Many thanks to all who joined us in person or online this Fall for the Center’s 15th Anniversary events. We concluded with a dynamite discussion on the Future of the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy. You can access the sessions (see titles below) on the Urban Institute website. For the session on performance management, the discussion and ideas are summarized in a new report entitled, Tough Times, Creative Measures: What Will It Take to Help the Social Sector Embrace an Outcomes Culture?
In other news, we are excited about the upcoming March launch of PerformWell, the new name for the performance management portal that we are developing with Child Trends and Social Solutions. In addition, NCCS has released an update of basic data on the nonprofit sector, The Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Public Charities, Giving and Volunteering 2011, a precursor of the Nonprofit Almanac available next year. We also have newly updated giving data compiled by the Nonprofit Research Collaborative--a cost effective collaboration designed to generate timely data on giving. View the report.
Our new project with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, has a website where you can follow events and papers. Check out Gene Steuerle’s recent testimony, Tax Treatment of Charities and Major Budget Reform before the Senate Finance Committee.
We hope that you will visit the Center’s webpage for publications and events, NCCS webpage for the latest available data and NCCS Form 990 Online for Form 990 software. As always we welcome your feedback and ideas.
Elizabeth T. Boris
Director
Events
October 4, 2011: We began our anniversary celebrations with a convening of sector leaders on the state of the nonprofit sector at the October 4th Urban Institute First Tuesday luncheon.
Nonprofit Outlook: Where's the Light at the End of the Tunnel?
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October 5: We hosted an invitation only "think tank" on performance management and mission effectiveness featuring Mario Marino, co-founder and chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners, and his book, Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity, and the Outcomes and Effective Practices Portal, a project of The Center, Child Trends and Social Solutions.
View the symposium summary
October 7: In collaboration with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, we hosted a conference on estimates of alternative income tax proposals by various commissions and elected officials. This conference forms part of a significant new project, Tax Policies and Charities, directed toward gathering the best information on the impact of various tax provisions on charities and giving.
Budget Pressure and Changing the Charitable Deduction:
For Better or Worse?
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View presentations from the conference
November 2: We hosted a panel discussion on the Urban Institute's NCCS Community Platform, an on-the-ground approach to strengthening the capacity of communities and nonprofit organizations to tackle challenges in education, public health, economic development, aging, and other issues.
Doing More with Less: Leveraging Community Capital
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View the PowerPoint
View the webcast.
December 7: We concluded our 15th Anniversary activities with a dialogue about the Future of Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector, moderated by David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist for Reuters.
The Future of the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy
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