Just when LGBT fans of Chick-fil-A thought a boycott could finally be ended due to reports of concessions, CEO Dan Cathy says that “no such concessions” have been made.
“Concessions” Stand: Chick-fil-A Sticks to Its Values
For Clearer Charter School Policy Debate, Look to New Zealand
Absent the U.S. social entrepreneurship angle, New Zealand charter schools advocates and critics are more straightforward about what they like and don’t like about the proposal.
Microsoft Turns Philanthropic Eye to Youth “Opportunity Gap”
Microsoft has announced the launch of its new philanthropic initiative, Microsoft YouthSpark, which will dedicate $500 million toward addressing the global youth “opportunity gap.”
Credit Where Credit’s Not Due? Mass. YMCA Ups Transparency
The South Shore YMCA, headquartered in Quincy, Mass., is receiving praise for new transparency efforts, but shouldn’t such efforts have been obvious and automatic all along?
The Kauffman Foundation is Latest in for Profit Media Support – Thoughts?
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has announced it will sponsor the for-profit media group, Silicon Prairie News, a digital media company that promotes an “emerging model for grassroots entrepreneurial ecosystem development.”
Warning: Conflicts of Interest (Still) Bad for your Health
Board members in California, and Executives in Hawaii and Massachusetts have all been investigated for violating conflict of interest policies in recent weeks, but these conflicts are nothing new.
Utah Loses 38 Percent of Nonprofits, Many are Rural
Despite the fact that Utah has the highest state per capita giving average with 10.6 percent of their discretionary income going to charity, a study says that the state has lost 38 percent of its nonprofits since 2009 and that many of these were rural.
‘How Nonprofits Betrayed Public Housing and Promoted Privatization’ in New Orleans
A new book by a longtime New Orleans labor and community activist tells of complicity, if not conspiracy, in the activities of nonprofits and foundations – pre-Katrina – in displacing black households from public housing.
Wikipedia UK and Charges of Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of interest can take many different forms and the charges being leveled against the core of those running Wikipedia UK is a good example. The organization only won its tax-exempt status in 2011, but since then it has been beset by scandal.
What Can Nonprofits do to Bring Back Youngstown?
You almost never hear about the work of nonprofits on the front lines of this nation’s most troubled cities. It’s not sexy, it’s not high profile or highly paid, but it is at the heart of what makes the nonprofit sector truly great.
Are Rumors of Occupy’s Demise Premature?
Francis Piven contends that “like earlier great movements that changed the course of American history, Occupy is fueled by deep institutional lacunae and inconsistencies” and will not subside quickly.
International Aid Funding: Does it Always Have to be a Branding Free-for-All?
As an alternative to the fundraising and branding free-for-all that envelops emergency assistance organizations, a group of British NGOs has proposed the creation of an emergency response fund.