Friction between a key union and the city’s political leadership regarding two city-related nonprofits comes back to haunt Los Angeles.
Internet Rights are Civil Rights: New Foundation Initiative Announced
On Wednesday, a daylong event in New York launched the NetGain project, which will explore and spark action on the intersection between civil society and the future of the internet.
#MuslimLivesMatter: The Killing of 3 Young Community Volunteers
Truly awful: Three young Muslim students, who were also humanitarian aid volunteers, were inexplicably shot to death in North Carolina.
Too Much Insularity May Be Problem at Scandal-Ridden Jewish Social Service Agencies
In New York, four large Jewish social service agencies have been rocked by major scandal. The Jewish Daily Forward raises questions of insularity.
Nonprofit Mistreatment of Migrant Workers on Saadiyat Island
Is a nonprofit responsible for employee rights violations on overseas construction projects?
Why Was the Iowa/Nebraska Health Insurance Co-Op Allowed to Fail?
The senators questioning why more money wasn’t available for the CoOportunity health insurance co-op in Iowa might look to the federal budget cuts they enacted.
Bay Area Nonprofit Implodes Even with all the Usual Red Flags
Serving Oakland and Berkeley, the Bay Area Consortium for Quality Health Care has apparently been on a slow slide to its demise.
Choosing to Repair, Not Repeal, the Affordable Care Act
The nation may be wearily coming to the point, after all the ineffective and showboating votes in Congress, to choosing repair rather than repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
Iowa County Cuts Funding to Most Local Nonprofit Service Providers
In contrast to two stories last week about local governments increasing support for community-based agencies, this story is sadder.
Raising the Minimum Wage Helps Everyone: Why It Should Be an Advocacy Priority for your Nonprofit
If two decades have shown that increases in the minimum wage help poor people without leading to more unemployment, shouldn’t raising the wage have the benefit of the doubt?
Rich with Players but Strapped for Resources; Tough Questions about a Nonprofit Cultural Ecosystem
Between 1995 and 2008, the number of nonprofit arts organizations in the Philadelphia region increased by 64 percent. But changing audiences and an evolving philanthropic landscape have left many with strained budgets.
As Organic Facebook Traffic Disappears, Nonprofits Pay the Price
Over the years, we have seen a significant decline in Facebook engagement and visibility, and in 2015, organic reach is officially extinct. Some nonprofits refuse to go down quietly.