by Joyce Braun Poderis | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog |
Why is it that the new and emerging non-profits all too often see foundations and other grant-making entities as their first and best source of funding? Why do they think that’s where the easy money is to be found? Is it because foundations are required by law...
by Tony Poderis | Apr 8, 2011 | Blog |
Ah yes, don’t discuss religion and politics it is often said. And why not? They’re a pretty big part of our total being. At stake, are our livelihood and spiritual lives. The “politics” thing, however, does have me walk with some care on a...
by Tony Poderis | Apr 2, 2011 | Blog |
April 2, 2011: The other day I came across yet another instance of a non-profit’s leadership huffing and puffing about a potential funder’s request for the names of their top ten individual donors to support the organization’s grant proposal....
by David Patterson | Mar 31, 2011 | Blog |
March 31, 2011: Sometimes you just have to wonder about an organization. The other day I received a solicitation letter for the annual campaign of a major nonprofit of which I am a member. The letter began “Thank you for your generous support of the (name). As a...
by David Patterson | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog |
March, 18 2011: In the past decade, Google has provided a number of tools and opportunities that have been attractive and useful to nonprofits—everything from site search engines to grants for their AdWords program. Now they have announced on the Google for Nonprofits...
by David Patterson | Mar 8, 2011 | Blog |
March 8, 2011: Today’s New York Times has a story on the revival of CARE packages. Those old enough will remember them from the 1940s and ’50s when actual boxes of food and other necessities were sent to people in need. The new CARE packages are virtual...