NPQ is excited about the alternative enterprises popping up all over the country. In this case, it is a grocery sponsored by two churches and aided by a Whole Foods market.
Social Enterprise: Two Churches Open Grocery in Raleigh Food Desert
Gates Foundation G4S Divestment Gives Activists a West Bank “Win”
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has quietly cut its investment in the massive British security firm, G4S. This might be a victory for one of the divestment movements currently on the national stage.
California Latest State to Move to Strengthen Charity Enforcement
Following on the heels of Florida and Colorado, California may be the latest state to move towards funding a regulatory environment sufficient to effectively respond to charity scams and other needs of nonprofits.
Celebrating “Small Batch” Social Enterprise
This article compares two different stories of social enterprise— the heroic and the “small batch”—and outlines the different values that they represent.
Shinseki’s Out at VA, Time for Nonprofit Sector to Help Fix It
If you doubted that Eric Shinseki was not going to survive the current crisis of fraudulent waiting lists at VA hospitals in Phoenix, San Antonio, and most recently Pittsburgh, you weren’t paying attention. But axing Shinseki, albeit clearly warranted, doesn’t solve the VA’s systemic problems—and that’s where the nonprofit community should be pitching in.
White House: Interim Recommendations for My Brother’s Keeper Initiative
To address the gaps between boys and young men of color compared to their non-minority counterparts in education, employment, health, and crime, the White House released the interim results of its My Brother’s Keeper initiative. It’s no surprise to us that the recommendations are just about all suggestions for replicating and expanding programs that have long been known and well tested, but in almost all cases, the recommended solutions will depend on private commitments by U.S. foundations, not on new federal funding.
Charges of “Tragedy Capitalism” and the 9/11 Museum’s Response
Gift museums at tragedy memorials must choose their wares very carefully. The 9/11 Museum has admitted that it needs advice and counsel from those whose sensitivities are most at risk.
Former Defense Sec. Bob Gates and the Boy Scouts: Do the Right Thing!
Gates has decided he will not fight the battle on gay scout leaders at the BSA, but does he have a choice?
Weird Donor Strings Attached to UA Gift
Here’s some money—now let me tell you how to manage your staff and who your leadership should be. Is this a deal you would walk away from?
U.S. Ranks with Haiti, the Congo, and Yemen on Labor Rights—Really?
A new analysis by the International Trade Union Confederation ranks 139 counties on 97 indicators of workers rights. You will be surprised by how low the U.S. ranks on workers’ rights and which other countries rank just as low.
Are Nonprofits the Future of Work? Rifkin’s New Book Promotes a Redistributive Economy
Jeremy Rifkin’s new book asserts that increased productivity coupled with advances in digital technology will fundamentally change the shape of labor in society, requiring the economy to shift dramatically. Rifkin writes that nonprofits will be at the center of the new world of work.
Charities Should Disclose How They Invest Their Assets for Social Responsibility
Last year, the UK’s Comic Relief was hoisted by its charitable petard when the BBC revealed that CR had funds invested in alcohol and tobacco companies while purporting to support charities fighting those societal scourges. Comic Relief has now rethought its investment priorities. Is anyone asking about the socially responsible investment priorities of U.S. charities—and not just universities and foundations?