NPQ has always cautioned that ignoring your public policy context is akin to turning over the keys to your house and having to ask permission to sleep on the couch. And of all the aspects of your public policy context, the scaffolding of tax structures is king

Target setting is essential to improve your fundraising results. “A target is an essential unit of measurement in the assessment of ambition and performance,” Toby Bourke said at a recent meeting in his session Setting Targets. A...

Acknowledge to yourself that the hardest part of fundraising is getting the visit. Once you know this you’ll be less frustrated. There’s nothing wrong with you if you’re having a hard time getting through to someone. Everyone...

After taking up kayaking in her 90s near her home in Tarrytown, N.Y., Ms. Davis donated millions to clean up the Hudson.

BareMinerals drives brand awareness and customer engagement with a nation-wide tour and digital campaign.    

Pinterest rules over Facebook and Twitter when it comes to purchase value.    

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Simone Joyaux offers notions of leadership around concepts of learning, change, stewardship, and organizational glue. Is leadership an art? A developed skill? Joyaux opines.

Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc. receives grant; Kids in Need Foundation partners with Dixon Ticonderoga; United Way Worldwide announces award winners, and more.

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In the past few years, measurement has quickly evolved from a “nice to have” to a “must have” for nonprofits. Government agencies, foundations and private donors have been demanding answers to the question: Did that...

From the research I've seen, premiums can work to boost giving in the short term but also create some problems long term, especially if the premiums are positioned as a quid pro quo for a gift and have limited resonance with the cause. So what...

Wanna know a secret? I once ran my own grant-writing business. I loved focusing on one thing and doing it well — a welcome break from the “many hats” conundrum in which development professionals frequently find...

In Part II of the Cohen Report’s review of President Obama’s proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget, Rick Cohen examines elements of the budget with specific meaning for nonprofit sector capacity and productivity. Together with Part I here, examine the picture that the budget paints for nonprofits—challenges that go to the fundamental role of nonprofits in society and to the willingness and ability of the federal government to protect and sustain nonprofit capacity. 

Skeptics wonder if a new scholarship is really about doing business.

A president’s granddaughter who married into a fashion family is setting her own path as an entrepreneur and philanthropist.

19 trade associations have sent a letter to FTC Secretary Donald Clark requesting an extended deadline to implement the amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule.    

Is the Marketplace Fairness Act really fair? Many in the marketing industry think not.    

N.C. Central University dedicates nursing training room sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina; $20 million award benefits Duke University Schools of Medicine; StepUp Ministry announces promotions; GlaxoSmithKline seeks nominations for 2013 IMPACT Awards, and more.

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With online giving continuing to grow at a faster pace than giving overall according to the Blackbaud Index , it’s more important than ever for nonprofits to get serious about their online communications and fundraising strategies. And...

The writings of observers like Dan Pallotta suggest that nonprofits shy away from investing in advertising because of pressures to limit their overhead. Ohio State University accounting professor Brian Mittendorf looks at the numbers and finds that nonprofits don’t seem to underinvest in advertising, overhead concerns or not.