Executive Issues

A large majority of Indiana residents trust nonprofit organizations and charities in their communities to do what is right most or just about all the time, according to a new Indiana University survey.

Among nonprofit organizations in the Washington and New York metropolitan areas, staff members who run programs are most likely to be laid off this year, while fund raisers at those charities are most likely to see their ranks increase, according to a pair of new surveys on nonprofit salaries.

People are less likely to cut back on giving to charity in the coming year than on eating out, clothes or weekly food shopping, according to the latest survey from think tank nfpSynergy.

The number of charity donors cancelling the direct debit payments they make to worthy causes has increased during the recession, research shows.

Foundations can play several key roles in helping re-stabilize cities, said Rip Rapson, president of the Troy-based Kresge Foundation.

High net worth individuals — those who own at least $1m in financial assets — are a major source of investment worldwide. This 10-million-strong global elite has combined assets of $40tn, according to the latest annual world wealth report published by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch.

Donors increasingly tell me they feel there are too many nonprofits and too much duplication and inefficiency in the service delivery system.

Foundations in the region have suffered substantial declines in their endowment assets during the last six months, a new survey indicates. But many of those foundations say they are seeking to maintain their current levels of giving.

For-profit executives use business models—such as “low-cost provider” or “the razor and the razor blade"—as a shorthand way to describe and understand the way companies are built and sustained. Nonprofit executives, to their detriment, are not as explicit about their funding models and have not had an equivalent lexicon—until now

In comprehensive new research of financial services professionals, 77 percent of respondents indicated the current economic downturn has had a significantly greater impact on their Boomer generation clients than any other generation. More positively, 73 percent said the downturn has made their Boomer clients more focused on financial planning (also more than any other generation).