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Nonprofit Spotlight: Donna Murray Brown is Tearing Down the Silos in Michigan
Donna Murray Brown is the President and CEO of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA) She is also only one of a handful of African American CEOs of a statewide nonprofit association in the state. The MNA is a membership organization that is “d …
Editor’s Note
Happy summer, Avocados! While for many, the season represents outdoor barbeques and long vacations, we in the world of not-for-profit know that summer is no time for ease. Fiscal years may have just begun, and that means a whole new set of strat …
Nonprofit Spotlight
A new feature of Blue Avocado. Each issue, we’ll highlight a community nonprofit that is doing great work within their sector. This issue brings you a nascent nonprofit that bridges social services and the arts. The Trenton Community A-Team (TCA …
Steady Advice for Changing Times
Hello Avocados! April is here and we have a new issue just for you that’s all about change. Change is exciting! Change is scary. We have articles this month that provide a little stability. How do you keep a firm financial footing as a no …
What Will You Accomplish This Year?
Everyone else was getting ready to ring in the New Year, but you were in the office. Checking email on your phone. Making a final post office run to pick up mailed checks. Those and a million other invisible things we do at nonprofits are what make yea …
Financial Prospects for Nonprofits: How Does Your Nonprofit Rate?
Blue Avocado bubbles with insight because you, our readers and our writers, are astonishingly smart. We’ve heard great ideas from you along with suggestions for how we can be even more relevant with what we publish here on the site, so this issue we’re …
Rewrite the Script When These Characters Show Up in Workplace Politics
At some point, each of us joined the nonprofit sector as a starry-eyed idealist. Take a second now and channel that spirit: you were ready for a change, you were ready for action and you were determined, resourceful and optimistic. And why shouldn’t yo …
Avocados Are Always In Season!
We considered offering up a Pumpkin Spice Avocado this month, but thought better of it. We’ll leave peak Pumpkin Spice to the coffee and pastry purveyors of this world and focus on what we do best: practical provocative and fun food-for-thought f …
Publisher’s Note
Today, more than 64,000 readers subscribe to Blue Avocado for practical, provocative and fun commentary by and for readers in the community-based nonprofit sector. How did we get here? In 2008, the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of Califor …
Gifts from the Board Chair
Dear Rita in HR: I am the executive director of a smallish non-profit (250K annual budget). My salary is low compared to other executive directors, but I believe in the organization’s mission and I have great working conditions. However, the board chai …
