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SunLight General Capital

Sowing Seeds of Sunshine in New York’s Oneida County |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Pause and Plan as Election Day Approaches

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Education / Nonprofit Sector Story

A Day with Newark Opportunity Youth Network

Education, advocacy, and workforce development for opportunity youth |
Nonprofit Sector Commentary

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

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Nonprofit Sector Story

Black Nonprofit Chief Executives of Philadelphia

Leading Locally |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Critical Social Services Hang in the Balance of NYC Contracting Reform

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Nonprofit Sector Story

Council of Peoples Organization

Supporting South Asian Families and Individuals in Brooklyn |
Health / Nonprofit Sector Commentary

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

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Nonprofit Sector Story

Partnering with neighbors on Philadelphia’s Kensington Avenue

Kensington Corridor Trust |
Nonprofit Sector Commentary

From Energy to Equity, NFF Recommits to Climate Justice

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Story

Grand St. Settlement: A 20-year partnership with a New York City institution

Permanent spaces in the community, for the community |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Their Strength is their Humanity

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Story

Sierra House: Building Quality Affordable Housing in Greater Newark, NJ

Foundation for Greatness |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Reclaiming Financial Narratives and Negotiating with Power in the Philippines

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Audits, Reviews, and Compilations, Oh My!

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

It Doesn't Happen On Its Own

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Housing / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Announcing BEACoN: Building Equitable Assets for Communities and Nonprofits

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Need For Humanness Is Greater Than Ever

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Why We Recommend a Board-Designated Reserve over an Endowment as a Tool for Nonprofit Sustainability

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

More Than Just Food

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Backbone of Just About Everything

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Story

Recycling, Sustainability, and Community in the Heart of Brooklyn

Sure We Can’s work toward environmental and economic justice |
Nonprofit Sector Commentary

6 Ways Nonprofits Can Take Action Amid Economic Uncertainty

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Flexible Funding Beyond the Crisis

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Completing the Historical Narrative

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Commentary

5 Ways Foundations Should Help Grantees in an Uncertain Economy

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Healing Communities, Bridging Systems

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Sí se puede

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
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 Blog

When Funders Don't Know Finance

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Story

Making the Case for Flexible Funding

LifeWay Network’s approach |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Reflections on a Most Worthy and Exciting Journey

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Nonprofit Sector Story

Seeing Our Adolescents Rise

A Colorado nonprofit spreads its wings |
Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Protecting Nonprofits That Protect Us During Crises – and Beyond

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Story

Jenesse Center’s New Facility Aims to End Domestic Violence in its Community and Beyond

Jenesse Family Institute |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Food Apartheid

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Love Everybody

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Art of Affordable Housing

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Lived Experience, Nonprofit Expertise

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

NFF’s Board Thanks Interim CEO & President Trella Walker

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Nonprofit Sector Story

Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity

Mentoring the Next Generation of Women of Color Faith Leaders |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Videos: What We Learned From the 2022 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey

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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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Arts and Culture / Nonprofit Sector Blog

A Conversation with Sandra Phoenix and Tina Rollins about HBCU Library Alliance

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Love Is a Doing Thing

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Let There Be Light

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

What I learned as a founding member of NFF’s Social Innovation and Equity Council (SIEC)

SIEC Perspectives |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Next Level

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Arts and Culture / Nonprofit Sector Blog

A Conversation with Samip Mallick of the South Asian American Digital Archive

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Our Strategic Innovation Fund: How Unrestricted Funding Opened Up New Ways of Working with Community-Centered Nonprofits

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

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

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Arts and Culture / Nonprofit Sector Blog

A Conversation with Mills Kelly of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

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Arts and Culture / Nonprofit Sector Blog

A Conversation with Kathleen Fitzpatrick of Humanities Commons

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Arts and Culture / Nonprofit Sector Blog

A Conversation with Zachary Kaplan of Rhizome

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

BMe, Rising Together: A “Fam” of Black Nonprofit Leaders

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

CitizensNYC, Rising Together: Changing the Trajectory of New York, One Community at a Time

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Hispanic Federation, Rising Together: Strengthening Latino Communities Nationwide

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Flexibility, Resilience, and a Good Coach: Why Equity Work is a Lot Like Gymnastics

SIEC Perspectives |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

One Billion Dollars: What This Milestone Means to Me

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Good Folks, Amazing Things

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Commentary

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

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Jackets and Jobs

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Acting with Intention

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Commentary

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

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Credible Messengers

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Blog

What we can do with $450,000

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Stories That Bridge Divides

SIEC Perspectives |
Nonprofit Sector Story

TechSoup

Centering community in fundraising and COVID-19 response |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Social Justice Onboarding and Employee Resource Groups: How We’re Aligning Around Racial Equity

SIEC Perspectives |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Generational Impact

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Act Boldly

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Where We Go From Here Video Series

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Invest in Results Podcast

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Money and power: Who gets to participate in financial decision-making?

