As charitable giving retrenches in a difficult economy, John Seffrin is planning for a leaner organizational structure and a more focused strategic plan at the American Cancer Society. Like many donor-funded groups, it faces a new reality in the nonprofit community, where individual donations are smaller and financial firms that once bankrolled their mission have collapsed. For the Atlanta-based health organization, it means tightening the budget, which topped $450 million in the past year. Fewer funds will be available to the group’s mission, which includes funding research, expanding health care access and shepherding an army of 7,000 staff and three million… Read More