A headline for The Examiner reads, “Taxes, charity cost Romney 57.9 percent of income.” Let’s recognize that charitable giving and paying taxes aren’t interchangeable.
The Danger of Conflating Taxes and Charitable Giving
New Groups Emerge with Alternatives for Native American Youth
As the rate of suicide among Native Americans rises, new nonprofits look for alternatives.
Nonprofits Encouraging Asian Americans to Flex Political Muscle
Several groups are rallying Asian Americans to flex their political muscle, including KAYA, who wants to help see that population growth translates into increased voting.
Lessons from Chase Community Giving and the “Catfish” Dilemma
The Chase Community Giving Program was an experiment in using Facebook to engage charities and their supporters in a competition for grants, but it seems this might be a better focal point for voter fraud inquiries than electoral politics.
Who’s Splitting the Tab for Nonprofit Journalism Outlets?
Nonprofit journalism outfits are struggling mightily to find the winning formula of earned income and philanthropic support to keep them alive and thriving. Don’t we know it!
Will Debates (Please!) Get to Poverty?
There have been a number of nonprofit efforts to put poverty (back) onto the national public policy agenda, but their message hasn’t gotten to the presidential and vice presidential candidates.
Philanthropy’s Positive Impact on Community
Bill Schambra recently wrote a piece for NPQ entitled, “Philanthropy’s War on Community,” but the new President and CEO of the Council on Foundations Vikki Spruill and Berks County Community Foundation President Kevin Murphy vehemently disagree with his position. Read and weigh in!
Wyclef’s Charity Faces Charges of Improprieties, Ineffectiveness
A New York State attorney general’s investigation charges that singer Wyclef Jean’s Haiti charity, Yéle, used funding in inappropriate ways and failed to deliver on several projects.
Nonprofits in Focus at the Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival
This year’s Lights. Camera. Help. Nonprofit Film festival in Austin, Texas featured films highlighting the work of nonprofits from Mexico to Nepal to South Africa.
Learning to Make the Difference: A Guide to Nonprofit Education
Editors’ Note: We are very glad to introduce this special supplement on higher education opportunities in the area of nonprofit studies. In addition to this buyers’ guide-type article is a set of guidelines to help you judge curricula and a listing of programs. Many thanks to David Renz of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership for his help in putting this package together.
A 14-Year-Old Girl’s Courage – International Day of the Girl Child
The Taliban’s attempted assassination of a 14-year-old education rights activist in Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, occurred in time for the United Nations’ International Day of the Girl Child.
Big Money Pushing for Wash. Charter Schools; Gates out in Front
Washington State is one of only nine states in the U.S. that doesn’t allow charter schools, but a group of wealthy donors are supporting a campaign to change that.