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How students can prepare for a career in the nonprofit sector
Accounting for 11.4 million jobs across the United States, nonprofits make up 10.3 per cent of all private sector employment, and with more than 150 million nonprofits in the country, it’s no surprise that these jobs differ vastly …
Debunking the 15% Overhead for Good
Can we please stop the management consultants and charity evaluators of the world from poisoning the water with their mantra of 15% overhead? I know they mean well, but constantly harping on this 15% ideal …
GuideStar launches its redesigned Nonprofit Profiles
GuideStar, the world’s largest source of information on nonprofit organizations, announced the launch of its redesigned Nonprofit Profiles. The new profiles efficiently feature key nonprofit performance data in a simple and user-friendly way to help …
Addressing the “Development Director Problem” with Relationship Capital
In 2013, nonprofit services firm CompassPoint released the results of a survey of 2,700 nonprofit development staff members and executive directors. The results were dismal enough that the survey has remained a talking point at …
