- Regina Mahone, of the Foundation Center, writes about a recent Young Nonprofit Professionals Network meeting on how to survive on the low salaries of the nonprofit world. Topics included setting up a rainy-day fund, saving for retirement, and finding creative ways to supplement monthly income.
- Mike Burns, of Nonprofit Board Crisis, commends first-grade teacher, Mary Zeiff, for encouraging her students to become philanthropists through a T-shirt design competition. Students are asked to come up with inspirational messages that are featured on the t-shirts. The winners receive 3 percent of the revenue and another 3 percent is donated to a charity chosen by the winners. The remainder of the profits goes to a program called Free Arts for Abused Children. “These young philanthropists will be tomorrow’s major donors,” says Mr. Burns.
- A new free e-book from Network for Good called Homer Simpson for Nonprofits will make you a better fund raiser, writes Jeff Brooks on his blog Future Fundraising Now. The book offers tips on how to effectively communicate with audiences.
- Kiva, a charity that helps provide small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries, has found a way to hook everyday donors into the world of microfinance, writes Sean Stanndard-Stockton on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog.
