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What’s Next at Teach For America?
Source: Teach For America This week, Co-CEOs Matt Kramer and Elisa Villanueva Beard announced two new initiatives on a live webcast about what’s next at TFA. Below is a partial transcript from the webcast. Click here to read the full transcript. *** Nine years ago, I was facing one of those “two roads diverged in a…
Read MoreNonprofit Performance & Effectiveness Are Not Mutually Exclusive
This week The Chronicle of Philanthropy published an article by Phil Buchanan, President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, called, “Unlike For-Profits, Nonprofits Succeed by Sharing the Work and the Glory”. Similar in nature to my CSRwire blog post about “Creating Performance Based Culture in the Nonprofit Sector”, Buchanan’s article helped me reconcile some philosophical…
Read MoreUnlike For-Profits, Nonprofits Succeed by Sharing the Work and the Glory
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy By Phil Buchanan In recent years, foundation and charity leaders have paid increasing attention to questions of performance. The focus on impact, outcomes, and assessment, while not new, has certainly intensified among both foundation and charity leaders. This is a positive development, but too often performance is defined in a…
Read MoreModernizing Workplace Giving Because Millennials Want Us To
Source: Charities@Work By Peter Dudley, Community Support Programs Manager, Wells Fargo I always learn a lot from talking with my peers at other companies, even if all I learn is that I’m not the only one struggling with certain problems. At a meeting recently, for example, I informally polled half a dozen workplace giving managers. They…
Read MoreA Wider Circle Founder Mark Bergel Named a 2014 CNN Hero!
A Wider Circle founder Mark Bergel has been named a 2014 CNN Hero! We at America’s Charities are a little biased – as one of our member charities, we already know how amazing Mark and his entire team at A Wider Circle are. But, to wake up this morning and hear such great, well-deserved news…
Read MoreThe State of E-learning and the Potential it Offers Nonprofits (And All Other Sectors)
In his ground-breaking book, Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity (2011), Mario Morino urged leaders of government, business and the philanthropic sectors to take “bold action” in order to focus increasingly limited resources where they do the most good in addressing pressing social needs. Inspired by Morino’s presentation about outcomes and evidence based…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Six Recommendations to Increase Employee Engagement in Your Next Workplace Giving Campaign
Source: Charities@Work The real question: October has become the month of corporate giving in North America. If you’re one of those companies looking to break the giving record you set last year you know exactly what you have to do – increase the number of employees who give and the enthusiasm with which they participate. Simple,…
Read MoreProgress Comes Through Collective Action
Source: Charities@Work By Scott Jackson, Global Impact I have worked in the international philanthropic sector for more than 20 years. Each day, my colleagues and I have the same goal—get one step closer to raising the resources needed to eradicate poverty the world over. The challenges we face as we try to do this are…
Read MoreSPLC Report: Far-right Extremist Groups Decline But Remain At Near-record Levels
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center The number of far-right extremist groups fell significantly in 2013 for the first time in a decade, the SPLC found in its annual count, released today. But with a total of more than 2,000 groups, the radical right remains at historically high levels. “The radical right is growing leaner and…
Read MoreWomen in Belize Share Their Stories With IPPF/WHR
Source: International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region By Charis Davidson Over the course of a month in San Ignacio, Belize, I spoke with women about their experiences in their relationships and in their communities with regard to family planning. These women, whose ages ranged from 24 to 50, were open and generous when sharing their…
Read MoreBlack Women’s Health Imperative Welcomes New Leadership
Source: Black Women’s Health Imperative Linda Goler Blount Takes the Helm as the Organization’s New President and CEO The board of directors of the Black Women’s Health Imperative (Imperative), a national organization dedicated to advancing the health and wellness of the 20 million Black women and girls throughout the nation, is pleased to welcome Linda…
Read MoreWhat Makes Feed The Children Unique? A Look at Kenya
Source: Feed The Children You can’t get much more vulnerable than living with special needs in the developing world. But even with all of their challenges the Hardy Boys couldn’t help but sing. This is what my work at Feed The Children is all about—protecting the most vulnerable like them. Feed The Children recently interviewed…
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