September 14, 2025
December 19, 2024

Lisa Van Zyll Leads NANOE’s Member Relations Team

Lisa Van Zyll, our Member Relations Director, has been an essential part of our team. With more than 30 years of experience in customer service and management, she has earned a reputation as our members’ “best friend.” Lisa approaches her role with warmth, enthusiasm, and an ever-present smile, always committed to helping others. Her passion for supporting those in the nonprofit sector ensures that our members can fulfill their important missions successfully. Lisa continues to […]
January 4, 2025

Crappy Funding Practices Proves, Once Again, Vu Lee Is Bad for Charity

Crappy Funding Practices Proves Vu Lee Is Bad for Charity is another expose of Vu Le, his millennial followers, and the confused Marxist ideology they indulge in at the expense of our sector. Report Crappy Funding Practices, a LinkedIn initiative launched in 2024 by Vu Le and his followers, is one of the worst nonprofit practices I’ve ever encountered. As a donor and professional fundraiser for more than thirty years, and a member of a […]
March 28, 2025

Hall Powell at 86…His Life of Leadership and Faith

Henry “Hall” Powell, Jr. celebrates his 86th birthday this March 31st, and is honored by his peers for his remarkable legacy of leadership in both the nonprofit sector and Christian ministry. This tribute honors a man whose career spans decades and whose influence spans generations. Hall’s life has been defined by service – from raising funds to transform and save lives to guiding others in their walks of faith. Jimmy LaRose, one of Hall’s proteges, […]
April 10, 2025

The Way Major Donors Give During a Recession May Surprise You!

I’ll never forget the time I asked a major donor for a gift during an economic downturn. It was 2008, the market was in freefall, headlines were screaming panic, and everyone in the nonprofit world was tightening their belts. But not Colorado real estate developer Theodore Temple Beckett. Ted, leaned back in his chair, smiled, and said, “Jimmy, you and your organization need my help now more than ever—how much do you need?” That moment stuck […]