purpose
Oct. 11, 2021 8:58 am
Nonprofit AF: 10 predictable responses from white dudes when people criticize inequitable systems
"I love a good debate, but so many responses from white dudes are nowhere in the realm of validity or originality," writes Vu Le of Nonprofit AF.
purpose
Sep. 8, 2021 9:45 am
Nonprofit AF: It’s time for nonprofits and foundations to implement vaccine mandates
"Our sector operates on the belief that we are stronger as a community. As a community, we owe it to ourselves to protect our clients’ and one another’s health and well-being," says Nonprofit AF's Vu Le.
purpose
Aug. 11, 2021 4:12 pm
Nonprofiit AF: Common arguments used against Community-Centric Fundraising, and why they don’t hold water
Guest columnist Vu Le says that as Community-Centeric Fundraising grows, folks involved in it have been encountering pushback from colleagues — those who hate CCF and those who simply want to better understand it.
purpose
Jun. 21, 2021 8:18 am
Nonprofit AF: We need to support legislation on philanthropy’s crappy, inequitable practices
The fact that the Accelerate Charitable Efforts (ACE) Act is moving forward is encouraging, but it’s disappointing to see strong opposition to the bill from some philanthropic institutions, says guest columnist Vu Le.
purpose
Jun. 10, 2021 1:53 pm
Generocity community responds to Vu Le post on paying interview-stage job applicants
According to the founder of Nonprofit AF, to increase equity, we need to start paying job candidates for their time. The readers who shared their experiences with us agree.
purpose
Jun. 7, 2021 1:03 pm
Nonprofit AF: It’s time we pay interview-stage job applicants for their time
It is inequitable to ask already economically vulnerable people to spend hours doing multiple rounds of interviews and preparing a presentation or other assignments for free, says Vu Le.
purpose
May 10, 2021 9:22 am
Nonprofit AF: 12 ways ‘all lives matter’ manifests in nonprofit and philanthropy
"If we’re going to advance equity, then we need to examine the myriad, often subtle ways we are perpetuating the all-lives-matter credo in our work," says Nonprofit AF's Vu Le.
purpose
Feb. 15, 2021 8:00 am
Nonprofit AF: Stop expecting nonprofits to merge. It’s annoying
"True innovation requires lots of different people trying different things, failing and learning and iterating," says Vu Le in his most recent blog post.
people
Dec. 3, 2020 11:03 am
Smart, quirky and forthright AF: Vu Le will be dropping some truth in Philly soon
The nonprofit leader, speaker and writer of the Nonprofit AF blog will be the keynote speaker on the final day of Philanthropy Network's four-day SPARX Conference, Dec. 8-11.
purpose
Apr. 13, 2020 3:00 pm
Nonprofit AF: This is the wake-up call for nonprofits and foundations to get political
"We are at risk of learning all the wrong lessons from this horrifying global nightmare," says Vu Le, of the Nonprofit AF blog.