The landmark billboard from nonprofit Stop Handgun Violence is leaving its home along the Mass Pike. Until its successor can be installed, three dozen smaller signs will spring up to replace it.
Wikileaks and NYT Partner to Release Secret TPP Treaty Text
Wikileaks and the New York Times collaborate on an unusual project—revealing hitherto secret details of the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
Changes to NYC Program for Mentally Ill Endanger Thousands
New York’s housing program for homeless people with mental illness is at risk as state deadline looms.
Wither the Assets after this Nonprofit Hospital is Sold?
In the aftermath of the sale of a nonprofit hospital, all of the board directors of the related foundation were “fired” and are to be replaced. Is that possible?
The Next Foundation Challenge in Detroit: A Bankrupt Public Education System
The Grand Bargain may have saved the collection of the Detroit Institute of Art and helped the city deal with the pension obstacle in emerging from bankruptcy, but Detroit’s problems are hardly over. Example no. 1: the Detroit Public Schools.
PILOTs Move Forward in Philly
The Philadelphia City Council adopts a non-binding resolution to seek payments in lieu of taxes from large nonprofit institutions in the City of Brotherly Love.
Illinois’s Donors Forum Challenges SOI of State Budget Cuts
A different nonprofit approach to proposed state budget cuts: the Donors Forum in Illinois tells legislators about the quantitative social return on investment that the state gets from funding the nonprofit sector.
Nonprofit Advocacy Lowers Cost of Drugs for HIV/AIDS
Advocacy groups within the HIV/AIDS community have scored a success, but there’s more to be done to make treatments affordable.
How Philanthropy Props Up Public Services and Why We Should Care
Philanthropic support for public services is increasing rapidly, and we should be concerned about the long-term implications on a number of fronts—in particular, the tendency of private funding of such services as schools and parks to exacerbate rather than eliminate financial and geographic inequities and to reduce public accountability and citizen access.
Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in America
This article, originally published by the Urban Institute, presents nine charts illustrating why it is that wealth inequality, in particular as it pertains to race, persists in the United States.
One Wikipedia Approach to Ensuring Diversity in Volunteer Editors
Wikipedia has been actively working with nonprofits to support edit-a-thons aimed at ensuring that contributors of content are diverse.
Indiana Passes Controversial Religious Freedom Law Sanctioning LGBT Discrimination
Indiana passes a law that will allow business owners to refuse service to anyone they perceive as restricting their religious freedom—like the LGBT community.