Sometimes this blog can do nothing more than report the devotion to service demonstrated by social service agencies and nonprofits across the country. Four nonprofits reached far outside their comfort zone to help mitigate the devastating effects of COVID-19. Here are their stories.
Nonprofits Going the Extra Mile To Help Defeat Covid-19
Topics: Nonprofit General, grants, nonprofit, kindness, Covid-19, Pandemic, Feeding America, Save The Children, Doctors Without Borders, USA, The Rockefeller Foundation
As the corona virus pandemic descended over the world, everything changed for nonprofits. Suddenly many of the smaller organizations are fighting for survival. We contacted a retired professor from the Harvard Business School who has spent a lifetime researching nonprofit management to ask for his suggestions on nonprofit crisis management.
Topics: nonprofit mission, nonprofit sustainability, nonprofit funding, nonprofit, Covid-19
The Headline
After years of writing about the mass incarceration of Americans, it gives us great pleasure to share this headline with everyone in the social services community.
Topics: Juvenile Justice, Government, nonprofit, Mass incarceration in America,, social justice, Overpopulation, prison reform, Incarceration America
Where have all the CDCs gone? For decades, Community Development Corporations tackled some of America’s most challenging problems: neighborhood revitalization, affordable housing, community economic development, workforce development and job creation, financial empowerment and food access.
Topics: Government, nonprofit funding, nonprofit, social workers, civic leaders, federal funding, social justice, Community Development Corporations
The nonprofit universe is vast and varied. According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations are registered in the U.S. This number includes public charities, private foundations and a wide array of other nonprofit organizations like civic leagues, fraternal organizations and even local chambers of commerce. Because we work every day with a variety of nonprofits all across the country, it is important for us at Global Vision Technologies to have a clear picture of the nonprofit universe in order to gain insight into the challenges nonprofits face. Here is the nonprofit big picture.
Topics: Nonprofit General, nonprofit mission, nonprofit, nonprofit profile
Tidal Wave: the Aging Baby Boomer Healthcare Crisis Revisited
In our 2015 report, The Aging Tidal Wave, we dealt with the healthcare crisis that was about to overwhelm the long-term care industry. The aging baby-boomer population was growing rapidly while the number of caregivers was actually declining.
Topics: nonprofit funding, nonprofit, healthcare, cost of healthcare, healthcare issues, baby boomer healthcare crisis
My research analyst asked me a simple question the other day that led to some amazing revelations about the nonprofit world, “What is the largest nonprofit in the world?”
Topics: Nonprofit General, nonprofit mission, nonprofit
Increasingly, nonprofits face growing competition from their for-profit counterparts. These for-profit companies can often deliver services at a lower cost or offer higher financial returns to cities, thanks to their capacity and ability to raise investment capital as business entities. This leaves the non-profit social infrastructure in communities at a competitive disadvantage and requires a more thoughtful approach to determining the value of contract bids beyond simply financial criteria.
Topics: Nonprofit General, nonprofit mission, nonprofit sustainability, nonprofit funding, nonprofit, nonprofit vs. for-profit
A Cultural Collapse
A comprehensive study of newspapers in the United States found that 516 rural newspapers closed or merged from 2004 to 2018. In metropolitan areas, 1,294 newspapers were shuttered during the period, making a national total of 1,810 papers that ceased publication.
Topics: Government, Nonprofit General, education, nonprofit, newspapers
Stay HIPAA Compliant: 6 Violations You Need to Watch For
When you operate a non-profit that deals with clients’ health information, you need to be careful to keep your organization HIPAA compliant. You might follow computer etiquette and train your employees well, but in the middle of a hectic day, one of your caseworkers could inadvertently create a HIPAA violation, if they’re not careful.
Topics: nonprofit, HIPAA Compliant, caseworkers, computer etiquette, office vigilance, HIPAA violation, healthcare issues, Electronic Health Records