By Dr. Alicia Schatteman Today is Juneteenth (a combination of June and nineteenth) named because June 19th, 1865 was the day when enslaved African Americans
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By Dr. Alicia Schatteman I am a big proponent of the need for cross-sector collaboration to meet complex community issues. No one sector can do
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By Dr. Alicia Schatteman The Economic Facts Nonprofits employ more workers than manufacturing in over half of the states. One of every 10 employees works
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by Dr. Alicia Schatteman When we all had to isolate ourselves from one another, we all turned to the arts to keep us sane amidst
Read moreGraduation Spring 2020: A Historic Pandemic
This year, NIU is celebrating its 125 anniversary and the Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies is also celebrating 10 years. 60 years ago, NIU
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By Dr. Alicia Schatteman Nonprofit finance is not well understood because of its complexity. COVID19 has put a spotlight on the financial health of nonprofits
Read moreCOVID19 Has Disrupted the Nonprofit Sector – Is Innovation Next?
by Dr. Alicia Schatteman, Acting Director Interruption: Nonprofits have experienced an unprecedented disruption and, what feels like, overnight. Forefront, our state nonprofit association, conducted a
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