Category Archives: Nonprofit Management

Zoo to Old Kings Arena Site

Posted on November 6, 2018 by David H Lukenbill

This is a wonderful idea, as reported by the Sacramento Bee. What we really like about the Sacramento Zoo is that it’s an example of how well a nonprofit can manage, in contract with the city, a priceless public heritage; … Continue reading →

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Saving Central Park

Posted on May 15, 2018 by David H Lukenbill

A great review of the book, Saving Central Park: A History and a Memoir, by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, on how it was done, providing a philosophical guidebook to saving our own Parkway, from the Wall Street Journal, and it is … Continue reading →

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Money May Help Parkway, Then Again, it May Not

Posted on August 22, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

This article in the Sacramento Bee makes a good case that increasing the amount of money to the Parkway may help resolve the illegal camping destroying it, but history shows little change, regardless of the newest strategy—and there have been … Continue reading →

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County Discusses Parkway

Posted on July 14, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

I listened to this discussion outlined in this Sacramento Bee article and was reminded of how difficult it is for government to manage at the ground level and how much better the Parkway would be under management of a nonprofit … Continue reading →

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Philanthropy Helping America

Posted on October 19, 2016 by David H Lukenbill

As this article—an excerpt from a newly published book—from Philanthropy Roundtable reports, the help is considerable. An excerpt. Philanthropy is a very big part of what makes America America. Start with the brute numbers: Our nonprofit sector now employs 11 … Continue reading →

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State Conservancy Support

Posted on August 30, 2016 by David H Lukenbill

While this supportive article in the Sacramento Bee about the proposed legislation establishing a state parkway conservancy is accurate on the benefits, and sentiments, it fails to mention (while noting the homeless camping problem) the inability of the current Parkway … Continue reading →

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Birthing a Nonprofit

Posted on April 19, 2016 by David H Lukenbill

I have started several nonprofits over the years—ARPPS being one—and this article accurately examines the moment birthing begins and the process, from Nonprofit Quarterly. An excerpt. There is a classic philosophical problem called the “sorites paradox,” or “paradox of the … Continue reading →

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Philanthropy in America

Posted on February 17, 2016 by David H Lukenbill

It is responsible for so much of what makes this an exceptional country (if the Parkway ever comes under nonprofit daily management as we propose, philanthropy would vastly increase its funding) and this article from Philanthropy Magazine introducing a new resource is … Continue reading →

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State Parkway Conservancy

Posted on January 29, 2016 by David H Lukenbill

As reported in the Sacramento Bee, legislation is being introduced that would create a state conservancy for the Parkway. While the elements of more money and more representative leadership on the board are good, the aspect that essentially gives the … Continue reading →

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L.A. River’s Linear Central Park

Posted on October 29, 2015 by David H Lukenbill

It is in the plans, as this story from the Los Angeles Times reports and reminds us that is exactly what the American River Parkway is and why we use the Central Park Conservancy as our model of how the … Continue reading →

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