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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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Responding to the Bangladeshi Factory Collapse: Fix Government or Fix Corporations?
Howard Husock says that preventing future calamities like the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh should be addressed by improving government, rather than corporate manufacturers. We say he’s half-right.
Alabama’s Persistent Nonprofit/For-Profit War Extends to Animal Clinics
An unusual Alabama law threatens the operation of nonprofit spay/neuter clinics…and a new bill in the state senate could make things worse.
Social Impact Bonds in Big Society: A Bird’s Eye View
The Hudson Foundation’s William Schambra interviewed U.K. Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd, and got the genial, if jet-lagged, Tory to speak freely.
Institute for International Sport Director Arraigned On 18 Counts
A charismatic, well connected and well-funded founder of a high profile nonprofit is finally indicted after an investigation that lasted more than a year. What is he alleged to have done? Do you have a few hours?
Food Giveaways by Nationalist Group Called “Racist and Xenophobic”
Is it right to stop charitable donations of food from reaching the hungry if it comes from a reprehensible source?
400,000 Untested Rape Kits – Nonprofits Take the Issue on
Why do hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits sit in police departments around the country, essentially allowing some perpetrators to escape and continue their predatory behavior? Nonprofit advocacy organizations such as Test400k and the Joyful Heart Foundation (founded by Law & Order SVU star Mariska Hargitay) aim to completely change this.
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