A great look at what nonprofits can do to help solve their money woes: 10 resources from the Foundation Center: 1. It is critical that your organization develop and closely monitor a sound fundraising plan that includes detailed outlines for securing a...
Read MoreUsage, news, and discussion surrounding Twitter seem to be everywhere at the moment. I wanted to share several links I think are worth reading to learn more about the Twitter phenomenon and how it might be of actual use in the nonprofit world without becoming...
Read MoreWCSB (the student-run radio station of Cleveland State University) is a great place to hear quality, non-corporate radio – much of it featuring music and news connected to Cleveland’s ethnic communities. They have a fantastic, truly eclectic program...
Read MoreEarlier this spring, I was asked by our friendly nonprofit association, Ohio Grantmakers Forum, to review a book on nonprofit management for the spring issue of their newsletter. I used the opportunity to track down the latest publication from the folks at...
Read MoreWhile watching Run DMC's 1986 Walk This Way video I started to think about collaboration. It starts out with a rock band, Aerosmith on one side of the wall and a rap group, Run DMC, on the other side. The rock group start to warm up and the guitarist lays...
Read MoreThink about the YMCA, Salvation Army, and Habitat for Humanity. What do they all have in common? (Besides, of course, the fact that each organization has made significant contributions to society.) Each of them was founded as a faith-based organization. In...
Read MoreEarlier in my career, I was part of a rather large agency that merged with another to create a new entity. The rationale for the merger was that: both organizations had similar missions, i.e. programs serving children and families, one entity would be...
Read MoreLights. Camera. Action! Join us on March 23 for the Cleveland premiere of the film MANChild, written by Cleveland MLK high school student, Earlaina Kemp and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (yes, the writer/director of Dodgeball: A True Underdog...
Read MoreAs I reported last month, the foundation is pleased to join with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Center for Creative Leadership to support 30 community and public health fellows in the Ladder to Leadership program. The initiative is geared to...
Read MoreLately I have been reflecting on the following points related to the topic of the locally grown foods: As a region we spend $7,000,000,000 a year on food. Yes! 7 BILLION dollars yet less than 1% of that goes to local farmers and producers Local food...
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