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News You Can Use Issue 137/May 2014 How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Your Organization's Fundraising?  By Mary Ellen ClarkSenior Vice President While many businesses and individuals have been looking at the effect of the Affordable Care Act on their businesses and personal futures, the nonprofit industry - and specifically many hospital foundations - have been taking a somewhat passive…

News You Can Use Issue 136/April 2014   501(c) Success Speaker Series Editor's Note:  As part of our ongoing commitment to provide timely and thought-provoking topics that stimulate discussion as well as affect your daily work in the nonprofit sector, Jeffrey Byrne + Associates belongs to a Task Force of Nonprofit Connect overseeing and organizing the 501(c) Success National Speaker Series. …

Who is Our Stanley? By Jennifer Furla, Executive Vice President Midwest Region “So, who’s our ‘Stanley?’” the man asked. The question came during a Campaign Readiness Assessment SM for a local church in the Midwest.  More than 40 members of various church ministries were gathered in the Fellowship Hall between services that morning for a focus group testing support for a…

Who is Our Stanley?  By Jennifer Furla, Executive Vice President Midwest Region “So, who’s our ‘Stanley?’” the man asked. The question came during a Campaign Readiness Assessment SM for a local church in the Midwest.  More than 40 members of various church ministries were gathered in the Fellowship Hall between services that morning for a focus group testing support for a…

Your Nonprofit’s Success Depends On Your Ability to Change  By Mary Ellen Clark, Vice President  Midwest Region To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.  Winston Churchill I was reminded last week, when I was visiting with an executive director about her organization’s budget and next year’s programs—which for them begins with firecrackers rather than the…

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News You Can Use Issue 142/October 2014 Strengthen Year-End Giving by Preserving the IRA Rollover   Jeffrey D. Byrne President + CEO The year is winding down. Wrapping up those final year-end gifts is on everyone’s mind, but once again, the charitable IRA rollover is not a giving option. At least not yet anyway! This on-again, off-again tax incentive that allows…

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News You Can UseIssue 144/December 2014 A Note from Jeffrey Looking Toward the Continued Rise of Philanthropy in 2015   Jeffrey D. ByrnePresident + CEO 2014 was a wonderful year for philanthropy. Giving USA 2014 reported that charitable giving hit another plateau, with Americans donating more than $335.17 billion to charitable causes in 2013. After four consecutive years of increases in…