By Dr. Alicia Schatteman Nonprofit capacity broadly refers to a number of different organizational dimensions related to the processes, practices, and people that the organization
Read moreThe End of an Era or Opportunity for Renewal: Veteran-Serving Nonprofits
By Dr. Alicia Schatteman With Veterans Day coming next month, a day
Read moreThe Value of Nonprofit Labor and Why It Matters to the Nonprofit Sector
By Dr. Alicia Schatteman Volunteers are important to almost all nonprofit organizations because they extend the work of paid staff or in some cases, are
Read more10 Years Strong: The Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies
The Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies grew out of a university-wide strategic planning initiative in the fall of 2007 where faculty and staff could
Read moreThe Proverbial “Bootstraps”
By Dr. Alicia Schatteman The mythic Horatio Alger narrative of pulling one’s self up by one’s bootstraps is one of the most dangerous and damaging
Read moreNonprofit Strategic Planning for the Great Unknown
By Dr. Alicia Schatteman Every nonprofit strategic plan that was to cover the year 2020 is obsolete, or is it? Strategic planning is a process
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10th Anniversary: Fall Speaker Series Announced
The Center is proud to present four events as part of the fall speaker series this year. All events will be virtual and registration is
Read moreJuneteenth and What Nonprofits Can Do to Address Racial Injustice
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
Read moreEnding Discrimination at the Local Level: The Work of Nonprofits
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
Read moreThe Nonprofit Sector is an Economic Engine
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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