Archived Articles
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Board of Directors

Capital Matters

Allen Bromberger's chart that illustrates possible developments in 'hybrid' organizations as a means through which nonprofits might access more capital for growth and change. Presented as part of the opening plenary on friday September 28.

Conference Presentation. Strategic Risk Management

Listen to one of many highlights of "Your Money or Your Mission?", the presentation on Risk by Karen Dale, Exec. VP of Volunteers of America. You can also view her presentation slides.

Conference Program and Speakers

Here is the schedule followed at the Conference and full descriptions of each of the sessions. And you can read the bios and see the photos of each of our distinguished speakers.                       

Conferences and Seminars

Consultancy

Contact Us

Corporate Partnerships; a Guide for the Nonprofit Manager

Some practical guidance on how companies can work with corporations.

Developing a Nonprofit Income Strategy

NCNE has developed a new workshop that provides insights and tools that can be used to help a nonprofit achieve its full income potential.

Documentation
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Earned Income and Social Enterprise

Earned Income and Social Enterprise

This workshop, delivered for the Foundation Center, is the standard introduction to earning income and social enterprise.

Earned Income; Pricing in a Nonprofit

Members of NCNE's network have produced most of the significant thinking that has been done on pricing of nonprofit services and activities. Some of this material is reproduced here.

Economic Literacy. A Board Imperative

Presentation Material from Rodney Christopher of the Nonprofit Finance Fund

Economics of Nonprofits

Effective Economic Decision-Making by Nonprofit Organizations
NCNE's first book offers practical guidelines to help nonprofit managers advance their mission while balancing the interests of trustees, funders, government, and staff.

Evaluation Form
For anyone who didn't complete an overall evaluation form for the Conference, here is a copy. Please complete and fax to 501.637.2807 or mail to NCNE, 205 S. Patrick Street, Alexandria, VA., 22314.

Financial Management and Investment Strategies

Financing and Leveraging Capital

Financing Nonprofits

The fundamental issue of how a nonprofit most effectively secures the resources with which to develop as an organization and sustain its impact on the problem it is trying to address.

Financing Nonprofits; Putting Theory into Practice
In this important book, the culmination of three years' original research and thinking, a wide range of authors identify the trends in each form of support available for nonprofits, from individual contributions to debt financing, and explore the theory underlying each source.

Frameworks and Tools

We aim  to collect here for members some tools that will help nonprofits explore the territory of earned income, or "social enterprise."

Free Time. Volunteers as a strategic economic resource

Presentations by Bob Grimm, of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and Lauren Perlmutter of the March of Dimes

Institutional Consortium/Members
        

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Knowing the Unknown? What can we say about nonprofit income?

William Foster's presentation on Nonprofit Growth and sources of income.

KNOWLEDGE BASE
View a wide range of resources across the main topics within our Knowledge Base.

Life is what happens while you're making other plans

Life is What Happens while you're making Strategic Plans
A great edited transcript and the original recordings of one of the most popular sessions at last year's NCNE Conference.

Links

A small selection of links to sites that we think offer useful resources to nonprofits thinking of introducing or enhancing an earned income activity.

Login Accounts
The sample store has a number of login accounts for you to see how you can control administrative access for different user groups.

Management Team

Managing on Medicaid

The material on federal and Medicaid funding of nonprofits presented by Alan Abramson and Courtney Burke respectively.

Managing Risk

Marketplace

Measuring Performance and Impact

Members Only Information

Memberships

Mission, Money and Merit

Kersti Krug, of the University of British Columbia, presented this multidimensional approach to identifying a nonprofit's economic strengths and weaknesses.

NCNE Institutional Consortium
    

NCNE National Conference 2007

NCNE Presentations

NCNE offers two presentations, one on The Nonprofit Entrepreneur, and one on Social Enterprise.

NCNE Seminars

NCNE uses seminars to present new research and thinking that have practical applications in nonprofit management.

NCNE's current training offerings

Find out more about NCNE's training workshops, including our new workshop on Developing a Nonprofit Income Strategy

NCNE's Mission and how we work

NCNE's Networks

NCNE depends for its success on a wide range of key partners and members. NCNE has:

• an Institutional Consortium,  
• a Research Advisory Council,
• a Research Advisory Network, and
• a Practice Advisory Council.

