Harvard University is redirecting what’s left of $8.9 million that pedophile Jeffrey Epstein donated to the school to organizations helping sexual assault victims. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is also embroiled in controversy for accepting millions of dollars from the convicted sex offender who died awaiting trial in a federal prison with an official cause of […]

RKD Group, a Dallas, Texas-based provider of marketing and fundraising solutions for nonprofits, has taken acquisition of Direct Point Group (DPG), a direct-response fundraising agency in Toronto, Canada. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are truly excited to welcome the DPG team to RKD Group. DPG’s stellar reputation for providing breakthrough direct response […]

Employee engagement is vital to an ecosystem of success. Finding and keeping a workforce of social good specialists is not easy in a gig economy. But there are ways to provide prospective employees you have a social good soul. Yours is probably a great place to work and you should be competing in the ninth […]

It is remarkable how much more money can be raised when everyone is emotionally tied to an organization. Studies show that employee engagement not only results in better performance but also helps to drive recruitment in a competitive market for competent staff. Yours is probably a great place to work and you should be competing […]

Foundation Center and GuideStar merged earlier this year and rebranded as to become Candid. The organization’s Washington, D.C., office will continue to develop new training programs and convenings, but will be shifting the way it works, the organization announced. Candid’s two Washington, D.C. offices will consolidate. The office currently at 1627 K Street will relocate and will […]

The bandit Willie Sutton was famous for saying he robbed banks because that’s where the money was kept. Nonprofits probably don’t need the firepower Sutton was packing. That doesn’t mean getting the cash is going to be easy. And, there are lots of banks with cash. You shouldn’t just walk into any old savings and […]

Elizabeth “Liz” Darling, president and CEO of the OneStar Foundation in Austin, Texas, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate yesterday to a senior post in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Her confirmation had been blocked for months by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) but was confirmed by a 57-37 vote. As commissioner […]

Rebranding is a stressful decision-making process. Do you need a refreshing of your image or do you need a complete rebranding? First you have to define your brand, such as the expectation people have when they see your organization’s name and the sum of experiences people have had with the organization. Once you’ve made a […]

Nonprofit work isn’t for the faint of heart. It isn’t for the glory or remuneration that allows you to retire early. So, you need a pretty good sense of humor. Take the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs, Colo., for example, which has a lounge and meetings area they rent out called “Area 51.” It is […]

Put yourself in the funder’s shoes — who would you choose to fund? These tough decisions are complex and include assessing an organization’s ability to deliver on the promises made in the grant proposal. Applicants must have the capacity to translate program plans into action, and the action into measurable results.  “Internal controls are safety-net […]

Common wisdom holds that nonprofit employment is essentially an urban phenomenon. But new data generated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics using a technique developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies suggests that this might not be universally true. While 88 percent of U.S. nonprofit employment is located in metropolitan areas, […]