Accountability
November 25, 2015 at 10:05 am
Whenever we present a plan or report, it is based on research. More often than not, our recommendations are embraced with enthusiasm. The leaders understand the process and the outcomes. In a few instances, though, there are leaders who immediately question a process that they have been a part of and the resulting recommendations. They rationalize...
November 25, 2015 at 9:36 am
A nonprofit founded to combat obesity says the $1.5 million it received from Coke has no influence on its work. But emails obtained by The Associated Press show the world’s largest beverage maker was instrumental in shaping the Global Energy Balance Network, which is led by a professor at the University of Colorado School of…
November 25, 2015 at 9:16 am
A four-year study by archaeologists has comprehensively demolished cherished myths about one of the most romantic religious sites in England, Glastonbury Abbey. Those feet, immortalized in William Blake’s poem "Jerusalem," never walked on the green and pleasant land of Glastonbury; the oldest church in England was not built there by Christ’s disciples; Joseph of Arimathea’s…
November 24, 2015 at 10:22 am
The fact that members of Congress feel the need to raise enormous amounts of money isn’t new. Sometimes, the question that matters is how lawmakers solicit contributions. Fundraising in the wake of a terrorist attack, for example, can raise awkward questions about basic propriety. NPR recently reported on one vulnerable Senate incumbent who’s arguably approaching…
November 24, 2015 at 9:39 am
Just like the classic disagreements that occur across Thanksgiving dinner tables with families, this argument in the nonprofit world is never-ending…
November 23, 2015 at 9:35 am
A proposal to create a new center at Western Carolina University using $2 million from the Charles Koch Foundation is generating concern among some faculty at Western Carolina University. The proposed Center for the Study of Free Enterprise would be funded, in part, with money from the foundation created by Charles Koch, CEO of Koch…
November 23, 2015 at 9:23 am
There are big plans for a plot of land just off Route 5 in the Montgomery County, New York town of Fonda. It is the future home of the Tribes Hill Heritage Center. A board of directors has been working to make the Native American Center a reality for more than a year now and…
November 23, 2015 at 9:12 am
As fundraisers, our jobs are to say, “yes,” and get others to say, “yes,” as much as possible. Think about it. Your whole job is to get others (colleagues, bosses, administration, program people, vendors, support staff) to say, “yes,” to donors. And that “yes” is so you can have your donor say, “yes.” Do you have the greatest job in the world or what?...
November 20, 2015 at 10:24 am
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has closed down the Veterans Support Organization (VSO) as a settlement from legal action. According to a news release from Paxton's office, VSO collected more than $2.5 million in Texas between 2010 and 2012. But an investigation found 70 percent of the money went to VSO's Florida headquarters and to…
November 20, 2015 at 9:39 am
In my opinion, Thanksgiving is a time when we should get away from technology and, in a quiet moment, truly give thanks for what we have in life. As career professionals in the nonprofit arena, we know that material things are not important. We also know we are dependent on so many elements inside and outside our control for complete success and happiness. Our career success is built on long processes and years of trial and error in our jobs. We thrive for relationships whether they happen once or last more than 30 years...
