As Facebook moves toward becoming increasingly more profit-oriented, nonprofits are feeling the brunt of these changes.
Facebook’s New Policy Is Damaging Nonprofits
Missing in Action in Ferguson: Key Government Leaders Don’t Show up
It took five days for the governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon, to show up in Ferguson as it exploded in protest due to the police shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager. Can you say “missing in action”?
Let’s Not Overreact to Report About Nonprofits Owing Payroll Tax Debt
The nonprofit sector suffers from people believing that we are somehow less skilled than other managers, this study indicates exactly the opposite but – what the heck – the headlines still are designed to fit the inaccurate but dominant narrative – “good hearted but incompetent”.
Bill to Increase Community Benefit Requirements on Nonprofit Hospitals Now Before CA Legislature
“Tax-exempt status is not a right; it’s a privilege conferred on nonprofit hospitals by taxpayers,” says a spokesman for the California Nurses Association
Dan Snyder Keeps on Trying to Win Friends Through Philanthropy
Daniel Snyder’s attempt to sell the public on the righteousness of his Original Americans Foundation is something to behold.
LA City Council Steps In to End Dispute over City Utility’s Union Nonprofits
A deal is brokered between the Mayor and union leadership, and the Los Angeles Times likes it.
American Racial Discrimination on the Docket at the United Nations
It may be disconcerting to Americans to read that U.S. officials were called on the carpet by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The “D Word” and 21st-Century Museum Management
The Delaware Art Museum is being roundly criticized for selling three works from its collection to stabilize its finances. Is it time to reconsider the rules about deaccession?
Heroes, Heroines, and Others in Nonprofit Community Development
Community development corporations, at their best are models for the rest of the sector, they engage neighborhoods to envision and create vibrant communities and policy change.
Wikipedia Rates Higher Than News in “Public Trust” Department
In the UK a recent poll showed that people generally felt that Wikipedia was more trustworthy than the BBC and the Guardian. Wow, Wikipedia. Way to go.
Ice Bucket Social Media Trend Causes 1,000% Spike in ALS Donations
The ice bucket challenge is the latest trend sweeping the social media scene. Here are five lessons nonprofits can take away for online giving campaigns.
Where People of Middle Eastern/North African Descent Live in the U.S.
Wouldn’t it be useful to nonprofits to know how many people in their communities are of Middle Eastern and North African descent?