Maintaining Balance During the End-of-Year Push
With its short dreary days, year-end fundraising crunch, and pressure to make the most of our time with friends and family, the holiday season can get some of us down. But we can and should work against the effects of the…
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading
How to Successfully and Sustainably Scale Your Nonprofit
Every nonprofit will face a time when they will ask themselves, “How do we scale our organization?” Here are some key aspects that will help answer that question.
Read MoreWhat to Do Before Getting Started
If you are thinking about starting a nonprofit, CNE’s updated Starting a Nonprofit Toolkit is a great place to begin. Our toolkit provides information on what it means to be a nonprofit and questions to ask to determine…
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading
Our Default Organizational Decision-Making Model is Flawed: Here’s an Awesome Alternative
The decision-making model where the ED/CEO makes the final decision can be problematic and lead to decision fatigue. Read about an alternative model that changes the way decisions…
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading
Measuring Nonprofit Outcomes and Progress: What Data Should You Collect?
Learn about how to collect and analyze the right data in order to measure the progress of your nonprofit.
Read MoreRecruiting and Retaining Talented Staff
Nonprofits compete with corporations for talented and skilled staff. But as our regional 2017 Compensation and Benefits Report suggests, nonprofits are not competitive in compensation. The sector has relied on recruiting mission-focused employees, but with the growth of for-profit social enterprise, this…
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading
What Drives Nonprofit Executive Compensation?
Read about a study that determined the reasons behind the salaries for executives in the nonprofit and for-profit realms and how it affects different subsectors of arts, education, health, and human services.
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading
Nonprofits Use Creative Placemaking to Address Public Safety
Read about some nonprofits that have been successful in administering creative placemaking strategies to address public safety to inspire you or your organization to do the same!
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading
Philanthropy in the Service of Democracy
Learn how philanthropy can be made to serve democratic ends and why it matters.
Read More