and the ten most significant items of information found in it.