With the onslaught of holiday parties comes the annual “small talk” tour. How’s the year been for you? Fair to middling, thanks. What are you reading right now? “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson. What’s new and exciting? Our dog Penny. Have I told you about our lovely dog? Last Saturday was [...]
In preparation for some planning work I’m doing with a client I have been brushing up on best practices related to board development. As part of my research I’ve been reading, “Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards,” written by researchers Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, and Barbara E. Taylor and published [...]
In her recent New York Times article, the paper’s philanthropy reporter wrote an article which carried the sensational headline, “Charities Rise, Costing U.S. Billions in Tax Breaks.” In her article, Stephanie Strom claims that as the number of registered charities has risen by 60 percent, to 1.1 million nationally, tax-deductible contributions of more than $300 [...]
Women make up two-thirds of the professional work force at nonprofit groups, according to a recent Chronicle of Philanthropy article, Flexibility and More Mentors Will Expand the Number of Female Nonprofit CEO’s, by Shifra Bronznick and Didi Goldenhar, yet only 19 percent of the nation’s 400 largest charities have a woman as CEO. Outside of [...]
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