Publications

In 2025, the Goodman Nonprofit Center's inaugural year of operations, the Center's staff built a strong financial foundation, convened an experienced Advisors’ Council, mapped a clear program strategy and launched our flagship initiative: the Goodman Nonprofit Fellowship. The confusion sowed by the rush of federal policy changes that coincided with the Center's launch made its mission even more important. ...

Through this project, a core research team has scanned available information on policy shifts and anticipated impacts, monitoring phases and developments of executive orders, legislation, and government disruption, and gathering information from regional experts and organizations in the field....

Next month, 21 Madison area nonprofit leaders will embark on a transformative journey at the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Nonprofit Center. As part of the inaugural cohort of the Goodman Nonprofit Fellowship Program, these leaders will meet monthly to develop their leadership talents and strengthen their skills to strengthen their capacity for running their organizations....

In June, The Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of the Capital Times, announced a $500,000 grant over two years in support of the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Nonprofit Center. This gift brings Goodman Nonprofit Center closer to reaching its full potential for providing professional resources for nonprofit organizations in the Greater Madison Area....

The start of programming at the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Nonprofit Center is getting closer with the announcement that Andy Davey, former Director of Research & Advocacy at Madison Community Foundation, has been selected as the Center’s new Director. Davey was chosen as the inaugural Director after an extensive search process....

United Way of Dane County announced that it is joining Madison Community Foundation (MCF) as a Founding Partner for the new Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Nonprofit Center, providing ongoing annual funds to support the Center’s programming. This brings the Center closer to realizing its full potential for providing professional resources for nonprofit organizations in the Greater Madison area....

The Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Nonprofit Center has moved one step closer to realizing its full potential for providing professional resources for nonprofit organizations in the Greater Madison area thanks to a new $1 million grant from the Roots & Wings Foundation....

A $5 million lead gift from the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Foundation will help endow the new Goodman Nonprofit Center, which is being developed by Madison Community Foundation. This center will address a critical gap in professional resources for nonprofit organizations. ...

A co-authored research article by Andy Davey and Sharon Lezberg. The aim of this research was to identify the most important needs and determine how funders, educational institutions and other organizations serving nonprofits could better contribute to stronger organizations and a stronger nonprofit sector. ...

The number of nonprofit organizations in Dane County has doubled in the last two decades. To what degree is this proliferation indicative of a nonprofit sector that’s healthy and vibrant or full of redundancies and confusion? What does the sector need to meet the challenges facing our community?...