Articles Related to Leadership
Judge Is What I Do, John Is Who I Am
Feb 18 2017Related to: Communications & Marketing, Related to: Leadership
In the courtroom, Judge John Romero works to be a positive, compassionate force in the lives of families across New Mexico.
The CallingSitting in the lunchroom of a retail store, a young man watches President Nixon resign on live television. The Watergate scandal is unraveling, it is fall of 1974. This young... Read Article
Planting the Seeds of Change
Feb 15 2017Related to: Communications & Marketing, Related to: Leadership
After a lifetime of nurturing his own liberation, community activist and organizer Arturo Sandoval is helping New Mexican families grow their way out of oppression.
On an evening in 1896, under the cover of the northern New Mexico night, Leonardo Salazar prepared to cut down fences and reclaim land. He was a... Read Article
Grandmother to All
Feb 15 2017Related to: Communications & Marketing, Related to: Leadership
Dr. Mary Dudley smiles every time she talks about children, families and poetry. They remind her about life cycles, which she loves to see in the generations of trees and plants.
Since Dudley moved to New Mexico, she has become an educator, a home visitor, director for the Family Development Program and co-... Read Article
The Validation of Community
Feb 3 2017Related to: Communications & Marketing, Related to: Leadership
Recognizing Personal BiasIt was the mid-1960s and a young Chicano man from New Mexico was sitting on a bus in Chicago on his way back home after work. As the bus drove through the city’s different neighborhoods the demographics of the people changed. Eventually, the young man realized he was the only person on the bus... Read Article
IRS Releases Updated Form 990-EZ To Help Exempt Orgs Avoid Errors
Feb 2 2017Related to: Board Development, Related to: Financial Management, Related to: Leadership
New Form 990-EZThe IRS announced the release of an updated Form 990-EZ, Short Form Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, that will help tax-exempt organizations avoid common mistakes when filing their annual return.
The updated Form 990-EZ includes 29 “help” icons describing... Read Article
Nonprofits Need to Stand Together to Push for Smart Public Policies
Jan 12 2017Related to: Advocacy, Related to: Collaboration, Related to: Leadership
During the last six years, extreme partisan gridlock in the nation’s capital acted like a shield protecting nonprofits and foundations against federal policy threats: Republican majorities in Congress could ignore harmful proposals from President Obama (such as limits on charitable deductions), and he could veto... Read Article
Volunteer Service Summit- March 23-24
Jan 11 2017Related to: Leadership, Related to: Volunteer Management
2017 Service SummitThe New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism (NMCCV) is hosting a Service Summit on March 23 and 24. The programming on March 24 is free and open to nonprofit staff and volunteers. Registration will open on February 27.
The summit will provide robust professional development opportunities... Read Article
New Mexico Nonprofits, Your Input is Needed by Jan 16!
Dec 5 2016Related to: Advocacy, Related to: Collaboration, Related to: Communications & Marketing, Related to: Evaluation, Related to: Leadership
Please take the 2016 New Mexico Nonprofit Survey.We are excited to let you know that the 2016 New Mexico Nonprofit Survey is online, and your input is more critical than ever. This survey will provide valuable information on... Read Article
Not Forgotten Outreach, ED Report 2015
Dec 4 2016Related to: Advocacy, Related to: Leadership
Direct Services Provided To 3,698 NM Military FamiliesAs Executive Director, I am pleased to report that in 2015, Not Forgotten Outreach, Inc. (NFO) provided adaptive and non-adaptive recreational/therapeutic activities to 3,698 military families from New Mexico and 26 different states from around the nation. 1,311 were from Taos... Read Article
Be a Peer Reviewer for AmeriCorps
Oct 24 2016Related to: Leadership, Related to: Volunteer Management
Volunteer as an AmeriCorps State Grant ReviewerThe New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism (NMCCV) generally conducts a peer review process each fall and spring to review AmeriCorps State grant applications. Participating in a review is an excellent opportunity for professional development and service. Peer... Read Article