SAVE THE DATE: Where Mission Meets Advocacy-SAVE THE DATE! Where Mission Meets Advocacy: Telling Your Story in COVID-19 Based on feedback from Wisconsin nonprofits about their current needs during COVID19, the Wisconsin Nonprofit Resource Group (WisNRG), which counts HBI among its partner organizations, will host a... Read More
HBI Open House-The Helen Bader Institute (HBI) for Nonprofit Management at UWM works to improve the leadership and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations through education, research, and service. Stop in and learn more about the latest initiatives and programming developed to support nonprofits... Read More
HBI Open House-The Helen Bader Institute (HBI) for Nonprofit Management at UWM works to improve the leadership and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations through education, research, and service. Stop in and learn more about the latest initiatives and programming developed to support nonprofits... Read More
Taking a Deeper Dive Into the COVID-19 Effect-We wanted to take a moment to update you on our research actively looking into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related shelter-in-place and social distancing regulations in effect here in Wisconsin. The COVID-19 Effect on Wisconsin’s Nonprofit... Read More
COVID-19 Survey #2 Is Now Live-How have your communities been impacted? The COVID-19 Effect on Wisconsin’s Nonprofit Sector is a statewide collaboration among faculty and staff at many University of Wisconsin System campuses, including UW-Milwaukee, UW-Whitewater, UW-Madison, UW-Green Bay, UW-Parkside, and UW-Oshkosh. As well all... Read More
HBI Open House-The Helen Bader Institute (HBI) for Nonprofit Management at UWM works to improve the leadership and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations through education, research, and service. Stop in and learn more about the latest initiatives and programming developed to support nonprofits... Read More
Civic Health in Wisconsin: Connectedness in Context-A coalition of nonpartisan Wisconsin-based organizations, in partnership with the National Conference on Citizenship, has released the first-ever report on Wisconsin’s civic health. You can find the full inaugural report here. Coalition members include: The UW-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit... Read More
Moving Forward: Considerations for Nonprofit Re-engagement-Navigating the post-pandemic world will be a challenge for nonprofits throughout Wisconsin. The Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, has developed this set of guidelines to aid in this endeavor. Drawn from... Read More
The COVID-19 Effect on the Wisconsin Nonprofit Sector – Report 1 Now Available-The Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, the Institute for Nonprofit Management Studies at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, and our affiliate faculty throughout the UW – System are looking into how... Read More
Community Forum on the Nonprofit Sector-Monday, April 24, 2017
9:00 - 11:00 am The Self-Help Myth: How Philanthropy Fails to Alleviate Poverty
Join Guest Professor Erica Kohl-Arenas for an enthusiastic debate.
Diversity of Nonprofit Boards in Nova Scotia and WI-September 26, 2017 at 5:00-6:00 pm
Diversity of Nonprofit Boards in Nova Scotia and WI: Does it make a difference in organizational performance?
Doug Ihrke, Professor, Public and Nonprofit Administration and Crystal Ellis, PhD Candidate in Africology
Earning THE ASK: a conversation on the fine art of fundraising-Monday, November 6, 2017, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM CST A conversation on the fine art of fundraising
One of the most common questions asked by novice fundraisers is...
How do you ask for money?
Board Development Practices on Public Versus Nonprofit School Boards: Is There a Difference?-October 30, 2017 - 5:00-6:00pm
Governing boards are a critical asset for every public and nonprofit organization. Scholars have found that effective boards are associated with organizations that tend to perform better than those with ineffective boards, in the public and nonprofit sectors.
Neighborhood House: Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the Civil Rights Era-Neighborhood House, established in 1909, was the first social service organization in the young industrial city of Gary, Indiana, and one of four settlement houses that developed in Gary during the Progressive era. As Gary matured into a major city, economically and politically driven by the steel industry and rife with racial segregation, crime, and labor struggles, Neighborhood House adapted to meet the changing needs and resources within its environment.