United Way Worldwide has appointed Suzanne McCormick as the organization’s incoming United Way President. She will assume her new role on July 31. McCormick, who currently serves as President and CEO of United Way Suncoast in Tampa, Florida, will succeed outgoing U.S. President, Mary Sellers, who will return to Des Moines, Iowa, after serving in […]

Nonprofit Unemployment Fund Services, Inc. (NUF) has been acquired by Amynta Group in New York City. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Morro Bay, Calif., NUF offers members unemployment claims management and fund administration services. NUF will become part of Amynta’s subsidiary, First Nonprofit, which is a full-service provider of unemployment insurance […]

There comes a time in every finance professional’s life when a decision must be made whether to keep or change the tools you use every day. Even if you decide you can live with the tools you have, you still should be asking questions about their abilities to do what you need. Among the things […]

Rabih Torbay will become the next president and chief executive officer of Project HOPE in Millwood, Va., and Tom Kenyon will be the new chief health officer, effective July 1. Torbay will have overall responsibility for advancing Project HOPE’s strategy and operations in global health and Health Affairs, the leading health policy journal published by […]

Special events can range from a bake sale to a gala dinner-dance for hundreds of your community’s social elites, from a neighborhood walkathon to a telethon broadcast on local radio or television. The scale of your event needs to match your nonprofit’s capacity for carrying it out. A seated dinner with one or more honorees, […]

When you need an evaluation consultant, you usually need one sooner rather than later. Your proposal narrative might require a high-level evaluation plan to be competitive. The report that’s due next month might require data analysis that’s beyond in-house capacity. “Because program evaluation is an imperative of good management, and because grant proposals require a […]

LinkedIn was relatively new when Sree Sreenivasan last presented at Fundraising Day in New York (FRDNY) a decade ago. If you joined LinkedIn 10 years ago your boss might be worried that you’re looking for a job. “Today, your boss might be on LinkedIn and also don’t know what they’re doing,” he quipped. Sreenivasan, a […]

Charitable giving set another overall record in current dollars for 2018 but giving was uneven throughout the sector under new federal tax laws. A boost from foundations and corporations was unable to overcome the first decline in individual giving since 2013. The $427.71 billion in overall giving last year is 0.7 percent more than the […]

Philanthropist, media mogul and former New York City Mike Bloomberg calls himself an optimist in his annual letter on philanthropy. He also outlined the priorities for his foundation, which include climate and environment, gun violence, opioids, education, and supporting local leaders. Those come under the headings of arts, education, environment, government innovation, and public health. […]

A former nonprofit executive was ordered to pay $128,900.80 in restitution and fees after pleading guilty to third degree felony theft from the San Angelo Emergency Corps. Clinton Cory Pelzel, 41, stole more than $100,00 from the organization across five years. The theft was discovered in 2016 and is just now being adjudicated. Pelzel spent […]

Employees with various disabilities are protected by a large number of federal laws. The protections can include the provision of alternate work arrangements. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a publication available online, “Depression, PTSD, & Other Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace: Your Legal Rights.” It offers a series of questions […]