Is it appropriate for a federal agency to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to buy fans on Facebook? The U.S. Department of State has been buying Facebook fans who it hopes will like the U.S. government.

The generous billionaire beats his old personal record by $200 million and continues to live up to the spirit of his Giving Pledge.

In the spirit of printing ideas that we do not necessarily agree with, here is a provocative thought—or what we consider to be a “modest proposal”—from Mike Burns, who has spent a number of decades working with nonprofits and has come to a conclusion regarding governance. What do you think of it? We welcome responses in any form.

What if the CEOs of nonprofits were also the Board Chairs? Would that be so bad? 

A recent ruling on unpaid internships signals that they may be more expensive than previously considered.

Minnesota hasn’t been all that welcoming to Teach for America recently. The governor vetoed a $1.5M earmark in May, the Board of Teaching denied their request for a blanket approval of 45 teachers, and now grad students at the University of Minnesota are publicly opposing a proposed partnership with the CEHD.

The June jobs report suggests to us that economy is improving primarily for the better off.

Paying back HUD for a child-care facility never finished may deprive several Glendale, California groups of dearly needed funds.

The Obama administration will delay for one year the mandate for employers to provide their employees with health insurance, which may have an impact upon some nonprofits.

A number of prominent conservatives have made hay of the assertion that IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman visited the White House more than 157 times. But evidence of clearance is different from evidence of attendance, and the numbers don’t say what the Daily Caller says they do.

ProPublica reported on the $65K spent by A Better America Now to torpedo a Democratic candidate in Texas, and said that the group had deceived the IRS on their Form 1024 application. But a closer reading shows that interpretation relies on the ability to accurately predict events in the future.

Former VP Biden advisor Jared Bernstein criticizes the Washington Post’s focus on “dire predictions” of sequestration impacts that didn’t come to pass.

Donors are increasingly using Internet sites to give directly to individuals in need rather than intermediary entities.