It’s unclear what caused the 47-year-old nonprofit Jeanne Bussard Center to close, but the IRS is reportedly looking into the matter and the state has been granted receivership.
A Nonprofit, the IRS and a Kafkaesque Tale of Bureaucracy
Sandra Sobilo’s one-woman charity, the Animal Rescue Fund, lost its tax-exempt status due to Sobilo’s oversight. Getting it back is proving more difficult than she would ever have imagined.
Texas Foster Care Nonprofit Cited for Violations
Lutheran Social Services of the South has been denied more foster care contracts after Family and Protective Services found unacceptable practices at its facilities.
Critic: Education Reformers’ “Huge Error?” Ignoring Poverty
Anthony Cody of Education Week argues that reformers like the Gates Foundation are making a “huge error” by ignoring the impact that poverty has on education systems.
Australian Nonprofits Face Bizarre Government Efficiency Tax
In what seems to be an extremely unusual move, the Australian Capital Territory government is foisting a $1.4 million tax on nonprofits to fund government efficiency and deregulation plans.
In Elections, Donor Size Matters
We’ve all heard about the importance of small donors in political campaigns, but is it true, or are small donors merely window dressing for the outsized influence of wealthy donors?
Flying Close to the Sun
I am writing to share my latest article which is in the summer edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly and to ask for your thoughts on it. It is very much a work in progress.
“Beneficiary” Views about Fundraising Images Revealed
What do homeless young people feel about their depiction in fundraising ads? Researchers from the Center for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy actually bothered to ask.
Was the Obama Stimulus a Success or a Failure?
Nonprofits were on the front lines of implementing programs with funding from President Obama’s stimulus package. Now that the stimulus is coming to a close, what were its pros and cons?
Post-Sandusky, Penn State Put “On Warning” for Accreditation
The regulatory scrutiny of Penn State has reached the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which has announced that the university remains accredited but is “on warning.”
Why Fiscal Controls are Good for Everyone
A champion of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, N.Y. faces charges that she stole from the organization she founded to aid the park while the nonprofit’s board off-loads its responsibility.
Blood Drinker and “Time Traveler” among White House Hopefuls
As Mother Jones notes, there is no shortage of “wacky” candidates for president, but is there a legitimate third party candidate—perhaps one with nonprofit roots—on the campaign trail?