New name, leadership for NCNA.(Who ... When ... Where ... How ... WHAT?)(National Council of Nonprofit Associations changed name

With a new executive director in place and new leadership amidst its board members, the National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA) will change its name to the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) by next year.

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The new moniker aims to show that the national group represents its more than 22,000 members and nonprofits, avoiding confusion about what exactly it is as an association. "It's for people to see, this is a movement," said Doug Sauer, chair of the organization's board and chief executive officer of the Council of Community Services of New York State. The change also aims to get away from the stigma and confusion about what exactly nonprofit associations are, he said, and have members feel more connected to the local network.

The name change is partly about membership, whether the organization is viewed as a true nonprofit or more of a trade association. It will be left up to the new leadership as to how and when the new name will be implemented. The organization's 41 members approved a new executive director, Tim Delaney, in addition to the name change. There also are some new, younger leadership on the group's board, Sauer said, who haven't been around since the NCNA's inception in 1990.

Sauer said four of the roughly 41 member states voted against the name change, largely the same ones who had concerns about moving to a federated model.

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