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Nonprofit


The Nonprofit Pinch
The Nonprofit Pinch
Nonprofits. The term itself brings to mind charitable institutions like Project Home, Wheelchair Recycling Program, or Big Brothers and Sisters, all extremely worthy organizations. According to the Wisconsin Nonprofits Association, Wisconsin has about 30,000 nonprofits, a third of which file 990 forms. Madison, meanwhile, has more nonprofits per capita than any other city, with about 3,000. Some are large, some small, but all are in need of funding, and the wells are running low. How bad is their plight? IB learned that sometimes, it depends on who you ask. Full Story full story
From Homelessness to Job-Seeking Heroine: How the nonprofit system saved Sina.
Confused. Lost. Chaotic: Three words that Sina Davis, 48, used to describe her life before moving from Chicago to Madison in 2008. Though she's reluctant to discuss the gritty details of her previous life, Davis, a single mother, had admittedly bottomed-out. "I felt myself drowning in Chicago," she said, "and I couldn't swim. I had to change my lifestyle." Efforts to overcome the obstacles and barriers she faced just weren't working, she explained. She tried living with the mother of her grandchildren, "but that didn't work out," she said. To complicate matters, after years without health or dental care, her teeth were beginning to fall out. Full Story full story
Foundation for Community Building
It's been said that businesses invest in their communities so that employees have a great community to enjoy when the whistle blows. Some companies have chosen to invest in Greater Madison by setting up foundations or endowments, and they have simple advice to others contemplating the same: define your focus, make sure it's an unmet or under-served need, and get your employees involved. Full Story full story
Banking on the "Band from TV": Local nonprofit takes unusual risk to secure its future
As if it isn't hard enough these days as a nonprofit, struggling to make ends meet in an economy that challenges it every step of the way, imagine putting everything you've got on the line — every hope for the upcoming year — on one event. Full Story full story
Article Archives
Nonprofit
From the American Dream to “Philanthropreneur”
March 2009
The Food Pantry Director
January 2009
Business Report
Nonprofit
Milwaukee's Southeast Wisconsin Gilda’s Club Closes
August 27, 2010
Wisconsin-Made.com Donates 10% of Online Sales
August 27, 2010
Survey Reports 8% of Public Charities are in Danger of Closing
August 19, 2010
Community Coordinated Child Care Receives Grant
August 3, 2010
Green County Leaders Applications Due July 26
July 14, 2010
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In Business with Jody & Joan
Nonprofit
Jen Voichick
Habitat ReStore
Kaleem Caire
Urban League of Dane County
Michael Johnson & Lori Kratchmer
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County
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