Follow-up Survey Shows How COVID-19 Continues to Impact Wisconsin Nonprofits
Wisconsin’s nonprofit sector has stepped up to meet increased needs for support in the wake of COVID-19 and have found creative ways to safely pursue their missions. But nonprofit organizations have also faced significant challenges. …
August 17, 2021
Co-Create Connects Community and Campus to Answer Important Questions
The above image shows Co-Create Director Amy Hilgendorf sharing a report generated by a Co-Create facilitated community input process, at the CommNS Spring 2019 event focused on “Where Mission Meets Advocacy.” Since 2018, the Center …
August 16, 2021
Learn More About Organizational Structures Within the Mission-Based Food Production Movement
The Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies (CommNS) Executive Director Mary Beth Collins and Co-Create Graduate Research Assistant Allison Hellenbrand recently collaborated on an article entitled “Choosing the Right Structure for Organizations Participating in the …
July 28, 2021
Thank You to Our AmeriCorps VISTA Member!
This past year the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies (CommNS) has been fortunate to host AmeriCorps VISTA member Adrienne Theune as part of the Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA project. AmeriCorps VISTA members help local …
July 12, 2021Recording Available for CommUniversity Session: “Whether and How to Form a Nonprofit”
The CommNS partnered with the UW-Madison Law School and Marquette Law School to offer an in-demand CommUniversity session this past April. The session was titled “Whether and How to Form a Nonprofit,” and presenters were: …
June 14, 2021
CommNS Teams Present at Madison Nonprofit Day
Members of the CommNS Team had a great time once again this year at Madison Nonprofit Day. This event is always a great opportunity to connect and learn with others working in the sector, and …
May 31, 2021
Congratulations, farewells and hellos at the CommNS
The end of the academic year always brings the bittersweetness of bidding farewell — and saying thank you — to our student team members who are graduating. Congratulations to the following Master of Science in …
May 21, 2021
WisNRG Town Hall Informs Development of a Nonprofit Resource Inventory
The Wisconsin Nonprofit Resources Group (WisNRG) is an effort by the CommNS and the Morgridge Center to connect Wisconsin nonprofit organizations to the resources they need. WisNRG participants convene regularly to share events and opportunities …
April 27, 2021
Get to Know the CommNS
The CommNS Knowledge website has been undergoing some big changes over the past few months. The site is now the official online home of the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies (the CommNS), a Center …
March 24, 2021
Fall 2020
The sixth CommNS Ties newsletter, with updates from the spring and summer of 2020. Download here
November 6, 2020
New Study Shows the “COVID-19 Effect” on Wisconsin’s Nonprofit Sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic impacts on Wisconsin communities and nonprofit organizations. Nonprofits are often at the front lines of the COVID-19 response, given that the epidemic has caused a spike in community demand …
July 29, 2020
“COVID-19 + Third Sector” Resources, Materials, Insights, Opportunities
Friends and Colleagues: We are starting a collection of information and resources related to COVID-19 and the Third Sector. Please check it out here. We will be updating and adding to it regularly. Anyone with …
April 1, 2020
The Great “Reveal” of Critical Third Sector Questions in the COVID19 Era
Mary Beth Collins, J.D. M.S., Executive Director of the UW-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies. Even at this relatively early moment in what I have come to think of as the “COVID19 Era”, it …
March 27, 2020
Early Winter 2020
The fifth CommNS Ties newsletter, with updates from the fall of 2020. Download here
January 6, 2020
Late Summer 2019
The fourth CommNS Ties newsletter, with updates from the spring and summer of 2019. Download here
September 6, 2019
Early Summer 2019
The third CommNS Ties newsletter, with updates from the spring of 2019. Download here
July 6, 2019
Winter 2019
The second CommNS Ties newsletter, with updates from the fall and winter of 2018. Download here
February 6, 2019
Fall 2018
The first CommNS Ties newsletter, with updates from the spring and summer of 2018. Download here
December 6, 2018
Timely updates on the nonprofit sector, community efforts, and civil society.