By Meredith McNabb Associate Director for Educational Programming Lake Institute on Faith & Giving A lot of nonprofit organizations are out of breath in January after the end-of-the-year nonprofit fundraising rush, and in plenty of religious nonprofit organizations there’s also been an end-of-the-year budgeting dash plus an end-of-the-year holiday crunch: it might feel like the… Read more »
Faith and Philanthropy
Are fundraisers givers?
By Genevieve G. Shaker, Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies “Never ask someone to do something that you wouldn’t do yourself” is common leadership advice. In fundraising this idea translates easily to, “Don’t ask others to give without giving first.” The message is clear. Fundraisers should be givers themselves. This shows a fundraiser’s authenticity, brings added… Read more »
Ways to give back in the Black church tradition
By: Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, Ph.D., MSW “One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.” – Proverbs 11:24-25 What I learned about giving I learned from the senior deacon at the Baptist church… Read more »
Philanthropy is a human right
By Kristi Howard-Shultz Shakeela Hassan, professor emeritus of anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Chicago, has made a lifelong commitment to promoting peaceful coexistence and understanding among different faith communities. In 1999, at the age of 66, Hassan left her work and position at the University of Chicago Hospitals and turned to documentary… Read more »
Learning organizations and sustainability
By: Melissa Spas Many years ago, a group of my colleagues and I read together Alan Deutschman’s Change or Die. The dramatic title belies the simplicity of his key message—shifting one’s mindset and adopting a positive frame, believing that change is possible, can allow us to undertake that change, even when it seems nearly impossible. Deutschman… Read more »