Maybe some economic theories are just that—unproven nonsense, don’t abuse your executive director like this organization does, this foundation will pay you $10,000 to move to Oklahoma, and more!
Conflicts of interest are misunderstood and often mishandled. How well do you and others in positions of authority at your organization understand them? How effectively are they addressed?
NPQ is running a cluster of complementary articles over a three-week period on the role of self-interest and the dangers of conflicts of interest in nonprofits. Keep an eye out and collect them all.
Nonprofit Study: Connecting Dollars to Outcomes Explore if and how 353 nonprofit executives evaluate mission effectiveness, use logic models, and correlate programs to financial metrics for dollars-to-outcomes transparency.
Economic theory suggests that people will act to maximize their financial interests. But as two recent economics Nobel laureates explain, experience paints a different and more nuanced picture.
When this organization ran through its first executive in a year, we had an idea it wouldn’t take them long to chase out the second. Time for the board to reform or resign so they don’t make it a triple-play.
Nonprofit Impact Measurement 64% of nonprofit leaders reported an increased demand for transparency from their donors. Is your nonprofit ready to tell its impact story?
