Public Policy Blog

JULY 23, 2013

Many nonprofits use their brands primarily as a fundraising tool, but a growing number of nonprofits are developing a broader and more strategic approach, managing their brands to create greater social impact and tighter organizational cohesion ( Kylander & Stone, 2012 ) attempting to act as catalysts of change in the world.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit Fundraising Social Media Communications 40

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

To many scholars in the field of public administration and public management, the study of nonprofit organizations is viewed as a narrow niche, a handful of people working at the margins of the field on topics that largely sit outside of mainstream concerns for public managers.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit Government Fundraising Economic Development 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

The city agreed to provide a certain level of personnel and budget, with transfer of active management of the park to the third party nonprofit, which raised additional monies for staff, maintenance and improvements. New York City has since developed many such groups for parks and and business districts.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Public Administration Housing Sanitation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

EMPDC was created by the Barry Administration to be a CDC and to take over management of the market, but vendors and other stakeholders fought the idea, and the market remained managed by the city--for a time by a putative nonprofit--with different spaces, like North Hall (arts) and Sunday under the shed run by different entities.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Development Management Transportation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In college in the early 1980s, the University of Michigan repositioned its focus on fundraising (what universities call "development") in part by hiring a top development official from Stanford, creating a new campaign, etc.--the the University has successful raised billions since. We beat traffic and gas prices, and we fight climate change.

Transportation 52

Transportation Social Media Fundraising Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Programming tends to be provided in parks and public spaces that are managed by conservancies or business improvements districts--organizations that have separate funding sources, and with the luxury of only managing a few spaces, not many dozens. Types of programs. Music and cinema are probably the most common. Many programs.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Programming tends to be provided in parks and public spaces that are managed by conservancies or business improvements districts--organizations that have separate funding sources, and with the luxury of only managing a few spaces, not many dozens. Types of programs. Music and cinema are probably the most common. Many programs.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52