NTEN has received a $1.15 million grant from the Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. The grant will support NTEN’s work to educate technology leaders about the evolving role of technology in nonprofit work, and beyond that, to produce research and training on cloud technologies and data management, visualization, and collaboration.
Looking for some good reading over the Holidays? Here’s a nice list of Beth Kanter’s Top 10 Books of 2010. Here at JMT, a bunch of us are reading Mastering the Rockefeller Habits.
Good news! Report says foundation giving stabilized in 2010 and will have modest growth in 2011.
From Pamela Grow: If you’re thinking just because you got your organization’s annual appeal out the door, you can sit back and wait for the money to roll in, think again. According to Convio’s 2010 Holiday Giving Report, “overall holiday giving in 2010 is expected to top $48 billion.” You read that right, $48 billion. What’s more online donations are “expected to grow more than 30 percent from 2009.”
Bring up the subject of a nonprofit’s bylaws and you are sure to get an interesting response. For many nonprofit’s, their bylaws are just some forgotten document, full of legalese, gathering dust in a file cabinet somewhere. Nonprofit Bylaws – The Dos and Don’ts.
More than half of 181 nonprofits surveyed by the Chronicle of Philanthropy said they’ve raised more this November and December than the same time a year ago.
Tom brings over 15 years of experience with software solutions for not-for-profit and public sector organizations as part of Micro Information Products, Sage and nFocus Software. Tom’s extensive industry and operational experience allow him to guide the overall execution of all aspects of JMT’s business including Marketing, Sales, Delivery and Support.
In addition to his experience in professional services, sales, and business development with software solutions, Tom was Director of Product Management for Sage Software, where he was responsible for new product development for all of their nonprofit accounting and fundraising solutions. Under Thornton’s leadership, Sage MIP Fund Accounting received three consecutive Campbell Awards recognizing MIP’s extremely high user satisfaction.
Dashboards provide a window into your organization’s performance and financial health. With the increased emphasis on outcomes—defined as a change in skill, knowledge, attitude, behavior, condition, or status—nonprofits must demonstrate the progress of those outcomes in a visual, understandable way. An article in Nonprofit Quarterly notes that a dashboard must: Align definitions of success across…
Running a nonprofit means having meetings. And many of those meetings mean travel. Whether the purpose of the trip is to scout a new location, visit a major donor, or cementing a partnership with an affiliate, it’s important that traveling workers have what they need to make their journeys successful. According to current statistics,…
Many nonprofits walk a razor-edge financially. Nonprofits address society’s most difficult issues, compete for limited funding and struggle to find and keep qualified staff to run their organization. A new report by Oliver Wyman, SeaChange Capital Partners, and GuideStar, which examines the finances of more than 219,000 U.S. nonprofits, reveals sobering realities: Around 50% have…
Download the PDF version of this case study here. Tulsa Jewish Retirement (TJR) is a continuum of care facility offering independent living, assisted living, and full-time nursing care and health care services for seniors. The organization has been serving seniors in Tulsa for over 30 years and continues to grow. With this steady growth, TJR’s…
NTEN has received a $1.15 million grant from the Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. The grant will support NTEN’s work to educate technology leaders about the evolving role of technology in nonprofit work, and beyond that, to produce research and training on cloud technologies and data management, visualization, and collaboration.
