Friday, December 13, 2013

Registration under way for Washington County Gives - Herald Mail Media: Community News

Registration under way for Washington County Gives - Herald Mail Media: Community News: he Community Foundation of Washington County will host its second 24-hour Web-based, social-media-driven fundraiser, Washington County Gives, on May 6.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first Community Foundation, foundations across America will also participate in this one day of giving known nationally as Give Local America. This partnership will provide access to a nationwide pool of matching dollars, in addition to local matching dollars.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Three Gold Coins and the Christmas Kettle - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

The Three Gold Coins and the Christmas Kettle - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: A real holiday story to warm the cockles of your heart takes place in Morris, Illinois, a small town of about 15,000 people on the Illinois River some 60 miles southwest of Chicago. The story comes from the Morris Daily Herald.

“A 10-year tradition was continued Monday when an anonymous donor dropped three solid gold coins into one of the Salvation Army’s collection buckets in Morris,” writes reporter Jessica Bourque.

“It’s hard not to expect them after so many years, but every time I’m still surprised and excited,” Denise Gaska, executive director of We Care of Grundy County, told the paper.

Top Ten: 2013 #GivingTuesday Recap! - Resource Center - AFP

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Top Ten: 2013 #GivingTuesday Recap! - Resource Center - AFP

Small But Mighty Diversity Efforts - Chapter News - Chapter - AFP

Small But Mighty Diversity Efforts - Chapter News - Chapter - AFP: Small But Mighty Diversity Efforts

December 11, 2013

Though they are a small chapter with only 51-100 members, that didn’t stop the AFP Miami Chapter stop from making great strides in their work towards a more diverse and inclusive fundraising world. The chapter set their sights on a diverse future of fundraising, earning them the Charles R. Stephens Excellence in Diversity Chapter Award for 2012-2013.

Growth Crises and Three Phases of Governance Response - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Growth Crises and Three Phases of Governance Response - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: Editors’ note: This article was adapted from “Board/Staff Relationships in a Growth Crisis: Implications for Nonprofit Governance,” originally published online, March 7, 2011, by the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (http://nvs.sagepub.com/content/41/1/82), and subsequently published in NVSQ’s print publication in 2012.1 The authors appreciate Peter Roberts’s extensive editing support for this article.

This article looks at the ways in which board/staff relationships played out in four small cultural organizations—two museums and two performing arts companies— as each passed through three distinct phases of a growth/financial crisis. This research may inform nonprofit boards and managers in a couple of ways:

Facing Financial Pressure, Old South Church Sells a Book

massnonprofit.org ::: December 5, 2013 — Needing to put itself on a stronger financial path, the Old South Church in Boston’s Copley Square decided a year ago to divest itself of non-producing assets, and this week learned that the sale of an old book—but not just any old book—will bring it more than $13 million.

The Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in America, in 1640, sold at auction in New York City late last month to an Australian private equity fund founder and philanthropist for the highest price ever recorded for a print book in an open sale – $14.2 million.

Giving Tuesday Results Mixed; Citizens Bank Donates $357K

massnonprofit.org ::: December 6, 2013 — Approximately 370 Massachusetts nonprofits participated in Giving Tuesday this week—a five-fold increase over last year, better than the three-fold increase in participation at the national level—but with fundraising results varying significantly, bolstered by the Citizens Bank Foundation donating $357,500 to 15 organizations.