Executive Issues

People are less likely to cut back on giving to charity in the coming year than on eating out, clothes or weekly food shopping, according to the latest survey from think tank nfpSynergy.

The number of charity donors cancelling the direct debit payments they make to worthy causes has increased during the recession, research shows.

Foundations can play several key roles in helping re-stabilize cities, said Rip Rapson, president of the Troy-based Kresge Foundation.

High net worth individuals — those who own at least $1m in financial assets — are a major source of investment worldwide. This 10-million-strong global elite has combined assets of $40tn, according to the latest annual world wealth report published by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch.

Donors increasingly tell me they feel there are too many nonprofits and too much duplication and inefficiency in the service delivery system.

Foundations in the region have suffered substantial declines in their endowment assets during the last six months, a new survey indicates. But many of those foundations say they are seeking to maintain their current levels of giving.

For-profit executives use business models—such as “low-cost provider” or “the razor and the razor blade"—as a shorthand way to describe and understand the way companies are built and sustained. Nonprofit executives, to their detriment, are not as explicit about their funding models and have not had an equivalent lexicon—until now

In comprehensive new research of financial services professionals, 77 percent of respondents indicated the current economic downturn has had a significantly greater impact on their Boomer generation clients than any other generation. More positively, 73 percent said the downturn has made their Boomer clients more focused on financial planning (also more than any other generation).

Do you desire a beneficial partnership? Do you dream of having a partnership that will “get your organization’s name out there” in a good way? Are you looking to collaborate to increase your resources? If you answered yes to these questions, you are not alone.

Like many for-profit companies, charities are seeking help from the government, and they are upset that policy makers do not understand how much the recession has hurt them.