National Labor Relations Board rules employers can’t fire employees that gripe on social media if the employees are engaged in “concerted activity” for “mutual aid” among workers.
Labor Organizing and Social Media: “The New Water Cooler”
Coming in 2013: The Nonprofit Smartphone
From Apple’s iPhone to Google’s Android, the smartphone market includes fierce competition among for-profit companies. Now, a nonprofit player will enter the fray.
Donor-Advised Funds Soared at 2012’s Close
The uncertainty around the fate of the charitable deduction, tax rates and the fiscal cliff may have helped to provide a significant boost to the major national donor-advised fund managers.
With Lessons for U.S., U.K. Report Eyes Nonprofit Sector Autonomy
Does government or corporate money make charities reluctant to speak out and advocate? Is the independence of the nonprofit sector at risk? Questions from the U.K. resonate in the U.S.
Unpaid Wages Spark “Gangnam Style” Protest Dance
Chinese workers are using creative techniques to call attention to the issue of unpaid wages.
How to Do Disaster Relief Right
Disaster relief is a field in which nonprofits have much to teach legislators about what works and what isn’t all that helpful.
Former Nonprofit CEO with High Salary Compares Himself to Gandhi
The former CEO of a nonprofit substance abuse treatment organization defends his $2.5 million in compensation between 2008 and 2011 by drawing comparisons to Gandhi and Mother Teresa.
Foundation Shuns Singer’s Benefit Concert Offer
As we approach the 10th anniversary of a fire at a Rhode Island rock concert that killed 100 people, the Station Fire Memorial Foundation disavows singer’s planned benefit concert.
Mass. Medicare Reimbursement Rates Draw Scrutiny
Massachusetts hospitals’ Medicare reimbursement rates that are now drawing protests from 21 states. The current framework allows all state rates to be determined by a hospital on Nantucket.
NFL Push for Minority Coaches Tackled for a Loss
The tax-exempt NFL’s minority recruitment and hiring process seems to have stumbled, having been tackled for a loss measured not in yards, but in the diversity of the NFL’s coaches.
As Komen Fundraising Comes up Short, Where to Place the Blame?
Forty years after Roe vs. Wade, the battle goes on. Just ask the Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliates nursing wounds after the national organization’s fight with Planned Parenthood.
The Right Tools Can Make Evaluation Less Painful, More Productive
The call of the day is increasingly for nonprofits to measure and evaluate outcomes, and there are many tools to help organizations do so. The trick is finding the right approach.