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Sacred Places, Civic Purposes

In 2001, E. J. Dionne, Jr, and Min Hsu Chen edited Sacred Places, Civic Purposes, an exploration of whether government should fund faith based charity in the United States. With twenty one contributors and twenty four commentators, several years later the book is still a hefty contribution to the field. My only misgiving about the book is the fundamental frame of reference asserting that good work done by a religious institution is somehow more "based in faith" than any other good work. But with the recent dramatic increase in this kind of funding by the Bush administration, this book is more relevant than ever. Posted: 5/19/05; 5:54:36 PM #

The Looking-Glass World of Nonprofit Money

Clara Miller has written a thought provoking, but infuriating piece in the current Nonprofit Quarterly entitled The Looking-Glass World of Nonprofit Money. It's thought provoking because it points out the differences between nonprofit and for profit approaches to money, and in so doing, brings to light several areas of nonprofit practice that could use improvement. What's infuriating is how condescending the article ends up being, by using the business world as utterly normative and portraying the nonprofit world as though it were Lewis Carroll nonsense. Posted: 5/19/05; 5:53:24 PM #

Frictionless Fundraising Briefing Sessions, June 2005
	Our online briefings are getting better every time we offer them. For the fourth time now, we are teaching a three part series on Frictionless Fundraising, from June 28 - 30, 2005. We'll be covering Converting Your Donors to Email, Cultivation and Stewardship, and Email Newsletters. Posted: 5/19/05; 5:24:34 PM #