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10 best practices for nonprofit financial management
In professor Jessica Berrett’s Nonprofit Financial Management class at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, graduate students from the College of Public Service compiled a list of best practices to guide nonprofits in managing their finances effectively. While some insights are supported by current research, others reflect valuable real-world experience and strategies. Together, these recommendations…
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Empty Stocking Fund: Mercy’s Gate lifts the ‘working poor’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The financial assistance that comes from the association by Mercy’s Gate with The Empty Stocking Fund is invaluable, but there are other benefits; not only does it help inform the general community about the faith-based organization, it has the potential to reach those who may…
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Wine Guy: Pink wines continue to grow in popularity
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I have been touting the pleasures of dry rosé for two decades. So I have been gratified over the past two years to see pink wines finally gaining appreciation in this country. Of course, sweet “blush” wines have been popular for years, but industry publications…
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Reflections on The Broadmoor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Unfortunately, I never met Spencer Penrose. He died in 1939, and I was not born until 1941. Despite our paths never crossing, I know him well; back in 1892, he was the junior partner of…
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The hog days, silverware in the swill, and a buried tusk in the fairway
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some time ago, during the early years of The Broadmoor, Spencer Penrose decided the hotel produced too much waste and his costs were much higher than acceptable. An impatient man, he decided to take the…
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Review: Colorado College Summer Music Festival orchestra concert touches all the bases
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three staples of the repertoire, three wondrous performances, and three very different impacts. Had they been in the audience, the composers of the music offered at the first Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestra concert…
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Review: Split personality faculty concert delivers a wallop at Colorado College
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With apologies to Charles Dickens, Monday’s Faculty Artist Concert in Packard Hall at the 2018 Colorado College Summer Music Festival earned the right to be titled “A Tale of Two Concerts.” Superb and electric performances…
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Blame pie to go around, including big slice for governor, in Colorado transportation failure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado General Assembly just ended a reasonably good 120-day legislative session, but the legislators and the governor “kicked the can” down the highway on one major challenge. A major state highway financing bill failed…
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New powers and old problems as 2017 state legislature opens
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado General Assembly, which begins its 2017 session Wednesday, will again be a divided branch (a Senate with 18 Republicans and 17 Democrats and a House with 37 Democrats and 28 Republicans). Overall, however,…
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Best and Brightest:
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This is the 23rd of 25 profiles about The Gazette’s Best and Brightest Class of 2016. A knee injury changed Brooke Shade’s plans of playing college basketball. At this time last year, the Liberty High…