Posts Tagged ‘Recession’

In my role as consultant I often find myself facing the BIG THREE obstacles that keep Boards from moving ahead. These are three statements that I keep hearing from Board members that can really put a damper on a board meeting. 1. We’re in a recession so we can’t raise more money. 2. We are [...]

It is very difficult to be optimist and hopeful during these times. For most of us in the nonprofit field things look pretty bleak. There will be up to 100,000 nonprofits that could go out of business, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. I offer some tips to do the best we can with what we’ve [...]

In this time of recession, it is understandable that nonprofit Board of Directors and staffs are worried. They are seeing government contracts being reduced or cancelled. Their requests for foundation grants are being denied. Special events, which they counted on to bring in the bulk of charitable income, are falling dramatically below expectations. Some are [...]