The Humanitarian & Development NGOs domain at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations convenes a study group on NGOs and Development.  
The next study group session, titled Measuring NGO Performance: Difficulties, Dilemmas and A Way Ahead, …

At the end of August, Neil McCullagh sat down with Ruth Allen, Mercy Corps’ Global Advisor for Community Mobilization, Governance and Partnerships, to discuss the release of Mercy Corps’ Guide to Community Mobilization Programming.  This …

On Monday, the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program at the Aspen Institute released Mobilizing Change: 10 Nonprofit Policy Proposals to Strengthen U.S. Communities.  Full disclosure: I helped edit the paper and wrote much of the …

Regarding mechanisms to raise and distribute funds in the wake of emergencies, it might be productive to revisit lessons from my experience with hurricane Katrina.  I arrived in Louisiana 10 days after the storm and …