DANA to host Annual Budget Update and Advocacy Workshop in Georgetown
For Immediate Release: Georgetown, DE – February marked the beginning of the Delaware Joint Finance Committee hearings on the State budget. Nonprofits are significant partners with State government in delivering services to the community. The budget proposed by former Governor Markell could have a considerable impact on the ability for nonprofits to serve their clients. The Delaware Alliance […]
Insights for Nonprofit Board Members and Leaders to help them advance their mission
For Immediate Release: Wilmington, DE – With increased demand for services, and shifting and shrinking funding resources, nonprofits in Delaware are pressured more than ever to work more effectively and efficiently. The current $350 million funding gap in the State budget, reduced corporate philanthropy dollars also makes it important for nonprofits to be able to articulate their impact […]
Employees of nonprofits that receive state government funds breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday when lawmakers voted to spare them from budget cuts. “We couldn’t believe it,” said Jim Purcell, president of Communities in Schools of Delaware, after watching the Joint Finance Committee vote. “I think they really looked at the nonprofit community and the impact that we’re […]
More than 275 members of the state’s nonprofit community attended the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement Annual conference at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. Keynote speaker Hildy Gottlieb shared an innovative method of reshaping questions in order to bring out the best in people and situations as part of the event’s theme of “catalytic leadership.” From left: Michael Kumer, Hildy […]
Statewide, March 15, 2022 – DANA, the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement, and Philanthropy Delaware introduced SHARE Delaware as the State’s first comprehensive resource for information on Delaware nonprofits and their program locations – all in one searchable database. Thanks to generous support by Discover Bank and Christiana Care an updated SHARE Delaware website with […]
Board Succession Planning: A Critical – and Often Missed – Aspect of Good Governance
by Pamela Leland, DANA Chief Learning Officer In my service to nonprofit organizations over the years, one of the saddest things I ever witnessed was a founding board president stand up in a large public gathering and ask for a volunteer to take over her role as President of the organization. In hearing this plea […]
