By: johnrougeux

johnrougeux — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:04:54 +0000

Well said. Another trend worth paying attention to is the increasing blur between for-profit and non-profits entities. More and more organizations are successfully combining the two, and I've found it an exciting area to pay attention to. We're seeing company go beyond arrangments where they simply "tack-on" a non-profit arm to their business units, and go much further by integrating causes directly into the core of their business model. When the talents of both worlds can be combined like this, I'm optimistic that the result will be something quite powerful.

By: Amy Chang

Amy Chang — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:39:27 +0000

..Despite access to vast resources and regulatory power that can have a big impact on charity government has failed to use its assets to develop innovative and even-handed partnerships with nonprofits to address critical social problems…Government has proved a weak cop in policing foundations and nonprofits a bully in menacing charitable groups that oppose its policies a failure at creating innovative incentives to giving and volunteerism and ham-fisted in channeling public funds to religious charities while ignoring discrimination in who they hire and serve…For their part nonprofits and foundations often act as if their social mission frees them of the obligation to account for themselves in return for the tax-exempt status they enjoy…There has got to be a better way to tackle urgent social problems…Nonprofits and foundations address the symptoms and causes of those problems often serving as civil societys research-and-development arm…But nonprofits lack the resources and power more readily available to government…As the Washington Post reported recently some nonprofits leaders are calling for a special White House office or government agency to focus on nonprofits community initiatives and volunteerism while others are pushing for greater collaboration among charities corporations and government…Jockeying for influence in a post-Bush administration nonprofit leaders rightly are looking for ways to play a greater role in shaping public policies and leveraging government resources…But nonprofits need to be smart and to be careful what they wish for…The charitable marketplace in the U.S. The NCNA network has 22 000 members right now and we are actively seeking partnerships with other networks so that we can get more nonprofits informed and involved.

Comments on: Finding the right chemistry for nonprofits & business

By: johnrougeux

By: Amy Chang