Betsy Nelson: Boards should spend time looking forward 
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: January 29, 2012
Tags: Betsy Nelson, board meetings, Business, charitable giving, charity, funding, johns hopkins university, nancy hall, Nonprofit
In today’s environment, nonprofit organizations are faced with numerous challenges, be they financial, administrative, or programmatic.
Wondering how many boards of directors are up to the task, I contacted Nancy Hall, one of my “go-to” nonprofit professionals, for her opinion. Nancy teaches nonprofit management at Johns Hopkins University as well as consults to nonprofit organizations.
Nancy related [...]
Betsy Nelson: A decade later and the stories keep coming
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: January 22, 2012
Tags: Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers, Betsy Nelson, charitable giving, Nonprofit, organization
Ten years and 240 columns about the role philanthropy plays in our community and our world! It gives me pause as I reflect on the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmaker’s biweekly column in The Daily Record.
In the initial 2001 column, I noted that while many of us are familiar with the activities of nonprofit organizations [...]
Betsy Nelson: Spend $5 on wristband and help create jobs
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: December 15, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, Betsy Nelson, Community Development Financial Institutions, Create Jobs for USA, Empire Homes of Maryland, maryland, nonprofits, Opportunity Finance Network, philanthropy
While you are out holiday shopping, I encourage you to stop for a latte and pick up this year’s fashion statement — a red, white, and blue wristband with the message “Indivisible.”
All you have to do is contribute $5 or more to receive a wristband, designed to serve as a symbol of Americans uniting with [...]
Betsy Nelson: Recognizing our role models in philanthropy
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: December 1, 2011
Tags: AFP-Maryland’s 2011 Outstanding Philanthropists of the Year, Associated Black Charities, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Betsy Nelson, Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance, Meyerhoff, Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, Nonprofit, philanthropy
Each November the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) celebrates National Philanthropy Day to recognize the extraordinary impact of the charitable sector and the increasing role it plays in our society and countries around the world.
Billions of dollars are given to charities every year, supporting programs and services that administer to those in need. Civic participation [...]
Betsy Nelson: Community foundations play vital local roles
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: November 17, 2011
Tags: Betsy Nelson, charities, community foundations, maryland, National Community Foundation Week, Nonprofit
These are difficult times for many in our community. Unemployment remains high, paychecks don’t go very far, and every day it seems another public service is being curtailed in the interest of budget cuts.
That’s why the kinds of innovative investments being made by philanthropy — particularly community foundations — have never been more important in [...]
Betsy Nelson: Use social media to support philanthropy
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: November 3, 2011
Tags: Betsy Nelson, charitable giving, facebook, Nonprofit, philanthropy, social media, twitter
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Raising the public’s awareness of the role philanthropy plays — especially the work of our member foundations and corporate giving programs — to improve the quality of life in our region is a major goal of the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers. In recent years, we’ve turned more and more to social media — notably [...]
Betsy Nelson: Capping deductions would hurt donations
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: October 20, 2011
Tags: Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers, Betsy Nelson, Center on Philanthropy, charitable giving, deductions, donations, Joint Committee on Taxation, senate finance committee
There is definite irony to the recurring proposals to decrease incentives for charitable giving. Today, nonprofit organizations need private support more than ever as they operate under increasing demands for services resulting from a stagnant economy and government budget cuts.
The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers recently issued a public statement urging policymakers to support charitable [...]
Betsy Nelson: Aging society challenges philanthropy
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: October 6, 2011
Tags: Affinity Group, Baltimore Senior Life Leadership Summit, Betsy Nelson, charitable giving, Leonard & Helen R. Stulman Charitable Foundation, Longevity Revolution, National Council, Nonprofit, philanthropy, THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
What gerontologists call the “Longevity Revolution” is now a reality in our region.
According to the 2010 Census, between 2000 and 2010 the Baltimore metropolitan region’s population grew by 43 percent, from 1,861,277 to 2,662,690.
While the population of those under age 50 grew at a rate of 33 percent, the growth rate for those over 50 [...]
Betsy Nelson: No fantasy — football can improve philanthropy
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: September 26, 2011
Tags: Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers, Betsy Nelson, charitable giving, fantasy football, Member Services Director
Last year my colleague Adam Donaldson convinced me to join as a fun way to deepen relationships between a few foundations. Join what? Well, believe it or not, join an Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers Fantasy Football league. My team name is El Presidente.
Each week when I get my team points, I admit that I [...]
Betsy Nelson: Reminders of our vulnerability hit home
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: September 8, 2011
Tags: 9/11, Betsy Nelson, emergency management, hurricane irene, maryland emergency management agency, preparedness
It is hard to forget the shock, confusion, uncertainty and disruption felt in the early days following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
But our sense of vulnerability tends to fade over time — until something else, like the recent 5.8 magnitude earthquake and Hurricane Irene, brings it sharply to the fore.
In the last two weeks, [...]
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