IFRC – Choreographer of Disaster Management: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Disasters
Disaster response organizations like the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) act as choreographers in a huge show involving countless characters (government, media, NGOs, donor National Societies, affected communities) and materials (food, clothing, medicine, trucks, tents, blankets). When done well, the right aid gets to the right people at the right time. When done poorly, confusion and chaos prevail. … [ Read more ]
Content: Case Study | Authors: Irma Becerra-Fernandez, Kuldeep Kumar, Luk N. Van Wassenhove, Ramina Samii | Source: INSEAD | Subjects: Nonprofit, Organizational Behavior | Industry: Non-Profit | Company: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Philanthropy, Self-Fulfillment, and the Leadership of Community Foundations
The usual question echoing in the hallways of nonprofit organizations is, What do donors want? The more pertinent question is, What do donors need? One way to answer this question is to examine the remarkable success and consequent challenges of one of the fastest growing sectors of American philanthropy: community foundations.
Editor’s Note: this article applies Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to the nonprofit world. … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Joe Lumarda | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Nonprofit, Social Responsibility (ESG) | Industry: Non-Profit
Nonprofits Numbers
IT Helps Nonprofits Increase Productivity
High Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact
Content: Book | Authors: Allen S. Grossman, Christine W. Letts, William P. Ryan | Subject: Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit
National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS)
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
Savior To The Stars
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