by Jane Arsenault on November 29, 2010
I attended a meeting recently about a local United Way conference that potentially will deal with exposing nonprofits to models and ideas concerning consolidation. As the discussion proceeded, the complexity of the issue kept coming up. One of the conclusions was that there might actually be different market segments of organizations, and that, perhaps, the segments are distinct enough to actually provide programming for them differently….maybe. Read More
by Jane Arsenault on November 19, 2010
Well, the study is out. One would have thought that, if the sector was going to consolidate in a big way, that time would be now. Our firm is certainly doing some of this work, and as I check with colleagues around the country, so are they. But the numbers are not overwhelming. The new study, released in October, by the Urban Institute may give some insight into why that is. Read More
by Anne Yurasek on November 17, 2010
Apologies to our readers for the long the delay in adding to our blog posts. These have been difficult months with major surgery, a long recovery and then resuming our consulting practice post that event. Enough excuses though. On the upside, the long hiatus has given me the opportunity to do a lot of reading. So the head is full and the pages are empty, at least so far. Read More