Community Comes Together for Nonprofit 911: What's Next?

Today, 8 Neighbors, a collaborative group which includes the Center for Nonprofit Advancement and seven other organizations serving the Greater Washington region, convened “Nonprofit 911: What’s Next?” to explore the economic realities of Washington, DC area nonprofits and the people they serve.


Board members, funders, executives and other key leaders in the nonprofit, business and government arenas came together to share what has worked (and what has not) in 2009 and to discuss the outlook for the months and year ahead.

Click here to download the report shared with attendees of "Nonprofit 911: What's Next?"

Click here for additional findings from the Center’s survey of the region’s nonprofits.

Click here for live posts on Twitter from the meeting.

Click here for event photos.

This 8 Neighbors event was hosted by the Center for Nonprofit Advancement, the Community Foundation of the National Capital Region, the Greater Washington Board of Trade, Leadership Greater Washington, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington, United Way of the National Capital Area and the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers.

Charitable Donations Fall in 2008

Giving USA has released their annual report on charitable giving in the United States. Among the findings, while charitable giving surpassed $300 billion for the second year in a row, it represents a 2 percent decline in current dollars over 2007. This is only the third decline in current dollars since Giving USA began publishing its annual report in 1956.

Click here to learn more about the report as covered by NPR's Morning Edition (including comments from Center CEO Glen O'Gilvie and Center member N Street Village).

Click here for a transcript of a discussion hosted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy with the report's author and two fundraising consultants involved with gathering the data.

Interested in learning more about giving, the economy and the impact locally? See results of 2009 and 2008 surveys by the Center for Nonprofit Advancement.