Caught between the sequester and President Obama’s FY2014 budget proposals, USAID faces calls for reform and restructuring.

While attention is given to the impact of sequestration on furloughed air-traffic controllers, some cuts leave a more visceral wound on the body politic—and specifically the nonprofit sector.

The President’s FY2014 budget proposal is out!  What does it say to the nonprofit sector?  Rick Cohen does a deep dive into the budget to find implications for nonprofits—much more than the charitable deduction.  Read Part I here, Part II next week.  

Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich have provided a useful service in explaining—unwittingly—the limitations of philanthropy in replacing governmental funding.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has revised its state-by-state analysis of sequestration cuts. After a while, it’s just so many numbers, right? But there are real people in trouble behind these numbers.

According to the National Association of Community Health Centers, budget sequestration could result in some 900,000 patients without access to regular healthcare.

“When somebody asked me about the sequester, I said it’s stupid, stupid, stupid,” said Erskine Bowles. Yet many in Congress don’t seem particularly concerned about their fiduciary duties.

With the clock ticking on a potential budget sequestration, a new survey finds that a majority of Americans are opposed to government funding cuts to almost every program.

From ads on windows to toilet paper, public libraries are considering allowing advertising into previously ad-free spaces to help fill gaps created by funding shortages.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded a record $20 billion in nonprofit hospital debt in 2012, citing concerns about reimbursement rates, slow insurance payment rates and other issues.

This may be the future: a politically controlled archipelago of chapters of a nonprofit that originated in the White House and that is prepared to push for the president’s State of the Union agenda.

Nonprofits in Flagstaff, Ariz. are likely breathing a sigh of relief after the Flagstaff City Council decided not to address some of its budget issues by cutting a United Way grant.

What did President Barack Obama say about sequestration? Independent Sector sounds the alarm about the charitable deduction, but where is the concern for America’s social safety net?

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy says that his budget includes a new way for the state to invest in the infrastructure of nonprofits.

The case of the nonprofit Community Care Collaborative in Central Texas points to some unanswered questions about what is required of nonprofits accepting government funding.

New York is halfway through its public hearings process on proposed new regulations that would require more disclosure from 501(c)(4) groups engaged in election spending.

The Texas state legislature has cut the state’s family planning programs by two-thirds (or $73 million), but its “Choose Life” plates may provide $30,000 for adoption services.

Are nonprofits prepared to speak up during what Politico calls “the three-step fiscal fight?” The stakes are high, but an inside-the-Beltway strategy may not work for nonprofits.

As President Barack Obama’s campaign apparatus converts to an ongoing 501(c)(4) advocacy organization, will it primarily serve to advance progressive causes or the Obama administration?

The local government in Ashland, Ore. released a request for proposals to establish a one-stop social services center for homeless people, but no nonprofits submitted a response. Why?

In Florida, a nonprofit that uses prison labor manufactures license plates and now confronts the state government that is looking to contract the work out to a private vendor.

With a five-year, $150 million pledge from the Kresge Foundation to support the Detroit Future City plan, other struggling U.S. municipalities will likely be looking closely at Detroit.

A report recently released by the Migration Policy Institute finds that spending on immigration enforcement exceeds that of all other criminal federal law enforcement agencies combined.

Despite the “saving” of the charitable deduction and the renewal of the IRA rollover post-fiscal cliff, the resource problems of community-based, human service, anti-poverty, and advocacy nonprofits are all but assured to continue.

In the wake of health care reform, states have the option to work through nonprofit health care insurers and deliverers to contain Medicaid costs. Are states taking advantage of the opportunity?

Even the Tea Party’s all-but-libertarian former FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey is appalled by massive secret campaign donations. “I have never seen anything like this before,” he says.

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids reports that state spending on anti-tobacco programs is at its lowest level since 1998. We suspect states are using tobacco settlement money for other purposes.

President Obama has reversed his position on accepting unlimited corporate donations to pay for the costs of his inauguration. Is his former resolve to get tough on corporations wavering?

Taking preventive action, a number of AIDS activists stripped down to their birthday suits at the office.

There is a burgeoning debate happening about how to eradicate poverty in the U.S., with perspectives from the left and right – much needed in the aftermath of the radio silence during the presidential election.