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Research Friday: Government contracting in the new normal

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit Finance Fund. Particularly in the last several years, in the wake of the financial crisis, organizations have struggled with a variety of challenges related to government support. In the United States, we rely on government to provide key economic supports. consistent, structural challenges. As part of a.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Tell the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program How You Think They Should Do Their Work!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Assessment of 46 OE grants to networks awarded 2009-2011, conducted by Monitor Institute (2012).

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Social Impact Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

Recent trends in philanthropic giving indicate that the new generation of donors has a high interest in ensuring that their donations generate outcomes (Flandez, 2012). At the same time, nonprofits should be aware of the challenges and limitations to this emergent form of funding.

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Research Friday: Social Impact Bonds: A New Tool for Scaling Impact

ASU Lodestar Center

Social service and nonprofit programs have traditionally been supported through philanthropy and government contracts. The last five years has seen shrinking funds from both the government and philanthropic sectors due to a recession economy. Needs continue to grow beyond what philanthropy or government can provide.

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Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These new collaborative initiatives pull together various players (often government, private sector and nonprofits) within an ecosystem, defined by issue and/or place, to coordinate and align their action to drive greater impact. Two oft-cited examples are the Strive network in Cincinnati, and the ReAmp network in the Midwest. So what to do?

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

ASU Lodestar Center

government aid, capital investment, philanthropy and remittances. Sources: OECD; Hudson Institute's remittances calculations from DAC donors to DAC recipients based on data from the World Bank's Migration and Remittance Team's Bilateral Remittance Matrix , 2010; Hudson Institute, 2012. billion in 2010 over funds sent in 2009.