When considering becoming the successor to a long-term executive, it is wise to examine carefully whether or not the board and the organization are really ready for you as a leader. Do your homework and take it slow.
The 20-year-old program has saved charities millions, but that alone did not convince the governor to continue the public-private partnership; now, that’s changed.
Conservative columnist George Will is at the epicenter of a national debate about sexual assault on college campuses, which his recent column in the Washington Post suggested was overblown and used by progressives as part of some sort of PC campaign. At Bob Jones University, the religious South Carolina school, victims of sexual assault are counseled to blame themselves and repent for the sinful things they did in their lives to have caused themselves to be raped.
The hospitals with the highest rate of patient infections and injuries occurring in the facility will have their Medicaid payment rates docked starting in October. Many of these will be teaching hospitals and, therefore, often nonprofits.
This is the second of a two-part series on how African-American museums in the U.S. are faring amidst the competition for foundation, charitable, and governmental resources. Part I was an overview of the issues and challenges facing black museums; this piece examines the sources of funding and the strategies that some museums are using to survive and thrive.
Parishioners at the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Scituate, Massachusetts have staged a round-the-clock vigil to prevent the archdiocese from selling the building. Despite word that the Vatican’s highest court had denied their final appeal, they vow to continue.
A fundraising company is being investigated by a state government regulatory agency in Australia.
For the 250,000 recipients of food stamps or SNAP benefits in eight Western New York counties, the “Double Up Food Bucks” program allows them to buy double the value of their benefits at seven local farmers’ markets. The program is designed to help with local nutritional needs while supporting local farmers.
World Refugee Day was observed last week. It is amazing to think that last year, the refugee population of the world jumped to 51.2 million and, as a result of the chaos in Iraq, may have increased another by another million in just the past few months.
In the continuing flow of articles about the future of the Occupy movement, two Occupy activists think that the future is something like the Tea Party’s role in the Republican Party.
Suffering from dementia, Casey Kasem probably wasn’t aware of the controversial family squabble that occurred during his final days, The circumstances of his passing should remind the nonprofit community about the unfortunate frequency of elder abuse—typically perpetrated by family members and all too often inflicted on people with disabilities or dementia.
If it weren’t for the Center for Responsive Politics (Open Secrets), the public’s knowledge and understanding of the donations of wealthy people to political nonprofits of the left and right would be even skimpier than it is now. In this article, the Center dug into identities of donors to the Obama-related Organizing for Action, and we’ve added some details about some of the donors’ philanthropic interests.