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Collaborating to Keep Homes Affordable
In the charitable world, we love to talk about the value of collaboration, but the reality is that great collaborative partnerships are uncommon. An effective collaboration brings together organizations that have different, but complementary capabilities so that working collaboratively makes both more impactful. A truly innovative and effective collaboration is quite rare, yet Door County…
Missed Opportunity for Many Nonprofits
The success of a charity often hinges on its ability to diversify its fundraising strategies. Among traditional development methods lies a less traveled but immensely potent path: soliciting gifts of stock. A new study of nonprofit tax returns demonstrates both the potential of this approach and the sad reality that fewer charities are treating it…
Our Most Important Resolution
Eat healthier. Exercise more. Lose weight. Stop smoking. These are the most common resolutions people will make as we begin another trip around the sun. Yet if the purpose of a New Year’s resolution is to commit ourselves to a behavior that will improve our quality of life, we’re ignoring the one strategy that has…
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