Recessions are no fun for nonprofits. Corporate givings tumble, people donate less, and foundations cut down grants. Some of the hardest-hit organisations in this economy have also been the most deserving of support.
But nonprofits, according to Michael Seltzer from PhilanTopic, are “survivors“. Nonprofits have traditionally faced much more capital constraints and their for-profit counterparts, and therefore can better adopt themselves to budget cuts. There is also the silverlining. A difficult environment brings forth creative approaches, such as new ways to fundraise, new incentive to improve capital efficiency, new opportunities to recruit senior leaders, …

The White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation has an ambitious goal: to transform how we approach, and ultimately solve, our nation’s most pressing domestic problems in education, health care, poverty, joblessness, the environment, and more.  Their secret weapon – the nonprofit sector.
According to a White House Press Release, President Obama, in his FY2010 budget, will ask Congress for $50 million for the Social Innovation Fund to identify the most promising, results-oriented non-profit programs and expand their reach throughout the country.
“The idea is simple: to find the most effective programs …

For decades, American nonprofits have primarily focused their fundraising efforts on the domestic turf. After all, as an economic superpower with a culture that encourages giving, the US probably had the best pool of donors to tap into.
However, the number of people capable of making a substantial gift is growing in many part s of the world, said Deborah Miller, an assistant vice president at Wake Forest University.
According to the World Wealth Report 2009, by 2013 the number of millionaires in Asia and the total value of their wealth will …