Institutional Consortium

Members of this consortium are academic centers or departments in universities or business schools. They all have a particular interest in nonprofit management, both in terms of generating new thinking and of helping nonprofits in their communities have a greater impact and increase their sustainability. Consortium members pay dues. NCNE aims to add value to their work by engaging its network of researchers, teachers and writers to provide the best possible content to the centers' presentations, seminars, conferences and curricula. 

NEWS

NEWS/INFO

Newsletter

Nonprofit Income Jigsaw I

Dennis Young's introduction to a new theory of nonprofit finance.

Nonprofit Income Jigsaw II

The presentation on the application of the theory of nonprofit finance, by Richard Brewster and Dennis Young.

Nonprofit Planning Resources
Here are four resources that have arisen from the NCNE/CNE Business Planning Project and the transcript of a great session on planning presented at the NCNE national conference in September 2007, featuring Jeanne Bell, CEO of CompassPoint, Joan Hoge, ED of the Historical Society of Delaware and Kevin Kearns, Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management at GSPIA at the University of Pittsburgh.

Nonprofit Sustainability - Conference Opening Remarks

Listen to Dennis Young's introduction to the dimensions of sustainability that framed the the themes of the conference.

Nonprofits and Business

Here is the presentation by Joe Cordes and Gene Steurle of the Urban Institute on Nonprofits and Business, made during the plenary session on the afternoon of 27 September.

Nonprofits and the Economic Crisis

Notes from NCNE

Nothing Risque, Nothing Gained

The material in this section includes the framework for managing risk presented by Melanie Herman of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, and the real life examples of nonprofits' experiences of risks, explored by Jane Levikow of Tides. 

Opening speeches by Dennis Young and Ken Gladish

Here is a recording of the presentations that set the tone and framed the content of the conference Your Money or Your Mission?

OPINION

Overview and Background

Overview and Background
Here are articles, papers and links to other resources that provide a context for dealing with the effects of the current economic environment and some general guidance on how to do this.

Partnership. The only way forward or a costly illusion?

Renee Irvin's, Alyson Parham's and Tom Triplett's presentations on the principles of partnerships, community alliances and partnerships with businesses.

Planning by Nonprofits

Practical guidance
The first item we have included here is a member-only, comprehensive guide to making decisions about whether and how to partner with a business corporation.

Practical guidance

Practical guidance

New training materials on how to develop a nonprofit income strategy, most recently presented at the Alliance for Nonprofit Management Annual Conference in July 2008 and a Nonprofit Quarterly interview with Richard Brewster on the diversification of nonprofit income streams.

Practice Advisory Council

Chosen for their academic expertise in economic issues affecting nonprofit management, Research Advisory Council (RAC) members are a select group of renowned scholars from academic institutions around the world who present cutting-edge research at NCNE educational workshops, seminars and conferences and offer advice and counsel to nonprofits as part of NCNE's training and teaching work.                   

Presentation Materials

Here are the Powerpoint presentations and other documentation that were used during the Conference.

PROGRAMS/SERVICES

A wide variety of programs and services offered throughout the year.

Publications

Regular Columnist
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Research Advisory Council
  

Chosen for their academic expertise in economic issues affecting nonprofit management, Research Advisory Council (RAC) members are a select group of renowned scholars from academic institutions around the world who present cutting-edge research at NCNE educational workshops, seminars and conferences and offer advice and counsel to nonprofits as part of NCNE's training and teaching work.                   

Research Advisory Network
 

Research and Theory

Thinking about Financing Nonprofits. The original series of articles about financing nonprofits by Dennis R. Young, and a link through to the other main piece of work that deals with nonprofit income strategy.

Research, Theory and Comment

Papers and articles that present thinking and theory about earned income and social entrepreneurship.

Seminars

Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Here are a series of papers that inform the practice of using market mechanisms to achieve social impact.

Strategic Risk Management by Nonprofits

Dennis Young's and Karen Dale of Volunteers of America's presentations     

Strategy Formation - Beyond Strategic Planning

Jo Debolt of La Piana Associates presented this material on Strategic Planning over lunch on 27 September

Subcat Press Releases
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Sustainability Tools

Aracelis Gray's Powerpoint presentation on the Finance Project's Sustainability Planning tool, and some finance plan materials from the EPA's Rakhi Kasat and Tim Jones.

