In rural Maine, the retirement of the only licensed plumber in town is cause for community action.
Untrained Service Dogs Subject of Class Action Suit Against Nonprofit
Parents of people with autism and developmental disabilities found the service dogs from one nonprofit a far cry from what was promised.
Stars Speak Out on Gaza, Get Slammed by Critics
Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz are slammed as anti-Semitic in the wake of their signing a letter protesting the killings of civilians in Palestine.
Stakeholders, Shareholders, and the Meaning of Market Basket: An Interview with Tom Kochan
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Wikimedia Foundation Climbs aboard the Bitcoin Bandwagon
As Wikimedia partners with Coinbase for fee-free donations, the best known of the digital currencies gets a little more respectable.
Nonprofits and those Confidentiality Clauses in Separation Agreements
Separation agreements should never, ever be designed to stop employees from reporting problems as whistleblowers.
Husock: Scandal at NY Charity Indicates Broader Problem at Religious NPOs
Howard Husock believes government-funded religious nonprofits may skirt the law to curry favor with politicians who vote on their government grants.
Pastor Tries to Sell Church Behind Congregation’s Back—With Board Help
In this case, the question is not “where was the board” but “where was the rest of the organization?”
UK Journalism Site Shunned by Charity Commission—What Does It Mean?
A journalism site in the UK has applied for charity status twice and been turned away. It is not willing to go through a third rejection.
The Effects of a Harder-Line Regulatory Environment for UK Charities
In the first of an across the pond series from Third Sector UK, Stephen Cook discusses the harder line of the new leadership of the Charity Commission. We introduce this series because there is much to be learned from the civil sector overseas – lessons and experiments and points of view we can all use to enrich our work. Let us know what you think!
5 Bad Reasons to Choose a For-Profit Social Enterprise over Nonprofit
Rich Leimsider takes on a number of misconceptions people have about for-profit social enterprises being better than nonprofits.
San Fran Supervisors Vote to Fund Wage Increases for Nonprofit Workers
A measure to bring parity to nonprofit contractors squeaks through in one of America’s most expensive cities.