Other Nonprofit Topics

  • Nonprofits: The More Competitive Sector

    Why does the private sector tend not to regard nonprofits as equals but like second-class enterprises? Years of listening to…

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  • Euthanize ‘Overhead’ and Explain Rather Than Defend Full Cost Recovery

    In a prior commentary, “Overhead –It’s More Important Than You Think”, I promised a follow-up on the implications of using the…

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  • Sustainability is Today’s Nonprofit Snake Oil

    ‘Sustainability’ appears to have become not only one but the universal objective of much of the charitable nonprofit sector’s attention and…

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  • When Nonprofits Can Be Like Politicians

    “Whatever do you mean by that?” You wouldn’t think that nonprofits and politicians would have, or would want to have…

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  • Overhead – It’s More Important Than You Think

    “What exactly is ‘overhead’?” Generally, nonprofits have two types of costs: those that are directly related to its programs (what…

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