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The following is a list of all the Categories, Products and Feature Articles on our site. We hope it will assist you in finding what you're looking for.
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
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
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
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
In the resources provided here, members of NCNE's networks explore cost management from a number of different perspectives.
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.
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This is a sample article by Michael Frauenheim
This is a simple article.
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?
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.
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.
Test Article by Author user by Author user
A test of the author user and group
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.
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.
Traps and straps for hard economic times by Avner Ben-Ner
The Nonprofit Sector's Stealthy Subsidy by Arthur C. Brooks
Political and legal controversies often surround direct government subsidies to nonprofit activities.
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.
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.
The Business Plan by Robert D. Hisrich, PhD
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.."
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