Innovative Solutions for nonprofits, start-ups and mission-driven businesses. At ARG, we believe that "We must be the change we want to see in the world."
To that end, we have developed projects for the social good--like Villages NW--and assisted clients to take their own mission-driven businesses and social-benefit organizations to the next level, as quickly, creatively and cost-effectively as possible.
03/09/2023
Is a Fiscal Cliff Ahead? Nonprofits Confront Inflation, Labor Costs, and an Uncertain Future Pressures spun up from Covid are cutting into revenue, as foundation and government funding dwindles and a possible recession looms.
02/01/2023
7 Ways to Know Your Board Is Diverse One clue: Board conversations are messy in the best of ways.
11/29/2022
Nonprofits Consider Leaving Twitter Over Platform’s Uncertain Future Some organizations have paused or reduced both advertising and communications over concerns about the changes that have occurred in the weeks since Elon Musk bought Twitter.
11/10/2022
Nonprofits Could Benefit From Tuesday’s Divided Election Results Lack of a decisive victory for either party means that nonprofits could have a stronger chance of getting legislation they care about moving, including extending access to the charitable deduction to more Americans.
11/02/2022
It’s Time for Nonprofit Boards to Adopt Codes of Conduct Beyond following what the law dictates, boards need a formal mechanism for addressing a range of ethical issues that are too often handled in an ad hoc manner.
10/29/2022
What Nonprofit Boards Need to Do to Protect the Public Interest The people who serve on a nonprofit’s board of directors are legally responsible for its performance, but to help an organization succeed, they should do much more.
10/25/2022
Fundraisers Band Together to Find Practical Solutions to the Giving Crisis The Donor Participation Project was started as a way for development professionals to explore how changes in fundraising practices could encourage more people to give to nonprofits.
10/17/2022
2022’s ‘Collapse’ in Small Gifts Threatens Nonprofits as Recession Looms, Report Says Charities are losing the supporters who could help them navigate a downturn, according to data from the year’s first half.
09/23/2022
Volunteers Get Burnout Too—How Can You Prevent It? | Associations Now From mission-driven service to volunteer appreciation and schedule flexibility, let’s explore some ways associations can help discourage burnout.
09/23/2022
Nonprofits May Need to Spend a Third of Their Budget on Overhead to Thrive — Contradicting a Donor Rule of Thumb Spending too little on overhead deprives nonprofits of the competitive salaries, staff training, equipment, and other resources they need for long-term success.
09/21/2022
Creating Wealth With ‘Baby Bonds’ Nonprofits and foundations have been advancing state and local trust funds for children at birth to help them buy homes, start businesses, or pay for college when they’re older.
09/15/2022
New Federal Climate Spending Needs People to Power It. Philanthropy Can Help by Investing in National Service. The absence of a Civilian Climate Corps from recent climate legislation is a wake-up call for grant makers to increase support for national service programs. Such efforts will allow more young people to respond to the environmental crisis and receive training for careers in the clean energy…