You may have heard the phrase "unprecedented times" an unprecedented number of times over the past year and a half - especially as COVID-19 and its variants continue to wreak havoc across communities, industries, and economies worldwide. But it's true - direct service providers, businesses, governments, foundations, and communities alike currently face many challenges [...]
7/16/21 By: Jaqueline Blanco The Opioid Crisis. Since the late 1990s, the United States has been facing an opioid crisis that impacts thousands of Americans every day, causing them to become addicted or die from drug misuse. In 2017, more than 47,000 Americans died of opioid overdose and in 2019, nearly 50,000 more Americans [...]
By engaging in effective decision-making and budgeting, organizations can provide services they know work, fix those that don’t, and improve the relationship between funding and impact. This blog originally appeared as a guest article for govexec.com. Currently, there are at least 1.4 million nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations in the United States. These groups, including charities and [...]
Currently, there are at least 1.425 million nonprofits in the United States. These nonprofits (including charities and foundations) spend nearly $2 trillion annually….that’s 12 zeros. If you stacked $100 bills on top of each other, $1 Million would reach 3.3ft. That means $2 Trillion in $100 bills would reach 1,262 miles into space (it only takes about 62 [...]
