This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Understanding the Motivations of Baby Boomer Volunteers, the national volunteerism support organization AmeriCorps argued, based on 2004 data, that volunteer opportunities “must be expanded and diversified in order to appeal to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Grant reports. We all love to hate them. A reason is that like most things related to grants, we’ve learned to tell funders what we think they want to hear.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I look at the kind of change that an organization or cause is trying to create, I tend to take a more expansive view informed by two simple questions:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I don’t know anything about public health. And none of us know what the world is going to look like after COVID-19. Especially as loved ones and people around us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges, especially for organizations relying on volunteers. If you are one of those organizations, in a normal July, you might be planning (or planning to be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few months ago, I was talking at a conference about what race, equity, diversity, and inclusion look like in every day practices. “These concepts have been like coconut water,” I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After winter storms swept across Texas, leaving crops frozen and homes powerless, The Common Market partnered with the international nonprofit World Central Kitchen to distribute thousands of boxes of locally…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’ve seen the research. The fraction of philanthropic support that reaches Indian Country and Indigenous-led organizations has remained largely unchanged for decades, while institutional philanthropy has come to rely heavily on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an interview with Joan Garry about Community-Centric Fundraising, a colleague asked, “How do we move our donors from sympathy to empathy?” This, in many ways, has been the evolution…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Access to water is a basic human right that many Americans may not think twice about, yet each day in the U.S., people live without this basic necessity that promotes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past 12 years working in nonprofit and private sector international aid, spending quite a bit of time embedded in benefiting communities, my teams and I have developed a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a nonprofit organization, it is important to be engaged and relevant to the community that you are located in. By becoming an active member in the local area, not only can…