SouthWest Organizing Project: Lifting up the Common Good in New Mexico
Written by Alicia Lueras Maldonado Over the next few weeks, the Building Movement Project will highlight the work of our allies in New Mexico and how they are contributing to […]
Category: Service and Social Change
A Snapshot of the State of Nonprofits in New Mexico
Written by Tina Law Today, we are releasing, “Working Towards the Common Good: A Preview of Findings from the 2014 New Mexico Nonprofit Survey.” This brief provides a preview of data […]
Common Good in New Mexico
Written by Frances Kunreuther This Halloween I was in New Mexico presenting at the New Mexico Association of Grantmakers conference with my colleagues Andrea Plaza executive director of Encuentro, Jenny Metzler […]
Post-Election Wake-Up Call
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld In the wake of Tuesday’s elections, I was left wondering how many nonprofits had registered and turned out voters. This year’s midterms will probably be remembered […]
Help Us to Tell the Story of New Mexico Nonprofits
Written by Tina Law Today we are launching the 2014 New Mexico Nonprofit Survey. This survey effort is being led by BMP, in partnership with many New Mexico nonprofits such as Albuquerque […]
BMP Conference Sessions on Community Engagement
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Austin may be famed for the South by Southwest music festival, but from September 17 to 19, it was the gathering place for nonprofit leaders, capacity […]
Persistent Poverty, New Roles for Service Providers and Advocates
Written by Tina Law This week, the Census Bureau released its annual data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the U.S. On the whole, little change occurred in 2013: the […]
Just Bread
Written by Aaron Handelsman The Capuchin Soup Kitchen (CSK) used to be called The Charity Guild. It first opened its doors in Detroit in 1929 with a mission of feeding the poor. […]
The Next Generation of Leaders We Really Need in Detroit
Written by Linda Campbell In addition to being on the BMP Project Team, Linda Campbell is a CSI fellow and has been a convener of the People’s Platform in Detroit. This […]
Announcing New Partnership with the Alliance for Nonprofit Management
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld The Building Movement Project and the Alliance for Nonprofit Management are excited to announce that we are joining forces to create the “Nonprofits Integrating Community Engagement” project. NICE […]