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Tenants Don't Want Nonprofit to Become Their New Landlord
September 8, 2010; Wall Street Journal | Fed up with the disrepair their buildings have fallen into, residents say they don't think that New Hope Community, Inc., a nonprofit that currently manages over 1000 low-income apartments in Harlem, has the wherewithal to do the needed renovations.—Bruce Trachtenberg
Declining Workplace Campaigns and the Solution Posed
September 8, 2010; Charlotte Observer | Campaigns in Charlotte, North Carolina, by the United Way and the Arts and Science Council have each declined 30% in recent years, so the Foundation for the Carolinas convened a task Force to try to figure out what could be done.—Ruth McCambridge
Are HUD Rules Too Restrictive? Or Is This CDC Off Topic?
September 8, 2010; Post-Standard | In Syracuse, N.Y., a nonprofit community development group—and a member of the NeighborWorks network—contends that federal housing program rules are too restrictive.—Rick Cohen
Glenn Beck’s Nonprofit Ties
August 28, 2010; Salon | Some of the lesser known players wandering past the dais at Beck’s Restoring Honor gathering last week should be of interest to those in the nonprofit sector if they have questions about the nonprofit values underlying the rally.—Rick Cohen
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Donor Disclosure: NY Times Assails the Politician/Charity Link in Editorial
September 8, 2010; New York Times | NPQ has been hammering away at the often-found links between charity and politicians for some time, so we are glad to see a major newspaper calling for better regulations for full disclosure.—Ruth McCambridge
Seattle Foundation Tries Something New
September 8, 2010; Seattle Times | Is the Seattle Foundation under former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice demonstrating the next phase of the evolution of community foundations—that is, in terms of how community foundations raise and dispense money?—Rick Cohen
Failed Community Center Receives Unusual Reprieve
September 8, 2010; The Chronicle-Telegram | In Lorain, Ohio, the St. Joseph Community Center is apparently too important to fail and so the city has devised an unusual “ownership” structure to keep it open.—Ruth McCambridge
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