SIEC Perspectives |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Lovingly Critiquing Philanthropy

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Practical tips for a smooth nonprofit audit (even when it’s over Zoom!)

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

A Community-First Nonprofit Responds to COVID: “We’re a speed boat, not a steam ship”

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

A Community Nonprofit Meets Urgent Needs and Plans for West Philadelphia’s Future

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Rethinking Office Space and Equity after a Year of Remote Work

SIEC Perspectives |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Centering Communities

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Health / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Achieving Health Equity: Community-Led Alternatives to Healthcare-CBO Partnerships

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Unusual Suspects

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

A Moment Made for Social Innovators

Where We Go From Here Video Series |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

How and why we built our own identity style guide

SIEC Perspectives |
Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Story

Here’s What Happened When We Gave Flexible Capital to Small Nonprofits

General Operating Support for COVID-19 Relief and Recovery |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

What being trusted by a donor means

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Health / Nonprofit Sector Blog

ARCH: A Look at Data Systems

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Jewish Philanthropy Responds to COVID-19

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Health / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Reflections from NFF Staff on Health Equity

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Without Safety Net, Nonprofits Go Above and Beyond in COVID-19 Response

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Nonprofit Sector Story

Arts for Healing and Justice Network

Full Cost Bright Spot |
Nonprofit Sector Story

Voices in Contemporary Art

Full Cost Bright Spot |
Nonprofit Sector Story

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

Full Cost Bright Spot |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Reflections on Full Cost from Voices in Contemporary Art

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

How NFF’s Social Innovation and Equity Council Was Born

SIEC Perspectives |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Recovery Funds: Five Lessons from the PPP

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

How Foundations Can Help Grantees Respond to COVID-19

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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 Blog

COVID-19 & Cash Reserves: How Government Funding Practices Left Nonprofits Unprepared

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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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Health / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Questions ARCH Networks Are Asking Themselves To Find Their Why

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Health / Nonprofit Sector Blog

ARCH: Setting Strategic Priorities with EngageWell IPA

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Health / Nonprofit Sector Blog

ARCH: Setting Strategic Priorities with TJACH

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Health / Nonprofit Sector Blog

ARCH: Setting Strategic Priorities with MACC

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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 Blog

Crisis Funding and Debt: What Nonprofits Need to Know

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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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Health / Nonprofit Sector Blog

COVID-19 and Nonprofits: Start With These Self Assessment Steps

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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 Blog

NFF Dialogue: Kristina Dixon, CFO and Managing Director, Finance and Administration

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Results and Reflections from the Cuyahoga Pay for Success Project

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

It’s Time to Build Equity into Outcomes Funding

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Wellness Trusts 101

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Beyond the Bottom Line: No Grief in the Compost Heap

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Bringing Community Development Lenders Back to their Civil Rights Roots

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

'Color Blind' Assessments of Grant Proposals Don’t Work. Here’s a Better Idea.

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Upswing or Downturn: How to Make Your Nonprofit Ready for Anything

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

The Price of Real Change

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Nonprofit Sector Story

Old Boilers and Overcrowding: Facility Costs to Consider

Facilities are mission-critical for some nonprofits, but facility ownership comes with upfront and ongoing costs to consider |
Nonprofit Sector Story

Análisis de “Costo Total” para el sector social

La Fundación Weingart y la Fundación Comunitaria de California |
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 / Human Services Blog

Six Ways to Improve How Government Funds Nonprofits

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

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

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Funder Dialogue: Henry A.J. Ramos, Mauer Kunst Consulting

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

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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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Beyond the Bottom Line: The Ali Forney Center

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Reimagining Financial Viability

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Supporting the Everyday, Every Day

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Questions I Wish I’d Asked

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Stakes are High. But So is Your Power. Get Out There and Make Some Waves!

