Good news! A big step forward has been taken in the way nonprofits will be rated by Charity Navigator (CN), a rating agency that influences the donations of millions of donors. Starting this summer, accountability and transparency will be taken into account, in addition to the traditional financial data.

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Evaluating Impact Still A Quandary for Nonprofits

by Geri Stengel on Mar 10, 2011 - 12:17am

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What’s fair? Should nonprofits pay their executives as much as for-profits in order to attract the best and brightest? Or is that a betrayal of donors? Are nonprofits only effective if they are truly businesslike in all their ways, including risk-taking, marketing, and the pursuit of long-term goals?

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Nonprofit Funding Standards Undermine Nonprofits

by Geri Stengel on Oct 20, 2009 - 4:13pm

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Why do nonprofit leaders and funders alike continue to shortchange nonprofit organizations? That's the question The Bridgespan Group asked, and answered, in its new report, The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle.

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