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January 13, 2026
People Helping People
Explore how COPO grew out of community need and became a hub for people helping people
Eric Lynch, Chris Lisée
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February 5, 2026
2026 Nonprofit Trends: Challenges, Innovations, and the Capital Needed to Sustain Community Impact
In 2025, I wrote a love letter to nonprofits, thanking them for invaluable contributions to our society during an incredibly difficult time Looking...
Aisha Benson, Annie Chang, David Streim, Dorothy Jones, Jana L Reed, Kristin Giantris, Jennifer Talansky, Jessica LaBarbera, Rakiba Kibria
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January 20, 2026
4 Realistic Actions Funders Can Take Right Now
In a recent blog post, we shared 4 key steps nonprofit leaders can take to manage this moment We now turn to funders – many of whom are asking us a...
Kristine Alvarez
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January 20, 2026
Rooted in Place: What Our Survey Data Found About Nonprofit Real Estate Ownership
By better understanding the factors that influence nonprofit facility ownership, we can make better decisions about how to support nonprofits in...
Elise Miller, Chris Lisée
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June 16, 2022
A Conversation with Sandra Phoenix and Tina Rollins about HBCU Library Alliance
As technology continues to rapidly evolve, digital humanities organizations have been at the forefront of innovation in humanities They use...
Sandra Phoenix , Tina Rollins
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March 2, 2022
A Conversation with Samip Mallick of the South Asian American Digital Archive
As technology continues to rapidly evolve, digital humanities organizations have been at the forefront of innovation in humanities They use...
Samip Mallick
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February 23, 2022
A Conversation with Mills Kelly of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
As technology continues to rapidly evolve, digital humanities organizations have been at the forefront of innovation in the humanities They use...
Mills Kelly
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February 16, 2022
A Conversation with Kathleen Fitzpatrick of Humanities Commons
As technology continues to rapidly evolve, digital humanities organizations have been at the forefront of innovation in the humanities They use...
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
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February 8, 2022
A Conversation with Zachary Kaplan of Rhizome
As technology continues to rapidly evolve, digital humanities organizations have been at the forefront of innovation in the humanities They use...
Zachary Kaplan
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December 16, 2021
BMe, Rising Together: A “Fam” of Black Nonprofit Leaders
It should come as no surprise that the organization founded by Trabian Shorters – who coined the term Asset-Framing to describe people by their...
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July 19, 2021
Practical tips for a smooth nonprofit audit (even when it’s over Zoom!)
So what is an audit, exactly An audit is an independent examination of the accounting records of an organization – either for profit or nonprofit...
Anand Attavane
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May 5, 2021
Achieving Health Equity: Community-Led Alternatives to Healthcare-CBO Partnerships
NFF has engaged in numerous efforts across the country focused on facilitating partnerships between community-based organization (CBOs) and health...
Deirdre Flynn
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April 7, 2021
How much does it really cost to do what we do?
Undertaking a costing analysis is an opportunity for those in the nonprofit sector to tell the truth to ourselves about how much it actually...
Deirdre Flynn
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October 4, 2019
Upswing or Downturn: How to Make Your Nonprofit Ready for Anything
You’ve probably heard the rumblings Whether teased in the news or discussed at the office, talk of a looming economic downturn is in the air...
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May 14, 2019
Six Ways to Improve How Government Funds Nonprofits
Tips from NFF and Social Service Providers Who pays the price for insufficient government contracts and late payments It’s the Oakland resident...
Jennifer Kawar, Jessica LaBarbera
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September 24, 2018
Four Planning Considerations for Every Capital Project
Newark is changing A commercial real estate boom has brought interest, energy, and money to the area, and some of the city’s nonprofit leaders are...
David Portalatin