As Dance New Amsterdam restructures under Chapter 11, we find much that’s familiar in their predicament.
Nonprofit Navigators on the Ground: Telling Their Stories
Behind the grants that went to a number of nonprofits to help consumers understand and purchase health insurance on the state and federal exchanges, there are people, often young, who were hired and trained to help the uninsured understand their options. Their stories speak of being on the front lines of the largest social policy change in the U.S. in decades.
Logos and Yahoo and You
Logo hell is class- and sector-blind, judging from the Yahoo! experience.
Checkout Charity: How Do the Pennies Add Up?
More than $358 million was raised in 2012 by 63 of the largest checkout charity campaigns, according to a report issued by the Cause Marketing Forum. Health and children’s health charities attracted the most support.
Generosity of American Jews Highlighted in New Study on the Eve of the Jewish New Year
While old-line Jewish federations are in trouble, philanthropic intent among US Jews remains strong.
Why Are the Boards of Public Colleges More Problematic than at Private Institutions?
A recent Gallup poll in conjunction with Inside Higher Ed reveals that presidents of private colleges and universities express more satisfaction with their boards than those at public institutions. Why is that?
IRS Targeting Veterans Groups; House Committee Demands Answers
In another quest for documentation and verification, the beleaguered IRS has set its sights on the American Legion and other groups for veterans.
Social Enterprise, Oligarchs and Economic Justice: A Travelogue
This insightful article from the Guardian points out some differences of emphasis in the social enterprise movement from one nation to another. It is a fascinating look at the assumptions embedded about economic power and control.
Republicans Harass Nonprofit Health Exchange Navigators
The preemptive investigation launched by the House Energy and Commerce Committee into the nonprofit Affordable Care Act navigators is nothing more than harassment of legitimate nonprofit grantees. It makes no sense, it’s bad congressional oversight policy, and is an affront to nonprofit service deliverers in healthcare and any other realm of federal human service programming.
Chart on Regressive Federal Housing Subsidies and What to Do About Them
The federal government spends more on the five million households with incomes of $200K or higher than on the more than 20 million households with incomes below $20,000.
Maximum Mutual Misunderstanding: American Jews and Palestinians
Hatred toward and ignorance about an entire people is always counterproductive. The New America Foundation’s Peter Beinart explores how the lack of interaction of American Jews with Palestinians undergirds mutual mistrust and frustrates possibilities for communication and understanding.
Nonprofit Accountability, the NFL, and Brain Injuries
The NFL’s recent $765M settlement with its players, establishing a fund to compensate those who have or shall develop brain injuries as a result of playing football professionally, is a smokescreen to divert attention from the fact that the tax-exempt trade association doesn’t have to admit culpability.