The CNE/NCNE Nonprofit Business Planning Project

Here are the NPO Business Planning Template and Guide that are the first products of this Kellogg funded project. There is also the session Powerpoint presentation and a guide to planning terms, not presented as part of the conference session.

The complex business of Membership Dues

Rich Steinberg's presentation on dues and how to maximize their financial and mission impact.

The NCNE and Center for Nonprofit Excellence Business Planning Project

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation have funded the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Akron, Ohio (CNE) to develop new protocols for nonprofit business planning. NCNE have been asked to undertake this work on CNE's behalf.  NCNE has supplemented this work with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation.

Thinking and Comment

In the resources provided here, members of NCNE's networks explore cost management from a number of different perspectives.

Thinking and Comment
We are collecting here a number of articles and other pieces on a range of issues concerning the economics of nonprofits.  At the moment these include:  a fundamentally important paper that in 2001 predicted some the blurring of the boundaries between nonprofits and other sectors that has occurred since, by Avner Ben-Ner;  a link to a paper on how government funding affects the governance of nonprofits, by Sharon Oster and Kathy O' Regan;  a paper by NCNE President Dennis R. Young on nonprofit economic decision-making in the areas of pricing, compensation, investment strategies and ventures(member-only material;) and an article by Russ Cargo on how nonprofits can think about managing their way through a tough economic environment.              

Thinking and Comment

Thinking and Comment

Thinking and Comment

We present here a number of articles on planning.  The key themes of each are described under the item heading. Not shown here, unless you have signed in as a member, is an article on strategic management - pruning the product portfolio, by Chuck Weinberg.

Thinking and Comment

We include here pieces on how 9/11 may have made nonprofits more effective; diversification, managing in difficult times, and due diligence. For members, there is also an important new paper by Dennis Young on how nonprofits manage strategic risk.

Thinking and Comment

Thinking and Comment

Some thinking about some aspects of financial management in nonprofits. In addition, for members only, there is a piece on intangibles and the liabilities of assets, by Woods Bowman. The advice on the second of these suggests that it is sometimes important to look a gift horse in the mouth.... 

Thinking and Comment

We have started this section of the Knowledge Base with two items dealing with the practicalities of accessing the assets of other organizations through forming partnerships or collaborations.

Training

Trends

Where to get information on critical trends in the economics of the non-profit sector.        

Understanding and Managing Costs

Sustainability requires an appropriate and mission-derived portfolio of income, and an understanding of how to deploy these resources efficiently.  Here, we include a number of pieces that explain some aspects of cost management.

What people say about NCNE Training

Wise Decision-Making in Uncertain Times

Published with the Foundation Center, in this book our team of experts evaluates entrepreneurial approaches, market engagement and competition, managing fiscal stress, investment strategies, institutional collaboration and transformation, mobilizing for public sector support, and holistic grant making.

Your Money or Your Mission? Conference Materials

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Indicators of Nonprofit Financial Health
Research Presentation By
Janet Greenlee, PhD, MSW, CPA
Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
Followed by Commentary and Panel Discussion, Luncheon, and Workshop

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Sustainability of Nonprofit Enterprises
Research Presentation By
Sharon Oster, PhD
Frederick D. Wolfe Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship
Yale School of Management
Followed by Commentary, Panel Discussion & Luncheon

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September 2002 reviews; Nonprofit Capacity Building and the roles of the Nonprofit Sector by
Two recent books offer alternative perspectives on the economic issues facing American nonprofit organizations.

The Shifting Boundaries of the Mixed Economy and The Future of the Nonprofit Sector by Avner Ben-Ner
How do changes in technology, the economy, globalization and other areas affect the boundaries that separate the for-profit, government, and nonprofit sectors?

Household Decisions Regarding Charitable Gifts by Eleanor Brown and Al Slivinski

A “How-To” for Joint Ventures by Marion R. Fremont-Smith
In recent years, many nonprofit charitable organizations have increasingly relied for their support on payments for services rather than from charitable contributions.

Analyzing the dynamics of funding sources - predictability and control by
This matrix allows a nonprofit to understand its current and potential income mixes in terms of the extent to which it can predict the income of each source and the level of control that the nonprofit can exercise over that source. This matrix is similar to one that Jon Pratt explores in an article in the Nonprofit Quarterly

Bring earned income and social enterprise training to your town by

Dealing with windfalls by Dennis R. Young
Most nonprofits spend their time worrying about to find more support. Here, Dennis Young advises on what do to when you get lucky.    

