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Content: Book | Authors: Allen S. Grossman, Christine W. Letts, William P. Ryan | Subject: Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

To dismiss the applicability of enlightened management to the whole nonprofit sector — $500 billion in expenditures and employing over 10 million people as of the late 1990s — just because many of its groups are small would be as ridiculous as doing the same for firms because more than 99 percent of them are small businesses.

Content: Quotation | Source: TrendScope | Subject: Nonprofit

A project of the Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, the NCCS is “is the national repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States,” charged with developing and providing quality data on “nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research on the relationships between the nonprofit sector, government, the commercial sector, and the broader civil society.” At the site, visitors … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) | Subject: Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Marc Pollick runs the Giving Back Fund, an umbrella nonprofit that manages foundations of athletes, entertainers and others. Pollick’s pitch is simple: quick startup, low overhead and no scandal. And he guarantees noncharitable overhead will be no higher than 5% for the minimum donation of $250,000, down to 1% for a $5 million gift.

Content: Article | Author: William P. Barrett | Source: Forbes | Subject: Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Offers information for and about nonprofit organizations in the United States…..
(1) The Locator assists with clarifying the legal name and exact location of any nonprofit registered with the Internal Revenue Service
(2) The Nonprofit FAQ (“Frequently Asked Questions”) presents information on a wide range of topics of interest to leaders and managers of nonprofit organizations
(3) The Library offers longer essays … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: The Evergreen State Society of Seattle | Subject: Nonprofit

Idealist is a project of Action Without Borders. The site is divided into three major categories: Take Action, Tools for Nonprofits, Find a Job. Their database includes 20,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 140 countries.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Idealist | Subject: Nonprofit

Article provides practical guidance and advice to nonprofit organizations seeking to incorporate e-commerce practices into their ongoing operations, and includes three short case studies of organizations that have adopted e-commerce; also provides some useful links for anyone interested in establishing e-commerce capabilities on a budget.

Content: Article | Author: Monica Williams | Source: Benton Foundation | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Nonprofit

Content: Book | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Nonprofit

Tools to help nonprofits make effective use of communications and information technologies

Content: Online Resource | Source: Benton Foundation | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Nonprofit