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January 12, 2017

Successful Grantwriting: Five Tips from a Corporate Funder

This month's guest blogger, Amy Strecker, works for the Duke Energy Foundation leading the company’s grantmaking in North Carolina

January 5, 2017

A Resolution Worth Keeping

As the clock approached midnight Saturday, I was home watching Mariah Carey’s production snafu on television. Now don’t judge me! Some of you who know me well will recall that I've joined in on some exciting New Year's Eve celebrations in past years.

Bert Armstrong
December 15, 2016
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How Do You Measure Up to Your Fellow Board Members?

Surveys, surveys, and more surveys….but I found this one interesting and hope you will too. Paula Loop is the Leader of Governance Insights Center at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Each year she conducts a survey of corporate board members and many of her findings and suggestions also relate well to nonprofit boards. The survey results show 10 Key findings that have a major impact on how boards perform.

April Anthony
December 8, 2016

Philanthropy Is Not Measured by Dollars Alone

Our sons both play high school basketball. Through their experiences we have come to know and love some of the most amazing philanthropists I have ever met. Yes, I have met a lot of great philanthropists in my 22 years in the non-profit sector, but none quite like Jim and Peggy Taylor.

Shannon Williams

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