In the face of the demand for changes to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a pizzeria has become the poster child for the opposite point of view.
Hail to the Houndstooth: The Distinctive Charitable Fundraising Arm of the University of Alabama
The unusual situation of the Crimson Tide Foundation isn’t just that it purchased the home of University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban and ferries him and potential ’Bama players around during recruiting trips in a foundation-owned airplane, but that the 501(c)(3) foundation doesn’t feel the need, legally or otherwise, to file a Form 990 with the IRS.
Spring Cleaning? Before You Donate It…
It’s spring here in the US, so for many that means it’s time for the “big clean”. We dig into our closets, find a pile of tired clothes, and dump them at the Salvation Army or Goodwill. Maybe Oxfam if you’re in London.
Bad Taste or Political Naïveté? Anonymous Threatens Israel with an “Electronic Holocaust”
When Anonymous threatened to unleash an “electronic holocaust” to “erase” Israel from cyberspace, they failed to understand the meaning and symbolism of those words to Jews as a political agenda, no matter how much activists may oppose the policies of the Netanyahu government toward Palestinians.
Clothing Label Campaign Will Reveal Sweatshop of Horrors
The Canadian Fair Trader Network’s new campaign reveals the shocking realities of sweatshop workers, starting a dialogue with shoppers on how “the label doesn’t tell the whole story.”
The Sweet Briar Donor Acknowledgement Letter Used in Suit to Block School’s Closing
Two weeks before the board and president of Sweet Briar voted to close the school, a million-dollar commitment from an unaware donor was gratefully accepted.
Rebranding Sacramento through “The Art of the Dumpster”
Local artists come together to spruce up their overly industrialized community with a tongue-in-cheek art project.
L.A. Mayor Commits to Housing All of City’s Homeless Vets
There are more than 4,000 homeless veterans in L.A., and the mayor has made a commitment to house every one of them by year’s end.
Fix This Now: California Endowment Mulls Divesting from Indiana Businesses
In one of many points of protest, The California Endowment has written to Indiana-based Anthem, in which it invests, to say it is reviewing its Indiana-based investments.
Ellen Pao’s Gender Discrimination Suit and the Implications for Nonprofits
Ellen Pao lost her gender discrimination case against VC firm Kleiner Perkins, but she brought the question of gender discrimination in the Silicon Valley high-tech sector to the public’s attention—and it’s not going to go away.
The Story of the Soft Plea Deal Given to Nonprofit Felon William Rapfogel
Seventy-nine letters from powerful New York and national Jewish nonprofit and political leaders on behalf of the Met Council’s William Rapfogel, leader of a $9 million theft from the venerable anti-poverty agency, helped get the felon a soft plea-bargained deal.
The Hunger Game: Beasty Wins Facebook’s Social Good App of the Year
A social good video game app that capitalizes on convenience and fun spotlights the movement to digitize charity.