Summer 2008 – Digital Issue

Dog Day Finances, Chasing After the Right Stuff

Summer 2008: Volume 15, Issue 2

Features

• Welcome
  
  
• Letters to the Editor
  
  
• Dr. Conflict 
  The Ethicist is on vacation, but when conflict strikes, there’s still a doctor in the house. by Mark Light
  
  
• Truth or Consequences: The Implications of Financial Decisions
  If two sources of funding are good, are three sources better? by Clara Miller
  
  
• A Board’s Guide to Surpluses and Deficits
  Is a surplus always a surplus and a deficit always a deficit? Not really. Here’s how you can tell the difference. by Kay Snowden
  
  
• On the Edge: The Financial Health of Human-Service Providers
  What can state governments do to support a financial model for human-service providers that ensures their long-term viability?
  
  
• Navigating the Path of Socially Responsible Investment
  Socially responsible investment options are no longer just for the large and sophisticated. by Rick Cohen
  
  
• Financial Transactions with Your Board: Who Is Looking?
  In a first-of-its-kind study, nonprofits report on their transactions with board members, some for the better and some for the worse. by Francie Ostrower

Special Supplement

• The Slippery Slope of Employment Practices Liability
  Avoiding $100,000 employer mistakes. by Charles C. Hewitt
  
  
• NPQ Nonprofit Risk Management Directory 2008

Departments

Governance

• The Shifting Tides of Nonprofit Governance: An Interview with Paul Light
  Which model does your board follow? by the editors

Spirit of Our Work

• Mission Haiku: The Poetry of Mission Statements
  Can we create powerful, poetic mission statements that stand the test of time? by Christopher Finney

Advocacy

• Election 2008: More Organizations Engaging More Voters
  Nonprofits engage voters to build community power for long-term change. by Bridgette Rongitsch

Philanthropy

• “Greenlining” Foundation Grantmaking: Racial Equality Reporting in California
  Should foundations report on the racial and ethnic makeup of their grants? by Rick Cohen
  

ARNOVA Abstracts

• ARNOVA Abstracts
  A selection of the most recent abstracts from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
  
  
• The Take-Away
  A summary of the articles in this issue
  

Satire

• Business Discipline and the Take-Charge Leader
  Community Arts Exchange was poised for success and embraced the new leadership that promised to take it there. There were just a few hitches in the plan. by Phil Anthrop
  
  
• Classifieds