Archive for March 15th, 2008

Non-Profits are Not Businesses

Posted on March 15, 2008. Filed under: Fundraising, Leadership, Non-profits | Tags: capacity building, charity, combined federal campaign, foundation, Fundraising, Leadership, nonprofit, philanthropy, workplace giving |

Non-profits are not businesses. That simple fact is being ignored in the vast majority of economic mumbo jumbo currently written about non-profits. Non-profits can, of course, be businesslike in their operations: they can have efficiently run organizations and a well-trained staff, and they can certainly deliver superior results.
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