Financial Management For All Senior Managers? Why This? by Herrington J. Bryce
Some years ago, while giving a seminar to top managers of nonprofit organizations, I was asked by one why it was necessary for top managers to immerse themselves in understanding finance when it was possible for them to hire good accountants. This question has led me on a mission.

Funding Large Scale Growth by William Foster, the Bridgespan Group

How Nonprofits Manage Risk by Dennis R. Young
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Learn more about Sustainability; New additions to the Knowledge Base by

Life is What Happens while you're Making Strategic Plans; the Dos and Don'ts of Strategic Planning by
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Nonprofit Business Planning Template Guide by

Nonprofit Business Planning Tools and Approaches by

Nonprofit Finance Theory 1 by Dennis R. Young
The first of four articles that formed the first phase of NCNE's work on how nonprofits can best secure the support they need. 

Nonprofit Income Strategy Core Training Materials by Richard Brewster

We've combined here a selection of the core training materials used in our new half and one day workshops on how a nonprofit can create a mix of revenue streams that enable to maximize its mission while achieving sustainability. Both versions of the workshop are highly interactive, and in the full day training, participants will leave with a basic version of a new income strategy. Click on the title above to download the pdf.

Nonprofit Planning Template by

Nonprofit Planning Tools and Approaches by

Nonprofit Quarterly interview with Richard Brewster. by

Scenario Planning for Nonprofits by Scearce and Fulton

The definitive guide to scenario planning for nonprofits, from one of  the leading agencies in the strategic planning field, Global Business Networks,a member of the Monitor Group.       

Smart Economic Practices for Nonprofit Organizations by Dennis R. Young

Some essential advice for any nonprofit manager thinking about how to price her organization's services

Social Enterprise and the Conversion from For-Profit to Nonprofit Form by Dennis R. Young
WCLV-FM, Cleveland's long time for-profit classical radio station, is in the process of transferring its ownership to a new nonprofit foundation.

Social Enterprise in the United States and Abroad; Learning from our Differences by Janelle Kerlin
A paper that provides very helpful context for the ongoing debates about Social Enterprise by exploring the different meanings people give to the still contested term.

Social Entrepreneurship; the State of the Art by Dennis R. Young

Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship explored through a modern day version of the Canterbury Tales

Task Force Report; Institutional Collaboration by James Austin
Economic, political, and social forces make the crafting of alliances between nonprofits, corporations, and government a central ingredient of organizational strategy.  This Task Force report explores the key factors in making decisions about and implementing effective collaborations.

Task Force Report; Internet Commerce and Fundraising by Dov Te'eni and Julie Kendall
This report offers a framework for assessing the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) in nonprofit activities.

Task Force Report; Pricing by Sharon Oster, Mel Gray and Charles Weinberg

This task force report, prepared for the NCNE National Conference in 2002, covers in detail all the main challenges faced by nonprofits as they seek to balance mission and money.

The Aftermath of September 11; by Dennis R. Young
New soul-searching can help nonprofits become more effective, valuable to our society

The Board's role in ensuring a nonprofit's sustainability by

Richard Brewster's Nonprofit Quarterly interview ranges from the importance of getting program right to cash management.

The Market Transformation of Nonprofits and Philanthropy by Dennis R. Young

A new paper from Dennis Young in which he explores the policy and practice implications of the trend towards the use of market mechanisms and forms by nonprofits and in especially in Philanthropy.

The What, Why and How of Nonprofit Sustainability by Dennis R. Young

Sustainability is a buzzword in nonprofit circles right now, but what is it and how do you achieve it?

Toward a More Powerful Model of Financial Vulnerability for the Nonprofit Sector by Keating, Fischer, Gordon and Greenlee

This piece explores the critical dimensions of and ways to predict, the financial sustainability of a nonprofit.

What is Nonprofit Strategy? by Robert M. Sheehan Jr. Ph.D
    
A reframing of strategic thinking and planning from the perspective of nonprofits.

Nonprofit Finance Theory by Dennis R. Young
The role of "earned income" in nonprofit revenue in the context of the overall theory of financing nonprofit organizations 

Does Government Funding Alter Nonprofit Governance? Evidence from New York City Nonprofit Contractor by Katherine M. O'Regan and Sharon M. Oster
This paper explores the relationship between nonprofit board governance practices and government contracting.

