One of our favorite rural journals celebrates a community foundation that transcends being a mere grantmaker.
Rural Philanthropy: Beyond Grantmaking
Archived Trendcast: New Concepts in Governance and How To Use Them
Ruth McCambridge and David Renz share thinking from this year’s biannual conference on nonprofit governance and provide a forum on how to bring some of the concepts into powerful practice.
50-Year-Old Interns at Nonprofits? Is This a Trend?
Our marvelous future: people in their forties and fifties coming back to the workforce and taking unpaid internships to gain “resume-worthy experience.”
Rural MN Survey Shows Economic Pessimism, Dissatisfaction with Lawmakers
The Blandin Foundation’s survey reveals discontent in the heart of rural Minnesotans when it comes to their financial futures.
Evaluating a Battling Board: Dr. Conflict Weighs in
It’s tough enough to deal with differences when you have the power to influence the participants. But what if you don’t have enough power? Dr. Conflict has three tips to facilitating board members working together when factions arise.
Does Proportion of Giving Devoted to the Poor Justify the Charitable Deduction?
According to the attached charts, only about 30% of charitable giving goes to help poor people and the charitable deduction benefits the top 1% disproportionately.
Keeping “Dark Money” Dark in Texas
Gov. Perry has vetoed legislation that would require organizations with 501(c)(4) status to have levels of transparency similar to 501(c)(3)s.
San Antonio Girl Scouts Threatened with Suit by GSA for Big Cookie Error
A typographical error put a Girl Scout troop in Texas on the hook for more $2147 worth of cookies. Fortunately, this story has a sweet ending.
Parent Trigger Advocacy Group Helps Remove California Principal
At Weigand Avenue Elementary School in Watts, with 53 percent of the parents calling for a change in the administration, the principal, Irma Cobian, has been forced out in a sort of “parent revolt.”
The Market for MOOCs? Public Universities!
Many people have wondered if there is a market for MOOCs. Indeed, there appears to be: It’s public university systems.
Fenwick: Education Reform is Controlled by White Elite
The dean of the Howard University School of Education’s op-ed challenges the “lie” behind today’s education reform efforts.
Pro-Israel Group Charges Human Rights NGOs with Anti-Semitism
The latest report from the Jerusalem-based watchdog group, NGO Monitor, suggests that international NGOs focusing on human rights in Israel use anti-Semitic images and themes as dog-whistles to gain support and achieve their ends. Is this in any way accurate?