When City Limits ran into problems during the recession, Community Service Society of New York was there to act as a bridge.
Not Quite a Merger: Temporary Organizational Arrangement Just the Ticket for City Limits
How Successful Has Britain’s Big Society Been?
According to a survey reported in The Independent, only one in 10 charity executives believe the British government’s Big Society has been a success.
Nonprofits in San Francisco Priced out of Space and City Responds
The exodus of California nonprofits to Oakland has the city of San Francisco concerned.
Community Health Center in Critical Condition
Epic health center failure highlights a practice to be avoided at all costs.
Detroit Water Shutoffs: A Human Rights Crisis Turning to Tragedy
Water isn’t a luxury purchase; it is a necessity in modern society. But Detroiters are still being deprived of running water due to a city department’s decision to shut off water services for a couple of thousand customers each and every week due to delinquent bill payments.
The Foundation Tally of Detroit’s Unprecedented Grand Bargain
What happens in Detroit this week won’t stay in Detroit. The “Grand Bargain” to save the Detroit Institute of Arts and help capitalize the starving Detroit pension funds will set the participating foundations on an unprecedented course of action and speak volumes to foundations elsewhere in the nation facing fiscally troubled cities.
Mikey Likes It! CEO Faces Questions about Big Compensation in Small Nonprofit
“Mikey” Weinstein’s salary as CEO absorbs nearly half of the revenues of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit he founded in 2005. Combative and generating virulent critics from the religious right for his dogged advocacy for church/state separation, Weinstein might be well advised to change some of the financial and governing practices of the organization free of nagging questions about his compensation and the board’s oversight.
Carmel Tea Party Argues for Municipal Transparency
Even the Tea Party can get something sort of right. In Carmel,
Two Men Die and Two Nonprofits Teeter
For those organizations lucky enough to have an angel – either as a donor or as the glue that makes the organization run, it is important to plan for the moment when that person is gone – for whatever reason. Here are two situations that exhibit why.
Mismatched Expectations: Leadership and Staff on the New Reform Package at the World Bank
Nonprofit Quarterly often writes about the challenges of changing organizational culture. It’s tough enough to reform small or medium-sized nonprofits, but imagine trying to reform the World Bank.
Moneyball Philanthropy – Is the Work of the Nonprofit Sector Like Baseball?
Should charitable contributions be tied to a metric system similar to the one often used to build baseball teams? Are we moving from strategic philanthropy to “Moneyball Philanthropy”?
Profile of an Unusual Major Donor
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut has just been made the beneficiary of an $8 million gift which will be used to protect animals and the environment. It is the largest gift the foundation has ever received by far and it came from a local man whose life style certainly did not reflect the wealth expected of a major donor.