New York City and a suburb of Los Angeles join Detroit in dealing with the challenges and pitfalls of public agencies in the museum business.
Local Governments Struggle with Museum Management
Nine Months Later, What’s Happened to Boy Scouts Membership?
After the Boy Scouts of America changed its policy on openly gay scouts, many predicted that it would result in a mass exodus. That has not occurred, according to the BSA, but the changes are clearly not complete.
Branding: A Labor of Love
If people can have emotional, almost human, relationships with commercial brands, does the same hold true for nonprofit brands?
23,000 Comments and Counting on Draft IRS 501(c)(4) Regs
Liberals and conservatives alike seem to be displeased with the IRS’s proposed regulations on 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, the purveyors of so-called “black money” in elections. They have written to the IRS by the thousands, with the likely result that the draft regulations may soon be declared dead letters.
Dispute between AIDS Nonprofit and Government Funder Gets Personal
The head of one of America’s largest and most influential AIDS nonprofits won’t be sending a valentine to one of Los Angeles’ most powerful and respected elected officials anytime soon.
Warehouses or Accelerators? Charitable Gift Funds Prove Strong Partners to Donors
Schwab Charitable, the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, and several others linked to financial services firms have developed a charitable service that has done more than increase the ease of the process of money flowing from donors’ pockets to operating charities. They have also fundamentally changed investors’ mindsets and their conceptual approaches to charitable giving.
Legislating Wages at Both Ends of the Pay Scale
A bill in Oregon and another in Wisconsin seek to limit the amount an employee can earn. Is this the start of a trend?
Board Closes Agency—Or Maybe Not: Stakeholder Revolt
The board of the Women’s Resource Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, closed the program on January 31 after 40 years, but former staff and supporters are now challenging that decision, saying that the bylaws were violated.
This NC Charter School Implosion Should Never Have Been Permitted
A phenomenally good story by Charlotte Observer journalist Ann Doss Helms reveals exactly what happened at the StudentFirst Academy charter school that led to a huge and predictable scandal only four months after the school opened its doors.
Obama’s Minimum Wage Order Now Encompasses Workers with Disabilities
It’s a big advocacy victory by nonprofit disability rights groups! President Barack Obama’s executive order on a $10.10 minimum wage for federal contract workers will apply to workers with disabilities, freeing them from the subminimum wage provisions of 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Kansas YMCAs Fight against Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status
Is this a bona fide attempt to tax unrelated business income, or a favor for private health clubs, whose lobbyist has lined the campaign coffers of many legislators?
What’s Up in the Nonprofit Sector? A Small Window
As many of you know, NPQ starts its editorial year with a survey of its readers. In this small sampling of responses to date you will get a small window into what is on the minds of nonprofit leaders and maybe some motivation to add your own suggestions.