RecognizeGood: A New Marketing Tool for Nonprofits

I recently learned about a great new way for nonprofits to gain more visibility and awareness in the internet community. RecognizeGood is the brain child of the Samaritan Counseling Center and John Bosch, Jr. Basically, anyone can use the site to give internet shout-outs and kudos. The idea is that when someone has witnessed or [...]

Lights. Camera. Help.

Here at Greenlights we try to promote innovation (one  of our core values), so I was thrilled to learn about this great new opportunity for nonprofits to get creative, be innovative, and engage in new forms of media. Typically limited to informational videos, news interviews and the like, nonprofits haven’t traditionally been known for their [...]

Nonprofit Capacity Building Program Needs Your Support

Last Tuesday, Senator Max Baucus introduced the Nonprofit Capacity Building Act (NCBA) in the US Senate to much applause from the nonprofit community. This bill would allocate $25 million to the Corporation for National and Community Service to make matching grants to intermediary nonprofit training and technical assistance entities (e.g., management support organizations like Greenlights, [...]

The Meadows helps nonprofits get through the woods

In the face of the economic downturn, nonprofits are losing an important base of funding: individual contributions. As Americans are losing their jobs and watching their retirement and other savings plummet to almost nothing, they’re feeling the pinch and have less to give. At the same time, the basic need for shelter, food, and clothing [...]