Bryn Mawr College‘s Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute (NELI) is hosting an open house on July 31. NELI offers nonprofit executives and ascending leaders the tools and time they need to examine and refine their leadership and management skills. Those who complete NELI’s program also learn new theories about nonprofit management. NELI’s open house will allow participants […]

The region in West Philadelphia that can apply for LISC’s new placemaking grant What is creative placemaking? Philadelphia LISC, a local chapter of a national community development organization, wants residents and community groups in West and Eastern North Philadelphia to generate ideas about how to beautify, reclaim and elevate their spaces — using art as […]

Generocity.org’s Executive Director, Dave Raible, at Impact Hub Like most thoughtful Americans, I have dreamed for years of finding the magic formula that would end poverty, homelessness, substandard educational performance, hunger, violence, and myriad other problems in our society. That impulse led me to a career in the nonprofit world where I could attack these […]

Netti Laundromat, 2530 N. 2nd Street, renovated by the newly-established FINANTA CDC North Philadelphia-based community lender FINANTA has long taken an approach to neighborhood revitalization that focuses on asset-building — or helping individuals develop their capacity to get the resources they need to thrive. FINANTA has done this by providing business loans, mortgages, counseling and […]

This column is part of a monthly series by Tivoni Devor on “The Business of Nonprofits.” What is profit? Profit is all the money your organization has minus expenses, including salaries, bonuses, debt management, etc. Revenue minus expenses equals surplus revenue. Surplus revenue can be used in many ways including expansion, reinvestment and savings. If […]