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Long-Term Debt Management by Woods Bowman, Ph.D.
Borrowing to undertake capital projects can help an organization grow. But, if not done properly, it can kill one. Consider the true stories of two organizations.

Nonprofit Finance Theory 2 by Dennis Young
The second article on nonprofit finance, with government funding as the focus.   

Spending in Fundraising by
Task Force report or book chapter on Spending in Fundraising

Task Force Report; Investment and Expenditure Strategies by Marion Fremont-Smith
Investment and expenditure decisions of nonprofit organizations should adhere to the concept of "modern prudent investing" as embodied in current law. This Task Force Report explores how a nonprofit can make these decisions well.

Task Force Report;Outsourcing by Avner Ben-Ner
This report examines the issue of whether nonprofits should choose to employ their own staff and/or house their own operations, or whether they should contract out tasks and activities.

Summary and Review of "What Counts; Social Accounting for Nonprofits and Cooperatives." by Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook and Betty Jane Richmond
The accounting scandals that have scorched the corporate sector have undermined trust in all public organizations and threaten to intensify scrutiny of nonprofits as well.  

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Traps and Straps for Hard Economic Times by Avner Ben-Ner
    
Some advice on how to manage a nonprofit in the face of external fiscal pressure.

Economic Decisionmaking by Nonprofit Organizations in a Market Economy by Dennis R. Young

Dennis R. Young, NCNE's President, explores the boundaries between the sectors, nonprofit pricing, investment strategies, ventures and workforce compensation.  

Internet Commerce and Fundraising by
Task Force Report or book chapter on Internet Commerce and Fundraising

Non Profit Times Column; Insights from the National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise by Howard Tuckman
In today's booming economy, we are accustomed to seeing reports of huge executive compensation packages.

Nonprofit Finance Theory 3 by Dennis R. Young
The third of four articles. This one addresses earned income.

Task Force Report; Compensation in Nonprofit Organizations by Anne E. Preston
Only when nonprofit managers are equipped with an understanding of the labor markets in which they operate and a strong self-awareness of the defining characteristics of their organizations, will they be able to design compensation packages that attract, retain, and motivate high quality employees.

Variations on the Theme of Diversification by Dennis R. Young
Diversification is a well-known way of reducing risk.

October 2003 book review of Study of Non-profit Enterprise; Theory and Approaches; by Dennis R. Young, NCNE President

A critical review of new publications that demonstrate that interest in the economic and business issues of nonprofit organizations continues to build.    

Strategic Management for Nonprofits; Pruning the Product Portfolio by Charles B. Weinberg
Nonprofits invariably offer too many products.

March 2003 newsletter editorial on individual donations by Dennis R. Young
It is artificial to deal separately with different sources of revenue available to nonprofit organizations

Traps and straps for hard economic times by Avner Ben-Ner

Newsletter Editorial; The Complications of Accepting a Major Gift. by
Major donors often like to feel that they are leveraging other resources and are not alone in their support of a given project, even if they crave the credit.

Is Program Evaluation a Good Investment? by Roland J. Kushner

December 2002 newsletter editorial on accepting a major gift by Dennis R. Young
The perils of accepting large (multi-million dollar) “named” gifts from major donors

Due Diligence in the Evaluation of Nonprofit Financial Matters by Herrington Bryce, PhD

Nonprofit Managers and the Economy by Russell A. Cargo
What should nonprofit managers be most concerned about in a downward economy and what should they do about it?

Social Enterprise in the United States; Alternate Identities and Forms by Dennis R. Young

When should an organization or group of people that wants to achieve a social goal adopt a for-profit form - become a business - and when a nonprofit form? This paper explores the issues and offers a way of thinking about this increasingly fashionable dilemma.

Newsletter Editorial; Five Ways of Managing Costs. by
The problem for nonprofits is that they have very limited resources with which to cope with these changes in market conditions.

Nonprofit Finance Theory 4 by Dennis R. Young, Ph.D.
The final part of the series on nonprofit finance, with an emphasis on investments.        

Nonprofit Organization Financial Management; a review of some newly published material by Dennis R. Young
Useful publications to help nonprofit organizations make better use of their resources can be found in diverse places these days –

How Much Are Volunteers Worth to My Organization? by Roland J. Kushner

Keeping Donors Loyal; by Adrian Sargeant
How To Minimize Attrition on the Fundraising Database

Give it Away or Make Them Pay? Price Discrimination and Rationing by Nonprofits by Richard Steinberg and Burton A. Weisbrod

One of the most important academic analyses of the theory and practice of pricing in the nonprofit sector.

