31 Articles found for subject: Nonprofit

Organizations that don’t have a profit imperative still need to answer three critical questions.

Content: Article | Author: Ken Favaro | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Nonprofit, Strategy

Donors are placing nonprofits on the hot seat to measure social performance. Problem is, there is little agreement on what those metrics should be. Professor Alnoor Ebrahim on how nonprofit managers should respond.

Content: Article | Authors: Alnoor Ebrahim, Julia Hanna | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Industry Specific, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Recent studies raise an uncharitable question: Is nonprofit accounting off track?

Content: Article | Author: Joseph McCafferty | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Nonprofit managers who develop social purpose ventures to generate revenues to support a social mission have limited opportunities to share their experiences with others in the field or to learn from the experiences of others. Many nonprofit managers also have modest business backgrounds. Yet, despite these challenges, the movement toward income generation by nonprofits continues to grow. Some of these ventures succeed, yet many more … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Cynthia W. Massarsky, Samantha L. Beinhacker | Source: Yale School of Management | Subjects: Industry Specific, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Corporations aren’t alone in focusing on governance; rigorous oversight of management and performance is increasingly important for nonprofits too.

Content: Article | Authors: Andrea R. Kilpatrick, Paul J. Jansen | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

We have business and we have government. For too many intents and purposes, we have nothing in between. This distinction has framed the great social debate for more than a century: capitalism versus socialism, markets versus controls, individualism versus collectivism, privatization versus nationalization, “free enterprise” versus “democracy of the proletariat.” The debate features no cooperatives, no NGOs, no not-for-profits, no volunteer organizations, not because they … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Chahrazed Abdallah, Emmanuel Raufflet, Henry Mintzberg, Pamela Sloan, Rick Molz | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Business plan competitions are a powerful way to help nonprofits turn ideas into sustainable commercial ventures.

Content: Article | Authors: Anamaria Schindler, Andréa C. Waslander, Heinz-Peter Elstrodt | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

The federation structure remains a viable model for nonprofit organizations – if managements transform themselves and affiliates collaborate more closely.

Content: Article | Authors: Lynn K. Taliento, Maisie O’Flanagan | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Industry Specific, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Corporations could learn a lot from the intensity of nonprofits. Are they willing to listen?

Content: Article | Author: Melissa Master | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Management, Nonprofit

Teach For America learned the importance of building organizational capacity the hard way.

Content: Article | Author: Jerry Hauser | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Industry Specific, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Former HBS professor Jeff Bradach shares practical advice on how nonprofits can improve their strategy and produce measurable results for their cause and donors.

Content: Article | Author: Manda Salls | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Nonprofit

This report provides decision-makers in business and environmental nonprofits with the practical tools required to launch or improve effective partnerships. Designed as a compendium of best practices and key learnings, this report targets practitioners who recognize the enormous potential of nonprofit-industry partnerships but need a framework for approaching structured collaboration and a compact, handy reference to aid implementation. Our objective is to outline critical success … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Erb Environmental Management Institute and Green Business Network | Subjects: Nonprofit, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Are you working for a nonprofit or promoting a social cause? Many of the for-profit rules about marketing strategy apply there, too.

Content: Article | Author: Kathy Klotz-Guest | Source: MarketingProfs | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Nonprofit

Nonprofits are wasting billions through inefficient business practices. A Harvard Business Review excerpt co-authored by former senator Bill Bradley offers fixes.

Editor’s Note: This article doesn’t offer a detailed prescription and I found some of the logic to suffer from excessive enthusiasm and theory but the concept addressed is an important one and the facts given are useful and interesting.

Content: Article | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Nonprofit

As the nonprofit sector grows and organizations become increasingly complex, more and more executives are being invited to lend their skills as board members. Here are eight principles for effective governance that can help a broad range of nonprofit groups be more successful.

Content: Article | Authors: Keith Cerny, Vernon Ellis | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subject: Nonprofit

Multi-site nonprofit organizations shouldn’t be run like companies that make money, say HBS professors Allen Grossman and V. Kasturi Rangan. The key for nonprofit managers is to embrace a balance between affiliation and autonomy.

Content: Article | Author: Sean Silverthorne | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Nonprofit

Nonprofit organizations should consider creating wealth rather than merely redistributing it.

Content: Article | Author: Bill Shore | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Nonprofit, Social Responsibility (ESG)

The problem: Find a way to get more bang for the buck out of charitable donations. The strategy: Adopt techniques that worked well for venture capital firms in the 1990s – greater interaction between giver and recipient, and an emphasis on measurable results. The upshot: The birth of the movement variously called “venture philanthropy,” “social entrepreneurism,” “strategic philanthropy,” and “e-philanthropy.” But is it really a … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Nonprofit, Social Responsibility (ESG), Venture Capital

Nonprofit organizations should focus on building a lasting organization and on developing effective performance metrics. To make this possible, donors must change their approach to philanthropy.

Content: Article | Authors: Les Silverman, Lynn Taliento, Stephanie Lowell | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Industry Specific, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Americans expect results from their business, government, and nonprofit organizations. We also expect information about the performance of those institutions: Who’s in charge? How is money spent? And what have they accomplished? In the business world, the demands imposed by lenders and investors — and, of course, the Securities and Exchange Commission — force companies to disclose precise details of their operations — earnings, expenses, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Regina Herzlinger | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Industry Specific, Nonprofit | Industry: Government