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Grant Makers, Here’s How to Support Nonprofits Led by People of Color

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Health / Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Connecting with Community-Based Organizations (CBOs): Learning from Failure and Success

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

6 Ways Nonprofits Can Take Action Amid Economic Uncertainty

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5 Ways Foundations Should Help Grantees in an Uncertain Economy

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Nonprofit Finances Now

A look at nonprofit finances in the United States — how they’ve changed, where they stand now, and what the field needs to consider in the coming years. |
Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Protecting Nonprofits That Protect Us During Crises – and Beyond

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Deep Disparities Persist in Finances of Nonprofits Led by White People and People of Color

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

How We're Prioritizing Racial Equity – and What We've Learned

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Philanthropy’s Next Stage Imperative: Meaningfully Moving Foundation Assets for the Common Good

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

How to Fund Place-Based Partnerships, if We Want Them to Work

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

How to Avoid Excuses That Prevent Grant Makers From Aiding Black-Led Organizations

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

With Capital, Communities of Color Can Lead Our Economic Revival

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Essential Social Services Are Struggling to Survive the COVID-19 Crisis

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

We Can’t Let Nonprofits That Serve People of Color Fail

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Why Grantmakers Need to Break Their Restriction Habit—Permanently

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Who Will Pay for Partnerships that Address Social Determinants of Health?

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

A ‘New New Normal’ for Foundation Giving: 3 Acts That Will Make a Difference

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

6 Steps for Grant Makers to Take Now to Ensure Nonprofits Recover From Coronavirus Spread

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Wellness Trusts 101

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Bringing Community Development Lenders Back to their Civil Rights Roots

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

The Price of Real Change

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

The Smartest Way to Promote Diversity: Pay for Overhead at Charities Led by People of Color

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Board Member’s Guide to Supporting an Organization’s Full Cost Needs

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

What We've Learned: A Foreword by Nonprofit Finance Fund

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What Nonprofit Leaders Wish More People Knew

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Bay Area Nonprofit Workers Deserve Fair Wages

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Reimagining Financial Viability

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Questions I Wish I’d Asked

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New Tools to Help Tell Your Nonprofit’s Financial Story

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Nonprofit Resource Equity and Access: A Call to Close the Gap

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

The State of Our Sector Is Resilient

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Growing “Us vs. Them” Mentality Undermines Nonprofits and the People We Serve

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

NPO Leaders: This Is So Worth 25 Minutes of Your Time

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Commentary

We Won’t End Homelessness Until We Figure Out What Actually Works

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

We Need a Long-Term Plan for Reducing Reincarcerations

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Grant Makers, Put Results First in Deciding How to Give

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Panel Discussion at Columbia Business School - Beyond the Pioneer: Getting Industries to Scale

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Using short-term data to justify spending cuts is dangerous

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Grantmaking Should Be Grounded in Real Costs

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Why Funding Overhead is Not the Real Issue: The Case to Cover Full Costs

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Nonprofits Must Be Able to Adapt

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Improving Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

7 Myths About Social-Impact Investing Keep Grant Makers From a Good Thing

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Preparing for Business as Unusual

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Nonprofits and Those Who Support Them Should Talk Openly About Finances

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Antony Bugg-Levine Explains Role Of Philanthropy In Impact Investing

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Complete Capital

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Navigating Tough Trade-Offs in the Era of Scarcity

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Social-Service Groups Won’t Survive Without New Sources of Revenue

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

What Nonprofits Need

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Better Funder/Grantee Dialogue: From Elusive to Imperative

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

The ABCDs of Impact Investing and Social Enterprise

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Blazing New Paths For Social Impact

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Impact Investing: A Panel Discussion at SOCAP 2012

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Future of Community Development: How CDFIs Can Best Ride the Impact Investing Wave

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

For Nonprofits, Time to End Business-as-Usual

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

A New Approach to Funding Social Enterprises

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Philanthropic Equity: Promising Early Returns

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Hype or Promise

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Weathering the Storm: Lessons from 2001

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Truth or Consequences: The Implications of Financial Decisions

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

The Equity Capital Gap

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Real Progress on the Nonprofit Capital Market?!

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