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In December 2007, the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly published a report titled, "An Investigation of Fraud in Nonprofit Organizations," cataloguing malfeasance that amounted to billions of dollars each year. In response, the authors advocated certain strategies, including the urging of governing boards to consider important controls in addition to the annual financial statement audit. There are more than 1.5 million registered US nonprofits, according to the National Center for Charitable Statistics. More than 80% collect less than $100,000 each year, so even without fraud, most are already struggling to support their missions long before they have to consider their technology options. Effectiveness and productivity may be corporate jargon -- but they're principles at the core...
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The nonprofit sector of the American media is a vast but little-explored, little-understood segment of the industry. This paper examines the magazine publishing activities of tax-exempt organizations in the United States, drawing on a variety of sources to show that nonprofit publishers represent a large and stable sector of the overall magazine industry, exceeding the number of for profit publishers and accounting for more than 7% of advertising revenue. Roughly half of the advertising revenue is earned by 100 organizations.
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Roanoke Valley residents are now able to vote for the recipient of a new grant from Foundation for Roanoke Valley, which administers more than 240 named endowment funds established by individuals and families on behalf of the community. Under the foundation's newest grant initiative, Project Make-A- Difference, two nonprofit organizations will vie for the quarterly $1,000 grants.
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Colorado Springs is still struggling to break free of the recent recession, beset by twin jobs and housing crises, according to a survey of economic conditions in the region. The Mountain Monitor, a quarterly report produced by the nonprofit Brookings Institution and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, studies 10 large metropolitan areas in Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. The latest Monitor, released Thursday, examines data through the second quarter. It shows uneven progress throughout the Intermountain West, with an anemic national recovery threatening to drag down even the most resilient areas.
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A post-recession recovery finally appears to be on track for Colorado Springs' struggling economy, according to a report by the Brookings Institution. The Mountain Monitor, a quarterly report produced by the nonprofit Brookings Institution and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, studies 10 large metropolitan areas in Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. The latest report, released Thursday, examined data in the third quarter - a period that saw the Springs post its first job gains since the Mountain Monitor began two years ago. Employment expanded 0.4 percent from the previous quarter.
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Growth Particularly Significant in Mainstream Retail Stores AUSTIN, Texas, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sales of herbal dietary supplements in the United States increased by almost 5% in 2009, reaching a total estimated figure of just over $5 billion. The statistics are conclusions of a new report published in the current issue of HerbalGram, the nonprofit American Botanical Council's (ABC) quarterly journal. Sales in the mainstream market channel (e.g., drugstores, etc.) experienced particularly strong growth, increasing more than 14% over 2008 sales.
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REDLANDS - People can shop for deals and provide birthday gifts for children next weekend. Birthday Bags 4 Kids will hold its first quarterly "Hidden Treasures" rummage sale Friday and Saturday at its Redlands warehouse space. The nonprofit provides a bag of gifts and party supplies to local children who may not receive a birthday gift.
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Due to a variety of factors, nonprofit organizations have been pressed to adapt their operating style in an effort to continue playing an effective role in society. One of those adaptations - the use of entrepreneurial, businesslike practices - has the potential to create challenges and opportunities for nonprofit organizations. This ethnographic case study of a nonprofit family services organization investigated the use of entrepreneurial management approaches and how the potential tension between mission and market orientation is balanced. The data presented suggest that a mission oriented, traditional management approach and more marketoriented entrepreneurial management can be blended through a "continuum of practice," with the tension resulting from integration as a positive factor...
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... workers are more likely than other nonprofit managers to apply empowerment approaches and princ...Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 36(4), 11S-27S. . Mirabella, R., & Wish, N. (2000...
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William P. Ryan recently wrote an article for the Nonprofit Quarterly that provides good food for thought for all of us who serve on nonprofit boards or work in the nonprofit sector. He is the co-author, with Richard P. Chait and Barbara E. Taylor of Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards.
