Reading is Fundamental
For many of us, taking time to read feels like something of a luxury. While we might carve out some stolen moments for the time-honored summer read, professional publications and articles often make their way to the bottom of the work pile. Let me be your occasional collegial clipping service, offering a brief synopsis of some timely printed materials I’ve managed to read that might be of interest to those involved in the nonprofit sector.
One more note of background to explain my motivation. I am Read more
Giving Men
Professor Henry Higgins, in My Fair Lady, the wonderful musical version of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, sings a wonderful lament that is still funny today: “Why Can’t a Woman be More Like a Man?” But in the world of charitable giving, the refrain should be: why can’t men be more like women? Well, maybe with a little subterfuge from a new study, we can make that happen.
It is well established in the annals of academic research that men are less likely to give of their money Read more
Value, don’t Punish
I keep hearing that economic recovery depends upon the return of small businesses to a position of strength. While nonprofits are, by no means, the largest part of the economy, we are an important factor that everyone seems to want to ignore. And that just isn’t right.
According to a Small Business Administration report released in February, there were 27.3 million small businesses (defined as business with fewer than 500 employees). The nonprofit sector stands a tad below that at approximately 1.5 million.
A 2009 Congressional Research Read more