Lessons from the Sinking of the Vasa by Dennis R. Young

Blurring the Boundaries; Will the Changing Economy Change Nonprofit Organizations? by Avner Ben-Ner and Lisa Tradewell
Will the nonprofit sector undergo forced change in order to adapt to a changing world economic order?

Nonprofit Revenue Streams by Dennis R. Young
Powerpoint presentation by Dennis R. Young on the development of a theory of nonprofit finance. 

The Nonprofit Sector's Stealthy Subsidy by Arthur C. Brooks
Political and legal controversies often surround direct government subsidies to nonprofit activities.

Are Nonprofits Inefficient? by Arthur C. Brooks
Nonprofits are often assailed for operating inefficiently, compared with for-profit firms.    This paper argues that in fact nonprofits tend to spend too little on for example fundraising and strategic administrative functions

Some Thoughts About Endowments by Dennis R. Young
While not every nonprofit organization is so blessed, many nonprofit institutions do establish and maintain endowment funds, and need to make decisions about building them up, spending them, and investing the funds.

Adventures in voluntary price discrimination by Dennis R. Young
Nonprofits have a special advantage in engaging in voluntary price discrimination because they engender the trust that contributed funds will be used to advance the organization’s social objectives, and not line anyone’s pockets.

Book Review; Cost Containment in Higher Education; Issues and Recommendations by Dennis R. Young, PhD
Cost Containment in Higher Education by Walter Brown and Cayo Gamber focuses exclusively on higher education, but it is a nicely written publication that addresses a number of important generic economic issues common to nonprofit organizations virtually across the board.

Task Force Report; Fundraising Costs by Joseph J. Cordes and Patrick M. Rooney
Although it is widely recognized that some expenditure of resources on fundraising is unavoidable, individual nonprofit organizations are often criticized for spending “too much” on fundraising compared with the delivery of actual services, or for mounting fundraising campaigns that are seen as dissipating “too large” a fraction of contributions received in the form of fundraising expenses.    

Pricing Issues for the Nonprofit Manager by Charles M. Gray
The pricing of goods and services is an extremely complex management decision.

Non Profit Times Column; by Sharon Oster, Yale School of Management
Further insights from the National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise. Pricing in the Nonprofit Sector.    

Task Force Report; New Ventures and Strategic Philanthropy by Howard P. Tuckman
This report presents a framework for exploring the motivation that nonprofits have for engaging in commercial ventures, and the response of those who fund them.

CS Group Training Guide by Aaron McConnell
1st CS Group Training Guide.

The Business Plan by Robert D. Hisrich, PhD

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Bob Grimm Reinventing Volunteering in America by Robert Grimm

Capital Structure and Boards by Rodney Christopher

Collaboration (or Competition) by Nonprofits by Renee Irvin

Conference Program by

Here are descriptions of the conference sessions and their timing. They mix plenaries and breakouts. The breakouts take the form of seminars and masterclasses. 

Current Month's Column by Columnist

Donate to NCNE by

Earned Income in Civil Society NGO's in Romania? by

Earned Income Planning Template by

This is a rudimentary but reasonably comprehensive framework that can help a nonprofit both evaluate the viability of a business idea and provide the foundation of a business plan. This is member-only material.

Earned Income; Assessing Your Revenue Options by

Enhance Article on Business Planning by

A very useful of overview of Business, as opposed to Strategic, Planning from the Alliance of Nonprofit Management.

Enterprising Nonprofits by Cynthia Massarsky and Samantha Beinhacker

Research that provides a good overview of the experience of nonprofits that have established commercial businesses. This was one of the first substantial benefits of the Yale Goldman Sachs Social Venture Business Plan Competition.

EPA Finance Plan Handout by Rakhi Kasat and Tim Jones

EPA Finance Team Links Sheet by

Federal funding to US nonprofits Alan Abramson by Alan Abramson

Financing your nonprofit by Richard Brewster

For-profit, Nonprofit Hybrid Diagram by Allen Bromberger

Guide to Planning tools and approaches by Richard Brewster

Income Strategy Diagnostic Tool by

Another simple matrix enables a nonprofit manager to assess the level and value of diversification of its sources of support, and the true relative value of the different elements of its income mix.

