December 17, 2009
The James Irvine Foundation Announces $7 Million in New Grants; Grants Fund Arts Service Organizations, Support Civic Engagement Practices Among Local Public Officials, Restructure a High School
From Ascribe Newsfeed: The Board of Directors of The James Irvine Foundation has approved 23 grants totaling more than $7 million in support of the Foundation's mission of expanding opportunity for the people of California to participate in a vibrant,...
November 4, 2009
Unpowering Computers Could Save Nonprofits Millions of Dollars
From Ascribe Newsfeed: TechSoup Global, in partnership with Climate Savers Computing Initiative, today launches its "Unpower Yourself" campaign to encourage nonprofit workers to reduce power use in the workplace. The environmental action takes place over three weeks and offers easy...
July 27, 2009
Silicon Valley nonprofits struggle with revenue cuts, decreased donations
Silicon Valley nonprofits struggle with revenue cuts, decreased donations - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal: Santa Clara County nonprofits struggled throughout fiscal year 2008-09, with cuts of about $14.5 million from local government revenue and decreases in foundation,...
July 9, 2009
Social Entrepreneurship Revisited
Stanford Social Innovation Review - Paul C. Light: Social entrepreneurship is one of the most alluring terms on the problem-solving landscape today, and is in use even in the new Obama administration. The President is quite familiar with the term...
July 1, 2009
New Book Gives Nonprofits a Proven Approach to Managing Leadership Turnovers
Managing Executive Transitions : A Guide for Nonprofits " href="http://www.fieldstonealliance.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=069572&disccode=PR069572">Fieldstone Alliance : A new book by executive transition expert Tim Wolfred guides nonprofits through what can be a daunting time—a change in leadership. Managing Executive Transitions: A Guide for...
Laying a Solid Foundation: Strategies for Effective Program Replication
Public/Private Ventures: The replication of proven social programs is a cost-effective and efficient way to achieve large-scale, positive social change. Yet there has been little guidance available about how to approach program replication and limited development of systems—at local, state...
June 16, 2009
TPC Releases Powerful Figures on Health Grantmaking
From PR Newswire: Study Shows Underserved Communities Receiving Lion's Share of Health Grants In the midst of one of the biggest debates on health care reform in decades, The Philanthropic Collaborative (TPC) has released a study quantifying the important contributions...
April 6, 2009
Announcing the Sector Skills Academy
Aspen Institute: Every field needs visionary, energetic people to explore new ideas and set future directions. To support the next generation of innovative leaders in sectoral workforce development, the Sector Skills Academy was created to provide a unique opportunity for...
April 2, 2009
Limiting Itemized Deductions for Upper-Income Taxpayers Would Have Little Effect on Small Business, Charities, Housing
From Center on Budget: Housing: Despite persistent claims to the contrary, the President’s proposal to cap the value of itemized deductions at 28 percent would have only small effects on small business, charitable giving, and homeownership. That’s because the proposal,...
March 30, 2009
Harvard Business School Selects Inaugural Recipient of Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA 2007) has been named the first Harvard Business School Social Entrepreneurship Fellow (http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/careers/socialentrepreneurship/) for her work in launching Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE - http://sheinnovates.com/). SHE is a platform for starting businesses that use innovative,...
