The Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offer some tips to make sure that you’re not a scam victim in the wake of a natural disaster.
After Sandy, a Different Kind of “Storm Chaser”
Foundation Payouts: Where Have They Gone During Crisis?
According to data from the Foundation Center, at a time when society needed foundations the most, they reduced their absolute grants payout.
International Education Seeks a Few Good (Individual) Donors
Brookings Institution staff write that “there has never been a better time” to give to global education, a field in which they see individuals as having particular power to leverage change.
A Scoop of Social Responsibility: Ben and Jerry’s the B Corp
Ice cream company Ben and Jerry’s is the first subsidiary of a publicly traded company to become a certified B corporation.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like? The $2 Billion+ Election
Neither of the main presidential candidates has said (in the case of Romney) or done (in the case of Obama) much about campaign finance. Meanwhile, the campaign spending orgy roars on.
One Nonprofit’s Experience in Renaming Itself
An Albany, Ore.-area nonprofit’s name changes raises some interesting questions about nonprofit naming strategies in the age of the Google search.
In U.K. and U.S., a Call for Nonprofits to Help Government
Like some of his counterparts in the U.S., James Allen of the U.K.’s National Council for Voluntary Organizations sees a role for nonprofits in redesigning government programs.
Do Animals Have Rights?
The Nonhuman Rights project is looking for a U.S. court with a judge sympathetic to its cause to find that, as its director says, “a nonhuman animal plaintiff is a common-law legal person.”
Nonprofit Accountability and Ethics: Rotting from the Head Down
From lying to staff to conflicts of interest, unethical behavior in nonprofits abounds. Here the author outlines relevant markers of responsible nonprofit ethics as well as four trends shaping future standards for nonprofits.
Illuminating the Invisible: Mapping Austin’s Adolescent Health System Using Value Network Analysis
This article describes how a group of service providers, funders, and policy makers used value network analysis to assess the adolescent health system in Austin, Texas, and mobilize for positive change.
Wagging the Dog: Philanthropy’s Influence on Nonprofit Management
Nonprofits can feel like philanthropy’s “tiny dancers”—performing the latest and greatest ideas at philanthropy’s behest, whether or not the intervention fits the organization’s infrastructure and practice. But every so often a proposed “new” management practice leads to meaningful change.
Crowdfunded Medical Care? Welcome to “The Twilight Zone”
People facing serious illnesses are turning to crowdfunding sites to raise money to pay for their health care, offering a portrait of a health care and health insurance system that is utterly broken.