Working in the trenches of nonprofits has its advantages. You get big responsibilities with a small pay check. Doesn’t sound too advantageous, huh? Well, what isn’t reflected in the paycheck is apparent in the experience. We work in nonprofits for a number of reasons, but mostly because we believe in what we do.

In launching this little effort nearly a year ago, I wrote that “I’ve seen firsthand the sweat and effort that go into making [nonprofits] run well.” Extraordinarily dedicated people doing amazing work have helped the sector not merely survive during these tough times, but thrive. I know — the client base for my freelance writing and editing business is largely nonprofit, and I remain a very busy contract worker.
So busy, in fact, that I need to hand off the 501(c) Files to someone who has the time and energy to give it the attention it deserves. This was not a …read more

Tell Uncle Sam not to bail out credit unions, please. | The Wall Street Journal
The link between communication and funding. | NetSquared
Delegates to this week’s Democratic National Convention will lend Denver nonprofits a helping hand. | The Rocky Mountain News
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A very visible, if somewhat basic, call to arms. | The Huffington Post
The sad state of nonprofit jargon. | The Chronicle of Philanthropy
New Jersey’s Blue opts to turn green. | NJBIZ
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How to use the world’s greatest food to raise money. | FundraisingIP.com
A call for greater nonprofit investment in policy work. | Stanford Social Innovation Review
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The importance of policies encouraging and protecting nonprofit whistleblowers. | All Things Fundraising
What?! A nonprofit consultant might have something to teach to — gasp! — the for-profit sector?! | Getting Attention
A terrific primer for what to do when your organization’s CEO gets outta Dodge. | The NonProfit Times
The growing M&A trend among nonprofits. | Corporate Dealmaker
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Debt forgiveness for young nonprofiteers holding student loans. | Mission-Based Management
A call for fundraisers to watch what they say. | the fundit
How do you stay focused on the mission when the work pushes you to the brink of exhaustion? | Perspectives from the Pipeline
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An L.A. Times expose of for-profit fundraisers elicits a good amount of citizen journalism exploring same. | Los Angeles Times
Ten things most people don’t know about nonprofit careers. | CTW Features
How effective are British nonprofits? Maybe not so much. | Financial Times
Two very different ways of dealing with nonprofit embezzlement. | New York Times
Microsoft gets into the nonprofit software resource game. | WebProNews
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After reading my post yesterday about ProPublica’s collaboration with 60 Minutes on a story that the Washington Post also delved into, the journalism nonprofit’s general manager, Dick Tofel, wrote to me with “two factual assertions I hope you’ll reconsider”:

60 Minutes “likely would have done [this story] anyway.” What’s your basis for that?
Our Alhurra story is “nearly identical” to that in the Post. Do you really think that’s a fair reading of the two stories?

My response to Tofel’s note:
In my haste to post this morning, I used sloppier language than I should have. It would have been more accurate to say …read more

In addition to brewing a hell of a beer, Sam Adams’s Jim Koch is linking with a nonprofit to help entrepreneurs get off the ground. | Boston Globe
The nonprofit appeal of Barack Obama. | Blue Avocado
The difficulty in laying down mission-based metrics. | The NonProfit Times
The Federal Housing Administration casts a sharp eye at nonprofits loaning money for mortgage down payments. | National Public Radio
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