Read the transcript of a live discussion on how to stem the growing discontent among nonprofit workers and build a stimulating work environment for everyone. Read more…
Standing Beside Alaska's Non-Profits
Foraker Group Blog 
Feb
03
2012
Posted in Pick.Click.Give..
The 2013 application is now available electronically. An organization can enter its information online and then simply print, sign, and submit a check to complete the process. [Read More... ]
Feb
02
2012
Posted in Management.
Why is it that we happily recycle old concepts as “retro cool” in the fashion world, yet we’re compelled to favor “new innovations” in the nonprofit world, even when we’ve got abundant and relevant historical experience? The Center for Effective Philanthropy has some answers. Read more…
2012 is looking like a great year for the social media platform Google+, which launched back in June and has already accumulated over 60 million users. But what really sets Google+ apart from other social media sites? Google+ is providing tools that cater to the entrepreneurial community, and could be the preferred social network site for businesses and nonprofits by the end of 2012. Read more…
Office politics -- even for people who don't want to play ‘em, they are there, and they can be powerful. In their book “Make Talent Your Business,” Wendy Axelrod and Jeannie Coyle encourage managers to acknowledge that organizational politics exist. Further, they encourage leaders to develop good employees by showing them the ropes about how to navigate the treacherous waters of office politics. Read more…
How do foundations make giving decisions? Hope Consulting and Guidestar have released the much-anticipated Money for Good II study (MFG II) to answer these questions. Here is what they found about foundations-a category dominated by family foundations. Foundations research nine out of 10 grants to nonprofits for an average of four hours. Small family foundations with less than $1 million in assets do basically the same, researching eight out of 10 grants issued. Read more…
A proposed .ngo domain could give nonprofits another way to show their legitimacy to online donors. Read more…
Effective causes need networks of people who have the strength to pull together in the face of opposition, says Andy Carvin, NPR's social media senior strategist. Read more…
The office that monitors federal volunteer and national-service programs will have to lay off at least three-fourths of its staff. Read more…
Jan
24
2012
Posted in PHILANTHROPY.
A bill was submitted in the Alaska legislature this past week that would provide endowment funds to local community foundations. The Endow Alaska grant program (Alaska House Bill 290) calls for making an annual grant to a lead philanthropic organization. That money would then be distributed to community foundations as one-to-one matches for money raised from local communities. Thus, says one sponsor, state dollars would leverage local giving and community foundations would be provided with some help in building their asset bases and local support. Read more…
