EXPERT ADVICE
Nonprofit board members are asked to make many financial decisions, which means they need to understand certain fundamentals that shape their organization’s financial health, whatever their background may be. MORE
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February 2, 2012 — Families First Parenting Programs, a Cambridge-based nonprofit that provides parenting education services in eastern Massachusetts, recently announced the appointment of Elizabeth Cohen as its executive director, taking over from Crista Martinez Padua, who led the organization for the past eight years. MORE
January 30, 2012 — National Grid Foundation, in connection with a community challenge issued last month by United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley, recently awarded $75,000 to seven Boston area nonprofits that are providing heating assistance to families in need. MORE
January 28, 2012 — The Essex County Community Foundation, based in Danvers, recently announced the establishment of a grants resource center that gives nonprofit staff, grant writers, fund holders, foundation staff, and development consultants free access to two funding-related databases. MORE
January 27, 2012 — The Elizabeth Stone House, a Roxbury-based nonprofit that provides services to homeless families and individuals, yesterday announced that it has named James (Jim) May as its director of development. MORE
January 26, 2012 — Reflecting the strong flow of financial support in recent years to Boston area museums, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston this week announced that, for the first time in its 75-year history, it has established an endowment from gifts made in connection with a $50 million campaign. MORE
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February 2, 2012 — The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, a nonprofit that receives state funding to oversee 16 acres of public parks and green space in Boston, following news stories about senior executive pay levels, was informed this week that the state will withdraw its financial support. MORE
January 30, 2012 — Two Boston nonprofits that provide emergency shelter and services aimed at ending homelessness—Pine Street Inn and hopeFound—today announced they will merge, not to save operating costs or expand services, but to better help men and women get permanent housing. MORE
January 27, 2012 — The Museum of Science, Boston this week announced that it has received a $5 million grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, which will enable it to start construction this summer on a new exhibit hall that aims to increase knowledge of biology, create jobs, and inspire people to life sciences careers. MORE
January 26, 2012 — The Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts recently announced that it has awarded $100,500 in workforce development and early literacy grants to 13 South Coast organizations. MORE
January 24, 2012 — Nearly four out of 10 people affiliated with Massachusetts nonprofits believe their organization will be in stronger financial shape at the end of 2012, compared to the beginning of the year, according to a newly completed survey. MORE
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NONPROFIT MARKETING
February 3, 2012 — Like other nonprofits, Mass Mentoring Partnership, which serves as an umbrella organization for mentoring programs statewide, needs to tell its story in a compelling way, and recently teamed with a corporate partner to raise its approach a notch by developing an infographic. MORE
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