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

New Tools to Help Tell Your Nonprofit’s Financial Story

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Newark Resilience Initiative: Supporting Nonprofit Adaptability in a Changing City

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Four Planning Considerations for Every Capital Project

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Bridging the Gap: Why New Jersey Nonprofits Must Look Beyond Trenton to Cover Full Costs

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Price of Nonprofit Leadership Transitions: Managing Financial Health through Change

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

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

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Hidden Costs of Advocating for Social Change

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Story

The Unity Council

A Social Equity Development Corporation |
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 Blog

Using Data for Change

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Health / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Voices from PFS Pioneers: Alameda County Justice Restoration Project (ACJRP)

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Education / Nonprofit Sector Story

Unlocking Educational Achievement in Tennessee

Flexible Financing for Schools |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Top Indicators of Nonprofit Financial Health

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Forecasting Results in a Pay for Success World

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

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

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Evaluation Design and the Research Question at Hand: What are we trying to learn here, anyway?

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Communicating Your Finances

An Exploration of Nonprofit Budgeting |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Art of Reforecasting

An Exploration of Nonprofit Budgeting |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Art of Forecasting Contributed Revenue

An Exploration of Nonprofit Budgeting |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Below-the-Line Budgeting

An Exploration of Nonprofit Budgeting |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Budgeting for Restrictions

An Exploration of Nonprofit Budgeting |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Budgeting Best Practices

An Exploration of Nonprofit Budgeting |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Nonprofit Budgeting Basics

An Exploration of Nonprofit Budgeting |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Making Your Budget the Backbone of Your Nonprofit

An Exploration of Nonprofit Budgeting |
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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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Outcomes Matter: The Road Home Shifts to Pay for Success Model

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Pay for Success Pioneers: Lessons from Launching Multiple Projects

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Funder Dialogue: Ben Cameron, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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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 Blog

Are Pay for Success Projects Getting Easier to Launch?

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Nonprofit Sector Story

NFF in the City of Angels

Los Angeles initiatives and portfolio |
Nonprofit Sector Story

Focus on Newark

Newark Resilience Initiative |
Nonprofit Sector Story

Why Full Cost Matters

Weingart Foundation and California Community Foundation |
Nonprofit Sector Blog

Funding Outcomes: Governments Weigh in on What it Really Takes

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Three Lessons from Pay for Success Investing

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part Three: Understanding Full Costs

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part Two: Smart Nonprofit Business Models

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part One: Top 3 Measures of Financial Health

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

With More Readily Available 990 Data from the IRS, Look Beyond the Numbers

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Grantmaking Should Be Grounded in Real Costs

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Human Services / Nonprofit Sector Blog

Pay for Success Feasibility Studies: Catalytic Investments, Moving the Needle

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Funder Dialogue: Fred Ali, Weingart Foundation

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Nonprofit Excellence in an Outcomes-Based World

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Pay for Success and the Best Evidence Coverage Ratio (BECR)

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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 Blog

Getting Over "Overhead"

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Importance of Financial Leadership

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Closing the Resource Gap – Organizational Challenges and Responses in the San Joaquin Valley & the Bay Area

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

An Evolving Dialogue: As Outcomes-Based Projects Meet Milestones, What’s Next?

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

The State of the Nonprofit Sector in New York City & New York State

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Nonprofits Must Be Able to Adapt

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Ensuring the Benefits of the OMB Uniform Guidance

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Nonprofit Sector Commentary

Improving Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

From Succession Planning to Sustainability: Are We Ready for the Next Generation?

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

What Do You Need to Know to Adapt and Survive in this Economic Climate?

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Funder Dialogue: Hilary Pennington, Ford Foundation

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

NFF 2015 State of the Sector Survey: Results Released Today!

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Changing the Dialogue: Nonprofit Finance Myths and Realities

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Survey, Reform, Repeat

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

NFF’s Annual Survey: 3,000 and Counting

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Annual Nonprofit Survey Now Open

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Funder Dialogues: Kimberlee Cornett, The Kresge Foundation

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Pay for Success: Spreading What Works and Sharing What We Know Across the U.S.

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Nonprofit Sector / Education Blog

A permanent 'home' for New Markets Tax Credits?

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

Conversations on Capitalization: Overcoming the Obstacles

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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 / Education Blog

State of the Arts: Exploring NFF's 2014 Survey Results

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Nonprofit Sector Blog

The Spectrum of Nonprofit Financing Options, Explained

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