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BP Oil Spill Settlements to Nonprofits: Mechanics and Lessons
Do nonprofits have a right to claim economic losses when disaster hits? In the wake of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill in 2010, nonprofits suffered losses just like any other businesses in the impacted parts of the Gulf Coast. The new BP oil spill settlement process for making claims of economic losses is important for the region’s nonprofits to access—and for the nation’s nonprofits to understand if and when the next man-made, BP-type calamity hits.
One Foundation Ad, Two Messages for Child Abuse
A clever advertisement sends two different messages to the viewer based on their height, aiming to reach youth impacted by child abuse.
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Few things are more loathed by the public than taxes, and our cultural models encourage us to view government as something to be resisted and our tax system as a ...
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In Shelby County, Tenn., a Case Study in Government Grant Choices
In Tennessee, the Shelby County Commission is looking to trim allocations to nonprofits. If you were working on the county’s budget, what nonprofits would you fund or defund?
What Is “Education Reform” and Who “Owns” the Term?
The term “education reform” has often been branded as a kind of reform associated with charter schools and high-stakes testing, but there are other means of education reform.
Conn. Gov. Proposes Bonds for Nonprofit Infrastructure
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy says that his budget includes a new way for the state to invest in the infrastructure of nonprofits.
Private Nonprofits, Public Funding: What Disclosure Is Required?
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.
In Smog-Choked China, Political Performance Art in “Selling” Air
As air pollution levels go off the charts in China and U.S. childhood asthma rates rise, Chen Guangbiao is engaging in political performance art by selling three varieties of air.
City of Flagstaff May Eliminate United Way as Middleman
In the cash-squeezed City of Flagstaff, budget choices are leading city officials to consider cutting its grant to the United Way due, in part, to overhead. What would that mean to local nonprofits?
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