We sketch out the movers and shakers behind The One Fund Boston, which sprang to life in the wake of the Boston Marathon explosion and subsequent mayhem.
Power Mapping the One Fund Boston Effort
Sequester Takes Toll on Social Safety Net Nonprofits
While attention is given to the impact of sequestration on furloughed air-traffic controllers, some cuts leave a more visceral wound on the body politic—and specifically the nonprofit sector.
Sliding Scale Bank Fees? Business Takes a Page from the Nonprofit Book
GoBank says that you can choose the price of your checking account. Is it innovation or a cynical marketing strategy?
Nonprofit Insurance Merger Conditional on Jobs and Taxes
The merger of two large healthcare providers in Montana comes with some community-centered strings attached.
Ugandan President Makes Large Donation In Cash: Business As Usual?
NPQ turns its attention to Uganda, and a charitable donation delivered in a most unorthodox way by a most surprising donor.
Pope Francis Gives Vatican Employees’ Succession Bonus to Charity
The new pontiff has expressed a desire to return to a “poor church, for the poor.”
CNN’s Gaffe on Marathon Bombing Suspects Has Lessons for Media Large and Small
Will the flood of amateur reporters on social media drown the traditional journalist outlets in a rising tide of crowdsourced news? And, if so, how will nonprofit news sites navigate the current?
Pew Study: Wealth Gap Increased in “Recovery”…Significantly
A reminder as to how much the wealthiest among us have grasped for, and how little is left over.
Donations and Donors to Combined Federal Campaign Fell in 2012
Disappointing news from the Combined Federal Campaign—donors, dollars, participation plunged in 2011, but do we really know why that happened and what will counter this trend?
Occupy Offshoot Nonprofit Buys and Forgives Debt for 1,000 in Louisville. Why?
The leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S. is medical debt. A new fund has taken up arms against this problem by buying up defaulted debts—and then not collecting them.
Have You Thanked a Volunteer This Week?
Nonprofits around the nation are celebrating “National Volunteer Week”. Is yours?
Is Putin’s Aim High Profile Prosecutions of “Foreign Agent” NGOs?
The audits ordered by Vladimir Putin’s government of NGOs receiving foreign funds may be intended to change the image of humanitarian groups into sinister “foreign agents.”