To Take An Oath

This is a guest post from the National Council’s Outreach Intern, Courtney Bailey.
After watching President Obama swear to ‘preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,’ I began to seriously ponder my own duty to this country. I thought back to an oath of loyalty that I had been taught to recite as [...]

Gratitude for Grantmakers

The National Council of Nonprofits, convener of the Nonprofit Congress, just issued this press release (we don’t usually post them up wholesale, but this issue was too important to ignore):
Generosity of Foundations Celebrated by National Council of Nonprofits
Washington, DC (Dec. 9) – Both despite and because of the nation’s growing economic crisis, several grantmakers are [...]

Because Things in the Game Done Changed: Nonprofits Need Generation Y Leadership in an Uncertain Economy

This is a guest post from Rosetta Thurman. Rosetta is an emerging nonprofit leader of color in Washington, DC sharing career advice, resources and fresh ideas to inspire others in their work on her blog Perspectives from the Pipeline. This post was originally published on her blog.  
Pick up any newspaper on your way to work in [...]

On track for nonprofit professionalism

This is a guest post from Sam Richard, President of the American Humanics Student Association at Arizona State University. He also authors the blog Deserted After Dark, which chronicles his life as a college student living in Downtown Phoenix. One day, he hopes to be a nonprofit professional with your permission. His thoughts are not [...]

Policy Feature: Sales tax exemptions, North Carolina style

Note: This post is part of our regular policy feature series. This entry comes from David Heinen, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits.
Two recent legal developments will help more North Carolina nonprofits get refunds for the sales tax they pay on purchases. First, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled [...]

Policy Feature: Charitable Mileage Deduction

Note: This is the first in a regular series of “Policy Features” on current policy issues from a variety of guest bloggers as well as our own bloggers. This post comes from David Ross, J.D., Public Policy Officer at the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organzizations.
The IRS recently raised the Standard Business Mileage Rate to 58.5 cents [...]

Convene, connect, commit

Note: Trisha Lester is vice president and Sally Migliore is senior associate at the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits. This editorial originally appeared in the Philanthropy Journal on July 14, 2008 and is reposted with the permission of the Journal and the authors.
“The recent Nonprofit Congress in Washington, D.C., brought together 400 grassroots regional, statewide, and [...]

Mr. Inexperience Goes To Washington

NOTE: This is a guest post from Sam Richard, author of the blog Deserted After Dark, which chronicles his life as a college student living in Downtown Phoenix, where he is the President of the American Humanics Student Association at Arizona State University. After he finally finishes his degree somewhere near the end of this decade, Sam [...]

Here we are…

Here we are at the Nonprofit Congress National Meeting. I sort of can’t believe it. After many, many months of planning, its finally here. It is so wonderful to see all of the smiling faces, meet the people I’ve been speaking with on the phone, and interact with all them as well. The meeting so [...]

Off to the Meeting!

Hello everyone!
The staff of NCNA are off to the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill for the 2008 Nonprofit Congress National Meeting – Convene · Connect · Commit! We will be setting up shop tomorrow, Saturday, May 31 and welcoming our first participants on Sunday. Though we won’t be in the office, we will be keeping [...]