Insights
What we’re thinking and learning about right now and the news and issues that matter to nonprofits.
Mar 29 2017 | Trina Jackson
Inclusion Initiative grantees among grassroots organizations working to create new possibilities that uplift communities and transform our economy! → More Categories: Diversity and Inclusion, Grants and Philanthropy, Social Justice
Mar 24 2017 | Sandy St. Louis
This joint report examines where Greater Boston nonprofits stand at a historic inflection point given the unprecedented volume of leadership transition within and outside the sector. → More Categories: Leadership
Mar 02 2017 | Lee Swislow
Sadly, there is much to be afraid of as we see the policies of the new administration roll out. Immigrants, Muslims, transgender youth have all seen attacks, and this is only the beginning of how the new administration’s policies are impacting people in our... → More Categories: Public Policy and Advocacy, Social Justice
Jan 12 2017 | Josh Sattely, Esq.
How can the philanthropic sector best identify and support promising new initiatives? → More Categories: Financial Management, Organizational Development
Jan 05 2017 | Lyn Freundlich
We know one of the things that keeps nonprofit managers awake at night is concerns about personnel. In the social sector, employees are an organization’s greatest asset. → More Categories: Human Resources
Dec 16 2016 | By Hez Norton
Succession planning brings to mind a leadership transition. Yes, it is true that people leave organizations, BUT succession planning is not solely about leadership transitions. → More Categories: Organizational Development
Nov 04 2016 | By Nina L. Smolyar
Intentional development of supervisors as a path to professional and organizational success. → More Categories: Human Resources, Leadership, Workplace Culture
Sep 14 2016 | Sandy St. Louis
Patience and resolve are at the heart of David Stroh’s model in his new book Systems Thinking for Social Change. → More Categories: Leadership, Public Policy and Advocacy
May 06 2016 | By Trina Jackson and Luz Zambrano, Inclusion Initiative
Meet the second cohort of grantees of the Inclusion Initiative program. Their vision? To eradicate poverty in communities of color. → More Categories: Diversity and Inclusion
May 05 2016 | Ning Jun Yuan
Democracy Awakening launches as movement to get money out of politics, restore voting rights, and reaffirm democratic principles of government. → More Categories: Social Justice