Nonprofit Articles

Nonprofits are not the only ones needing to manage to outcomes. With patients at the center of care, healthcare systems are moving towards building measurements that evaluate patients’ desired outcomes. Change is coming, and outcomes are at the center of it.

Nonprofits increasingly see the value in collaborations with fewer economic resources at hand and increased reporting requirements for funding. Funders are increasingly funding joint projects between nonprofits. With these two trends on the rise, it would be good for nonprofits in any community to consider collaborating on their services, starting with research and evaluation. This article provides a number of ways nonprofits could partner up on R&E for the betterment of the community.

Finding the right vendor that understands your vision, goals, and organizational dynamics while being able to provide you quality information that is credible and useful is of utmost importance to nonprofits. Vendors should not be selected quickly; rather, nonprofit leaders and managers should take their time to assess potential vendors based on their fit to the nonprofit organizational characteristics and need. This article provides a number of potential questions to help nonprofits determine what vendor would be best suited for their needs.

Needs assessments are a key resource for nonprofits who are serious about the communities they serve. Being efficient and effective are at the heart of accountability and mission fulfillment, but only by planning well can nonprofits hit their mark. Planning well entails the strategic use of resources to address an actual need and not simply what you want or think would work. By conducting a needs assessment, needs are identified through a sequential process of figuring out the gap that exists between what is and what should be, and then finding out your role in addressing the need based off of your organizational strengths.