Surprise! Despite the challenges facing nonprofits in 2009 – and predicted for 2010 – salaries for nonprofit leaders held steady and, in some cases, increased.

We Did It: Non Profit Rating Agencies to Measure "Effectiveness," Not Just Overhead Ratios

by Geri Stengel on Feb 18, 2010 - 11:45am

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It's about time! In response, I think, to an outpouring of reports and and to many bloggers (including me, in Non Profit Funding Standards Undermine Non profits) who spoke up, the agencies that rate non profits are going to adopt more realistic standards, finally recognizing that non profits, like for-profits, have costs of doing business.

A List for Santa that Will Make Everyone Smile

by Geri Stengel on Dec 4, 2009 - 6:43pm

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Every year, organizations like Heifer International urge people to give their loved ones cows, goats or chickens that will be used to create a sustainable living for people in third-world countries.

More Calls for Change in Way Non Profit Finances Are Evaluated

by Geri Stengel on Nov 18, 2009 - 12:59pm

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More calls to action have been made, urging funders, non profits and, yes, even the government to revise the way in which the financial effectiveness of non profits is evaluated. Hard on the heels of the Bridgespan Group report, which I discussed in my October 20 blog, Nonprofit Funding Standards Undermine Nonprofits, come two more reports, urging re-evaluation of what constitutes a “good” non profit.