Ken's Corner

Building Foundation Relationships

In my last post about contacting foundations, I mentioned that the avalanche of newsletters and other information I receive might be divided into piles of important and not so important.

Contacting Funders

A couple weeks ago a good question was raised in response to my blog on video productions.

Collaboration Mergers and the stuff in between

Two questions that I am asked most often these days are: 

Telecommuting and Writing Skills

In a recent posting on the PSGA listserv a local grant writer asked if others had developed good reasons why a grant writer should skip the commute once and a while for the comforts, and privacy

Video Productions: Good and Bad

One sure outcome of the current economic situation is that soliciting gifts, whether from individuals, corporations, or foundations, is likely to become even more competitive.

Good News from the Leading Edge of the Economic Frontier

While concern about the economy has nearly everyone in the nonprofit sector concerned about fund raising, foundation grants, and even income from fee-based services, there is good news for us here

The Art of the Turnaround

In 1985 Michael Kaiser sold his management consulting business and ended up taking over a troubled Kansas City Ballet Company.

Outlook for Foundation Giving in 2010 and beyond

The past several weeks have not been the best time to start a blog. With so much bad news in the stock market and the general economy, it has been hard to write about anything else.

A Challenge for Foundations

The Nonprofit Quarterly uses the tag line, "Promoting Spirited Nonprofit Management." The Quarterly's editiors recently

More about foundation giving

A recent comment on my foundation giving post asked for some more detail.

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