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Nonprofit Sector Defined
Those organizations that are private, nongovernmental and seek to serve the public good without the motivation of profit. See also:Civil Society, Community-based Sector, Nonprofit Dynamics, Sector, Third Sector
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Awards commend non-profit sector
Published November 20, 2008, 2:25 am, London Free Press
With more than 145 organizations as members, Pillar Nonprofit Network is a voice for the non-profit sector.
Despite Economy, Study Reveals Greening of Building Portfolios Remains a Priority for Commercial Real Estate Industry
Published November 19, 2008, 6:05 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
BOSTON----Despite a faltering economy, commercial building owners are continuing to allocate funds and resources to green their portfolios. According to the “2008 Green Survey: Existing Buildings,” the second annual national survey of the commercial real estate sector, more than 80 percent of respondents have allocated funds to green initiatives this year.
2008 Heroines in Technology Awards Presented by Women in Technology and March of Dimes
Published November 19, 2008, 6:00 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
ALEXANDRIA, Va.----Women in Technology and the March of Dimes announced the recipients of the 2008 Heroines in Technology Awards on Friday, November 14, 2008, at a black-tie gala event that raised $198,000 to support the March of Dimes.
Hard times may be right time for health-care fix
Published November 19, 2008, 2:19 am, Seattle Times
When Barack Obama steps into the Oval Office in January, a health-care overhaul will join a list of priorities crowded with two wars, a ballooning budget deficit and an economy mired in one of the worst slowdowns since the Great Depression.
Is time right for a health care overhaul?
Published November 18, 2008, 7:09 pm, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Some say this grim economy could be just what the doctor ordered to bring together disparate interest groups on a contentious issue.
NO/AIDS Task Force Awarded Internship in Leadership Development by R. Scott Hitt Foundation
Published November 18, 2008, 9:58 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
This month, the world watched history happen as the United States elected it's first African-American president. Overshadowed by that, but no less historical, was that over 111 openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender candidates were on ballots across the country and of those, over 70 were successfully elected to serve in public office. As we see more and more LGBT individuals serving in ...
Lipman: More charitable giving in forecast
Published November 18, 2008, 5:02 am, The Record
President-elect Obama's plan to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy likely would be a boon for some of the nation's — and New Jersey's — most well-funded non-profit groups.
Convio and Charity Dynamics Help Austin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Tap the Power of Social Networks ...
Published November 18, 2008, 3:55 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
AUSTIN, Texas----Convio, Inc. today announced a million dollar success story for the Convio Open Initiative—technology and partnerships that empower nonprofits to tap the new Web and mobilize online communities in support of their causes.
Arts groups brace for hard times
Published November 18, 2008, 12:19 am, Courier-Post
As the global financial crisis spreads and The Associated Press reports that New Jersey's budget deficit could balloon to $1.2 billion, arts groups across the Garden State are bracing for tough times.
Political temperature may be just right for healthcare overhaul
Published November 18, 2008, 12:17 am, Los Angeles Times
Experts say the nation's hard times may paradoxically quicken a sweeping reform of the healthcare system. When Barack Obama steps into the Oval Office in January, healthcare reform will join a list of priorities crowded with two wars, a ballooning budget deficit and an economy mired in one of the worst slowdowns since the Great Depression.
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- TSNE -> Articles -> Future of Nonprofit Leadership: By Deb Linnell Director of Programs Portions of this piece are taken from an upcoming book focused on leadership in the domestic violence movement. Leadership is difficult to define. Each year hundreds of books, essays and articles attempt to do just that. Almost all of the literature is based on the private sector, less on the public sector (government), and still less on the nonprofit sector. Commentary focuses on what qualities make for great leadership and ways to lead or manage.
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- Capacitybuilde rs: Capacitybuilde rs is a non-department al public body (NDPB) set up in 2006 to take over the management of the ChangeUp programme and to work with other funders to build the capacity of the Third Sector. We exist to create a more effective third sector and
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- Nonprofit Sector Research Fund - Application Guidelines: The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, a program of the Aspen Institute, seeks to improve understanding of nonprofit activities and inform related practice and policy. To this end, the Fund periodically disseminates requests-for-p roposals (RFPs) that announce the availability of funding to support research projects on critical nonprofit issues. In all of its RFPs, the Fund encourages applications from researchers currently engaged in the study of the nonprofit sector, and also from scholars grounded in academic disciplines (e.g., economics, political science, sociology, law, public policy, history, management, etc.,) who are new to nonprofit research.
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- What is an international nonprofit organization?: There's a lot of confusion around these words. Most of us associate an international nonprofit/NGO to an humanitarian/d evelopment organization, but there's much more to that.
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