Instructions for product by
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Karen Dale Presentation on Strategic Risk Management by Karen Dale, Exec. Vice-President of Operations and Strategic Development, Volunteers of America

Click here to listen to Karen Dale's insights on risk taking by nonprofits.

Karen Dale presentation slides by Karen Dale, Exec. Vice-President of Operations and Strategic Development, Volunteers of America

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Lauren Perlmutter The March of Dimes by

Life is what happens while you're making Strategic Plans by
"Insight after insight," and "Provocative - challenged the accepted process model with the idea that you have to use what actually works" were just two of the positive comments after this NCNE Conference session that features new insights into how a nonprofit can make a difference through planning.

Life is What Happens while you're Making Strategic Plans; the Dos and Don'ts of Strategic Planning by

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Medicaid and Nonprofits. Dollars or Nonsense? by Courtney Burke

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Membership Income by Richard Steinberg

Mission, Money, Merit. Managing a Nonprofit's Portfolio by Kersti Krug

Museums, Merchandising, and Nonprofit Commercialization by Stefan Toepler and Volker Kirchberg
This paper sheds light on the prospects and perils of museum merchandising and auxiliary activity  - do they really add significant value - and do so against the background of the current commercialization debate.    

New NCNE training workshop on nonprofit income strategy by

No Risk, No Reward by Melanie Herman

No Risk, No Reward by Jane Levikow

Nonprofit Business Planning Presentation by Gigi Woodruff and Richard Brewster

Nonprofit Business Planning Template by Richard Brewster

Nonprofit Business Planning Template Guide by Richard Brewster

Nonprofit Business Planning Template Guide by

Nonprofit Income Jigsaw I by Dennis R. Young

Nonprofit Sustainability - Dennis Young by Dennis R. Young, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Click here to listen to Dennis Young's introduction to nonprofit sustainability    

Nonprofits and Business by Joe Cordes and Gene Steurle

Opening Plenary Dennis Young and Ken Gladish - Your Money or Your Mission? by

Here is a recording of the presentations that set the scene and tone for the rest of the conference.

Other Group Feature by Aaron McConnell
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Product Review by
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Recording of Jeanne Bell presentation by
Listen to Bell provide a number of provocative observations about planning in nonprofits

Recording of the presentations by Kevin Kearns and Joan Hoge by
Hear Kevin Kearns explore some critiques of strategic planning and Joan Hoge tell the story, warts and all, of how she led the creation of a strategic plan and its successful implementation.

Searching for Social Entrepreneurs; Who they might be, Where they might be found, What they do. by Paul Light

Further very useful context for the debate on Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. The paper reviews a wide range of  literature and practice.

Securing Your Organization's Future by

Michael Selzer's introduction to funding a nonprofit remains the only guide that addresses all the relevant issues from a practical standpoint (it draws on some research and theory too.) The book describes how to approach all sources of support and how best to combine them. You can link through to the Foundation Center to buy this book here.

Securing Your Organization's Future by

This is the only purely practically oriented publication about overall income strategy. It is thorough and draws on some of the theory and analysis that has been conducted on the topic over the 15 years or so before the second  edition was published in 2001. You can buy it here

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Speakers and Presenters by

Have a look at the blend of thinkers and practitioners that we were able to create who offered new information, insights and practical tools for nonprofit sustainability.  

Strategic Risk Management Dennis R. Young by Dennis R. Young

Strategic Risk Management Karen M. Dale by Karen M. Dale

Sustainability Planning Tool Presentation by Aracelis Gray

The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship by J. Gregory Dees

One of the first attempts to pin down the meaning of the term Social Entrepreneur.

Two Issues In Managing Assets; Intangibles and the Liability of Assets by Woods Bowman

A piece that addresses two key dimensions of financial management that have attracted little attention in the guidance given to nonprofits. The paper arose from the work Woods Bowman did for a chapter of "Financing Nonprofits.."

Understanding Nonprofit Funding by Kirsten Gronbjerg

This book by Kirsten Gronbjerg was published in 1993, and was the culmination of extensive, in-depth long-term research with a number of social services and community development organizations during the 1980's.

Welcome to the new website of the National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise by

When Nonprofits collaborate with other entities by Alyson Parham

Working with for profits by Tom Triplett

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