It’s hard to imagine that we have effective transparency in the nonprofit sector when reviewing the data is a painstaking, labor-intensive effort. That’s the argument put forth by Carl Malamud, who wants the IRS to make nonprofit Form 990s more accessible.
Skillman has awarded $100,000 to the Detroit Bus Co. for a six-month pilot program for taking children to after-school and summer programs.
Jenifer Rajkumar can be seen in a photo with the Friends of Petrosino Square, protesting a new Citi Bike rack. However, her last venture, W-Spin, was something of a public relations mirage.
Richard and Maureen Schulze plan to give away half of their net worth to his Minnesota-based Family Foundation.
The Council on Foundations and the National Governors Association have united to make a priority of ensuring people with disabilities are brought into the workforce along with the rest of the nation as the economy improves. Since legislation can only go so far, it’s up to foundations and for-profits to bridge the gap.
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Despite their common goals, legislators on different sides of the aisle are finding it difficult to hash out new, clear rules for handling the sorts of nonprofits that spurred the enhanced scrutiny that caused the IRS scandal. Is this a problem with the Internal Revenue Service, with the tax code, or with the fallout of the Citizens United decision?
What can we learn from the speed and efficiency with which One Fund Boston has managed the task of distributing moneys to those harmed by the April 15th Boston Marathon bombing?
Mural arts programs get creative when it comes to covering costs.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development says that closing 16 of its 80 offices will save tens of millions of dollars. However, many of them provide services to the areas hit most hard by the housing crisis.
The creation of regional networks of African artists aids the development of civil society and may lead to a more democratic discourse in the nonprofit sector.
The impact of prospective cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will fall predominantly on people of color. Is this simply a disproportionately adverse impact of an ostensibly racially neutral policy proposal, or the logical result of conservatives’ attacks on federal entitlement programs?